So How Many Harbours Have You Jumped/Fallen In?

[tcm]

1. cala D'or, majorca (to retrieve the primary filters I was claening which flew into the water as i blastd them with hose pipe)
2. Club de mar, majorca (failed attempt to untangle lazy line off props)
3. Port Grimaud, France (ditto)
4. La Rague, France (ditto)
5. Cowes ( for a £5 bet still unpaid )
6. Port solent (failed attempt to retrieve car keys tho fortunately had a spare)

result: 6 intentionals, 0 unintentionals (amateur class)

 

[claymore]

Re: So how many harbours have you jumped into?

Ramsey IOM (Did he fall or was he pushed?)
Portpatrick (Seemed like a good idea at the time)
Croabh Haven (Act of God)
Fleetwood (That was really stupid)

regards
Claymore

 

[coliholic]

Double Git. I've just got to answer this one.

River Ouse, stepped off my boat on to another boat we were rescuing 'cos he'd broken down. Then stepped back on to my boat that wasn't there any more.

River Ouse again. Jumped on to slippery jetty, and then back in to the river.

River Ouse again. Polishing stern of boat from sitting on the bathing platform. Stepped back to admire my handiwork and ......

Gt Yarmouth. Slipped between jetty and boat, but only got one leg a bit wet, so maybe doesn't count??

Lymington. walked off the end of a jetty. That qwas a good one. mobile phone is still at the bottom of the harbour. If anyone finds it please return it.

Dover (or might have been Ramsgate). Changing props on outdrives kneeling on bathing platform - needed a bit more urgh to undo nut so leant over a bit farther and ....well need I say more? Head first too.

SofF. Thrown out of tcm's jetrib thingy. I blame the owner. Should have provided a detailed Risk Assessment.

 

[stamfordian]

Wells
Wells
Megavissey....overcasted fishing
st Ives....too hot
Wells pulled off boat by current while holding mooring
Havea... pissed
Stamford Quay...after night club
Glouster Docks...fell off boat trip...dunkirk little ship with bar
River ouse...Northampton...fell in lock
wells harbour...jumped for it after outboard waterlocked
Cos....too hot jumped
Grimbsy....bounced off rubish didn,t get wet
Bridlington....retrive fishing gear
Loole dito
Moti Carlo.....couldn,t get on boat!!!!
Charlstown....went for swim
Cowes....moooo
Newquey....se*
st Mawes ditto
Senan Cove.....undiscribable
and it goes on.......the Ardbeg is biting a warm feeling for sure.

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[oldgit]

Absolute beginner in this company

Jus the once.
Less than totally alert.
Attempting to pull 3 Ton boat onto dry mooring(not enough water on berth yet)slipped and fell into at least 6inches of water follwed by 3 ft of icky sticky stinky mud.

Just hold tight dear it will not be so rough when we get round the corner,trust me.

 

[martin]

I think I can win this one with three involuntary visits to the wet stuff.

Torquay - walked off the end of pontoon while handing water hose to raggie type. V embarrasin
Harleyford - attempting to walk across bathing platform with dinghy on back, got caught on flag pole and then it all went black and wet.
Henley Lock - While leaning off of bathing platform to shout (in an I am the seasoned expert sort of way) instructions to aging crew member. Made degrading decent into wet stuff with hands desperately scrabbling at the lock walls all the way down. Situation made worse by wife runnng into me and knocking me back in just as I got out.

Neadless to say we now always tale a change of cloths for daddy - just in case

 

[hlb]

Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Pushed off top of Dock.

Clowbridge Res. Sailing Dinghy Capsised, whilst laughing to much. Then a few more times.

Aberdaron. Not really count cos. Fibre glass dinghy sunk in the surf. We were still sitting in it, so not actually fell in. Mind you it was Febuary!!

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[wakeup]

Penarth Marina once, coming into berth whilst boat still moving, stood up on the side of the boat ready jump onto potoon, slipped and dropped to the bottom of the marina still wearing sunglasses so went very black, boat continued to close into pontoon, passengers went silent as they saw the boat close over me. Me at bottom of marina, not had chance to take in a breath has to make a decision, do I swim straight up knowing that boat with engine running is now probably over me or swim right under pontoon and risk being caught up in pipes, cables and old rope.
Chose to surface between boat and potoon knowing I could probably atleast breath, all watching said I was under for at least 10 seconds and were just about to dive in for me.

Had been weraing lifejacket all day, came in through barrage locks and took off as we're only in the Marina.


SWMBO reminds me of that every time I take my jacket off, everyone else takes the piss when I am boarding/leaving the boat.

yada yada..

