Launch to man seen slumped in boat

Launch No: 116
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Location: Alongside North Embankment. Dartmouth Harbour

A man was seen from the Embankment to be slumped over the stern of his boat. The Ambulance and Coast Guard were in attendance. The man was found to be OK and subsequently made his own way to his main vessel in the harbour. Lifeboat crew; Helmsman, Tony Chapman. Crewmen Chris Rampling and Haydn Glanvil, paramedic Shorecrew: Jim Brent assisted by Steve Wallis and Kevin John.

Time

Request Received	12:01am
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.15 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 9 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.4 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 24 minutes
Back on Service	12:32am

Conditions

Sea/River State	River Calm
Wind Direction	West
Wind Strength	10 knots

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