Launch to boat circling in the harbour

Launch No: 213
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Saturday, 14 June 2014
Location: Dartmouth Harbour

A small 12ft. tender was reported to be circling in the harbour. The lifeboat was requested to launch by the Coastguard. The boat's engine stopped and the man was brought ashore on the Dartmouth side where he was met by the Coastguard team.

Time

Request Received 11:13pm
Time at incident Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.7166666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 43 minutes
Time to recovery Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.0833333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 5 minutes
Back on Service 12:34am

Conditions

Sea/River State River Calm
Wind Direction Northwest
Wind Strength 5-8 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Buster Hart (Helm)
Mark Conroy

Shore Crew

Chris Tracey (Tractor Driver)
Steve Wallis

Deputy Launch Authority

Station address

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

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