Collision

[Oldhand]

Any theories on how a 40' power cruiser managed to collide with The Bridge buoy last night while on a delivery trip from Lymington to Weymouth? I believe viz. was excellent, so were they just following waypoints without a) checking the locations of the waypoints and b) just not looking where they were going in spite of being in a restricted and well marked channel?

It was another rescue for the Yarmouth Lifeboat with the CG chopper on hand to take the IR pictures shown on the local TV news.



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[Geoffs]

Probably had th Bridge programmed in as a waypoint, and headed for it. Can be a bit too accurate these GPS's!!!

<hr width=100% size=1>Old Chinese proverb 'Man who sail boat into rice field, soon get into paddy'