Assisted motor cruiser with engine failure.

Launch No: 09
Craft: Peterborough Beer Festival I. D-523
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Location: Bow Creek River Dart.

On returning down the Dart after Launch 9 the lifeboat was diverted to assist a broken down motor cruiser with the owner on board, which they towed to Tuckenhay in Bow Creek.

Time

Request Received	9:50pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.8833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 53 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.3666666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 22 minutes
Back on Service	11:15pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	River Calm
Wind Direction	East
Wind Strength	5 knots

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Coronation Park
North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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