Dart RNLI help stricken yacht during training on Atlantic 85

Launch No: 444
Craft: Norma Ethel Vinall. B-825
Thursday, 27 August 2020
Location:
Photo: Andy Kyle

Whilst out on a crew training exercise the new Atlantic 85 was tasked to assist a 30ft yacht with one person on board and a collie dog. The yacht was suffering from engine problems. The Dart RNLI crew towed it into Dartmouth and with the assistance of Dart Harbour, placed them safely alongside much to the gratitude of the solo sailor.

Time

Lifeboat underway at time of request.

Request Received 11:20am
Time at incident Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.75 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 45 minutes
Time to recovery Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.6666666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 40 minutes
Back on Service 1:05pm

Conditions

Sea/River State Slight Swell
Wind Direction Southwest
Wind Strength 11-16 knots (Gusts: 25

Lifeboat Crew

Aaron Ashton
Crispin Brabner
Ewen Menzies

Shore Crew

Phil Braackenburg

Deputy Launch Authority

Additional Crew

Will Ellwood Helm

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Coronation Park
North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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