capt_courageous
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You forumites are a pretty mixed and sometimes argumentative bunch. That said I am sure we are all touched and saddened by her experience. Boating joy suddenly turned to horror. I really do not know what to say.
A very brave lady
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2nd_apprentice
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Huh?
SimbaDog
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capt_courageous
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Try leaving the pub and looking at the news.
capt_courageous
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You too.
Twister_Ken
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Last May, Victoria Milligan was spending the Bank Holiday in Cornwall with her family when their trip turned to tragedy.
They were thrown from their speed boat, and Victoria's husband and eight-year-old daughter were killed.
She lost her leg and her other three children were badly injured, but survived.
She is now hoping to raise more than £300,000 for the RNLI and Child Bereavement UK in a charity cycle ride starting in Cornwall.
In her first television interview, Mrs Milligan spoke to BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay.
That it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27937053
They were thrown from their speed boat, and Victoria's husband and eight-year-old daughter were killed.
She lost her leg and her other three children were badly injured, but survived.
She is now hoping to raise more than £300,000 for the RNLI and Child Bereavement UK in a charity cycle ride starting in Cornwall.
In her first television interview, Mrs Milligan spoke to BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay.
That it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27937053
ProDave
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Two words sums it up.
KILL CORD
If more people used them, less people would get hurt / killed.
there should be a slogan such as "Kill the engine, not your crew"
KILL CORD
If more people used them, less people would get hurt / killed.
there should be a slogan such as "Kill the engine, not your crew"
Hambler Rambler
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Goodness me, she is amazingly rational about it considering how recent it was.
Surprised to see the footage of the boat circling cropping up all the time - do we presume that the casualties were no longer in the water at the moment that was filmed?
SimbaDog
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Try looking at the forum to see if there is already a thread on the subject!
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...t-death-wife-Victoria-Milligan-in-safety-plea
Lakesailor
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What an attitude.
Especially after starting by criticising the forum.
It's good etiquette to explain the premise of your post if you are the OP. You're not alone in this guessing-game style of posting.
Rigger Mortice
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Me as well.
I was wondering if you were making an OTT post about Elizmor.
MrB
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2nd_apprentice
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Poor reception while going through Corryvreckan, only listened to Stornoway on Ch16 and NAVTEX.
chinita
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+1
Who the **** does he think he is?
We don't have pubs in Portugal; neither do we have UK news.
This is a global/international forum. Perhaps he should remember that before he tries to be a smartarse.
Sailfree
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I saw her interviewed on TV and admired her presentation and sympathised when her obvious emotion showed through.
Yes no kill cord but I went out on the rescue rib last Wednesday and realised after 50yds I had not connected kill cord after slipping mooring.
There but for the grace of God go I!
jon711
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pvb
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And, importantly, she was driving the boat at the time, and wasn't using her kill cord. Yet she claimed that she and her husband had been trained. Now she's wanting compulsory training and licensing, no doubt. I think she's foolish, rather than brave.
JumbleDuck
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There's probably a lot of survivor guilt there, and a need to find someone else to blame.
The Third Man
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I have a very humble Honda outboard for my Avon dinghy. It will not start if the kill cord is not operative. Are ribs different?
Rigger Mortice
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No. It's just that it was dangling loosely rather than being attached to the driver.