Not about Ribbing but this happened in Dartmouth yesterday afternoon. It was a combination of a Spring tide on the ebb and a force 8 wind from the North West!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4261933.stm
Everyone was safe but I bet they all had a "moment"!!!
What was the Chris de Burgh song. "Don't pay the ferry man till he gets you to the other side"??????