Call to yacht with sheet round propeller.

Launch No: 79
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Friday, 20 August 2010
Location: Dart Estuary. 7 cables South of the Mewstone.

A 22ft yacht with two on board got into difficulties south of the Mewstone. One was seasick and a sheet had caught round the propeller. The fishing boat Aquila responded to their distress call and took them in tow. The coastguard requested that the Dart ILB attend. The lifeboat crew freed the propeller, took over and towed the yacht to the visitors' pontoon in Dartmouth harbour.

Time

Request Received	8:29pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.5666666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 34 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.5166666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 31 minutes
Back on Service	10:12pm

Conditions

Sea/River State	Choppy
Wind Direction	West-Southwest
Wind Strength	11-16 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Shore Crew

Deputy Launch Authority

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RNLI Dart Lifeboat Station
Coronation Park
North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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