10 - Wednesday, June 25, 1986 - North Shore News

Lifeboat rescues

A 29-year-old Richmond man was rescued from the waters
two miles off Snug Cove by members of the North Shore
B.C. Lifeboat Society, 20 yards away from the man’s burn-

ing boat.

The ‘lifeboat crew arrived on
scene within- seven minutes of
receiving a mayday relay call that
flares had been spotted midway

between Lions Bay and Gambier
Island Sunday at 2 a.m.

Lifeboat spokesman Tully
Waisman said the boat’s only oc-

cupant, Drew Mitchell, had been
in the water approximately 30
minutes, wearing a survival suit
and holding a flare and flashlight.
Waisman said the lifeboat was
able to respond quickly to the call
because it was in the area, It had
just returned to Snug Cove after
responding to a call of a broken

down boat. .

He said there was a 17-minute
delay before the volunteer crew
was notified of the second inci-
dent.

Waisman said when the lifeboat
arrived,. the man’s 30-foot
beachcombing boat —- the Rowdy
I — was fully ablaze.

“transport

. He_said Mitchell was suffering
from shock and smoke inhalation.
He was rushed to shore at Lions Bay
where an ambulance was waiting to
him to Lions Gate
Hospital.

Waisman said when the lifeboat
crew returned to the scene of the
accident, the diesel-powered boat
had already sunk.

Waisman said Mitchell, who has
a wife and small chiid, said he was
returning home from Squamish,
and was standing on the stern at
the time of the fire.

The cause of the blaze has not
yet been determined.

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