Sunk Yacht Kirby Creek

[ianc1200]

Reports on the W&FYC WhatsApp group re a sunken yacht in Kirby Creek, just on the Hamford Water side of Honeypot Island. About a foot of mast showing above the water at close to HW. The report says more in the middle of the channel than the blue dot is shown here.

 

[John_Silver]

Thanks for posting @ianc1200 . That’s pretty much smack on my favoured anchoring spot!

 

[ianc1200]

Walton RNLI posted this on their FB page, along with a lengthy report, but the owner and his dog were rescued by their inshore lifeboat/RIB from Titchmarsh Marina. Both were safe & OK. It's an Anderson 22 and was the new owner's first voyage in it, he was working on the boat on the hard for several months. Very sad.

 

[14K478]

Looks as if she should come up without too much trouble and may be not too much the worse for a dip!

 

[Malish]

Looks as if she should come up without too much trouble and may be not too much the worse for a dip!

If only....

 

[Minerva]

Walton RNLI posted this on their FB page, along with a lengthy report, but the owner and his dog were rescued by their inshore lifeboat/RIB from Titchmarsh Marina. Both were safe & OK. It's an Anderson 22 and was the new owner's first voyage in it, he was working on the boat on the hard for several months. Very sad.



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Poor guy. What a rubbish introduction to sailing.

 

[ianc1200]

YouTube video showing the posts believed to have holed the Anderson.

 

[ianc1200]

This was discussed on the EC Pilot FB Group and this image was posted there. Also shown on Navionics.

 

[Rum Run]

YouTube video showing the posts believed to have holed the Anderson.

Just being nosey - is that Anderson Affair?

 

[ianc1200]

Wasn’t sure Anderson Affair or Family Affair. Been at Titchmarsh for over 20 years.

 

[14K478]

Really bad luck; the owner was doing everything right.

I hope the owner’s insurers pay up promptly.

 

[dansaskip]

Never knew about those stakes- scary

 

[DJA]

The two stakes on the skippers island side are scaffold tubes firmly embedded in the mud. I tried to cut them off last year with a woodsaw...that's when I realised they were steel. I'm guessing the rest are the same.

 

[dunedin]

The two stakes on the skippers island side are scaffold tubes firmly embedded in the mud. I tried to cut them off last year with a woodsaw...that's when I realised they were steel. I'm guessing the rest are the same.

Presumably you also reported thrse hazards to UKHO via H102 form to get the charts updated?

 

[Gargleblaster]

I hope the boat is not insured with GJW, they don't like paying out on water damage.

 

[ianc1200]

A similar issue last year in Bramble Creek last year, another scaffold pole, & it holed Pioneer's tender I'm told. Hearing discussions yesterday, clearly difficult/remove/cut, needs marking in some way.

 

[alanwilson]

Reports on the W&FYC WhatsApp group re a sunken yacht in Kirby Creek, just on the Hamford Water side of Honeypot Island. About a foot of mast showing above the water at close to HW. The report says more in the middle of the channel than the blue dot is shown here.


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I found the 3 posts in Kirby Creek in 2024: helpfully, they cover at half tide, making it easy to anchor over one near HW then sit down on it. The positions of the posts are:
N51º 52.679 E1º 13.501
N51º 52.673 E1º 13.572
N51º 52.625 E1º 13.498
One of the posts shown below at LW.

 

[dunedin]

I found the 3 posts in Kirby Creek in 2024: helpfully, they cover at half tide, making it easy to anchor over one near HW then sit down on it. The positions of the posts are:
N51º 52.679 E1º 13.501
N51º 52.673 E1º 13.572
N51º 52.625 E1º 13.498
One of the posts shown below at LW.

Again have you reported these to UKHO so the can be noted on the charts to save others hitting them? Form H102

 

[alanwilson]

Again have you reported these to UKHO so the can be noted on the charts to save others hitting them? Form H102

Yes: reported in 2024 & again this week.

 

[dunedin]

Yes: reported in 2024 & again this week.

Brilliant - would be interested to know if and when they issue a Notice to Mariners. Some uncharted drying rocks I reported took many months before they issued the NtM.