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Anstruther Lifeboat: Service Board for 1999

DATE 1999	TIME (UTC)	TYPE OF CASUALTY	CAUSE OF SERVICE	DISTANCE N MILES	HOURS AT SEA	WIND DIRN/FORCE	SEA STATE	PERSONS RESCUED	RESULTS
03/01/99	18:20	Distress beacon	Unidentified beacon signals	Local area	1.5	SW/4-5	3	0	Accidental transmission from a local harbour
13/03/99	08:29	Creel boat, 1 pob	Engine failure	055DEG 4.5NM	1.4	SSW/4	3, with 3 metre swell	0	Boat towed to Anstruther
07/04/99	19:04	33ft FV taking water	Leaking seal	130DEG 5NM	2.0	WNW/3	3	0	FV escourted to Pittenweem
30/04/99	15:53	10M converted ship's lifeboat	Gearbox failure	SE 3.5NM	2.3	SE /4	2-3	5	Vessel towed into Crail
26/05/99	14:44	5M Shetland F/V	Engine failure	1/2 NM E	0.4	WSW/5-6	3-4	0	Vessel towed into Anstruther
19/06/99	13:43	Sailing dinghy	Possible capsize	10 NM SW	1.5	SW/5-6	4	0	Nothing found.
26/06/99	10:30	Speedboat	Aground on rocks	0.2NM WSW	1.1	SE/4-5	4	0	2 occupants scrambled ashore. Vessel recovered and beached in Anstruther harbour.
13/07/99	06:25	18ft open F/V	Propeller fouled. Red flare fired.	0.2 NM ENE	NIL	WSW/3	2	0	Casualty towed to Anstruther Hr by local F/V. Launch halted.
25/07/99	22:05	Person in water	Overboard from moored cruiser, Anstruther harbour	0	NIL	CALM	CALM	0	Person assisted ashore to waiting ambulance
14/08/99	08:10	18ft open F/V	Propeller fouled	0.2 NM ENE	1.0	WSW/3	Slight	0	Vessel towed to Pittenweem Hr
26/08/99	19:02	Floating object	Suspected mine, in shipping lane	8 NM SSE	2.5	WSW/3	Slight	0	False alarm with good intent
11/09/99	12:47	28ft F/V	Fouled propeller	10 NM NE	2.1	S/5-6	Rough	2	Vessel taken in tow to Anstruther harbour
6/10/99	11:20	22ft F/V	Fouled propeller	1 NM SW	0.5	SW/2	Slight	0	Casualty towed to Pittenweem Hr by local F/V
24/10/99	08:25	27ft Yacht	On fire	Elie harbour	0.5	E by S/3	Slight	0	Services not required. Fire brigade coped.

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