£300
That is how much had to be spent on the boat to ensure it complied with the Coastguard and Maritime Agency's health and safety rules.
The cash was spent on re-routing some fuel lines, some work to the boat's compass, adding two plastic grommets to the engine cover and installing a first aid kit.
Yesterday, the boat was back in the village and members of the volunteer coastguard team were waiting for the final all-clear from coastguard bosses to put it back on station.
The village team's leader Ian Pedrick explained that the work was required following an independent inspection which was carried out on Thursday by order of coastguard chiefs.
Mr Pedrick said the last bits of work were carried out on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning so that the 5.5 metre-long boat could be on stand-by — ready for the huge invasion of visitors due to arrive in the village for the popular annual Hope Cove Weekend.
He said coastguard officials had been willing to take the local team's word on the fact that the required work had been carried out.
Hope Cove is positioned along a notorious stretch of coastline between Plymouth and Start Point with a centuries-long reputation for wrecks.
Hope Cove has had a lifeboat of some sort stationed in the village virtually non-stop since 1890.
But, for nine days, the Hope Cove beach safety boat — a modern inflatable — was under lock and key in a garage in Kingsbridge after coastguard bosses 'confiscated' it because the local volunteers launched it against orders to save a 13-year-old girl from drowning.
It took a massive wave of protests from the entire village and the intervention of Totnes MP Anthony Steen to get it back to the village.
The coastguard agency has spelled out that the Hope Cove inflatable is a general purpose boat and not a lifeboat.
It was not on station at the time of last week's rescue because it had not undergone a safety inspection — which has now been carried out.
Mr Steen took the village concerns direct to then nation's top coastguard man Rod Johnson and declared the return of the boat was a 'victory for commonsense.'
But he also warned that the village could still face a battle to ensure the boat remains at Hope Cove in the future.
A spokesman for the coastguard agency said: "Rescue is a risky business. Rescuers go into harm's way to reach people in trouble and bring them to safety.
"They should only do this when their training and equipment is of the highest standard.
"On those occasions where we find the equipment is below standard, we will take all the necessary steps to ensure that our volunteers and those they help are not put at unnecessary risk."
He also added: "In the meantime, the agency will complete the national review of the services provided by its general purpose boats as soon as possible.
"Part of this assessment is the need to provide an appropriate level of search and rescue capability at each of these locations.
"Any proposals for permanent changes to these services would, of course, be the subject of extensive consultation with all interested parties before any decisions were taken."
