Search for missing solo yachtsman - IoW

alant said:
According to todays Mail, he is "a Director of several IT businesses and was described by his family as 'very successful' and 'determined'.

They also stated he was "An experienced yachtsman who is studying for his Master yachtsman certificate". He is "a member of the Thames Motoring Yacht Club".
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The Daily Mail, that constant source of "the Truth" :D

"Director of several IT businesses" could just mean that he is a self-employed chancer that's tried several different ways to make a living. Or it could mean that he is a millionaire employer of thousands. But given the small plywood boat bought off e-bay for £750, I would tend to lean towards the former end of the scale than the latter.

But what the heck, I bow to your superior knowledge of the Daily Wail.:rolleyes:
 
Blue5 said:
That does not follow, we have an EPIRB but it is not in my pocket when in the cockpit.
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Modern ones are very small, so worth keeping in the pocket.

I try to remember to do so when singlehanded - together with mobile phone which stays in waterproof case round neck at all times.
But as chandler delightfully said when bought the EPIRB - it may help the coastguard find the body, as life expectancy in cold water without dry suit will be pretty small (even with life jacket with spray hood)

As ever best to stay on board, but not easy to always clip on every second
 
maby said:
We carry all of those apart from the EPIRB even for short coastal hops. Not sure the tiller pilot is necessary, but I would not leave the marina without a working VHF at least.
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The tiller pilot is just about my most useful bit of kit after the absolute essentials.

I was sailing, and had the tiller pilot, well before VHF radios were commonplace.

If we'd all had mobile phones in the mid 1980s I doubt if I would have bought the VHF.
 
Searush said:
The Daily Mail, that constant source of "the Truth" :D

"Director of several IT businesses" could just mean that he is a self-employed chancer that's tried several different ways to make a living. Or it could mean that he is a millionaire employer of thousands. But given the small plywood boat bought off e-bay for £750, I would tend to lean towards the former end of the scale than the latter.

But what the heck, I bow to your superior knowledge of the Daily Wail.:rolleyes:
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When you finally learn to read, perhaps matron will allow you to read the Mail too!:p
 
As a regular solo sailor, stories like this make me review my own arrangements. But at the end of the day, I cant swim at the 5 knots or so my boat normally sails at under autopilot, so that if boat and I part company, then there will be another wealthy widow when SWMBO collects the insurance, and another twenty page thread here as everyone works out what I SHOULD have done...

I dont much fancy being towed under on the end of a harness at that speed, either, and I am most certainly not strong enough to climb back up the rope with the boat under way.

I Often considered some sort of 'trip' mechanism to disconnect the autopilot, same idea as the ignition kill switch on an outboard, but a tillerpilot has to be physically removed from the tiller to disengage it. Various ideas based on a line beneath the actuating arm arranged to jerk it up and knock the arm off the tiller, but nothing succesful so far. Ideas anyone?

In the meantime, the third casualty in as many weeks - solo sailing is soooo dangerous! I can almost see nanny states ears pricking up and the H&S experts leaning forward to start working out how to 'protect' us from ourselves. Regardless of the fact the statistical likelihood of drowning is far greater in the car on the way to the boat than once aboard!
 
oldharry said:
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I Often considered some sort of 'trip' mechanism to disconnect the autopilot, same idea as the ignition kill switch on an outboard, but a tillerpilot has to be physically removed from the tiller to disengage it. Various ideas based on a line beneath the actuating arm arranged to jerk it up and knock the arm off the tiller, but nothing succesful so far. Ideas anyone?
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I'm always short handed or solo and have looked for the same thing.
I have a raymarine ram system and assumed that the life tag product could disable the auto pilot or make the boat luff up, but when i investigated i couldn't see how to do it or more likely it can't. Not really that useful that it plots a MOB and sounds an alarm on the boat as it sails off into the distance!
 
