Another RIB accident

Rich L · 08 August 2005, 13:13

Yet more bad publicity....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/4129374.stm

and another where the Life Boat had to catch a circling boat.

codprawn · 08 August 2005, 13:48

I saw this earlier but no mention of a RIB being involved.

Rich L · 08 August 2005, 18:32

Afraid so, check...

Abersoch news

or

Abersoch RNLI call outs look at 7/8.

Abersoch is becoming more and more popular with powerboats and jetski's following the ban at Windermere. Perhaps a bit too popular on sunny weekends.

codprawn · 08 August 2005, 21:32

Abersoch lifeboat was called to deal with an unmanned rib that was still motoring in circles after the accident.

Does say a hell of a lot for kill cords - bit like the seat belt situation I suppose - maybe 1% of the time you are better off without one but 99% of the time...........

JIY · 08 August 2005, 22:01

As an aside, I was demonstrating the use of the kill cord to a new passenger a couple of months ago. Imagine my suprise when it didn't kill the engine! I hadn't tested it for a couple of months, I don't care to think how long it hadn't been working for. Turns out that most kill cords kill the engine by completing an electrical circuit, not breaking it. So if you've got some corrosion, leading to poor contacts, the kill cord won't work.

The moral of this story? I check the kill cord at the start of every days ribbing now.

Jizm · 09 August 2005, 01:05

some kill cord contacts work normally open and some work as normally closed depending on whether they earth out a contact to stop the motor or complete the ignition circuit. Depends on engine make, model and year etc.
hope this helps
Jiz

thebigrib · 09 August 2005, 01:58

this story really reinforces (with regards to the thread listed above) how dangerous open props are and how Rob Jones' Rib exploits (see video clips) can be potentially?extremly dangerous!

codprawn · 09 August 2005, 04:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by thebigrib

this story really reinforces (with regards to the thread listed above) how dangerous open props are and how Rob Jones' Rib exploits (see video clips) can be potentially?extremly dangerous!

Not really - the RIB that hit the boy was unmanned - obviously turned and ran him down!!!

In Rob's case the RIB was travelling in a straight line - BIG difference!!!!

Nos4r2 · 09 August 2005, 04:31

Bloody hell I thought I was the only one awake!

codprawn · 09 August 2005, 12:11

I wasn't awake!!!!

boatbuoy · 09 August 2005, 17:03

Kill cords and lifejackets. They are big and clever

The amount of folk in at Cowes week not wearing them... or having their kids one leg either side of the bow!

Quite funny bit though... sat waiting to pick up my friend from the red jet terminal in Cowes on the fireworks night. In the space of 20 mins. 3 Women fell in the water trying to board/leave ribs. How many wearing lifejacket? None.

Jimbob · 09 August 2005, 18:10

Very sad incident, i hope he recovers

Maybe i am just reading more of the posts, but it seems that this sort of thing seems to be on the increase...like i say maybe as i dont know the yearly stats

boatbuoy · 09 August 2005, 18:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbob

Very sad incident, i hope he recovers

Maybe i am just reading more of the posts, but it seems that this sort of thing seems to be on the increase...like i say maybe as i dont know the yearly stats

You'll probably find that the reporting of these "hot topics" is becoming more efficient, so you hear about them more easily. Same with natural disasters really, world news is that quick, that you hear about everything these days.

That and there are more risk taking muppets out there. lol.