Spooked at the Needles

[dpb]

Just leant that one of only three places around these shores where a burial at sea can take place is just off the Needles!!!
So next time you are passing by, and the engines die, and the fog descends, and,...... what was that........????

 

[rickp]

Yes, lots of problems with identifying the remains when they wash up ashore sometime later. See this news report.

Rick

 

[Questor]

I think they come out of Keyhaven and drop off between there and Alum Bay.

Problem is it is not very deep and unless weighted properly the contents can wash up on the beaches around the needles, which apparently goes down none too well with the swimmers & gives the kiddies nightmares etc etc.

The I O W coroner is trying to stop burials here because of this. Also loads of police time is wasted trying to ID the contents, etc etc etc.

The boxes & contents if prepared properly are supposed to be weighted down to the tune of around 1/4 ton, and ideally dropped off in deep water, but sometimes they do go wrong /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I think about 9 miles off Newhaven is another spot.

 

[Wiggo]

Bloody silly, really, as if they were to head from Keyhaven towards Yarmouth, you go over 55m - plenty of depth to drop 'em in.

 

[Questor]

Yes Graham,

But even so, if one escapes, it is still too close to the shore

 

[Gludy]

Its all reall a question of how accurate your dead reckoning is!! ..... sorry, I will go away and retire for a bit after that.

 

[Wiggo]

Can't they set their feet in concrete or something? That'd do it.

 

[Gludy]

Not really wiggo - what happens when the fish bite through the ankles - the crpose then becomes sort of footloose in the Needles.

 

[Questor]

Bit like at the end of Friday 13th (Part 1). Why do you think everyone anchors as far away as they do from the Needles lighthouse /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Hurricane]

A friend on mine once looked into doing funerals at sea by applying for a license for the area off the Needles.
It all came to nothing but he was looking for a black boat that he could use as a sort of hearse - he wanted to install an organ on board as well so that he could perform the complete service.

I dont think he was very serious though.

 

[Channel Ribs]

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... he wanted to install an organ on board as well so that he could perform the complete service.

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I think I know him, is his name Vlad? That guy that drinks bloody maries all the time in Langstone?

 

[l'escargot]

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I think they come out of Keyhaven and drop off between there and Alum Bay...

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They would end up back at Cowes when the tide turned! They actually take place on the spoil ground south of the Needles and then get washed up between Compton Bay and St Catherines Point.

How to do it here.

 

[Questor]

A black boat would be novel.

I had a blue hearse once. Only a few people commented on its colour. I only bought it 'cos it was cheap, and is the only vehicle I've ever made money on.

So, thinking about it, he probably wouldn't have needed a black boat, when he could use, say, a Targa 37 with a blue hull and a big pair of davits.

 

[Major Catastrophe]

A black boat? Only a Wally would do. No messing around with hoists either. Just a kick off the back and the jobs a good 'un.

 

[stelican]

i think I better give up bottom fishing in that area

 

[Gludy]

Why give up bottom fishing when its the only area you will find a few of them around? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Shannoner]

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Can't they set their feet in concrete or something? That'd do it.

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I hear that this guy is the best when it comes to burial at sea.
Tony Soprano
c/o Bada Bing Lounge
New Jersey
USA

 

[Wiggo]

No, you'd want an old MTB. That way you could give 'em a real send off. Most stiffs could be squeezed into a 21" tube with a little effort, I'd have thought...