Flyingspanner
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Not sure of the circumstances - loss of power/steering or navigation error, but not the first time this has happened 
Pwhelli Incident
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LBRodders
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That doesn't look good. 
Richard.C
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Hopefully it's the first time it's happened to that boat!
Looks like it has rudders so not IPS, I wonder if his shafts and p-brackets have survived?
TSB240
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Pwllheli dry stack now open!
Whilst we were berthed there we saw at least one a year up on the training wall.
I remember one boat deciding to carry on with his trip without a full lift and inspect.
He ended up with the fire brigade helping him from sinking in Caernarfon Victoria dock.
Whilst we were berthed there we saw at least one a year up on the training wall.
I remember one boat deciding to carry on with his trip without a full lift and inspect.
He ended up with the fire brigade helping him from sinking in Caernarfon Victoria dock.
stelican
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What is the post with the green topmark must have nearly hit it
LBRodders
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That's the channel marker that you should stay seaward of!
Pleinmont
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Ouch...
Seastoke
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I saw it on Facebook where people were making jokes about it sad bastardised
Flyingspanner
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Yes everyone makes mistakes, its about learning from them, not laughing at them, it would be good to know how many times this has actually happened in the last 5 years or so, and then ask the Marina or Barry Davis 'what are they going to do to prevent this from happening again !!
kashurst
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lets hope the insurance company don't see that little snap shot
penfold
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Why do they have such an inadequate breakwater that it submerges; was it constructed by the same berks who did Rhu Marina?
Portofino
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Good old fashioned paper chart and a read of a pilot book .
Thats what peering down Phaffing with touchscreens does .
I think we saw it with that Pershing off Jersey a while back .
Call me Luddite in terms of dash electrotwackery.
.Tin hat on .
Eyes fwd not down !
Thats what peering down Phaffing with touchscreens does .
I think we saw it with that Pershing off Jersey a while back .
Call me Luddite in terms of dash electrotwackery.
.Tin hat on .Eyes fwd not down !
Irish Rover
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So do you have the paper chart and pilot book taped to the windscreen so you can consult them with eyes fwd?Good old fashioned paper chart and a read of a pilot book .
Thats what peering down Phaffing with touchscreens does .
I think we saw it with that Pershing off Jersey a while back .
Call me Luddite in terms of dash electrotwackery.
Eyes fwd not down !
Supertramp
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I think it was built to stop the sweep of silt from around the bay collecting in the entrance channel. If made into a full pier there would be other effects on flow rates and duration each tide. It looks scary but given that it doesn't move around and is clearly marked on charts I don't see its any more of a hazard than many other harbours and marinas offer. For Cardigan Bay I'd say its pretty benign.
Portland Billy
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Seems pretty well marked on the chart.
The beacon with the cone top mark is halfway down the chanel.
Perhaps a mechanical failure rather than nav error (?,)
The beacon with the cone top mark is halfway down the chanel.
Perhaps a mechanical failure rather than nav error (?,)
kashurst
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A pilot plan is still a good idea - especially in unknown areas. I suspect the skipper decided to cut the corner and hadn't checked the tide height. The big post with a green top mark was a big clue - a marked channel. If you go on street view on google you can see the markers all the way out. Of course they could have lost power on both engines and drifted onto it.
Portofino
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Set off with fuel cocks closed ?
About right the range on tick over if he was coming out that is ?
mrangry
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I kissed the bottom of that entrance channel last year when entering the marina as the pilot suggested 2m at low water. Luckily for me the tide was flooding so was only embarrassed for a short time
Jamie Dundee
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Maybe he misunderstood the direction of buoyage.
Kawasaki
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Spot onGood old fashioned paper chart and a read of a pilot book .
Thats what peering down Phaffing with touchscreens does .
I think we saw it with that Pershing off Jersey a while back .
Call me Luddite in terms of dash electrotwackery.
Eyes fwd not down !
Understanding of paper charts
That’s a ‘starboard hand lateral perch’
Which ‘tells you’ what’s what
Pre planning on a chart gives you more orientation
Then back it with a plotter and other electronic aids