Well he certainly was a busy man:

Hany Nabil Mustapha

Director Summary

Hany Nabil Mustapha has 7 company director or secretary appointments.
Short name - Hany Mustapha
Director ID : 909444148
Year of Birth: 1966

Address
60 Lombard Street
London
United Kingdom
EC3V 9EA
*** basically a fancy PO box **

Company Name Company Status

BB MANCO LTD Active
CITY KEYHOLDING LTD Active
ELECTRONIC WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Active
ELECTRONIC WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Active
CHANCELLOR CARRIAGE LLP Dissolved
ELECTRONIC WORKPLACE LLP Dissolved
CHANCELLOR ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED Dissolved

BBMANCO LTD was incorporated only this month (3rd October 2012)

Seems he was into security rather than "IT"
 
colhel said:
I have to be careful what I say here... I bought our yacht from a member of PYC. It was moored in the marina. As i wasn't a member of PYC my presence there was not required for any longer than needed, due to the berth being allocated to someone else. So after asking what all the ropes did, I cleared off, luckily to somewhere local. I wonder if weather conditions or other factors would have affected my need to leave in a hurry, even if my new or prefered berth was as far as hayling Island.
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Snap. I was in the final stage of buying a Nic 32 in the Hamble when I was told that I must take the boat from it's mooring between two piles immediately the original owner no longer owned her. Rules of the boatyard. I even asked the seller to keep my purchase a secret for a few days until I could get my bearings. No Sir. Moorings are so scarce that he was afraid he would be denied the mooring for his next boat if it was discovered that he had connived to allow a non-member to stay for even a few days.

I took the next flight back home to Sweden without completing the sale.
 
oldharry said:
I Often considered some sort of 'trip' mechanism to disconnect the autopilot, same idea as the ignition kill switch on an outboard, but a tillerpilot has to be physically removed from the tiller to disengage it. Various ideas based on a line beneath the actuating arm arranged to jerk it up and knock the arm off the tiller, but nothing succesful so far. Ideas anyone?
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When I lived in France I met a fellow Etap owner who had rigged a floating line. It went from a strong point on the cockpit floor up over the tiller and under the tiller pilot arm. From there it went back over the tiller and down to the cockpit drain. He explained that he had tested it by diving off the side of the boat and swimming back to the centreline. His tests were all done with a friend onboard. I should point out that he was in his 70's.
When I saw his setup I did wonder if it might have been better lifting the other end of the pilot.
Allan
 
chaktoura said:
Sad story this. What brings it home for me is that he was on his way to the Hayling Yacht Company where l keep my boat. I spoke to one of the guys there yesterday and apparently he was in the yard last week
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Well if he has signed a 12 month berthing contract there , then its perhaps time for the 'Reginald Perrin fans' to apologise.
 
flawed_logic said:
Well he certainly was a busy man:

Hany Nabil Mustapha

Director Summary

Hany Nabil Mustapha has 7 company director or secretary appointments.
Short name - Hany Mustapha
Director ID : 909444148
Year of Birth: 1966

Address
60 Lombard Street
London
United Kingdom
EC3V 9EA
*** basically a fancy PO box **

Company Name Company Status

BB MANCO LTD Active
CITY KEYHOLDING LTD Active
ELECTRONIC WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Active
ELECTRONIC WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS LIMITED Active
CHANCELLOR CARRIAGE LLP Dissolved
ELECTRONIC WORKPLACE LLP Dissolved
CHANCELLOR ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED Dissolved

BBMANCO LTD was incorporated only this month (3rd October 2012)

Seems he was into security rather than "IT"
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He's an IT Contractor / Consultant (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hany-mustapha/2/821/70). I'm in a similar field and can attest to multiple directorships being the norm in this industry.
 
I never get the name I wa said:
His boat wasn't found in The Solent.

It was found on The English Channel side of the IOW.

Which is where Sandown Bay is.

Sorry to have bothered you.
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It might be worth reading the news report that stated that a man's body was found in the Solent and the lifeboat picked it up in Sandown Bay. I am aware of where the misper's boat was found. :rolleyes:
 
The body was reportedly spotted by an observant watch keeper on HMS Brocklesby on passage to Portsmouth. She then stood by awaiting the Bembridge lifeboat. Is our 'modern' Navy now incapable of retrieving a body from the sea? Surely it whas not necessary to drag the RNLI crew from their work to carry out such a simple task?
 
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