Circumcision MK 2

[hlb]

Wow, what weather, must be the longest spell of sunshine for nearly two years. M Fater working perfectly as usual. Well apart from the holding tank, which seems to have developed a sand bank in the middle, as it only takes about three pees and a poo, before it's full again.

So anyway, first stop, the fuel pontoon, thort we'd start the November fill up, so got two tanks filled and went for the third on the off side. Some twat cturns up to ask how long. It;s a bit tight in there, si I said, piss off for ten minutes, but he dint, just kept thrutching about. So the new guy on the pump, could not get it working for a while, then he could not add up. In the mean tine, I gets twated by the twat.

So, gets out into the river and about 50 yards, theres a dinghy going bazerk round in cirles. Then I see's a yacht rescuing a bloke and some one else trying to capture the dinghy. Theres a very stromg current runs in Conwy.

So I'm hanging about, to see if I can help in anyway, but not sure what.

There two little boats side by side, with folk reaching out the back, eventually they drag up an unconcios girl with blood from her head. They shouts for us to phone an ambulance, so Debs does this, whilst I go down to the radio, anyway some one else was on the job.

Next thing, the HM boat is coming past, so blows horn and waves. He sort of comes over, ehen goes off to collrct the dinghy, off the boat thats already rescued it. Girl driving the boat with the unconcios gilrl on it, did not seem to have a clue. Hope everything turned out ok. Thing is, it was about all I could do, to keep close enough to them, but under control in the five knot current, through umpteen moored yachts.

to be continued after the phone conversation with kawaski.................

 

[hlb]

So after beeing roodly interupted with Kwackers on the phone, you will realise that I left my best glassses at home, and what with no teeth and a quid pair of glasses, it's not coming out well. Anyway we gets to the swellies and theres a big current behind me, I've also got the Garmin zoomed far to far in. So the images of rocks are zooming across the screen, about two secons, then yer on the green stuff.

Then gets in the lock at P Dinorwick. It's always a bit of a laugh. First they park you up at the back of the lock, then get shocked that another boat wants to come in, so you have to keep shunting down a bit.

So we're walking back from the pub, Theres this boat, a bit like Quakers and a bloke with a similar beard and white hair. He's going completly bazerk, back forwards, Clouts every boat in sight, some two or three times. He shouted that it did not handle well.

I worried that he would move today and be in the same lock. Luckily he did'nt. So we cleared off to Holihead.

 

[pissativlypossed]

You becoming Welsh?

You never made much sense when you were in the West Country, but you make even less now!

What's with the title? "Circumcision Mk 2"?

Am I supposed to say "It's no drawback, No skin off my nose"?

Whatever, miss you in the Bori.

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[Major Catastrophe]

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Then gets in the lock at P Dinorwick.

[/ QUOTE ] As long as you didn't pop round to the council estate and twat my boat, I don't care. But, I did wonder why my tenants were on the phone complaining about the smoke and smell of poo.

 

[misterg]

The woman spent at least one night in hospital BBC news. We picked the bloke up - as you say, chaos. Didn't realise the girl was hurt until bloke was on board and we could see her lying motionless on the back of the powerboat with blood all over her head. (Had previously seen her being held out of the water by a guy single handed in a small yacht). Meanwhile little rib belting around in circles, and the whole circus heading towards the moorings at 3kn+.

An interesting start to the day....

Andy

 

[hlb]

So all ok in the end then. Fet a bity stupid at the time, but could not figgure out how to help. Exept by standing by. Not easy in the current. Just pissed off that my new hand held thingy, for the fly bridge is useless. Instead of getting the girl to the shore quick, the HM seemed to be messing with the dighy, surely sheparding the girl asore was his priority.

By this time we'd done all we could, admitedly

Yep, we could have gone alongside them, lassooed them and held them there, but would that have heled or made it more difficult.

 

[hlb]

Circumsision of Angalsea, like as I wroted.

 

[hlb]

We did shuffel in to the council estatate, but not sure which boat to bash. Backed up to the top, then thort better, so sciddadled out.

 

[Lawsy]

Nice one haydn, nice one deb. Good to see that, despite occasional disagreements on these forums, boaters will always assist each other in times of emergency.

 

[Ballistix]

They clearly didn't have the kill cord in use then? Scary.

 

[Searush]

I wondered that too, but there have been cases of kill-cord failure. Ask Al Jones!

Couple are from Stoke, so probably launched from the Morfa slipway. I wonder how much experience they had, the tide sluices thro' the Deganwy narrows at a fair lick there, enough to produce standing waves on a spring tide.

Not a pleasant way to end a "fun" day out. I suspect it may have put them off boating.

BTW, well done Haydn for providing assistance.

BBC report of Conwy incident here

 

[Major Catastrophe]

Could have been other reasons if they were using the Morfa slipway, Last year I walked down there and watched a boat repeatedly try and tie up to the pontoon by landing a crew member with a line.

After four attempts and nearly tipping the crew into the water, I suggested to him that he try approaching the pontoon AGAINST the tide instead of going with it and expecting the crew to jump off as it raced past and then stop and hold the 18 footer.

"F*** Off!" was the reply, so I left them to it. Glancing back, I noticed he had taken my advice and the crew landed safely.

I don't agree with compulsory training, but some people should not be allowed close to boats. Of course, neither had life jackets and the driver didn't have his kill cord attached to him as I could see it dangling from the key.

 

[hlb]

Thats just it, I did not help at all, just sat there wondering what was going on.. It wasn't till they dragged the girl out, that I saw how serious it was. Mind the little boats with low free board, could do much more than me. Suppose I did all I could, by just being there.

Seem to remember the dinghy coming out of the marina, whils we were stopped, putting fenders away.

