Yacht caught in mooring lines requiring assistance

Launch No: 421
Craft: Dudley Jane. D-838
Thursday, 27 February 2020
Location:

Photo: Andy Kyle

RNLI Dart D-Class to the Rescue

RNLI Dart D Class Lifeboat launched to assist a yachtsman who had trapped his mooring lines after leaving the drying rack at Kingswear. The crew helped the solo yachtsman to recover the lines, secure the vessel and returned him to Dartmouth. The crew were paged at 1836, and launched 12 minutes later.

Time

Request Received	6:39pm
Time at incident	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 0.55 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 33 minutes
Time to recovery	Deprecated: Implicit conversion from float 1.0166666666666666 to int loses precision in /home/dartlifeboatorg/public_html/launches-detail.php (line 272) 1 hour, 1 minutes
Back on Service	7:45pm

Self-Launched
This can occur when there is a need for an emergency launch and the coastguard was not initially notified.

Conditions

Sea/River State	River Smooth
Wind Direction	West
Wind Strength	6 knots	Force 2-2

RNLI Dart D Class Track

Map: trackaship universal

Lifeboat Crew

Rich Eggleton (Helm)

Mark Conroy

Dean Nettleton

Shore Crew

Buster Hart (Tractor Driver)

Karl Madge

Stuart Millard

Deputy Launch Authority

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Coronation Park
North Embankment
Dartmouth
Devon TQ6 9RR

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