Calamity on the rocks at Foulness

[TheEcho]

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/16439375.sailor-is-rescued-off-islands-rocks/

A new Captain Calamity has apparently been rescued from the rocks off Foulness Island by the lifeboat.
Rocks? ROCKS ON THE EAST COAST?

 

[sailorman]

Was he on The Deben

 

[LittleSister]

Rocks? ROCKS ON THE EAST COAST?

Well, there are rocks in the photos. Presumably part of some erosion control measure.

Or perhaps there are even spookier things going on on Foulness than we suspected!

 

[Cantata]

What a load of twaddle.
My first thought was the old artificial island, but seeing the CHA are involved I guess it can't be, that's too far south. Perhaps the chap hung a sharp right at Shore Ends. We came into the Crouch midday yesterday, didn't notice anything over that way.

 

[tillergirl]

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/16439375.sailor-is-rescued-off-islands-rocks/

A new Captain Calamity has apparently been rescued from the rocks off Foulness Island by the lifeboat.
Rocks? ROCKS ON THE EAST COAST?

Could someone please read the current pilot:

"The usual anchorage is on the west side abreast of the 'Frolic' a coastguard vessel …..should the wind be north or south, the quietest berth will be round the corner. One may land on Foulness Island just above the 'Frolic' on a ROCKY point, down the face of which steps have been made. A walk of about a mile through cornfields will bring us to the village of Foulness, where there is a picturesque old church, in the very shadow of which stands the inn."

 

[Cantata]

Eh? West side of the island? So is that in the Roach?
Spoke to a marine copper here today, he'd not been involved but thought the incident was near Shore Ends.

 

[Juan Twothree]

Was he on The Deben

http://whitstablelifeboat.org.uk/whitstable-lifeboat-called-to-yacht-aground

He was adamant that he was very close to the Knock John Tower. So two lifeboats spent quite a bit of time searching for him, before he mentioned that he was near the shore and could see a concrete wall.

It was the helicopter that finally found him, at which point Burnham Lifeboat got launched.

 

[Dan Tribe]

It's very easy to get disoriented and confused. Hands up anybody who hasn't made a silly mistake.
I once eavesdropping on a pan pan for somebody aground at night in the Cocum Hill / Inner Bench Head area.
CG asked if he could give a better description of his position.
"Can you see anything, lights or anything to give us a clue?"
"Yes, the moon is behind me"
So that narrowed it down a bit!

 

[Tomahawk]

We passed a bilge keel bolt upright on the Northern side of Foulness spit as departing the Crouch on Saturday morning. Looks like he had tried to cross Foulness a bit late.

It looked similar to Captain Calamity so I contacted Thames CG. The young lady was very well behaved and didn't laugh too much when I said going aground is a right of passage on the East Coast.

 

[MoodySabre]

Dover coastguard is making a point of telling callers that the call sign Thames Coastguard is now redundant and that they should call Dover CG.

 

[Tomahawk]

If so they could have replied on the VHF and said so. I had to phone up on 999.

 

[Malish]

Dover coastguard is making a point of telling callers that the call sign Thames Coastguard is now redundant and that they should call Dover CG.

It still does not feel right... hey ho, 'progress'....