Launches
A Cygnus 25 fishing boat with 3 on board developed engine failure in Leonards Cove and was drifting towards rocks, in spite of attempting to anchor. One of the crew went overboard to swim the boat off the rocks. They radioed for help and the Coastguard tasked the lifeboat to assist. They were towed back to their mooring at Warfleet creek. Lifeboat crew. Andy Pomeroy, helmsman. Kevin John and Dean Nettleton crew. Launch crew. Mark Strudwick, tractor driver. Dai Richards and Simon Amphlett crew.
Request Received | 1:22pm |
Time at incident | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.08333333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 5 minutes |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 2.316666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 2 hour, 19 minutes |
Back on Service | 3:55pm |
Sea/River State | Choppy |
Wind Direction | South-Southeast |
Wind Strength | 17 knots |