Penlee RNLI Rescue Last Night
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Frogmogman
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Don’t you have a radio on the lifeboat ?
Juan Twothree
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We do, but I've never been able to find Radio 2. It all seems to be coastguards and boats and stuff.
There's always BBC Sounds, but I much prefer listening live.
I know of at least one other lifeboat station, plus a SAR helicopter base, where Popmaster is something of a daily ritual.
boomerangben
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mm42
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I was crew on a 249 GT ship sailing away from Plymouth when to our horror we found the R2 signal fading as Popmaster approached. Without hesitation the skipper ordered the OOW to turn back towards shore for a few minutes until 3 in 10 had been completed, then normal service was resumed.
Frogmogman
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Hmmm. The MV Wakashio reputedly ran onto a coral reef of Mauritius in 2020, as the crew had closed the land to pick up a wifi signal.
Just saying’
Capt Popeye
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Might ask , I have just viewed a UTube programe of the Penlee Disaster ; It states /claims that the Ships Master did not give out a Mayday before or during the nsuing event ; Is that backed up in other programmes of the event ?
Was any reason given , as I find it strange not to give out a Mayday ; as I guess that alerts the Recue Services so that they 'are on the ball' and perform or call out the necessary assistance
Maybe if true that No Mayday call was given out by the Ships Master there was possible delays or errors in the response to this Calamity ?
Was any reason given , as I find it strange not to give out a Mayday ; as I guess that alerts the Recue Services so that they 'are on the ball' and perform or call out the necessary assistance
Maybe if true that No Mayday call was given out by the Ships Master there was possible delays or errors in the response to this Calamity ?
fisherman
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The master was offered help from the resident tug, he or his owners declined.
From Wiki
"Near the south coast of Cornwall, 8 miles (13 km) east of the Wolf Rock, the ship's engines failed.[3] The crew was unable to restart them but did not make a mayday call.[2] Assistance was offered by a tug, the Noord Holland, under the Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract; Morton initially refused the offer, but accepted after consulting his owners.[4] Winds were gusting at up to 90 knots (100 mph; 170 km/h) – hurricane, force 12 on the Beaufort scale – with waves up to 60 feet (18 m) high.[5] The powerless ship was blown across Mount's Bay towards the rocks of Boscawen Cove, near Lamorna."
From 8m E of the Wolf is a lot of room for a rescue, but when it was too late for anything else they called the RNLI. And it was too late for them as well.
Since then the CG has assumed powers to force the acceptance of help in such a situation.
In the case of this yacht I'm amazed that the Heli rescue was achieved. If the Hi-line gets tangled the cable is guillotined, I don't know how long it takes to rig another, plus you then have your diver to rescue as well.
I imagine it helps a lot if the casualties have heli rescue training. The first crewman picked off the Cecil Japan in Hell's Mouth in the 80s got up to the helicopter door and reached up for the sill, dropped out of the strop. I've done a lift as part of fishermen training.
From Wiki
"Near the south coast of Cornwall, 8 miles (13 km) east of the Wolf Rock, the ship's engines failed.[3] The crew was unable to restart them but did not make a mayday call.[2] Assistance was offered by a tug, the Noord Holland, under the Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract; Morton initially refused the offer, but accepted after consulting his owners.[4] Winds were gusting at up to 90 knots (100 mph; 170 km/h) – hurricane, force 12 on the Beaufort scale – with waves up to 60 feet (18 m) high.[5] The powerless ship was blown across Mount's Bay towards the rocks of Boscawen Cove, near Lamorna."
From 8m E of the Wolf is a lot of room for a rescue, but when it was too late for anything else they called the RNLI. And it was too late for them as well.
Since then the CG has assumed powers to force the acceptance of help in such a situation.
In the case of this yacht I'm amazed that the Heli rescue was achieved. If the Hi-line gets tangled the cable is guillotined, I don't know how long it takes to rig another, plus you then have your diver to rescue as well.
I imagine it helps a lot if the casualties have heli rescue training. The first crewman picked off the Cecil Japan in Hell's Mouth in the 80s got up to the helicopter door and reached up for the sill, dropped out of the strop. I've done a lift as part of fishermen training.
zoidberg
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In this country, 'crewman' not diver.
When in a 'NATO strop' it is VIP that one's arms are held down so the strop cannot slip, as above. That's why, if a crewman is deployed on the wire, he's clipped on a little higher up so that his legs pass around the casualty's chest and arms, thus securing. He can also protect the casualty's head, and spin him facing out, while the nav/crewman operating the winch from beside the door can haul them both into the aircraft.
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