Sad news...

[Simonpk]

Somebody is going to get an unwelcome phone call, hope there's not much damage.

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/10050768.Brightlingsea__Barge_crashes_into_pontoon/

 

[johnalison]

Very unwelcome. My guess is that it was the Heritage pontoon rather than one with small boats on. If it is the smacks damaged it will be doubly sad.

 

[jh2005]

Sad news. That wreckage in the Gazette photo looks like the remains of the North Cardinal beacon and associated wind generator and signage at the seaward end of the Fishermen's pontoon.

 

[tillergirl]

In the Gazette this morning picture of a large (288ft) timber vessel with some slight scratches on the bow! Appears to have be aiming for a visitors' berth!

 

[Cobra]

If it is the Heritage pontoon that has been clobbered, then all I can add is a salutory "I told you so!"

Narrowing the channel with large coasters going to and from the wharf...it has always been an accident waiting to happen and only a matter of time before it did...but there what do I know? Only been sailing out of Brightlingsea for 52 years!

Hope that the only damage to any boat was the scratching to the side of the timber boat!!

 

[tillergirl]

Looking at the image in the paper, its the 'old' pontoon; the first one you come to with the fishing boats.

 

[MikeBz]

Fortunately (for the smack owners at least) it was far enough off course to miss the smack pontoon altogether!

 

[moonshine]

Barge ?

SWMBO wants to know if it was the 'Princess Matilda' ????

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[tillergirl]

No, much larger. A commercial timber ship.

 

[sailorman]

No, much larger. A commercial timber ship.

any links
that first one wont open for me

 

[Cobra]

Try this one

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/10053918.Harbour_smash_damage_will_cost___60k_to_replace/

I would hazard that whoever was pilot will have a somewhat red face over this!!

 

[sailorman]

Try this one

http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/10053918.Harbour_smash_damage_will_cost___60k_to_replace/

I would hazard that whoever was pilot will have a somewhat red face over this!!

foggy then

 

[tillergirl]

Scanned from the local Gazette. Copyright the Gazette

 

[sailorman]

Scanned from the local Gazette. Copyright the Gazette

were they trying to turn her prior to docking

 

[tillergirl]

No she was coming in; it was a bit foggy; she came straight in and hit the main fisherman's pontoon. Quotes "There was a bit of a crunch"! "It should not have come in. There was zero visibility".

Apparently it came to collect wood chips for Sweden! ?

 

[sailorman]

No she was coming in; it was a bit foggy; she came straight in and hit the main fisherman's pontoon. Quotes "There was a bit of a crunch"! "It should not have come in. There was zero visibility".

Apparently it came to collect wood chips for Sweden! ?

Coals to Newcastle

 

[chinita]

No, much larger. A commercial timber ship.

I am glad you clarified that. When you first said a 288ft timber vessel I thought - that is one hell of a boatbuilding project!

 

[chinita]

Will Lodge - Reporter of the Year.

It wasn't a barge and no boats were damaged.





Bernie says it will cost £60k to fix. Whose £60k? Not BHC I hope!

 

[sailorman]

Will Lodge - Reporter of the Year.

It wasn't a barge and no boats were damaged.





Bernie says it will cost £60k to fix. Whose £60k? Not BHC I hope!

The Ships owners & the Pilot

 

[tillergirl]

The paper describes the vessel as a motorised barge!

Quite a beast when you think of this dorking the pontoon: see here http://shipbuildingtribune.com/2012...jects-shipyard-in-poland-delivers-mv-calamar/

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