Sleeping on the job?

[zoidberg]

'Ello, 'ello, 'ello! What's all this 'ere?

Did Fowey lifeboat crew get an early wakeup call? Or did they provide it?

 

[Sandy]

Delivering pasties I expect.

 

[mullet]

According to her Instagram she went aground off St Austell early this morning (before dawn). Now afloat again with the assistance of RNLI and the coastguard and back underway. She’s generally very open so I am sure she will explain what happened.

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[wonkywinch]

Is adding "solo sailor" to the AIS name the nautical equivalent of one of these?

 

[Sandy]

An odd place to ground. What does Medallia draw?

 

[wonkywinch]

Hooked a lobster pot or mussel rope? Loads in that area.

 

[westhinder]

An odd place to ground. What does Medallia draw?

4.5 m

 

[mullet]

According to her Instagram she went aground off St Austell early this morning (before dawn). Now afloat again with the assistance of RNLI and the coastguard and back underway. She’s generally very open so I am sure she will explain what happened.

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She explains what happened here:

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[capnsensible]

Oopsadaisy. Things go wonky sometimes even for those at the top of our sport. No one died. Boat and skipper safe. Blessings to count....

 

[mm42]

I ran aground because I was asleep, so I'll go below for a few minutes to film a video to tell you how my inattention and failure to keep a proper watch panned out. Good thinking.

 

[dunedin]

I ran aground because I was asleep, so I'll go below for a few minutes to film a video to tell you how my inattention and failure to keep a proper watch panned out. Good thinking.

Why no support crew for the return trip??? Or at least take 24 hours in Lorient to rest?

 

[wonkywinch]

If she hit the rocks northbound, it must have been a hell of a bang, the AIS shows her doing c 20kts.

 

[Frogmogman]

Why no support crew for the return trip??? Or at least take 24 hours in Lorient to rest?

Pip didn’t want to stop off in Lorient because she wanted to get home before the next lot of bad weather arrived, as she wanted to get the boat all squared away in good time before Xmas.

It would have been a good idea to embark some crew for the return to Poole.

 

[Pye_End]

Why no support crew for the return trip??? Or at least take 24 hours in Lorient to rest?

Did you play the video in post 8?

Easily done when you relax after doing all the hard work.

 

[SaltyC]

Did you play the video in post 8?

Easily done when you relax after doing all the hard work.

Pip acknowledges the mistakes,she is honest.

Whats 300 miles after 3500? unfortunately at the end of the race, the adrenaline drops, this is the cruise home, guard down.

My interpretation of the video is exhaustion took over, she slept through alarms and fortunately ran into St Austell bay and sand not rocks.

A learning point for all. No doubt the Hindrance & Stupidity brigade will be along shortly.

 

[capnsensible]

 

[dunedin]

Pip didn’t want to stop off in Lorient because she wanted to get home before the next lot of bad weather arrived, as she wanted to get the boat all squared away in good time before Xmas.

It would have been a good idea to embark some crew for the return to Poole.

Sadly a case of more haste less speed. Surely there would be lots of capable crew able to be shipped on board from a RIB, without even stopping, to help deliver home.
As noted, there have been quite a few cases of experienced solo sailors wrecking their boats due to tiredness at the end of a race - whether in the last few miles, like when Alex Thomson / Hugo Boss hit his destination island when leading a transatlantic race, or the hugely experienced French skipper who wrecked his huge trimaran returning to base after setting a <correction> solo transatlantic record. Unfortunately it is a well known failure mode.
Alex Thomson is the unfortunate but well known warning about reliance on alarms to wake up a super tired sailor.

 

[Frogmogman]

Sadly a case of more haste less speed. Surely there would be lots of capable crew able to be shipped on board from a RIB, without even stopping, to help deliver home.
As noted, there have been quite a few cases of experienced solo sailors wrecking their boats due to tiredness at the end of a race - whether in the last few miles, like when Alex Thomson / Hugo Boss hit his destination island when leading a transatlantic race, or the hugely experienced French skipper who wrecked his huge trimaran returning to base after a Jules Verne round the world sole record. Unfortunately it is a well known failure mode.
Alex Thomson is the unfortunate but well known warning about reliance on alarms to wake up a super tired sailor.

The huge trimaran was IDEC in 2005. Olivier de Kersauson had just smashed the west to east transatlantic record. IIRC the autopilot tripped out, he slept through alarms, and the boat was smashed to splinters on the rocks at Penmarc’h.

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Just wondering if she requested assistance from the Coastguard or did the RNLI just turn up.

Must have been difficult in the dark and cold .

 

[mm42]

Just wondering if she requested assistance from the Coastguard or did the RNLI just turn up.

Must have been difficult in the dark and cold .

Very very rare for a lifeboat to self launch, generally only when they can see something happening in front of the boathouse and there’s no time to spare.