30ft yacht lost its rudder

Launch No: 305
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Saturday, 19 August 2017
Location: Dart river mouth

Photo: Andy Kyle

A 30ft Dartmouth yacht with two on board lost her rudder in rough seas 37 miles off Salcombe. She was at the western end of the traffic separation zone. The RNLI Salcombe Tamar all weather lifeboat took her in tow and brought her to the mouth of the Dart. As the yacht had no steerage the RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat worked with the Dart Harbour Authority Rib to tow her to a berth on Noss Marina.

Time

Request Received	8:03pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.9666666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 58 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.7 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 42 minutes
Back on Service	10:00pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Choppy
Wind Direction	West
Wind Strength	11-21 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Kevin Murphy (Helm)

Mark Conroy

Shore Crew

Karl Guess (Tractor Driver)

Lee Darch

Stuart Millard

Deputy Launch Authority

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