38ft Motor Boat runs aground at speed

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Heard a very shaken up guy on Ch 16 as i meandered up from West Mersea yesterday. Initially he was calling up the RNLI, on Ch 16 then he decided to call Thames Coastguard. Apparently he had hit in the vicinity of the Swallow Tail at 22 knots and his wife was projected down into the galley and quite badly hurt, the ILB was out and about and shortly in attendance, he insisted that his charts showed deep water etc, but at that speed he would presumably have not had much in the water i would have thought, it was pretty much dead on low tide admittably, anyone hear what happened, i became busy with my cruising shute.
 
Lets hope they are ok. Being projected into the galley or anything at that speed is pretty serious even potentially fatal. Pretty damaging to the vessel as well I would have thought. I wonder what went wrong.
 
tillergirl said:
Lets hope they are ok. Being projected into the galley or anything at that speed is pretty serious even potentially fatal. Pretty damaging to the vessel as well I would have thought. I wonder what went wrong.
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i think he was going too fast and not paying attention, he didnt sound like he knew what he was doing on the radio, but he may well have been flapping.
 
I hit a submerged pipe at 6 knots, and I flew through the companionway and headbutted the table. It hurt, a lot. I ended up with concussion.
So at 22 knots, that must have been quite some wallop.
 
Fire99 said:
Probably the closest you're likely to experience to lunar weightlessness, or being superman. :)
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I achieved that when hitting a wet straw bale at Brands Hatch whilst almost still on a motorbike.
And again the following year having a head on collision with a Fiat Mirafiori.

Oh yes, and a very close shave water skiing into Seasalter beach and ran aground, but only got a nose bleed.:D
 
FullCircle said:
I achieved that when hitting a wet straw bale at Brands Hatch whilst almost still on a motorbike.
And again the following year having a head on collision with a Fiat Mirafiori.

Oh yes, and a very close shave water skiing into Seasalter beach and ran aground, but only got a nose bleed.:D
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Just think of the consequences of running into all those pack`s of butter :eek::eek:
 
I experienced weightlessness while posing - to some very tasty German girls - some while back from the commanders cupola in a tank. The driver dropped it 2 gears and shot me out the top. I could tell the girls were impressed by the way they were rolling round on the floor laughing:o

sorry Fred Drift
 
FullCircle said:
I achieved that when hitting a wet straw bale at Brands Hatch whilst almost still on a motorbike.
And again the following year having a head on collision with a Fiat Mirafiori.
Oh yes, and a very close shave water skiing into Seasalter beach and ran aground, but only got a nose bleed.:D
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I must remember never to accept a lift from Mr. F-C in any form of transport...:)
 
Cantata said:
I must remember never to accept a lift from Mr. F-C in any form of transport...:)
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Wise....

Ask him sometime about the occasion when I had to ask him to slow down as I was fed up of sitting in the passenger seat with my eyes closed, hanging on the door handle.... I think getting airborne over a hump backed bridge, and not having a rally drivers co-pilot helmet on were the final factors in me making my request.... :D
 
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Phoenix of Hamble said:
Wise....

Ask him sometime about the occasion when I had to ask him to slow down as I was fed up of sitting in the passenger seat with my eyes closed, hanging on the door handle.... I think getting airborne over a hump backed bridge, and not having a rally drivers co-pilot helmet on were the final factors in me making my request.... :D
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Ha! We got to the pub at 10:58pm. Justification if ever it was needed.:p

You may wish to consult CPD on my motorbike technique too....
 
FullCircle said:
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Ha! We got to the pub at 10:58pm. Justification if ever it was needed.:p
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To be fair, getting to the pub before 'last orders' should be a rule that overrides all road laws. (Apologies to the lentalists that will now have a hired hit out on me :D )

You can't beat that moment of weightlessness where (particularly on a bike) you think.. "This is going to hurt!" :D

Sorry to prolong the 'fred drift!' :)
 
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