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Date 3rd May 2008
Casualty Motor cruiser
Wind E 3
Launch time 1318
Recovery Time 1430
Crew Dave Parry, Henry Thomson, Tony Martin
Details

Thames Coastguard requested the lifeboat to launch to assist a 30' motor cruiser which had suffered an overheated engine close inshore off Herne Bay.

The craft, with two people on board, was taken under tow and moored in Whitstable Harbour.

 

 3may2008c.JPG (341287 bytes)  The craft is taken under tow, with Herne Bay seafront in the background

 

3may2008a.JPG (362973 bytes)  Crew member Tony Martin monitors the tow

 

3may2008b.JPG (357851 bytes)The motor cruiser is brought alongside the lifeboat to manouevre into Whitstable Harbour

 

 

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Last three photos © Bob Le Roi    www.bobleroi.co.uk

 

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