Perros Guirec marina, lock doors left open

[Roberto]

In case someone keeps his boat at Perros Guirec, yesterday night the lock door has not been closed and the whole basin emptied, all boats went aground.
Marina staff are evaluating the damages.

 

[Frogmogman]

Apparently it could have been far worse; a gentleman called Titouan Galle, realizing his boat was aground at about 11pm, and seeing the lights were still green, rushed up to the control booth. He then managed to close the gates before calling the police. By the time he managed this, the water level had reduced to 1.5m below its normal height, leaving in general about 1m of water. Without his quick thinking, the whole marina would have dried completely.

A lot of damage nonetheless.

FWIW, I understand Mr Galle is a liveaboard. Something for those marinas that appear to not want liveaboards to reflect upon.

 

[LadyInBed]

Wow! Words fail me.

 

[mjcoon]

FWIW, I understand Mr Galle is a liveaboard. Something for those marinas that appear to not want liveaboards to reflect upon.

That particular marina should be reflecting on how the lock gate (surely not singular; they usually come in pairs, even if not double-doors) could be left open. Not even basic inter-locks? (Just to confuse terminology further...)

 

[jordanbasset]

From the description of events it appears anyone can open or close the gates, is that correct?

 

[Stemar]

Just the one pair of gates apparently

Without some sort of alarm, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Murphy's law is very clear on the matter.

 

[Roberto]

Pontoons have suffered as well, mooring ropes action from semi grounded listing boats

Le port de Perros-Guirec se vide de son eau après un oubli de fermeture de portes

 

[doris]

[I was in St Vaast a few weeks ago, by car not boat, and as always pondered what might the result be should the same happened there. Not a good thought!

 

[PeterWright]

I can see that event having a significant effect on the insurance premiums for any marinas of similar design.

 

[mjcoon]

I can see that event having a significant effect on the insurance premiums for any marinas of similar design.

I think that will depend on whether they can deflect a charge of negligence (over not having some safety precautions)...

 

[Frogmogman]

It’s certainly something else for me to think about in my decision on where to keep my boat; Le Havre (all tide) or Port Deauville (locked in - accessible about 16hrs/24). TBH, I’d already pretty much made my mind up to go with Le Havre for a variety of reasons…..

 

[James_Calvert]

It’s certainly something else for me to think about in my decision on where to keep my boat; Le Havre (all tide) or Port Deauville (locked in - accessible about 16hrs/24). TBH, I’d already pretty much made my mind up to go with Le Havre for a variety of reasons…..

The nice thing about Le Havre is you can visit Deauville.

Not sure if the corollary applies...

 

[LadyInBed]

The nice thing about Le Havre is you can visit Deauville.

Not sure if the corollary applies...

Your right, keep the boat somewhere unattractive and save the nice spots to visit ?

 

[Gwylan]

It’s certainly something else for me to think about in my decision on where to keep my boat; Le Havre (all tide) or Port Deauville (locked in - accessible about 16hrs/24). TBH, I’d already pretty much made my mind up to go with Le Havre for a variety of reasons…..

Le Have can get very smelly, even by NF standards

 

[westhinder]

Your right, keep the boat somewhere unattractive and save the nice spots to visit ?

I thought so too, until I had the time to look a bit more closely at the city. Although it was absolutely flattened in WWII, Le Havre does have some quite interesting spots, but I grant you they take some discovering

 

[Just_sayin']

It’s not going too well for the port.

This was an interesting ship cum bar permanently moored to the quay. our local spy told us it started to sink last week and with rising tides all looks lost.

Perros-Guirec. Le bateau-bar est en train de couler dans le port

 

[Frogmogman]

The attractions of Le Havre are the all tide access, I also prefer the yacht club (the société des régates du Havre), which is, shall we say, less formal and rather more active than Deauville. Access to either from where I live is equally easy, but Le Havre has the bonus of the ferry for any friends joining from England. As James Calvert and Lady in Bed point out, it leaves Deauville as a nearby destination.

In many ways, what I’d really like to do is keep the boat down in Brittany, but that would be quite a schlepp, and I do want the boat to be “pop-downable” for now. I can always move it back down that way in a couple of years if I like, and if my plans to be more hands off with my business work out.

 

[Frogmogman]

Here’s an appallingly google-translated article about young Titouan

T yffanie and Titouan saved the boats in the port of Perros-Guirec - Perros-Guirec | Local News

 

[anoccasionalyachtsman]

It’s not going too well for the port.

This was an interesting ship cum bar permanently moored to the quay. our local spy told us it started to sink last week and with rising tides all looks lost.

Perros-Guirec. Le bateau-bar est en train de couler dans le port

Time to revive a thread methinks.

Gaff schooner sunk in Brixham

 

[Roberto]

Some images from one national TV news station (a little advertising before the port video starts)

À Perros-Guirec, il oublie de fermer les portes du port - Journal de 13 heures | TF1