funinthesun
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how many people have perished as a result of navigating on a red or yellow board on the thames?
shipwrecks!
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Captain Coochie
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Not sure but many have died going for a swim when the river has been calm .
Doolittle
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September last at Penton, chap jumped in after his dog. Dog climbed out, he didn't.
Most of the fatalities have been around the weirs - 3 just at Penton on either yellow or red boards.
Most of the fatalities have been around the weirs - 3 just at Penton on either yellow or red boards.
boatone
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how many people have perished as a result of navigating on a red or yellow board on the thames?
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Your topic is entitled "shipwrecks". You then ask how many people have perished.
No doubt you will say I am being pedantic, but ships can be wrecked without loss of life.
I am sure many boats have been swept onto weirs or suffered other plights as a result of being caught out in severe river conditions, or navigated badly by people inexperienced in the ways of the river.
The Red and Yellow boards sytem is a warning routine and also has specific implications for users of hired cruisers. The boards do not, per se, forbid navigation, indeed the lock-keepers will lock you through and, and even give you a small present of a warning card to commemorate your visit
how many people have perished as a result of navigating on a red or yellow board on the thames?
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Your topic is entitled "shipwrecks". You then ask how many people have perished.
No doubt you will say I am being pedantic, but ships can be wrecked without loss of life.
I am sure many boats have been swept onto weirs or suffered other plights as a result of being caught out in severe river conditions, or navigated badly by people inexperienced in the ways of the river.
The Red and Yellow boards sytem is a warning routine and also has specific implications for users of hired cruisers. The boards do not, per se, forbid navigation, indeed the lock-keepers will lock you through and, and even give you a small present of a warning card to commemorate your visit
Doolittle
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Not strictly a wreck...
This was doing approx 40 knots at the back of Desborough Island. It caused even more chaos when they tried to drag it off as a couple of sailing boats got ensnared in the towline and the clubs commodore went for a swim! A good deal more happened but can't remember it all.
This was doing approx 40 knots at the back of Desborough Island. It caused even more chaos when they tried to drag it off as a couple of sailing boats got ensnared in the towline and the clubs commodore went for a swim! A good deal more happened but can't remember it all.
Outinthedinghy
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"to overcome the strength of the current and gain the momentum to mount the bank means the skipper must have been going too fast"
more than 8 km/h then?
more than 8 km/h then?
rr_123
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One must assume so. Unbelievable, I know! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
funinthesun
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to summarise, when red boards show, make sure you are not stupid, foreign or on a single engined poorley maintained craft......... Otherwise enjoy youself......