TV sailor hits rock and calls lifeboat film

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here we are

well it can happen to anyone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=983Yz0O4R-A




although on second listening he did not actually call the life-boat

he did the correct thing and told the coast guard who probably made the decsion about calling the life-boat out.

I for one would have been pleased to have had two strong men in a very reliable and powerful rin to be with me as the boat floated off

as a cameraman I would alos be grateful to realise that I could offload the cameras from a vessel that might sink to one that almost certainly won't

all round a great bit of telly I think.

It was a real incident - well filmed

Dylan








and while we are at it


here is a 12 minute film about the amazing shifting sands of the North Norfolk Coast and Wells bar

its free as well

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/video-logs/ktl-vlog-154-wells-bar/

the music is from these people

http://www.pennyless-music.co.uk/
 
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Watched the program on TV was concerned about the end comment of Priest Rock being an uncharted rock in the Arisaig Channel. I spoke to Arisaig Marine who said there was no Priest Rock there, the nearest one is in Loch Ailort.
Pity about grounding, lovely boat.
 
leaving at the bottom of the ebb

double_ender said:
Watched the program on TV was concerned about the end comment of Priest Rock being an uncharted rock in the Arisaig Channel. I spoke to Arisaig Marine who said there was no Priest Rock there, the nearest one is in Loch Ailort.
Pity about grounding, lovely boat.
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it appeared that they were leaving pretty close to the bottom of the ebb tide

not sure that is always sensible..... but then I am not always sensible

Dylan
 
double_ender said:
Watched the program on TV was concerned about the end comment of Priest Rock being an uncharted rock in the Arisaig Channel. I spoke to Arisaig Marine who said there was no Priest Rock there, the nearest one is in Loch Ailort.
Pity about grounding, lovely boat.
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I take everything that I see on TV with a heaped tablespoon full of salt ever since I heard that the whole "Vet School" story (BBC c1995), with the lady from Norway 'failed' her exam was a total fabrication.
 
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Gorf said:
I take everything that I see on TV with a heaped tablespoon full of salt ever since I heard that the whole "Vet School" story (BBC c1995), with the lady from Norway 'failed' her exam was a total fabrication.
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sadly BBC and other broadcasters put people under pressure to keep things dramatic

there is another way of making sailing films.....

This bloke used to be an ag reporter in Scotland - I remember him when he had lots of hair to spare

jolly frightening

good job they had their life jackets on for their near death experience

hardly a week goes by here at winter towers without an email popping into the box from some-one expressing their horror that I was on my boat without wearing a life-jacket

I generally only put mine on when I am frightened or on the foredeck when sailing alone

One other thing - should anyone watch any of my films and think that they are some sort of pilot or training film....please don't. I shift geography all over the place and almost never do the right thing in the right way

Dylan
 
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Lovely boat and beautiful scenery in that part of the world.
The skipper seems to heavily rely on his chart plotter.

I really sypathise with the skipper as we all make mistakes and sad to see his captured on film.

He seems a really pleasant bloke, BUT!!
Did he check his paper charts thoroughly I wonder and from them know exactly where he was and did he assess the tide situation accuratly? I guess not.
 
doug748 said:
The girl was either bored, frightened or had a touch of wind. I can't figure out which.
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Frightened, I think. At the end of one shot you can just hear her asking something like "but are you *sure* it's not going to tip over?" in a slightly desperate voice.

Pete
 
The chart plotter is wonderful tool but I do wonder about people having them where they're visible from the helm. It's all well and good if you're only using it confirm what you're seeing and already know, but if you rely on it as real-time pilotage tool, which I suspect a good number of people who want to be able to see the screen from the cockpit do, the errors, either in the digital charts or the accuracy of the fix, can be sufficiently large to get you into trouble. Clearing lines, back bearings and transits don't suffer such vagaries.
 
Simondjuk said:
The chart plotter is wonderful tool but I do wonder about people having them where they're visible from the helm. It's all well and good if you're only using it confirm what you're seeing and already know, but if you rely on it as real-time pilotage tool, which I suspect a good number of people who want to be able to see the screen from the cockpit do, the errors, either in the digital charts or the accuracy of the fix, can be sufficiently large to get you into trouble. Clearing lines, back bearings and transits don't suffer such vagaries.
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Aplogies if I'm teaching anyone to suck eggs or being repetative...........
One of the problems with some chart plotters and certain pages on a particular zoom setting, is that they sometimes miss off information that can be seen on the next or subsequent 'zoom pages'.
Therefore if you have done your homework on paper charts, it is then best to zoom in and out to find if any problem areas can be seen on the plotter too, before using the plotter as a navigation aid in unfamiliar waters.
Plus, try and do a check as to the GPS accuracy of the boats position on the plotter.
 
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Going in to Arisaig is done by eye anyway, so it's usually pretty safe to assume that if he got in there ok and he followed his track back out, if there is the same amount of water, he should be ok by retracing his keel steps.

He did say he was using is as a back up and it was giving him confidence:rolleyes:

We've been to Arisaig and there was always the feeling that we didn't actually know how close we have came to hitting a rock:) a few inches in a different direction and wallop we could have been in the same predicament.
 
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S'funny that, innit? Hits an "uncharted" rock, yet he knows its name. How did he find that out? Did it have a name plate on like a road does? Or did he look it up on the chart afterwards?

In all my years, I've never found any uncharted rocks, but I have hit a few charted ones I've forgotten about or not noticed. :rolleyes:
 
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Seemed like a clot to me.Immediately calling the coastguard before doing much himself.:rolleyes:
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I think that's a bit unfair. He was letting them know about a situation which could have developed into something more serious. An early call allows the rescue services more time to coordinate apporpiate resources 'just in case'.
 
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