Hurrah for the Royal Navy!

This was mentioned in the article :

"Once clear of immediate danger, she was towed to a mooring buoy where the Royal Navy engineers were able to identify and rectify a fault with a sea-cock in the vessel’s bilge".

This incident could so easily have been another statistic where a vessel foundered because of a failure of one of her seacocks.

Perhaps this could be a timely reminder to everyone, commercial and private boats alike, to check their seacocks on a regular basis, and ensure that they are operational.
 
Very true but not always that simple . The sea cocks on Trevera were almost impossible to get to when I bought her and it was only when I stripped her down that I found one that had been disconnected and boarded over with a locker base , screwed and glued in place
 
Given our recent mishaps (prop shaft coupling jiggered at Sanda, and errmm, hitting a reef in Loch Teacuis), would it be possible for the Admiralty to publish future fleet deployments in order to assist us with passage planning?
 
Well done indeed. But is it just me being picky? The phrase "the vessel ... ‘Prospect’ and her crew were rescued from certain sinking" is surely a contradiction. How can you possibly be rescued from something that is certain? If it is certain, it happens. If not, then either it happens or it doesn't. Clearly sinking was not the certain outcome in this case because it didn't happen.
 
This is a really interesting point. How can something be certain? We assume that because the laws of physics have worked in the past they will in the future, but this is only assumption we cannot prove it. They should have said it is 99.99999999999999999999999999999 % certain that the vessel would have sunk..

I'm glad you pointed that out.
 
Heard it all going on whilst on passage from Troon to Kingscross. The original mayday relay reported the vessel south of the Garoch Head!!!! but the yacht that was first on scene gave the correct lat and Long further to the north.

Paul.
 
We heard it too, heading to Tarbert from Ardrisahaig. It was heartening to hear the level of response ( wasn't the Waverley involved at one point?). It also made me realise that even in an area like the clyde where CG aerials must be pretty well placed you might still have to do a mayday relay - I guess in this case because the guys involved were maybe using a handheld?
 
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