Rib Capsize, Plymouth - Page 2

mick · 12 May 2013, 21:24

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Originally Posted by Boats&Outboards

Where's the engine gone ? Has somebody stripped it already ? Whose was it, private or commercial

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SW Boat Transport · 12 May 2013, 21:35

The engine was sitting on the beach next to it.

Owned by Mount Batten Centre

Nos4r2 · 12 May 2013, 21:40

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Originally Posted by Boats&Outboards

Where's the engine gone ?
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Probably the same way as the A-frame?

JamesF · 12 May 2013, 21:43

The RYA Safety Boat course has a bit on lee shore recovery.

I once went on that course. At the Mount Batten Centre.

willk · 12 May 2013, 21:44

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Originally Posted by Nos4r2

Probably the same way as the A-frame?

People often underestimate the force of water in motion. I used to survey a shoreline in Clare, facing onto the Atlantic. There were blocks of stone the size of Transit vans up on the high tide line. The first season I used them as markers for my surveys - mistake, next spring they had moved....

ShinyShoe · 12 May 2013, 21:51

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Originally Posted by SW RIB Charter

Here is the end result

Bit of T-Cut and some duck tape should sort that out ;-)

Dhf · 12 May 2013, 21:59

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Originally Posted by ShinyShoe

Bit of T-Cut and some duck tape should sort that out ;-)

Nugent would have that sorted in a weekend

Festinghouse · 12 May 2013, 22:07

just shows how quickly things can happen. such a waste of a boat

spartacus · 12 May 2013, 22:08

Not good. Glad everyone was okay. They were very lucky none of them were pinned down under the boat... and for those filming - there seems like an apparent lack of urgency.

When they foul their prop early on - the person on the bow rope doesn't help the situation by hauling away. Pretty sure it would have turned out the same way, that surf swamped them once.

Rogue Wave · 12 May 2013, 22:11

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Originally Posted by Dragonhawk ficht

Nugent would have that sorted in a weekend

looks like a\n interesting project to me

jezza2011 · 12 May 2013, 22:19

If your going to get into that sort of sea then you better be 100%.
bow into the waves.
eye on the ball.

Bigmuz7 · 12 May 2013, 22:29

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Originally Posted by willk

People often underestimate the force of water in motion. I used to survey a shoreline in Clare, facing onto the Atlantic. There were blocks of stone the size of Transit vans up on the high tide line. The first season I used them as markers for my surveys - mistake, next spring they had moved....

Aye .. its constant motion.. fook me.. its repetition and power is unbelievable .. in a few weeks Ive seen hundreds of tonnes of sand and rocks shift .. and thats in my short life time ,, then I look at some of the boulders on the coast line .. and wonder how and when they got moved ?

SW Boat Transport · 12 May 2013, 22:41

Some more photos...

Nos4r2 · 12 May 2013, 23:02

Ouch.

Am I misinterpreting the image, or did those engine bolts snap?

paddlers · 12 May 2013, 23:09

What a bloody mess !! A good lesson in what happens when things go 'Pete Tong', simple act of fouling a rope with the prop in heavy seas near rocks !!! I think that they're lucky that nobody got badly injured but I hope the owner had some decent insurance as it looks like a decent project...

Dhf · 13 May 2013, 00:00

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Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

looks like a\n interesting project to me

Yes indeed!
So far I've had two go down, both in my absence, first was a 14' CJR sank right by the pontoon, my fault cus I left her stern to seaward in a calm usually sheltered bay, but the wind swung and picked up that night, and the small waves just pilled over the stern, fortunatly it was a drying pontoon so just drove up and recovered next day.
Second was a 23' Wilson flyer, broke her mooring early one morning, fortunatly a friend spotted it, but had no way of saving it so he swam out and sank it on the spot, good job really otherwise she would have broke up on the rocks she was heading for, once again I was able to drive to recover.
On both occations I took my outboards to my mech friend, who rebuilt to perfect working order, he did warn me if I was to leave my boat unattended, to disconnect engine batt supply as this would speed up corrosion when submerged.

So my message to others is; A wreck is not always necessarily Wrecked. until its inaccessible that is.

Bit like me really.

Wreck that is

Crusher · 13 May 2013, 16:59

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Originally Posted by SW RIB Charter

Some more photos...

Look at those pots washed up in pictures 4 & 5 , wonder if its rope from this that got caught round the prop which started the chain of events!!! :-0

Rooster21 · 13 May 2013, 18:53

Tax payer picks up the bill for this one. Not a mention in the local rag!

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andyxs · 13 May 2013, 19:14

I imagine the aluminium on the Saddle broke before the bols did, But an iteresting project for someone! I think I would have found a jetskier to have done that for me, Or swam it in.

Boatnomad · 13 May 2013, 20:14

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Originally Posted by Crusher

Look at those pots washed up in pictures 4 & 5 , wonder if its rope from this that got caught round the prop which started the chain of events!!! :-0

Just what i was thinking!