Dartmouth Coastguard
The Dartmouth Coastguard rescue team based in Stoke Fleming is on-call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, ready to respond
if the worst should happen on our immediate coastline or at sea. We are a group of volunteers from diverse backgrounds who are responsible for the delivery and coordination of emergency search and rescue response to maritime incidents. Our patch stretches from Torcross at the western end of Slapton Sands, along the coast, then inland up the Dart as far as the Weir in Totnes – including all the creeks along the way! We work alongside the RNLI, responding to sailors who have found themselves in trouble in our waters. Our team attend broken down vessels, help injured coast walkers, rescue owners who find themselves in trouble when their dogs have fallen from the steep coastal paths, deal with suspected ordnance washed up on the local beaches and more. Our team are highly skilled and receive specialist equipment and training to carry out tasks. Our specialist rescue techniques include water rescue and technical cliff rope rescue. We also receive advanced training in first aid as well as search techniques for a wide range of missing persons. Dartmouth Coastguard remind you that your safety is in your hands. Be prepared; please ensure that you’re well equipped for whatever activity you’re taking part in, check the weather conditions before heading out and familiarise yourself with the particularly steep coastal paths in the area. All sea and coastal users should download the free RYA
SafeTrx safety app – it monitors your activity in real time, alerts someone at home if you don’t come back on time plus much more. There’s also a registration only option available online:
www.safetrx.rya.org.uk
Remember, in an emergency at sea or on the coast, contact us on VHF CH16 or call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
COASTGUARD/RNLI RNLI/Dart Lifeboat
The busy Dart RNLI lifeboat station has operated a quick response D class inflatable lifeboat, Spirit of the Dart D702, since October 2007. On 4 August 2019 she was replaced by
Dudley Jane D838. In October 2018 an Atlantic 75 B class inshore lifeboat
was placed on service on a two year trial to determine whether a B class lifeboat should also be stationed permanently in Dartmouth. The area covered by the Dart lifeboats extends west
as far as Start Point, east as far as Man Sands beach and up the Dart to the weir above Totnes. The B class has a top speed of 32 knots and can operate up to 10 nautical miles out to sea in a force 7 by day and a force 6 by night. The D class has been launched on service 18 times and the B class 31. On 11 occasions both boats were sent. All the Dart crew are fully competent in First Aid and nine of the 49 launches last year were for medical transfers. Two lives have been saved during the year, one of which was for a medical transfer. The majority of the calls to cabin cruisers (7) and yachts (13) are due to engine failure. The causes have been from simple mechanical breakdown or ropes round the propeller to contaminated fuel. The majority, (17) have been in Start Bay. 37% of all call outs have been during the hours of darkness and night vision equipment is carried. The aspiration of the RNLI is to reduce deaths by drowning. All boats should carry lights at night, especially when crossing the harbour in small tenders, and lifejackets should always be worn when on the water. There will be a free lifejacket check carried out by
Ocean Safety at the lifeboat station on Coronation Park between 10am and 3pm on Saturday 14 March 2020.
RNLI lifejacket storage lockers are placed on the Dart Harbour summer pontoon in front of the Dartmouth Yacht Club and near the Double Steps for the 2020 season. Information such as local weather conditions and
contact details can be found on the local station website.
www.dartlifeboat.org.uk The station Facebook page is on
www.facebook.com/ dartrnlilifeboat
Yacht Taxi - Ch 69 tel: 07970 346571
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