What have you towed? - Page 2

Bigmuz7 · 17 September 2009, 21:04

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Originally Posted by JSP

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Did he nick your codpiece ?

JSP · 17 September 2009, 21:06

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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

Did he nick your codpiece ?

No chance! My crocodile posing pouch (opens his mouth when he gets excited) is looked away under hatch a key

GJ0KYZ · 17 September 2009, 21:56

Last year, I towed this strange husband and wife team in their 8ft dinghy down the small roads and into St. Helier Harbour. He was just kicking back admiring the view whilst she was doing all the rowing. God knows where they came from or where they were heading. They were both in their sixties and I don't think they even thanked me.

Earlier this year, Jersey Coast Guard asked for help with an upturned yacht in the bay. These two guys had flipped their huge Hobie Cat and had been in the water for quite a while. By the time I reached them they were really cold and weren't thinking straight. They wanted me to tow them into a lee shore in what must have been a good Force six. I said no chance whatsoever and asked them to get in the rib and let me tow their boat to the marina. We then had a ten-minute argument about what was the right thing to do. By this time, other boats has arrived to help and all of us ended up shouting at the two guys to get out the water, which they eventually did. They had nothing on board: no radio, phone, rope, knife, flares or lifejackets. They didn't thank me either. If that's the sort of nonsense the RNLI have to tolerate then they all deserve medals.

Pablo · 18 September 2009, 09:31

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Originally Posted by tonymac

Towed these two in on a sail board that had lost the sail .....

Why?

I think i'd have left them

Rogue Wave · 18 September 2009, 19:36

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SV...nd_of_Mull.jpg
but i guess that doesn't count cos I was on a tug. it was certainly the nicest tow ever much nicer to look at than a crane barge. We towed her from Portland to Milford.

We got the Master to hoist some sales and we got up to 11 knots at times.

On a rib it has to be one of those versadocks

Ugliest thing probably DM

I was on Tele ehrn we towed the old Mersey ferry back into Salcombe, but other tha kitten breaking wind not a lot happens there!

Heart-trouble · 19 September 2009, 13:21

a huge semi-sub drilling rig into nigg bay. on the rib probably just trees and pontoons

Stoo · 19 September 2009, 13:28

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Originally Posted by Trell

My ex wife on a ski rope

ROTFLMAO

Apart from the gamut of busted boaties who seem to think I am a Coast Guard type, I once towed a 58' steel boat... that was towing a 48' steel boat... It was a little cumbersome to manoeuvre in the harbour. Fortunately it wasn't windy.

Jon.esp · 19 September 2009, 17:27

About 20 yrs back off the Malay peninsular about 5 miles off the southern point of Phuket Island found a broken down jet ski with a Swedish girl, late teens or early 20’s and wearing nothing but the tiniest of bikini bottoms. Certainly the other end of the spectrum from the ugliest things I have towed.

And oh before you ask no pictures sorry!

jyasaki · 22 September 2009, 17:36

On an underwater harbor cleanup back when I had the achilles 14', I towed in a dishwasher held up with liftbags, and an old motorcycle of unknown vintage.

Most of the other big stuff was pulled up by crane, but they had repositioned on the other side of the wharf by the time we got these to the surface.

jky

codprawn · 22 September 2009, 17:48

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Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SV...nd_of_Mull.jpg
but i guess that doesn't count cos I was on a tug. it was certainly the nicest tow ever much nicer to look at than a crane barge. We towed her from Portland to Milford.

We got the Master to hoist some sales and we got up to 11 knots at times.

Tenacious was in Swansea a few weeks ago. Lovely looking ship but a bit too perfect close up - more like something from a film set than a working ship but I wouldn't say no!!!

Oddest thing I have towed was a palm tree complete with coconuts - unfortunately most of them were pretty rotten after crossing the Atlantic at 3kts!!!

Steve_B · 22 September 2009, 20:53

How about these ...

Also had great fun at this years RNLI Funday in Christchurch, towing an assortment of rafts back up the river after each race. Unfortunately can not find any pics

PeterM · 22 September 2009, 21:03

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Originally Posted by Jon.esp

About 20 yrs back off the Malay peninsular about 5 miles off the southern point of Phuket Island found a broken down jet ski with a Swedish girl, late teens or early 20’s and wearing nothing but the tiniest of bikini bottoms. Certainly the other end of the spectrum from the ugliest things I have towed.

And oh before you ask no pictures sorry!

Not quite as good - she was with her boyfriend aswell! On the phone to the CG - no freezer bag in view either .

bigbadbob · 24 September 2009, 13:44

Daftest tow-We found a fishfarm adrift one day and, having tried to find it's owner and failed, decided to tow it in to safe water and moor it up. not unusual you may say. but you try it for several miles in a 13ft dell quay open dory. took us ages.
The hovercraft comes a close second, ok so it was only a two man version but hey ho.

Prettiest tow- a 21yr old hottie in a kayak.

lastlaugh · 02 November 2010, 11:29

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Originally Posted by Trell

My ex wife on a ski rope

Better check end of your Ski rope the only thing you are pulling now is a "Trout"

boristhebold · 02 November 2010, 17:59

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Originally Posted by Trell

My ex wife on a ski rope

That made me laugh so hard I nearly fell off my office chair, thankyou for making my day.

bosun · 02 November 2010, 18:57

Broken down SR4 sailing club ''rescue boat'' with an osprey sailing dinghy (under sail including spinnaker)

bosun · 03 November 2010, 00:50

not impressive just ironic.........

m chappelow · 03 November 2010, 01:21

last thing i towed back in was a dead motor cruiser a few weeks ago with the s.i.b. and 8 hp engine from about half mile out to sea in 2 meter breaking waves ,,the pilot cutter came alongside to try give us some shelter in the rough bit ,,before that a 5 ton broken down fishing boat back to its mooring for a hundred yards or so after it had been towed in by the larger boat that couldent get closer owing to a low water tide ,

Starovich · 03 November 2010, 20:13

longest, 10 x18 + foot keelboats also same tow was in the worst wind, 50knot gusts 40 knots minimum in Long Island sound. USA

HUMBER P4VWL · 03 November 2010, 20:24

We once hear a radio call to CG from a 40ft yacht 15mile off Anglesey. Flat calm, no wind and sunny. Engine broken down.

We pulled it with a fishing boat maxing out at about 5mph all the way to Beaumaris and put it on a bouy so an engineer could look at it in the morning. It took us 3hours to get to shore then another 2 hours to Beaumaris.

In the morning the skipper of our boat went out and said, "so, what's the problem.....blah blah.. I take it you tried bleeding it?" "No, don't know how."

OMG they were delivering a yacht from America to Spain, brand new worth god knows how much and didn't know not only how to bleed an engine, but when it is likely to occur!

10 mins later they were on their way. What a waste of time. Though we did get a bottle of scotch out of it. I say we, i was a kid at the time.