Quality parking in Antibes!

[jimmy_the_builder]

https://twitter.com/boatscouk/status/775214206547267585

Always seems to happen to Sunseekers for some reason:

(this one is jfm's photo)

 

[RobWales]

New Volvo outdrive?

 

[mcanderson]

It was windy last night. However that is crazy!

 

[Croftie]

Saves using the passerelle just climb out of the tailgate..

 

[DougH]

https://twitter.com/boatscouk/status/775214206547267585

Always seems to happen to Sunseekers for some reason:

(this one is jfm's photo)

Perhaps the car driver was a Fairline owner and was distracted by the beautiful sleek lines of the Sunseeker.

 

[PEJ]

Saves using the passerelle just climb out of the tailgate..

No he had just got petrol for the tender and didn't want to carry it too far.

 

[jrudge]

I am surprised this does not happen more often in the med.

There are loads of marinas where you can drive to the back of your boat or get cars close to the waters edge in general.

Great picture!

 

[jfm]

(this one is jfm's photo)

Haha, so is the one that BCU tweeted (well, it's jen's actually). I sent it to James barke early this morning! Happened last week. I have more, of other cars in port vauban. Will post later.

 

[colhel]

volvo pool

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Well thats one way of fendering your boat off the quay in a storm Where was that? We came back from Antibes last night and didn't notice any kerfuffle

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Well thats one way of fendering your boat off the quay in a storm Where was that? We came back from Antibes last night and didn't notice any kerfuffle

It's about half a dozen berths along from yours...

 

[Portofino]

I am surprised this does not happen more often in the med.

There are loads of marinas where you can drive to the back of your boat or get cars close to the waters edge in general.

Great picture!

Hmn --- On Easter on a maintenance trip with a mate ,we just got the boat back to the berth and shot out Antibes to get some bits .
On returning I parked the hire car in a rush and forgot the handbrake .
As we unloaded the boot ,it started to roll fwds ---- just managed to reopen drivers door while mate attempted to hold it back as it rolled on a slight gradient to the edge .
Front wheels were a few inches away .
It was at the little car part @ la Nap near the entrance ------- erh. Where S/skr and Prinny keep stock boats and new dels for PDI ,s
It would have ,could have rolled in ( if we just blipped and turned our back and walked off ) into the owners mid cabin window of a Prinny 57 or something ! Which was moored was 1m from the edge side on .

 

[Nick_H]

I am surprised this does not happen more often in the med.

It's happened a few times in Antibes, which is surprising because the quays are flat.

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

It's happened a few times in Antibes, which is surprising because the quays are flat.

The Jen/Jfm/Bcu pic is interesting though because you'd expect the car to literally grind to a halt on the edge of the quay once the front wheels have gone over, unless perhaps it was being driven at the time.

 

[benjenbav]

I guess it's people being used to parking on the sensors and, and, and...oh dear.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

It's about half a dozen berths along from yours...

Completely missed it then. We were back in PV at about 14.30 and left at about 16.30 and didn't see anything at all. Have they fished the car out now?

 

[jrudge]

The Jen/Jfm/Bcu pic is interesting though because you'd expect the car to literally grind to a halt on the edge of the quay once the front wheels have gone over, unless perhaps it was being driven at the time.

Even more amazing from the pic it does not seem to have touched the bathing platform!

 

[jfm]

It's happened a few times in Antibes, which is surprising because the quays are flat.

I don't think they are Nick: they have a distinct crown to them

The Jen/Jfm/Bcu pic is interesting though because you'd expect the car to literally grind to a halt on the edge of the quay once the front wheels have gone over, unless perhaps it was being driven at the time.

Yep you would. Also any car that rolls from its parking space would be at an angle to the quai edge, not perpendicular, because the car park spaces are angled. Hard to fathom. This one is particularly spectacular - about 3 years ago on y quai:

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Mmm I'm getting slightly suspicious about this latest one. If it was driven into the sea by accident what happened to the driver? And given the fact that the car went in forwards, the driver could hardly have not noticed he/she was about to drive into the sea. If it rolled into the sea on its own, do people really leave cars with no handbrake on and no gear engaged parked on a quay? Yes, I suppose my SWMBO would.

Looks to me like some enterprising local scallywags might have been trying car doors late at night and when they found an unlocked one decided it would be a good idea to take the handbrake off and push it over the edge

 

[benjenbav]

Mmm I'm getting slightly suspicious about this latest one. If it was driven into the sea by accident what happened to the driver? And given the fact that the car went in forwards, the driver could hardly have not noticed he/she was about to drive into the sea. If it rolled into the sea on its own, do people really leave cars with no handbrake on and no gear engaged parked on a quay? Yes, I suppose my SWMBO would.

Looks to me like some enterprising local scallywags might have been trying car doors late at night and when they found an unlocked one decided it would be a good idea to take the handbrake off and push it over the edge

Could just be a new way of looking for the car keys...