Dart RNLI assists large yacht at entrance to Dartmouth harbour
A 63 tonne 75ft yacht had just lowered her sails in failing light when she lost her steering on Friday (1 Feb)
She was approaching the Castle Ledge buoy in the narrow entrance to the harbour. She immediately called the Coastguard in Falmouth who tasked the Dart RNLI B class lifeboat and the Torbay all weather lifeboat to assist. The five yachtsmen onboard were able to set up a jury rig and regained their ability to steer shortly after the Dart lifeboat reached them. The RNLI volunteers then escorted her to the town pontoon. The yacht had been on a shake down passage from Lymington.
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