Sad tragic accident in Southampton

[bedouin]

If this is being described as a charter doesn't that mean it wasn't a professional skipper and that the charters are responsible for providing the skipper?

 

[Mr Googler]

True.....but what bareboat charter company would let someone go out in a F8 (even in sheltered waters) with 12 people....for an hour.

 

[Blue Sunray]

This was a commercial operation so I would say something may have gone wrong with the boat.
agree about boating holidays . You get half an hour of lucky from memory .
The Southampton operation was well run and when I went out on rib last year they were very professional.
let’s wait and see the outcome of thE investigation.
from what I heard the skipper was very well know and not a risk taker .

I've never been out with them but seen them about a lot and overheard their pre-departure briefs on many occasions, they always seemed very professional and their TripAdvisor etc reviews seem to back this up.

 

[bedouin]

True.....but what bareboat charter company would let someone go out in a F8 (even in sheltered waters) with 12 people....for an hour.

I would have no concern about going out from OV in a Rib in those conditions - it really is very sheltered at least until you get to Calshot.

 

[Mr Googler]

Im well aware of the area

 

[Elessar]

I would have no concern about going out from OV in a Rib in those conditions - it really is very sheltered at least until you get to Calshot.

I think that’s missing the point - he meant a bare boat charter. I doubt very much this was bare boat.

 

[bedouin]

I think that’s missing the point - he meant a bare boat charter. I doubt very much this was bare boat.

That is what I was questioning - it was described as a charter and that normally would mean bare boat rather than one of these trip companies that sell trips by the seat.

 

[Ian h]

I believe it was these but the website looks locked
https://www.seadogz.co.uk/experience/rib-experiences/90min-extreme-rib-experience

 

[Mr Googler]

Agreed Ian.....I thought that yesterday.

Having been involved in commercial operations within the solent in a similar vein, I’m having a hard time seeing how it happened.

No matter the cause, a 15 year old has lost their life. The circumstances will either bring slim comfort that it’s was freak accident or continued upset that it was avoidable.

there are no good outcomes either way for all involved and my heart goes out to them.

 

[Bouba]

Does anyone know if it was one of those ‘thrill ride’ charters or just sightseeing ?

 

[Mr Googler]

Looks like 1hr thrill ride currently but we still don’t know for sure.

the website linked above was working yesterday.

 

[OtherBusiness]

I was out walking along the shore at Warsash at this time and saw a black and grey rib going up Southampton water at the time of this tragic accident, just as a load of J90s were heading out of the Hamble river. Don't know if it was that rib or not. I imagine it was one of the thrill ride ones involved rather than a cruise one.

 

[Mr Googler]

Confirmed as Seadogz.

pictures of the rib damage in the link. It’s extreme.

PICTURES: Boat involved in fatal Southampton Water crash returns to harbour

 

[Time Out]

Truly tragic. I see they are appealing for video footage. I am assuming they already have the one a number of us saw on Facebook as they have already quoted the time of 1010 which is what was on said video.

I’m not going to comment further other than what I (and others) have already said. The RIB simply appeared to drive straight into it.

In time I guess we we understand what happened but that’s not going to help the family.

15 years old FFS. I just can’t even begin to imagine.

 

[Ian h]

Tragic , lets hope they get to the bottom of what happened quickly.

 

[Tamar]

If this is being described as a charter doesn't that mean it wasn't a professional skipper and that the charters are responsible for providing the skipper?

Not casting any aspersions on anyone, but anyone with a powerboat level two, which you can pick up over a weekend without any experience, can then get it commercialised to drive these ribs out to sea within 3 miles from a named port.
Hopefully this is not the case

 

[ShaneAtSea]

Girl, 15, dies as boat carrying 12 crashes

Sad to hear that there was a fatality

Yeah it looks like they hit that Buoy pretty hard ? Emily Lewis: Family pay tribute to 'beautiful' girl, 15, killed in Southampton speedboat crash

 

[Ian h]

Not casting any aspersions on anyone, but anyone with a powerboat level two, which you can pick up over a weekend without any experience, can then get it commercialised to drive these ribs out to sea within 3 miles from a named port.
Hopefully this is not the case

This was a professional operation which had been running for many years. we need to wait until the investigation is published

 

[Tamar]

This was a professional operation which had been running for many years. we need to wait until the investigation is published

Yes I agree, but some professional operators employ pb2 skippers. It's not illegal, and it helps the pb2 guys gain experience to enable them to take the advance pb.

 

[Rocksteadee]

Yes I agree, but some professional operators employ pb2 skippers. It's not illegal, and it helps the pb2 guys gain experience to enable them to take the advance pb.

It would be illegal as being a comersial skipper on a coded boat he would have to commercially endorsed which can only be from being a PB advanced.
PB advanced now requires the theory to the level of coastal skipper (now called yachtmaster theory)

 

[Tamar]

It would be illegal as being a comersial skipper on a coded boat he would have to commercially endorsed which can only be from being a PB advanced.
PB advanced now requires the theory to the level of coastal skipper (now called yachtmaster theory)

Wrong. You can comercialy endorse a PB2