tobermoryphil
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They are optimists in Essex....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-32201995
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-32201995
£9 boat in trouble
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Seajet
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Darwin would approve.
A1Sailor
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It seems their oars broke after they caught a crab...
BlackPig
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Don't be too quick on this one. Put a keel on it for directional stability. It would work ok. It was the oar that let them down, not the boat. They would have been in the same situation if they had a £1000 mass production boat but still one oar.
awol
Well-known member
But was it big enough for the YM practical?
lw395
Well-known member
I want to know where you can get so much foam insulation board for nine quid?
It's about £50 for a 4inch thick sheet in Wickes....
It's about £50 for a 4inch thick sheet in Wickes....
Simonpk
Active member
From Jaywick, they wouldn't have bought it. £9 was for the silicone.
Rumtotty
New member
The Only Way Is Essex!
savageseadog
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I think it's great, the spirit of adventure and make do.
sighmoon
Active member
+1
Mr Rassey started similarly (though it was part of a plane wreckage, rather than insulation board).
Mr Rassey started similarly (though it was part of a plane wreckage, rather than insulation board).
toad
New member
Well it looks better than some of my first efforts at getting afloat as a kid
A1Sailor
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Surely they could just have sculled?
BlackPig
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They were discussing this on Radio two yesterday J Vime show. I call it the ill-informed opinionated show. According to the info I got from it the two fishermen were not the most experienced mariners in the world. Non swimmers, no life jackets, no radio or anything. I assume they had a mobile to call for help. So sculling may have been out of their skill zone.
lw395
Well-known member
I think they were better fishermen than me though?
They caught something other than mackerel and kelp?
ronsurf
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They went out the day before and survived. It's only because they broke an oar and weren't wearing lifejackets that they were in the news.
A1Sailor
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The chap in your avatar seems to be sitting on a lifejacket with only one paddle. Did he get in the news?
ronsurf
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The chap in your avatar seems to be sitting on a lifejacket with only one paddle. Did he get in the news?
He must have done as there's a photo of him. I find it a bit odd, the whole lifejacket thing. They weren't in the water, they were in a boat. It wasn't sinking, no one was at risk from drowning. They're a couple of dumbasses without doubt, but their problem was a lack of propulsion not the fact that their boat cost £9 or they had no lifejackets. Like I say, they were out the day before and survived, indeed, they probably had a great time. Perhaps they even had lifejackets then, but felt so safe they didn't bother with them the next day.
Must say, though, if they spent only nine quid on their boat, I'm intrigued to find out how much the oars cost!
Old Troll
New member
Wee 9ft Boat
The locals would have been proud of this venture where I used to work in Africa and would probably have reached Madagascar in it. Are the RNLI now into destroying any craft deemed by them to be unseaworthy? Are they the sea police ? Do not think they should be involved in such deeds.
The locals would have been proud of this venture where I used to work in Africa and would probably have reached Madagascar in it. Are the RNLI now into destroying any craft deemed by them to be unseaworthy? Are they the sea police ? Do not think they should be involved in such deeds.
dogleg
Member
I suspect it was the local coastguard who suggested destroying the boat after the obligatory safety advice had been offered
A1Sailor
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I've fixed that for you. Most articles you come across nowadays includes the phrase "RNLI volunteers"...
