Stuck on Bembridge ledge!

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VicS said:
Shouldn't they have hoisted 3 balls ?
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Definitely a balls up. Could have been nasty in a bit more breeze. There was one in a foot of water in the entrance to Chi Harbour the other day.

One big advantage of a twin keeler with shallow draft - you're less likely to run aground and if you do, you just put the kettle on and pretend you meant it. :)
 
I am puzzled by the location of this drying area the yacht is sat on. The apparent nearby easterly Cardinal maybe is Bembridge Ledge Cardinal, then in the distance (long lense used maybe) could be New Grounds Cardinal. So maybe the photo is taken from the end of the pier of Bembridge Lifeboat station. Good few metres above sea level. Looking at the chart there is a hazard drying ht called Cole Rock in that area, it is charted as dries 0.2m.

Or maybe the yacht is on top of Sharpus Rocks (or Long Ledge) a little SE of Cole Rock. The photo being taken from high up on the Foreland ground above the rocks. Sharpus Rocks is charted to dry 2.6m.

If Cole rock the it must have been quite some low tide and I will be even more more careful around there. If Long Ledge/Sharpus then not surprising. It is well charted but maybe they were going inshore to cheat what could have been a very strong contrary tide around that point. Having crept inshore for the last 5 miles it could be someone forgot to go out a little here. Or failed engine no wind, or Nav oversight or watch leader oversight (it happens), could be other reasons as well, even anchoring while try to stem the tide maybe.

One could choose to cut inshore of Bembridge Ledge Cardinal, there is plenty of water (for smaller vessels like this one) some of the distance toward the headland. Between 3m and 9m at CD for half the distance to land. But you do have to remember to clear Long Ledge to the south as well and clear Cole Rock to the NW too.
 
captainhaddock said:
Is that an Easterly cardinal mark - to the East of them?
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Bembridge Ledge buoy ITYWF,

I guess they went a bit too far inside it......... on a falling tide .

They seemed to get away OK at HW escorted for a short distance by the Bembridge ilb.
 
I don't think it does much harm unless someone gets hurt or there's more damage damage to the boat than to the skipper's pride.

Even when there is some proper damage, in the case of spectacular stupidity, like Lieutenant Wilson (Cowes Week 2011), I don't have an issue. What I don't want to watch is someone's boat being destroyed and people being killed.
 
VicS said:
The AIS showed exactly where they were for most of the day

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Vic - which AIS website is that from … I use Marine Traffic and it isn't nearly as good as your image.

Seajet … come on, nobody died, and it's clear he's not really in trouble. Come down off that horse & have a laugh with the rest of us. Now that he's back afloat with no serious harm done, I'm sure the skipper has added it to his list of funny tales.
 
We've all been there......haven't we?
Port St Mary, IoM. The Halon extinguisher dates the incident which, of course, could never happen again! And no, the cork had not been drawn before encountering the reef, well to seaward of the SHM, I might add.
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