Launch to motorboat with fuel problem

Launch No: 209
Craft: Spirit of the Dart. D-702
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Location: 2.5 miles South of Dartmouth Harbour

Photo: Andy Kyle

Quicksilver 21ft motorboat towed back to Noss Marina

A 21ft Quicksilver 630 motorboat with 3 persons on board broke down with fuel problems on their way to fishing grounds 24 miles away. Following a request by the Coastguard the crew were assembled and towed the craft back to its berth at Noss Marina.

Time

Request Received	7:21am
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.1333333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 8 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.8166666666666667 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 49 minutes
Back on Service	9:20am

Conditions

Sea/River State	2ft swell
Wind Direction	Northeast
Wind Strength	1-6 knots

Lifeboat Crew

Buster Hart (Helm)

Rachel Cole

Rich Eggleton

Shore Crew

Jerry Gilby (Tractor Driver)

Kevin John

Dai Richards

Deputy Launch Authority

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