Round IOW-Sat 24th March 2012....Roll call

[Hightower]

Originally Posted by BrAinZ

Oh dear, looks like a RIB hit the Varvassi wreck off the Needles. Ii was a fairly low tide by then (0.75m at Portsmouth low), but I still would hae thought there would have been enough water to clear the boilers.
Obviously not though, so may be a lesson for any of us that way at low tides.

Luxury boat hits wreck

I was told to keep the Light part of the lighthouse in front of the Coast Guard station behind for a safe passage.

[BrAinZ]

I finally got round to editing the video that I took on the day, so here it is...

Rib.net Round The Island - 24th Mar 2012 - YouTube

[Ian M]

Originally Posted by BrAinZ

Oh dear, looks like a RIB hit the Varvassi wreck off the Needles. Ii was a fairly low tide by then (0.75m at Portsmouth low), but I still would hae thought there would have been enough water to clear the boilers.

That wreck worries me. Never seen anything on the sounder, apart from the reef of course, but the wreck does get serious mention in the guides to those waters. Anyone any direct experience?

[boristhebold]

Originally Posted by BrAinZ

Oh dear, looks like a RIB hit the Varvassi wreck off the Needles. Ii was a fairly low tide by then (0.75m at Portsmouth low), but I still would hae thought there would have been enough water to clear the boilers.
Obviously not though, so may be a lesson for any of us that way at low tides.

Luxury boat hits wreck

A good example perhaps of how bouyant ribs are considering the engine bay was flooded and other damage done, they were able to tow the rib back to lymington, anyone know the owner of the Rib, would be interested in pictures and his account might be useful.

[Oscarguitar]

[QUOTE=BrAinZ;453916]I finally got round to editing the video that I took on the day, so here it is...

Great camera work, those extended shots of individual boats are fantastic and the quality of close ups exceptional.

[Oscarguitar]

The Varvassi - Page 2 - Yachting and Boating World Forums

This locates it quite well. Check out the picture in the second post!

[C2 RIBS]

Here is a plan showing its location, a useful one to have aboard and also the link will show images and how to keep a physical level in mind to be safe (scroll down to West Solent and The Needles)
http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk/web...SafetyBook.pdf

[BrAinZ]

Originally Posted by Oscarguitar

This locates it quite well. Check out the picture in the second post!

I guess that we may as well borrow their picture

[BrAinZ]

Originally Posted by Oscarguitar

Great camera work, those extended shots of individual boats are fantastic and the quality of close ups exceptional.

Thanks for the praise. It as the first time I had used my new waterproof camera since getting it at Christmas, and was quite pleased myself with the results.

It's a Nikon Coolpix AW100.
Nikon Coolpix AW100 Digital Camera - Orange 3 inch LCD: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

[BrAinZ]

Oh... And here are some pics of the RNLI while we were in Sandown Bay:

[whisper]

They are just awesome pics

The 3rd pic should be on the ribnet home page

[BrAinZ]

Also just got round to editing together some footage that I took with my other video camera (Sanyo VPC-WH1).

Not as clear as the other one with the newer Nikon, but still worth a look:

Round The Island - Mar 2012 - Part 2 - YouTube