Assist DFO – August 2019

Saturday, August 17 – 1045 hours. The Delta Lifeboat had just moored alongside the Fraser Lifeboat when a DFO officer came to us asking for a salvage pump because one of their RHIB’s in their boathouse, adjacent to the Fraser Lifeboat dock, was partly submerged. Crewmembers from both CLI vessels quickly transferred the salvage pump to the boathouse and 20 minutes later the water was pumped out of the RHIB. At this time their bilge pump started working again to pump out the last remaining water. Although both engines were partly flooded after some cleaning and sparkplug replacement both engines fired up. A cause of the flooding was not found.