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Iota
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Nybody know anymore than is in the attached article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8224855.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/8224855.stm
snowleopard
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I can't find any other reference yet but from the photo it looks to be a Prout, probably cream coloured. I have a friend in such a boat who is currently cruising the West so I'm hoping for the best.
Adonnante
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Collision of Falmouth
Just see the following on the BBC online site.
A family of five on board a catamaran abandoned their vessel after it was involved in a collision with a fishing boat off the coast of Cornwall.
The vessels collided two miles (3.2km) south of Pendennis Point in Falmouth.
The family and two dogs were unhurt and transferred off the catamaran, the Camelot, to the Falmouth lifeboat. The catamaran was left partially sunk.
The bow of the fishing boat, the Hayley Marie, was damaged. Its single sailor, a man from Truro, was also unhurt.
Several boats answered the catamaran's mayday call, including the Falmouth pilot boat, the Cornwall Fire Brigade rescue boat and the Falmouth lifeboat.
A helicopter from RNAS Culdrose was also dispatched to the scene, Falmouth Coastguard - which co-ordinated the rescue - said.
The lifeboat crew acted quickly to stop the Camelot from sinking by inflating the yacht's onboard lifeboat in the cockpit.
Just see the following on the BBC online site.
A family of five on board a catamaran abandoned their vessel after it was involved in a collision with a fishing boat off the coast of Cornwall.
The vessels collided two miles (3.2km) south of Pendennis Point in Falmouth.
The family and two dogs were unhurt and transferred off the catamaran, the Camelot, to the Falmouth lifeboat. The catamaran was left partially sunk.
The bow of the fishing boat, the Hayley Marie, was damaged. Its single sailor, a man from Truro, was also unhurt.
Several boats answered the catamaran's mayday call, including the Falmouth pilot boat, the Cornwall Fire Brigade rescue boat and the Falmouth lifeboat.
A helicopter from RNAS Culdrose was also dispatched to the scene, Falmouth Coastguard - which co-ordinated the rescue - said.
The lifeboat crew acted quickly to stop the Camelot from sinking by inflating the yacht's onboard lifeboat in the cockpit.
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I've heard about inflating the liferaft in the cockpit to save the boat- nice to know it works, as long as you remember to get out first!
photodog
Lord High Commander of Upper Broughton and Gunthor
That must be damn near were those two small fishing boats collided a couple of years back.. sending one to the bottom which was then raised and recommisioned.... I wonder if the same guy coming down from Falmouth fell asleep again....
cowpat
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Colision off Falmouth
The cateraman is now safely on Pendenis slipway and will be drawn up as high as possible to the top on H.W. tonight. A plywood patch is on the damaged area. Pendenis assisted in clearing the hulls with their mobile pumps as the tide receded. Survey tomorrow.
The cateraman is now safely on Pendenis slipway and will be drawn up as high as possible to the top on H.W. tonight. A plywood patch is on the damaged area. Pendenis assisted in clearing the hulls with their mobile pumps as the tide receded. Survey tomorrow.
tugboat
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Stemhead damage on fishing boat, Port hull of cat flooded so presume she was hit on her port side. Doesn't take a genius to apportion main responsibility.
monkfish24
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chriscallender
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Wouldn't that depend on whether the fishing boat was engaged in fishing at the time, and displaying the correct shapes/lights?
cowpat
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NO.. Boats had gone out to catch a glimpse of the round world sailor passing to portsmouth.Details not known yet... NOT fishing... A more acurate description of the boat that was bow damaged boat would have been , wooden fishing boat type.
halcyon
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Report yesterday on local radio from MCA, no commercial boats envolved so there will be no investigation. Fishing boat may be misleading, may bebe ex or that type, as in private rod angler.
Truth will come out.
Brian
tugboat
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Not a commercial fishing vessel, but a boat such as might be used by rod anglers. Apparently there is not going to be an enquiry,so must be cut & dried. If you get hit by another boat, make sure it's on your port side!
fisherman
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It may not help you. The Lady Hamilton was hit on the port side but the enquiry pretty much blamed the two skippers equally, for poor watchkeeping mainly.
When you start thinking about using, for instance, non standard nav light bulbs, remember the MCA will check them, among other things.
cowpat
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The collision was at about 3.30 in the afternoon. If I may ask, why do we need to discus nav' lights? Not critisising just curious.Chris.
tugboat
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I quite agree, that's why I was careful to write 'main responsibility' in my original comment.
Miles
Active Member
We were in the vicinity but it was a longtime before anyone on the VHF gave a position though perhaps it was visible all along by Falmouth CG who must have had a grandstand view. The Mayday call came from the fishing boat whose skipper sounded extremely panicky and at one point said "I've hit a catamaran". It was far from being a text book Mayday call but then most of us have never had to do one in anger. The CG kept asking if all the crew of the catamaran were accounted for and it took a while for them to get confirmation that all were OK. I believe the skipper of the cat stayed aboard after the other four crew members were taken off. Visibility in the area was good. We turned back towards Falmouth at 12.15pm and the Mayday call was made at around that time.
chriscallender
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Well, my poor defence is that I'd only read what had been written in the thread without opening any links and hadn't any clue whether this had happended at day or night. I agree that nav lights aren't very relevant to a collision at 3:30pm in summer.
Oh, and my other reason is that I was in Hong Kong at the time and it was dark with me when the collision took place... no only kidding,
Chris
jason -and the arguenauts
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No - it wasnt hampered by its gear (too small to be trawling, has to be moving so it cant be lifting pots) so in the strict colregs sense it isnt a boat entitled to the priority given to fishing boats.
photodog
Lord High Commander of Upper Broughton and Gunthor
Anyways... surely the Cat has as much a responsibility for the accident as the fishing boat... after all he has a equal responsibility to prevent a collision as the fishing boat.. even if he was the stand-on vessel???