rwoofer
Well-Known Member
Back in the 80s we had a P-bracket ripped out when rope coiled from prop forwards. Disabled boat requiring urgent tow to lift out facilities. Pot was off Cawsand in Plymouth sound.
And what about the Lobster pot buoys?
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Back in the 80s we had a P-bracket ripped out when rope coiled from prop forwards. Disabled boat requiring urgent tow to lift out facilities. Pot was off Cawsand in Plymouth sound.
Twister_Ken
Well-Known Member
"How many of you have actually had a rope from a lobster pot buoy tangled round your prop, rudder or any other dangly bits?"
If you see my post above, 3% of all RNLI call outs last years were due to entanglements.
If you see my post above, 3% of all RNLI call outs last years were due to entanglements.
fisherman
Well-Known Member
That's a small %, but if you take out sinkings, fires, medivacs, people off the cliff, and a wide variety of other stuff it will be higher.
Does it show how many were to disabled yachts/mobos, since they are the concern in this discussion, and of those how many were prop tangles/fishing gear?
Twister_Ken
Well-Known Member
No, But the following figures show that about 36% of launches were, largely, non-boaty. Therefore 3% of 64% of launches were for entanglement, roughly 4.7% (or 1 in 21 of all boaty call-outs).
(first number is number of call-outs, second is percentage of all call-outs)
PERSON IN WATER 488 5.88
PERSON MISSING 400 4.82
BATHER 231 2.79
PERSON FALLEN FROM JETTY 78 0.94
DIVER 63 0.76
PERSON FALLEN FROM CLIFF 40 0.48
PERSON 9 0.11
WATERSKIER 1 0.01
SUB-TOTAL 1,310 15.79
PERSONS ASHORE
PERSON ON MAN-MADE STRUCTURE 303 3.65
PERSON ON SHORELINE 222 2.68
PERSON ON ROCKS 199 2.40
PERSON ON SANDBANK 136 1.64
PERSON ON ISLAND 115 1.39
PERSON ILL 39 0.47
CLIFF CLIMBER 26 0.31
PERSON INJURED 16 0.19
SUB-TOTAL 1,056 12.73
UNIDENTIFIED DISTRESS SIGNAL 195 2.35
ANIMAL 112 1.35
BODY RECOVERY 103 1.27
MOTOR VEHICLE 71 0.86
OBJECT 71 0.86
VESSEL (OTHER) 26 0.31
AIRCRAFT 21 0.25
SAFETY BOAT 18 0.22
RNLI LIFEBOAT 9 0.11
LIGHTHOUSE 2 0.02
SUB-TOTAL 412 7.25
(first number is number of call-outs, second is percentage of all call-outs)
PERSON IN WATER 488 5.88
PERSON MISSING 400 4.82
BATHER 231 2.79
PERSON FALLEN FROM JETTY 78 0.94
DIVER 63 0.76
PERSON FALLEN FROM CLIFF 40 0.48
PERSON 9 0.11
WATERSKIER 1 0.01
SUB-TOTAL 1,310 15.79
PERSONS ASHORE
PERSON ON MAN-MADE STRUCTURE 303 3.65
PERSON ON SHORELINE 222 2.68
PERSON ON ROCKS 199 2.40
PERSON ON SANDBANK 136 1.64
PERSON ON ISLAND 115 1.39
PERSON ILL 39 0.47
CLIFF CLIMBER 26 0.31
PERSON INJURED 16 0.19
SUB-TOTAL 1,056 12.73
UNIDENTIFIED DISTRESS SIGNAL 195 2.35
ANIMAL 112 1.35
BODY RECOVERY 103 1.27
MOTOR VEHICLE 71 0.86
OBJECT 71 0.86
VESSEL (OTHER) 26 0.31
AIRCRAFT 21 0.25
SAFETY BOAT 18 0.22
RNLI LIFEBOAT 9 0.11
LIGHTHOUSE 2 0.02
SUB-TOTAL 412 7.25
harpo
New Member
Me, twice in six months. Once it was a long float attached to a 4pints milk bottle. It was a hell to disentangle from the rudder.
I did it myself, I did not call for help, so my case as several others does not get recorded into the stats.
Dude sounds harsh, but this stuff is a real pain in the neck, and sooner or later something will have to be done!