 

[burgundyben]

Never

Remarkable after 20 odd years of constant boating and working for a sailing school 4 a while , but truly I have never fallen in the piss, jumped in to cool off all over the place.

I did fall off a windsurfer in Antigua this year whilst learning, but only 42 times in one hour......

Once got swept over board buy a big genoa (its a sailing thing) at the start of hamble winter series but held onto bit of rope and stayed dry so did not really count.

I guess my time will come.....



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[jimi]

Levkas

Only my head visited it though ... anchored stern to, on leaving stowed anchor in locker, straightened up, fell backwards over guard rails, legs entangled in guard rail, wife never noticed, continued driving whilst I dangled upside down from guard rails on bow .. passing boat managed to attract her attention .. personally I think she wanted the insurance money!

Jim

 

[DepSol]

Dielette

dropped my shades in and couldnt reach them with boat hook so ended up going to get them in my shorts and a mask. Only problem is that it was 3 March and very cold.

Grand Greve Sark wife didnt tie up dinghy properly and noticed it drifting away so jumped in to get it didnt matter as I was in shorts and it was a nice summers day.

Dom

I am boating again ;-)

 

[Dave_Snelson]

One, but with a huge audience

Getting boat back onto trailer in Portmadoc harbour. Foot slipped on trailer frame, put hand on roller and roller, er...rolled. Went splat face first into water, just by the outfall pipe.

Came up stinkin' to a rapturous applause from the 50+ people that were just waiting for me to fall in.

How did they know I would do that??

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[syd]

Ramsgate, jumped in to retrieve my binnoculars that were in their case hanging round my neck as I took my tee shirt off.

Oh and, although not harbours but marinas........ St Katherine's Haven, where my teflon soled deck shoes skidded across my bathing platform with my feet still in them. Lost my phone, my sun glasses and my McDonalds.

Bray Marina (dark brown water), stepped off the wrong side of the boat in pursuit of a vacant toilet in the early hours, forgot we'd moved it that night to another berth. Water tasted a bit sour, got better after three or four pints though.

Syd

 

[Col]

Once, off Calshot spit- slippery underfoot.

Best one though.
Those of you who know calshot slipway (next to the lifeboat jetty)
A mate, who we shall call J.O. (no, not you Jiohn) was launching his boat with the aid of a lady who was not too happy at reversing trailer.
J.O. reverses the trailer down to the water for her, then undoes the winch etc:
He climbs onto bow, crawls to the cockpit, and starts engine to warm it up (petrol)
Climbs back on neck of trailer. "back a bit.......back a bit........ back a bit more......
whoooaa...thats it!"

Gives boat a bit of a shove to get it moving off trailer.
HE'S OFF!!!!!!, he's only gorn and left it in reverse. He had the bow line wrapped around his hand so he got towed out, under the jetty, breaking off both aerials in the process.
He got about 200mtrs out before other mate could stop laughing long enough to go to his rescue.

And NO, Jonah wasn't there (was told later)

Boats afloat, so I'll be hoofing around the Solent this W/E.


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[jfm]

Save the RIB, not RIB\'s fault

"Thrown out of tcm's jetrib thingy", like it was done TO you, like you are some kind of victim of this misfortune, like the ejector seat went off by mistake dang! Ahem praps you could clarify what actually happened?

 

[jfm]

Four:

Santa Ponsa, to remove rope off prop of rented Fairline 42

Cork Harbour, Ireland, to attach tow rope to dead body

Marine lake Southport, in a Ford V6 Delta skiboat (the one with lots of tumblehome, remeber them?). It had a small fin keel like many ski tow boats, like a tiny centreboard, and when I did a sharp turn it tripped over the keel and rolled. I was gobsmacked. The boat owner was quite pissed too. It totally sank, but only 6 feet of water so we dragged/craned it out

Rented Dart catamaran at 15ish knots in med. If you dont keep your weight right back, they nosedive fast and cartwheel and cut you up quite badly. Mine did this.

Plus one I did deliberately to someone else: Remeber those timy Cougar cats, built for class racing with a Merc 25hp outboard, went really fast? I and group of lads rented them for 20mins and when I returned it the attended yelled at me for speeding. So I left the outboard turned on full lock to starboard, with the boat starboard on to the jetty. The attendent got in and tried to drive offto park it , whereupon the boat tried to turn into the jetty but the jetty didnt move and the force of the prop simply pivoted the boat until it turned full turtle. Much merriment and serves you right, git, from from me and my party

So that's 4.5 I reckon

 

[petem]

Me - none.
SWMBO - none.
V. Short person (Ross not me) - 0.5 times (fell in at Lymington but he was strapped on to grab rail so only his legs were in and he kind of dangled off the bathing platform).

