Colin K
Well-Known Member
Hello,
Just thought that I would advise. I dropped down the river last night to give the old girl a blast in open sea. Locked out and followed a small ship down channel about an hour before low water. I got under the bridge and heard a "European" chap on channel 68 calling the port control advising that he was aground in the area of the bridge. They could not see him on cctv and advised him to call the coastguard on channel 16. To be fair the water was only going to drop another 300 mm. Both myself and the small ship kept a look out and he being ahead of me spotted him. The yacht aground was one buoy close to number 9 buoy sorry I forgot to check. He was well aground but not leaning so in no great danger. He was however having a good panic and did not get an answer from the coastguard. I went over to him and he asked me to give him a pull off which gave me an excuse to check the grunt in my 400 hp ha ha. I pulled him off easily but there was a noticable bank (just inside the channel) looking inline with the green buoys so there is a shallow spot approaching the bridge to starboard. Just for information really. I advised the lock keeper when I returned.
Cheers, Colin.
Just thought that I would advise. I dropped down the river last night to give the old girl a blast in open sea. Locked out and followed a small ship down channel about an hour before low water. I got under the bridge and heard a "European" chap on channel 68 calling the port control advising that he was aground in the area of the bridge. They could not see him on cctv and advised him to call the coastguard on channel 16. To be fair the water was only going to drop another 300 mm. Both myself and the small ship kept a look out and he being ahead of me spotted him. The yacht aground was one buoy close to number 9 buoy sorry I forgot to check. He was well aground but not leaning so in no great danger. He was however having a good panic and did not get an answer from the coastguard. I went over to him and he asked me to give him a pull off which gave me an excuse to check the grunt in my 400 hp ha ha. I pulled him off easily but there was a noticable bank (just inside the channel) looking inline with the green buoys so there is a shallow spot approaching the bridge to starboard. Just for information really. I advised the lock keeper when I returned.
Cheers, Colin.
(Excuse my trolling).