A prayer for missing fishermen.

Seastoke

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Missing from Conwy last Wednesday 3 young men there has been no sign of them , no mayday . Only god knows what’s happened.
 
Brian was fishing the same spot 4 years ago. Never found a sign of the wreckage. Just a empty liferaft and he washed ashore a few weeks later.

What could take a fully coded boat down so quickly that there is no tell tale wreckage despite it being a lobster potter (bouys etc), no distress call vhf or cell phone , no epirb and no liferaft. Makes one situp and think.
 
:-( very sad, what's life expectancy in sea at the area these days? (I mean due to water temp/hypothermia)
are prof fishing boats allowed to have no epirb/liferaft ?

V.
 
vas said:
:-( very sad, what's life expectancy in sea at the area these days? (I mean due to water temp/hypothermia)
are prof fishing boats allowed to have no epirb/liferaft ?

V.
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No, the boats are coded. They need these. That was my point. How can they just disappear without trace? This is two within a 4 year period. Conwy only has a handful of commercial fishing boats so it's a a high percentage.
 
BruceK said:
No, the boats are coded. They need these. That was my point. How can they just disappear without trace? This is two within a 4 year period. Conwy only has a handful of commercial fishing boats so it's a a high percentage.
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Sometimes things happen very quickly and there is no opportunity to react so perhaps that is what happened in this case.
 
Yes I suspect so. It's very sad though. The skipper was a young man. Very affable and well liked in the community. I'd chat with him occaisionaly off the quay while waiting on the tide. Always busy keeping his boat in order so I dont think it was a catastrophic failure there. But who knows. Such a shame.
 
Someone I knew years ago said they were talking to a fishing boat working as a rig standby. The guy just said s**t we are over and that was it, lost with all hands. It can go wrong very quickly.
 
Very sad.
A lot of things can happen. Fishing has always been a risky business. Most fishing communities paying a toll.
Small fishing vessels are vulnerable to many things.
some years ago, I was involved with a national consultation process for updating regulations. The requirements for small fishing vessels being a hot topic.
Although my particular role was different. It was of significant interest to me having lost friends. So I actively lobbied for change.
A lot of it is education. But education and certification is expensive.
Push back from owners and thier lobbyists was very significant.
At times it was frustrating, even the fishermen were actively lobbying against the requirements we were asking for.
often fishing vessels are built to be just marginally under the requirement of the next set of regulation.
At the same time, fishing can be a tough way took make a living.
 
An all too regular occurrence, sadly. It’s a dangerous working environment. We’ve lost more than our fair share of good guys here in Devon over the years.

It is unusual for nothing at all being found after almost a week. Let’s hope for the families sake that their whereabouts is discovered soon.
 
If you read the MAIB fishing for all manner of reasons is one of the most dangerous occupations. One reason reported for loss of small boats is top side modifications that reduce stability with catastrophic effect, particularly when working nets. Always sad to hear of any accident at sea. I've been watching This Fishing Life on iPlayer and also remember with interest the few months I spent with the fishery protection squadron.
 
So it seems the bodies may have been found off the northwest coast and the life raft was found off the Scottish coat a few weeks ago. So sad.
 
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