 

[muchy_]

Re: So how many harbours have you jumped into?

1/2 a time, finished refilling water tanks, started to push bow of boat off pontoon and sort of forget to get on. Went in up to my waist whilst hanging onto toerail for dear life. Quite a big audience for it too.

Also, not really a fall in but........one weekend I noticed there was a different boat moored next to me so decided that I'd welcome the new owners when I saw them and try to make a good impression. The next weekend I got to the boat and made my way to the pontoon carrying the bags of toot that I normally take. Whilst rounding the pontoon between our boats I slipped on ice(middle of winter) and myself and the bags are spralled out on the pontoon, being as I was alone I got up and started efing and blinding in the extreme, as I got to the end of the pontoon(only about 15ft long) I was greeted with "good morning", bollocks, they were sitting in the cockpit having a cup of tea.

 

[sailbadthesinner]

I have been in more harbours than aristotle onasis
mainly to retrieve anchors or fenders or shoes

Beer! Now there's a temporary solution.

 

[tcm]

Re: MCA REPORT re COLIHOLIC ON THAT RIB

In Spring 2002, JFM and TCM reported that Coliholic had gone overboard from a RIB tender to the M/Y Diana II whilst on a boating trip in France. An investigation began immediately thereafter.

On Saturday 2nd march 2002 a 4metre long jet-powered rigigid inflatable boat (RIB) with Coliholic and one other on board was being driven around the bay of Theoule, South of France in flat calm conditions. Without warning, Coliholic went overboard, the power was cut by the killcord attached to Coliholic, and the RIB halted.

TCM and others ran to the bow of the main boat and established that Coliholic was okay, and then urgently attempted to get good video/camera pictures, but failed to find a camera in time.

Coliholic was not in a very good mood, possibly because he was immediately aware that he had confirmed his propensity for falling in, and realised the likelihood of everyone grassing him up.

Colholic swam back to the main boat unaided, climbed up the swimming ladder, showered, and changed his clothes.

Coliholic then began a vigorous campaign to hush up the incident. Jfm and tcm agreed not to publish details, at least not until they could find internet access, but continued laughing about it for some six months.

An interim recommendation report was published in Spring 2002 with an outline assessment of the incident.

CONCLUSIONS

Findings

1. Mr Coliholic was thrown overboard.

2. Mr Coliolic was not wearing a lifejacket. But he did have a killcord.

3. The RIB was new, well equipped and maintained.

4. At the time of the accident, there was no wind, good visibility and no swell.

5. The RIB had at least 20m of water beneath her keel.

6. Coliholic had had several cups of tea and loads of chocolate cake in the morning before the incident.

7. Coliholic was wearing loud clothes.

8. Nobody else has fallen off the RIB before or since.

9. JFM's son was also in the boat, and grassed him up whilst Coliholic was changing out of his wet clothes. He reports that immediately prior to falling overboard, Coliholic suggested that they should attempt to swamp the back of the main boat by whamming past at speed, and was circling around the bows to get a good run-up.

10. The main boat Diana was secure and stationary, at anchor.

11. Nobody on board Diana gave any signals (nor v-signs either) to divert Coliholics attention.


Causes

The Immediate Cause

1. Coliholic was seeing wottle it do, and turned the RIB into a tight turn, forcing it sideways upo the side of it's own wake, whereupon the boat twisted sharply about a fore-aft axis and threw him off

2. JFM had already timed the boat at 43knots, so Coliholic thought it would be fine to give it some beans.

3. Coliholic was bound to fall in anyway at one point or asnother.


Other Factors and Underlying Causes

1. Coliholic can't have been holding on very much cos jfm's lad did not fall in.

2. Coliholic must be very used to falling in by now.

3. Coliholic failed to hush up the incident. He also kept quiet about about getting pushed in by the kids later on in the day, though he he did get his own back for that.

4. TCM had predicted that Coliholc would fall in. So had jfm.

5. Even Coliholics though it was a bit funny, though a lot later.

6. That RIB is very fast.

7. It was all Coliholics fault.


RECOMMENDATIONS

The following recommendatiosn are issued:

1. To The Maritime and Coastguard Agency: ignore Coliholic he's harmless enough and it was only an accident and he was wearing a killcord after all.

2. To all members of the forum.

-wear a killcord all the time in a dinghy/rib.

-Repeatedly remind Coliholic of this and other falling-in incidents.

-Not believe the rubbish he posted about him only falling in half a dozen times in total. It must be loads and loads more than that. Easily. More like fifty three times in the estimation of the committee.