One lucky man in rubber dinghy in the path of a container ship

[Concerto]

Here is one lucky man in a rubber dinghy in Southampton Water when a container ship approached.

Man in dinghy in near miss with container ship

 

[ashtead]

Yes amazing what that small dinghy with a dodgy outboard was doing in Soton water in first place -maybe he left his jetski behind as that’s what you usually see them doing around there .

 

[newtothis]

Shows why you should always carry a full set of day symbols in your dinghy.

 

[ashtead]

Vessel not in command maybe best choice here.

 

[Stemar]

From the tiny bow wave, the ship was going pretty slowly. OK the man swam for it; it worked, and I have no intention to criticise as I wasn't there and please God, never will be, but I wonder if, with the advancing years of many here, we wouldn't be at more risk of a heart attack suddenly entering water at 8-9 C than we would bouncing along the side of the ship.

Having said that, a friend went swimming at Calshot the other day, but she's mad, so it doesn't count

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Hope he made it past the mincers ....

 

[mjcoon]

From the tiny bow wave, the ship was going pretty slowly. OK the man swam for it; it worked, and I have no intention to criticise as I wasn't there and please God, never will be, but I wonder if, with the advancing years of many here, we wouldn't be at more risk of a heart attack suddenly entering water at 8-9 C than we would bouncing along the side of the ship.

Having said that, a friend went swimming at Calshot the other day, but she's mad, so it doesn't count

I gather you can be trained to survive that immersion. But I don't know how long it takes to revert to normal if the practice is not maintained...

 

[Sandy]

I see the safety boat stood well off. I'm getting worried about Solent sailors and the interpretation of the COLREGS and LNTMs. Is there a game of chicken being played? First a racing yacht now a dingy, it will be a SUP next.

 

[LadyInBed]

He was trying to start his engine. No luck so jumped overboard and swam.
A classic case of being between the devil and the deep!

 

[LittleSister]

He was trying to start his engine.

He might have been better off applying his attention to his oars.

 

[bedouin]

From the tiny bow wave, the ship was going pretty slowly. OK the man swam for it; it worked, and I have no intention to criticise as I wasn't there and please God, never will be, but I wonder if, with the advancing years of many here, we wouldn't be at more risk of a heart attack suddenly entering water at 8-9 C than we would bouncing along the side of the ship.

Having said that, a friend went swimming at Calshot the other day, but she's mad, so it doesn't count

I wish the video had kept going so we could see what happened to the dinghy.

 

[LadyInBed]

He might have been better off applying his attention to his oars.

Assuming that he had some!

 

[SaltIre]

A new article/pic on the BBC site:

Man in dinghy in near miss with Southampton-bound container ship

The Daily Mail said he was a reveller...
WATCH: Man dives into water to narrowly avoid being hit by CARGO SHIP

 

[Sandy]

Man in dinghy in near miss with Southampton-bound container ship

The Daily Mail said he was a reveller...
WATCH: Man dives into water to narrowly avoid being hit by CARGO SHIP

No way the bridge team would see him.

 

[SaltIre]

No way the bridge team would see him.

Indeed. I'm impressed that the Daily Mail could tell the ship was outbound unlike the BBC...

Man in dinghy in near miss with Southampton-bound container ship

 

[James_Calvert]

Couldn't his mate in the other boat have given him a tow?

 

[Jungle Jim]

I wonder what happened to the escort boat that runs along in front? Probably didn't believe that the dinghy off to one side when they went through would be daft enough to play chicken.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

I wish the video had kept going so we could see what happened to the dinghy.

It would be nice to know if the ship's wake would have pushed you away with a human in the inflatable wouldn't it. At various states of load, the container ship's prop is exposed which would have been terrifying. Only if you lived to tell the tale. I think I would need a considerable amount of therapy.

Didn't he do well though .

 

[SaltIre]

It would be nice to know if the ship's wake would have pushed you away with a human in the inflatable wouldn't it. At various states of load, the container ship's prop is exposed which would have been terrifying. Only if you lived to tell the tale. I think I would need a considerable amount of therapy.

Didn't he do well though .

He got admitted to hospital with "shock"... New underpants perhaps!

 

[Biggles Wader]

There was a lookout on the bow so I assume they stopped the engine so no prop to worry about.