Launches
A single handed sailor was sailing his 26ft yacht from Dartmouth to Teignmouth but his engine failed when he attempted to use it near Berry Head. He returned to Dartmouth but was drifting towards the Mewstone and requested help. The lifeboat was launched and towed him to his mooring at Noss Marina.
Request Received | 2:10pm |
Time at incident | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.9166666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 55 minutes |
Time to recovery | Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.3333333333333333 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 20 minutes |
Back on Service | 3:50pm |
Sea/River State | Slight to Moderate Very choppy at river entrance | |
Wind Direction | North | |
Wind Strength | 17-27 knots | Force 5-6 |
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