Cornwall Grounding (ship not yacht...)

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I just read this on the BBC website about a ship going aground off Cornwall http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-14384139

It looks like it just steamed into the beach. I hope this guy isnt around when the Fastnet's on!

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I reckon this is one hell of a lucky skipper; to have found a small beach to ground on on this coast and get off without apparent damage is a near miracle. The fact before the grounding he was being yelled at by the coastguard (on VHF presumably) and by the helicopter crew sent to save him says a lot about his watchkeeping and general running of the ship; which has been aground before. See here. My feeling is that such ships are a danger to us all and I hope the MCA are able to throw a very big book at him!
 
Twister_Ken said:
I may be out of touch with modern idiom, but just what does the singerette mean when she warbles "go where the groove is tight"?
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I think she says "hot".. but never mind, it might have attracted those bored mariners....

although I might say that lovely as the Cornish Lassies are (those I have met), in my experience a certain je ne sais quoi was missing...when compared to these gals
 
If they get away with absolutely no damage I would be amazed. If they ran her aground at any sort of speed, then there will be bottom damage, nice sandy beach or not.

Whilst you should never jump to conclusions, it probably isn't going to take Sherlock Holmes to work out what happened. Why it happened is probably another story.

I would love to read the Master's 'It is with regret that I have to inform you...' report.
 
Lands End Canal

He could have trying to cut a new canal through Cornwall!! Well that was a near miss, lets hope he didnt loose any cargo that could have been picked up easily.
 
It really is very hard not to pre-judge this one when you look at the AIS track.

At 02.22 the course was 130º and speed 16.8 knots. Course and speed remained broadly constant until 03.32 when course was 124º and speed was 18.0 knots.

The closest point to shore shown on marinetraffic.com is the next point at 04.33 when speed is 4.1 knots and course is 097º ie she is manouvring off the beach or shore. The coordinates of this point are 50º 10' 20" N 05º 38' 05" W which is just about on the 10m contour line, with a 4.9m depth 1 cable ahead and rocks a similar distance to starboard.

At around the time of the incident, tide height was about 3.2m. The ship's draught is 6.4m. So she would have just cleared the 4.9m spot depth, but another 1 cable ahead or to starboard there are things she would definitely have grounded on. Marinetraffic.com doesn't give us any more information on where the ship was during the hour between the last point at which she was travelling at 18 knots and the subsequent point an hour later where she is obviously getting off. The distance between the two points is 8 cables, which at 18 knots would be covered in less than 3 minutes.

Assuming that the ship's correct route should have led her through the Land's End TSZ, the XTE was somewhere in the region of 15 miles.
 
trapezeartist said:
It really is very hard not to pre-judge this one when you look at the AIS track.
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When the lifeboat arrived she was aground on the sandbank, it stood by while the ship transfered ballast to raise the bow, then reversed off. Falmouth CG could not raise them on radio to advise them they were heading for shore. It also appears she ran aground 3 years ago in Denmark, crewman on watch at the time was drunk and asleep from radio news report.

Brian
 
marko99 said:
An interesting report on the previous grounding incident is to be found HERE

It obviously isn't a dry ship (or wasn't back then anyway !).
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Thats an interesting read. Seems that the lifeboat did exactly what the Danish pilot boad did back in 2009. Remarkable, and rather worrying.

Simon
 
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