Anyone know about the capsize at shepp today ?

[Richard Shead]

Not looking good ?

 

[Deefor]

Just beat me to it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-18918780

 

[Richard Shead]

Just beat me to it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-18918780

Does not say much though, looks like just outside shepp marina. I guess we may have news in the morn.

 

[boatone]

Russell Road runs from the Walton Bridge roundabout towards Shepperton village and passes alongside the old river channel on the north side of Desborough Island.

There are a couple of sailing clubs in that stretch so maybe it was a dingy that capsized?

 

[dash300]

We are just upstream and normally the helecopter is circling around on these occasions but last night nothing, so must have been just a river/land based search. We've had a bad run of drownings over the past few years in this area
and the helecopter is usually the first sigh something is amiss.
Nothing on local news either.

 

[Lazy Days]

It was a speed boat apparently.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/localheadlines/9829165.Police_search_for_missing_man_after_boat_capsizes_in_Thames/?ref=rss

 

[SnowCat]

Really not looking good now.

Been on Radio Jackie's News Reports since 7.30am.

Also on BBC London News at lunchtime....

Here's another link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-1892004

 

[Richard Shead]

Just read a bit more on this and unfortunately it is almost exactly as I thought when I first heard the news..

Speedboat, blokes, late at night.

 

[boatone]

All the reports I've seen mention 6 pm so hardly late at night.

Think I'll wait till we know the facts .........

 

[Richard Shead]

All the reports I've seen mention 6 pm so hardly late at night.

Think I'll wait till we know the facts .........

I am not jumping to any conclusions I am just stating its as I thought, the reported facts are, speed boat, males and a bit of speed apologies if wrong on time

 

[Dave_Seager]

There are more details here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...psizing-high-speed-test-run-River-Thames.html

 

[bradtarga34]

I believe the body was recovered this morning, so sad...

 

[watson1959]

Very sad....but so many errors! Speed, no lifejackets, bad weight distribution, strong currents: a catastrophe waiting to happen.


As an aside I do like the name on the police boat

There's a retired one on the stretch between Shiplake and Sonning called Off Duty.

 

[rosssavage]

That's the Lindon Lewis workboat - ex-police. They have two, named 'Old Bill' and 'Fuzz'

 

[dash300]

Don't let Jenny at Bridge Marine hear that, Fuzz belongs to her and she is the one standing on the side of it in the picture. In fact she has two of the old police 'duty' boats the other one is called Priority.

 

[SnowCat]

I believe the body was recovered this morning, so sad...

Predictable, preventable but oh, so sad!

 

[rosssavage]

I stand corrected..

 

[stuartbaggs]

2 fire engines; 2 fire boats and a police car just arrived at Cowey sale. connected?

 

[stuartbaggs]

half of desborough island been closed off

 

[Captain Coochie]

Well the sun is out and its the first day of the school holidays . Lets hope in a wierd kind of way that it is connected rather than a new accident