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DART D’TALES PROVIDED NEWS OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS FROM THE RNLI LIFEBOAT TEAMS IN DARTMOUTH. SIMILAR NEWS ITEMS WILL NOW APPEAR REGULARLY IN BY THE DART MAGAZINE.
COASTAL DEATHS: RNLI SAYS ‘FIGHT YOUR INSTINCTS, NOT THE WATER’ TO HELP STAY ALIVE
The RNLI Dart inshore lifeboat has had an unusually busy start to their year and has already been called out 14 times. They were called out three times on both saturday 1 April and Wednesday 4 May. There have been two requests to assist in the evacuation of casualties by water; one when a Dartmothian fell 15 feet and injured his back on Castle Cove and a second was from the cruise ship Serenissima which was moored in Dartmouth Harbour. An elderly gentleman had fallen and fractured his hip. All the lifeboat crew, except the three who have very recently joined the team, are high- ly trained in First Aid and on both occasions Haydn Glanvill, the paramedic on our crew, attended the shout.
RNLI on call out to a Dartmothian who fell 15 feet and injured his back on Castle Cove
Whenever the lifeboat is on the water the radio is always open on the emergency channel, Ch.16, so they were able to respond instantly to a Mayday call on saturday 20 May, even though they were involved in a fundraising event in the Dartmouth Boatfloat. The call had been put out by the crew of the Dart Sailability vessel, Farries Flyer, who were on the river at Dittisham and had heard cries for help. The lifeboat was on scene in eight minutes but the lone yachtsman who had fall- en in the water transferring from his yacht to his tender had been found clinging to the stern of his vessel and been recovered safely by the Dart Sailability crew. The aim of the RNLI has always been to “Save lives
at sea” and coastal fatality figures released by the RNLI show 33 people lost their lives around the south west coast in 2016, with nearly a quarter (24%) of those be- ing people who didn’t even intend to enter the water. Swimming, jumping in and general leisure use of the water accounted for 42% of the deaths, walking and running 18% and sailing and boating (powered and manual) accounted for a further 9%. In 9% of cases the activity was unknown.
As the RNLI’s national drowning prevention campaign Respect the Water enters its fourth year the organisa- tion is highlighting the danger of Cold Water Shock. Short of being hit by a bus or struck by lightning
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