Ipswich ferry almost hits gaffer

sailorman said:
Inbound Ipswich ferry almost T-Bones blue Gaffer by Orwell No 1. The went hard astern & hard to stbd.missing the yacht by a few its.
I assume a large fine to follow.
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Ferry reported yacht to Ipswich radio - did not see the name of the yacht.
To be investigated.

30 minutes later another yacht (LINKA) cut across the bows of the UKBA PB 'Vigilant'. Also reported.
 
sailorman said:
Inbound Ipswich ferry almost T-Bones blue Gaffer by Orwell No 1. The went hard astern & hard to stbd.missing the yacht by a few its.
I assume a large fine to follow.
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This may sound like a COLREG moment, but who's to blame? Is the ferry restricted in ability to manoeuvre etc so the yacht should have been well out the way? or was the Ferry being dozy?
 
Is that the Lorry Ro-ro that comes in and out everyday?

Quiet bugger that one.....
 
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Guapa said:
30 minutes later another yacht (LINKA) cut across the bows of the UKBA PB 'Vigilant'. Also reported.
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Hahaha! we always try to look really innocent when those guys are about....

Muppetry.



They pulled a boat in the west country a couple of years ago, and had them tied up alongside next the the entrance to PYH.... with all the interior furniture, gear, etc stacking up on the quayside as they took the boat apart....

give them their due they did find a shedload of coke...
 
Fire99 said:
This may sound like a COLREG moment, but who's to blame? Is the ferry restricted in ability to manoeuvre etc so the yacht should have been well out the way? or was the Ferry being dozy?
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No question that the yacht should be well out of the way, the ferry can only manoeuvre in the dredged channel. Anyone who sails regularly on the Orwell should be aware of the shipping that uses Ipswich and stay clear of the channel when they are near. Not so sure about the Vigilant, I would still keep well clear, but she is a smaller vessel and not as draft constrained I would think.

It is not as if there isn't plenty of space outside the channel even near to low water, especially by Orwell No 1 where there is lots of room.

Definitely a dozy/stupid yachtsman, IMHO.
 
Leighb said:
No question that the yacht should be well out of the way, the ferry can only manoeuvre in the dredged channel. Anyone who sails regularly on the Orwell should be aware of the shipping that uses Ipswich and stay clear of the channel when they are near. Not so sure about the Vigilant, I would still keep well clear, but she is a smaller vessel and not as draft constrained I would think.

It is not as if there isn't plenty of space outside the channel even near to low water, especially by Orwell No 1 where there is lots of room.

Definitely a dozy/stupid yachtsman, IMHO.
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Thanks for that. I did wonder.
 
Leighb said:
No question that the yacht should be well out of the way, the ferry can only manoeuvre in the dredged channel. Anyone who sails regularly on the Orwell should be aware of the shipping that uses Ipswich and stay clear of the channel when they are near. Not so sure about the Vigilant, I would still keep well clear, but she is a smaller vessel and not as draft constrained I would think.

It is not as if there isn't plenty of space outside the channel even near to low water, especially by Orwell No 1 where there is lots of room.

Definitely a dozy/stupid yachtsman, IMHO.
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I noticed UKBA coming down as I went up yesterday. Reading her marks she draws 2.4. No more than a few of the yachts on the Orwell, and I would expect her to really quite manoeuvrable.
 
The old "Ferryways" ship coming up the orwell on Saturday around lunchtime, I heard it hoot 6 times on seperate occasions from the RHYC!

Then on Sunday one of the AJAX's racing from RHYC cut in front of "thistle" the barge and they were sounding their hooter!
 
I may be a bit rusty on this, and not wishing to be pedantic but what does 6 'hoots' mean?

I know five means 'get out of the way' or 'I'm unsure of your intentions' but what does 6 mean?
 
Fire99 said:
I may be a bit rusty on this, and not wishing to be pedantic but what does 6 'hoots' mean?

I know five means 'get out of the way' or 'I'm unsure of your intentions' but what does 6 mean?
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I meant on seperate occasions.... it wasn't 6 hoots at the same time.
 
Fire99 said:
I may be a bit rusty on this, and not wishing to be pedantic but what does 6 'hoots' mean?

I know five means 'get out of the way' or 'I'm unsure of your intentions' but what does 6 mean?
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More years ago than I care to remember I was interviewing a pilot in the Middle East regarding a collision between two tankers leaving port. He told me he sounded 6 blasts, like you I didn't register the meaning so he slowly explained.

Three blasts: My engines are going astern.

Five blasts: What are you doing?

Six blasts: You c**t!!

I couldn't fault the logic;-)
 
Mariner69 said:
More years ago than I care to remember I was interviewing a pilot in the Middle East regarding a collision between two tankers leaving port. He told me he sounded 6 blasts, like you I didn't register the meaning so he slowly explained.

Three blasts: My engines are going astern.

Five blasts: What are you doing?

Six blasts: You c**t!!

I couldn't fault the logic;-)
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I don't have the Harwich bye-laws immediately available here, but if I remember correctly, in Harwich six blasts is an immediate action meaning "I have run aground". Quicker than getting three balls up.
 
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