mikefleetwood
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From BBC Radio Cornwall facebook this morning:
Anyone lost a yacht?
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Seajet
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Surely the first concern is ' where's the owner, has he or she gone over the side of the tender ? '
prv
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Is he likely to have been climbing into the tender without the boat attached to the mooring?
Pete
Seajet
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Pete,
as we know all sorts of cockups can happen; if I found a boat adrift, be she a Mirror dinghy or Swan 65, my first thought would be ' where's the driver ? '
as we know all sorts of cockups can happen; if I found a boat adrift, be she a Mirror dinghy or Swan 65, my first thought would be ' where's the driver ? '
Nicholas123
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Surely in that case we would be talking about a motor boat?
mikefleetwood
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I only quoted (in its entirety) what was said by BBC Radio Cornwall. "it is thought she slipped her mooring" - but, of course, anything is possible.
johnalison
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If she was found with hatches locked, it would be natural to assume that she had slipped her mooring.
longjohnsilver
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Or maybe it had a broken strop attached to a cleat. In which case fair to assume it had broken away from its mooring, especially in the unusually windy weather we've had in the past week.
Seajet
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If an owner slipped overboard the boat might well be off the mooring and the tender drifting fast downwind.
The motor may have died, all sorts of reasons why a boat may go adrift, but if I was left in cold water I'd be pretty chuffed if some sort of help turned up before the next of kin get the lot !
The motor may have died, all sorts of reasons why a boat may go adrift, but if I was left in cold water I'd be pretty chuffed if some sort of help turned up before the next of kin get the lot !
Twister_Ken
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Andy,
As the vessel in question was recovered by Falmouth Lifeboat, I'd be amazed if the first question to occur to them wasn't "WTF are the crew?" I'd also guess they are dab hands at determining whether a vessel was in use or just going float-about when discovered.
Cantata
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Of course. As an ex-CG I can assure you that is exactly what would go through everyone's mind and I don't doubt that a full search was instigated, unless there was good evidence that nobody was in danger.
Dave_Seager
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She is not listed on MARS so either has no radio or no licence. Presumably the RNLI can check for a CG66.
Cantata
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Any incident like this is actually run by the CG, who would have called out the lifeboat. The CG66 register is available online to the CG officer running the incident.
Seajet
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Twister Ken,
I was suggesting looking for the crew as a general rule rather than this case with a lifeboat; over the years I can think of a few boats of various kinds which were found adrift and just made secure as a kindness to the owner !
Wooden Boat Fittings
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SteveTibbetts
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My two previous boats both took themselves walkabout and parked themselves on nearby beaches. One through chafed through mooring lines (that one got neaped for a week or so) and one through a failed borrowed mooring (that one took hours to dig out). Consequently i'm very careful with mooring attachments. In both the cases the boats could have headed out to sea with the the right wind and tide and i wouldn't have found out till someone tracked me down
fisherman
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In my experience the few feet of chain hanging over the bow can be a clue.