 

[misterg]

I've not heard any more than is in the BBC report, so I assume that the woman is now OK, or at least on the mend.

We just happened to be on the way out, and I saw this rib coming in with it's nose way up in the air, and thought to myself "how the hell can they see where they're going?" It appeared to be towing something, and started to circle round, as if it was picking up a fallen ringo rider, or something. As it turned away, I could see the boat was empty! What I'd thought was a towed toy was, I think, the fuel tank being pulled along by its pipe. Thankfully, this slowed the rib down, and kept it motoring in circles until another speedboat managed to trap it.

Meanwhile, we could see that a guy in a small sailing boat had hold of the woman over the side of his boat, and yet another speedboat was going to help him deal with her, so there didn't seem to be a problem.

We continued on our way out, and lo-and-behold there was a bloke bobbing up and down in the water to our left. Quick check that nobody was already heading for him, and we went over to fish him out. Caroline had the presence of mind to throw him one of our lines, we pulled him in, and he climbed up our stern ladder.

First thing he said (after "Thanks!") was how warm the water was, and how he'd never been on a yacht before!

The bloke said that "a big wave came" and flipped their boat up - it was near the beacons slipway, where 'overfalls' (or what have you) develop due to the strength of the side swilling through a narrow channel, and it was *busy* with a lot of wash, etc.

I asked him if they had kill-cord and he said to us that "There's a thing on the throttle to make it stay open - I suppose it's a bit dangerous, really", so I don't think they had one.

Seemed to have all the right kit - wetsuit & buoyancy-aid/impact jacket, and was very pleasant & polite when we picked him up - obviously concerned for his girlfriend, and knew she'd had a "bang on the head".

We were fendering up with the intention of going alongside the boat that had caught the rib to re-unite him with it, when the Harbour patrol boat appeared and checked that everyone was out of the water. I told him about the girl, and at this point looked around and saw her for the first time lying very still on the back of the speedboat with blood on her head. Harbour boat (understandably) took bloke on board hurriedly (and put a gouge in our topsides in the process). He'd obviously called a lifeboat previously, because as he pulled away, we heard him radio to stand it down, but to send an ambulance. It then looked like he was heading back into the harbour without the girl (amid much shouting from everyone, and fog-horn & smoke from M-F), but I think he was just cutting behind the clump of boats that had developed.

It crossed my mind to put out a mayday, but I didn't. The thoughts that went through my mind were along the lines: It's a popular area for people to mess abut in the water, and I assumed they'd just get back in and "carry on larking about" (not that they necessarily had been, but it's what a lot of people do there); There were about half a dozen boats around, so surely someone else would have done it if it was needed?; When we saw the bloke in the water, it was such an obvious manoeuver to shimmy over and pick him up, that there didn't seem to be any point delaying, and risking him disappearing; then the harbour patrol was on the scene, and was obviously taking care of it. Probably would have done if we'd missed the pick-up or harbour patrol hadn't showed up.

One thing I should have asked, but didn't, was to check how many people had been on the rib. Otherwise, we were both pleased with the way we reacted. It's difficult to see how anyone else could have helped (there were several boats standing by, apart from those mentioned above).

So there you go...

We *will* be clipping the kill cord on next time the tender is out.


Andy

 

[deborahann]

You did very well, very commendable. The woman who rescued the girlfriend jointly with a man on her boat, together with the man on the small yatcht who had hold of her (we later realised) also did very well. I was told by the woman to call for an ambulance, not wanting to be the person who questioned this and cause a delay in the girlfriends headcase treatment, I did this. I did think well how will the ambulance get to her, thought they would shoot off back to Conwy with her, as the gate was still open, or further away to the town quay.

Unfortunately they didn't go anywhere for a while. Was asked which service, etc., then told by them so your mobile number is ....., yes. Got put through to the ambulance lot, and they asked some good things, but then my number again. Lost time looking this up, then stood next to the VHF so the ambulance lot could hear this & hopefully co-ordinate where the ambulance should go to. Could hear them saying she had come round etc. Then the boat with the girlfriend shot off to the town quay I assume, after the port auth. arrived & I assume, told by them to do so. Then the port auth. seemed to be collecting a well behaved, from what I could see, dinghy, tied on to the side of a boat.

We've learn't when a small yatcht is strange in the water, i.e. down at one side, & the owners signalling with one hand come over and help, to get round to that side , despite the current & other boats & look. I've learned to say, yes, I'll call an ambulance, but where are you taking her to. & go right now.

Very glad she is ok. Think she was very, very lucky.

 

[Lakesailor]

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some people should not be allowed

[/ QUOTE ] I think that is all you need to say.

 

[misterg]

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Think she was very, very lucky.

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Thanks for kind comments - It could have been a lot worse. Strange to see a 'situation' developing in front of you.

Andy

 

[hlb]

Well it's certainly had a big impact on my Curcumcision of Anglsey thread. It.s been a crap day today, cold and windy, nothing like the weather we have had. Looks a bit better tomorrow, so might head on towards Conwy.

Hmm. My outboard dont have a kill cord.

 

[misterg]

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Hmm. My outboard dont have a kill cord.

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Just hang on tight to the HT lead, then.... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Andy (sorry for thread hijack!)

 

[hlb]

I feel like Elinor Rigby or was it Ellen Mcferson. Well who ever, wev'e finally circusised Anglsy. Ok it's taken all week, but it was a bit cold today, so had to stop for a cup of tea. Now back in Conwy, the cheers and clapping was unbelievable. M Farter joining in the celebrations, with a huge cloud of smoke and a few flames as the afterburners were shut down. Debs is wondering if she will be made a Dame or a Baronet. At least Hennry should be Knighted. There has been talk o me being made an Admiral, though personally i'd just like a Cetrtificate of incompitance, or whatever it's called.