Launches
An informant had seen an object in the water which he thought was possibly a windsurfer. The Inshore lifeboat was directed to the object by the onshore Coastguard team together with the informant. It became apparent that the object was a coastal weather observation buoy which was securely tethered in its charted position. The three minute launch time was achieved because some of the crew were playing cricket outside the lifeboat station at the time. Lifeboat crew. Helmsman Chris Tracey. Crew Haydn Glanvil and Tony Chapman. Shore crew. Jim Brent, Jerry Gilby and Bob Thomas.
Request Received | 2:03pm |
Time at incident | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.16666666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 10 minutes |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.95 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 57 minutes |
Back on Service | 3:07pm |
Sea/River State | Calm |
Wind Direction | Southeast |
Wind Strength | 4-10 knots |