Sunken small yacht, Newton Creek IoW

[alahol2]

Some pics...

 

[Boathook]

Well, the fairway is all clear again. The hulk has been taken ashore to the Boatyard slip. I guess it will have a chainsaw applied.

So where has the other boat gone. Back down towards Shalfleet ? If he stayed there because of his sunk boat fair play to him for stopping others hitting his wreck.

 

[samfieldhouse]

Well the liferaft clearly needed a service!
I wonder why there’s no prop or prop shaft?

 

[Tranona]

It has an outboard so presumably the shaft was removed and the stern tube closed off.

 

[alahol2]

So where has the other boat gone.

He's now anchored on the south side directly opposite the entrance.

 

[Blueboatman]

I was going to write something a bit less than fulsome praise

But you know what?

There but for the grace of God and the kindness of others has gone I.

And I have dragged into at least one boat at Newtown with a fair old bang in the middle of the night in the past.

And been bumped by a French lycee training boat in France at least once too.

I hope he manages to get his life a little less precarious this year and has learnt a bit too from this unpleasant experience

 

[alahol2]

It has an outboard so presumably the shaft was removed and the stern tube closed off.

You will also note that the outboard has no gearbox nor prop. I guess that was why he was trying to tow it with a dinghy.

And I have dragged into at least one boat at Newtown with a fair old bang in the middle of the night in the past.

You are a fully paid up member of the Newtown Pyjama Party.

 

[Blueboatman]

You will also note that the outboard has no gearbox nor prop. I guess that was why he was trying to tow it with a dinghy.



You are a fully paid up member of the Newtown Pyjama Party.

I am
Though I’d never heard it called that.

 

[ashtead]

It’s more active club than the one in Chi harbour I’m told so we don’t frequent Newtown now due to unexpected midnight rafters

 

[alahol2]

Perhaps I'm showing my age. Modern anchors have taken much of the fun out of Newtown nights.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Perhaps I'm showing my age. Modern anchors have taken much of the fun out of Newtown nights.

We prefer a peaceful night, thank you. We avoid it at weekends in summer, it’s just too chaotic. Some folks have no boundaries about anchoring.

 

[ridgy]

What happened to the cockpit sole?

 

[yozza]

Not really the most considerate place to moor...

 

[Boathook]

I suspect that someone will 'hit' his anchor warp with it out like that. Should have an angel on it.

 

[Blueboatman]

Lucky not to have a writ on the mast for the unpaid salvage job.. well, it’s a POV isn’t it?

Article in Country Life lamenting the National Trusts need to trim their expenditure and cut their workforce by some 6% because of financial pressures. No details because I suppose that would be current flow

 

[wonkywinch]

Any sign of the Makita worm holes it was alleged to have had?

 

[xcw]

He was out sailing yesterday just off the entrance to Newtown Creek. Did he anchor back in the same place?

 

[Chiara’s slave]

He was out sailing yesterday just off the entrance to Newtown Creek. Did he anchor back in the same place?

He was anchored right beside the green markers, straight ahead as you enter. He beached the boat yesterday to paint a political slogan on the topsides. He left that mooring this afternoon, did not see where bound. It was a proper west solent afternoon when we left, 18kn and wind over spring tide. I wouldn’t like to think of him out sailing in that old wreck. We had a quantity of seagrass on our coachroof after our sail, decidedly choppy by Hamstead Ledge.

 

[Daydream believer]

We had a quantity of seagrass on our coachroof after our sail,

So did you erect a "no anchoring, seahorse breeding ground " sign on your deck to avoid someone sticking their CQR amid ships

 

[Chiara’s slave]

So did you erect a "no anchoring, seahorse breeding ground " sign on your deck to avoid someone sticking their CQR amid ships

It did cross my mind