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crew, working with the Dartmouth coastguard volunteers, transferred him to the Dartmouth Yacht Club to await an ambulance to take him to Torbay hospital. Nine people were rescued in two


days after capsizes on the River Dart. On Saturday 4 July a couple in their fifties were unable to climb back into their open Canadian canoe when it capsized off Blackness Point, upstream from Dittisham. Two RIBs from Dart Harbour were already on the river and reached them first. They took them onboard and ferried them and the canoe to the Dittish- am pontoon. The crew of the D class lifeboat checked their vital signs there and helped to keep them warm and out of the strong wind until the Dartmouth Coastguard vol- unteers arrived. They supplied them with warm towels and transferred them back by road to Totnes. The following day an 18ft.


day-sailer raised its sails and almost at once capsized. All seven on board were thrown into the water.


The sunken yacht was lifted to the surface.


Four swam to the muddy shore opposite Sharpham Quay and the other three pulled themselves into the small inflatable tender which was still attached to the practically submerged stern of the yacht. The wind was gusting to 35knots from the west as the two Dart lifeboats responded to the call. The RNLI Atlantic 75 lifeboat, B795, took the three sheltering in the tender onboard and the D class inflatable lifeboat was able to reach the very muddy bank and to take the remaining four back to the B class lifeboat. The larger lifeboat, with ten on board, made its way upstream to Sharpham Quay. A RIB from Dart harbour slowly pulled the yacht, with only four inches of its stern showing above the water,


to the quay. There they were joined by the Dart Harbour barge, Her- cules, with a crane and pump on board. Strops were guided under the yacht and she was gently lifted from the water.


SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR KIDS


IN THE SEA. Connect to the www.rnli.org.uk website and look under the ‘safety’ tab. There are videos of what to do if you or your children get into trouble in the water, as well as links to all the RNLI lifeguarded beaches in the country with dates and times. You can also use it to link to the RNLI online shop and support the charity that way. The expenses of running the lifeboat service do not stop. The RNLI visi- tor centre remains closed for the present. The station website at www.dartlifeboat. org.uk and Facebook page give up to date details of all aspects of life at the station including greater information on launches and will give information on the progress of the Atlantic 85 when she arrives. To receive news updates please use the Contact us tab on our website to opt in to receive them.


News, details of launches, photographs and videos can be found on the Dart station website. www.dartlifeboat.org.uk or the station Facebook page www.facebook.com/dartrnlilifeboat


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