Rescued!!

[hlb]

I've got a bit fed up with all the jibes and comments on here, about my breakdowns, and repairs.

Well, I've never been rescued. And before you say it. The rescue in Plymouth harbour, by the nice police men dont count, cos I was all on my own and feeling lonely. Anyway, I didn't want to drop the anchor in all the shit down there. So just thought they could come along and make them selves usefull.

But I once rescued another boat.
We were off the South coast of Ireland about twenty five miles West of Dunmore East. When a mayday message comes over the radio. I looked at the chart and found he was about twenty miles in front of me. So being helpfull, told the coast guards that I could be there in just over an hour. It's Ok they say, the life boat from Dunmore East are on there way. So next, Over the radio comes." It's ok we've started the engines, dont need rescueing". So life boat turns round. Now this happened about three times, with life boat turning around and around. Eventualy I'm at about the spot where the trouble was. It was a bit rainy and the sea a bit rough, so puts on radar to look for the boat in trouble Cant see anything, so gets on the blower to him. Back comes the message. There under the cliff face. ( They've drifted there when both engines conked again. Just as I managed to see them, there back on the radio. "engines started we are coming out." So they appear close by, and stop again. I'm on the radio asking if they want a tow and circling round them, no answer for ages. Finally they give in and ask for a tow.

So off we go, the five miles to Dunmore East. Now it transpires that their having a carnival at Dunmore and the life boat was involved in it.
Entering the harbour, the life boat comes on the radio. " We'll take over from here". Bugger off I thinks, allthough cant remember what I said. You just want the bloody glory of bringing him to the jetty. Anyway we gets the guy moored up.
It's a new self fit out, 40ft'ish fly bridge boat. On sea trials at the time. They'd fed both engines off one pipe and the pipe had broke, draining 100 gallon of diesel down the bilge, and air locking both engines every minute.

Anyway just thought I'd post this as a sort of. Other side of the coin.

Haydn

 

[Guest]

Well done Glory Boy, just think that tow must have cost a bit, well 2 new gearboxes anyway, oh sorry should not have mention them again!.buy some hurth/prm next time eh.

Paul js.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Another good tale Haydn. don't take any jibes seriosly, all in good humour. But do tell us more about the police in Plynouth Sound, I feel another tale coming on.

Anyway why aren't you down at the pub celebrating?

 

[jfm]

Re: Ireland

We never doubted you Haydn. Surely BBC documentary material ;-)

Ireland's always trouble. Couple of years ago in W Cork I was leaving the harbour and rozzers come down to boat. "We've lost a bloke, look out for body" they say. From the time etc I knew where the tide would have taken it and an hour later, I found a body, eek. All dressed in business suit, chalk pinstripe and brogues. Been in water about 10 hours. Pretty grim stuff. Brought it aboard and gave to rozzers at the harbour.

 

[hlb]

Re: Ireland

It was good fun going to Ireland. First you'd have Holly Head coast guards, verry efficient and must use all sepecial words. But total wankers IMHO of course. Then you get close to Ireland. And the voice comes over " Now heres the weather forcast, crackle, crackle, Jimmy here, can you tell Aunt flo, I'll be late for tea,. Crackle, crackle.Jimmy can you wait a while, were just doing the weather forcast!! Then, Hello, Hello, Patric's outboards packed in, can anyone help, He's a mile or two off Limerick. And so it would go on. It's about the only times we've left the radio switched on. Just for the crack! Far more fun than radio Lanc's York's, Radio !-2-3-4

Haydn

 

[jfm]

Re: Ireland vhf banter

Totally agree. My patch is Cork-Baltimore. Always have ch16 on, mostly quiet, but the occasional great craic and plenty of fisherman/lobst potters getting really pissed off and letting rip with massively profane banter "No feckin fish around here Paddy feckin ...." and what they did to/with the wife last night. Have to beware with impressionable kids on boat! All on ch16, never working channel. Few dead bodies quite tame in comparison

 

[PGD]

Bodies

That’s a bit grim, I was in Windsor last year and had a nice weekend moored up on the Eaton Bank, a few weeks later got a letter from the Police saying “we know you were there did you see a body in the water” – Oh sorry just slipped my mind anyway apparently some poor teenage kid got dumped in the Thames and floated down to the town, just think I went over him at some point – scary.

peter

 

[Guest]

Re: Ireland

Have'nt fished any bodies out of the water but enroute from Carlingford to Bangor following my epic Howth - Carlingford force 6/7 escapade, I had used more fuel than anticipated and decided to put into Ardglass marina for diesel. My Clyde Cruising club East Coast Ireland said diesel was available at the marina but I forgot it was written by yachtsmen. I berthed but did'nt obviously see the fuel berth so up to the marina office. "Can I have some diesel Please?" "To be sure, just help yourself -its round the side" and at the side of the office were about a dozen gallon cans. I explained that I wanted about 120 gals and that was a problem "But says the man, you're in luck - tides in so go into the inner harbour (which drys at LW) and Charlie at the filling station will sort you out."
Needs must so round I go and Charlie indeed has the answer. His filling station is on the other side of the road so he attaches a hose with jubilee clips to his derv pump and runs it across. "Just a minute says I, I need red diesel, at least my wallet does!" "No problem sir I'll just be charging you red diesel prices" How does he manage that? Apparently my 120 gals is subsequently to be replaced in his tanks by genuine red diesel from cousin Mick's farm and the profit split. I presume that the quantity of red diesel was insufficient to dilute the blue colour! For me, it was still cheaper than marina diesel!

Whilst all this was happening, my vessel was boarded by a posse of old Irish fishermen all curious about what supplies of the liquid variety the ship carried. The were not biased about Irish?Scotch whisk(e)y as they consumed most of mine of both varieties. To be fair they did insist on piloting me back round from the inner harbour to the marina so fairs fair!.

Applied Irish logic!

Nick