Children seen near rocks in small boat.

Launch No: 70
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Monday, 21 June 2010
Location: Warren Cove. Start Bay

A yacht reported that two children in a small rubber dinghy were in difficulty close to the rocks at Warren Cove. They stood off and reported to the Coastguard. Dart Inshore Lifeboat was launched and found out at the scene that all was well and no assistance was required. The dinghy had been launched from the cliff steps and was being observed by five adults ashore.

Time

Request Received 2:50pm
Time at incident Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.16666666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 10 minutes
Time to recovery Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.6666666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 40 minutes
Back on Service 3:36pm

Conditions

Sea/River State Slight
Wind Direction Southwest
Wind Strength 7-16 knots

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Shore Crew

Deputy Launch Authority

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North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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