LittleSister
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Re: Stone Point - Today
Lovely pic and reports, John. :encouragement:
Lovely pic and reports, John. :encouragement:
Visitor moorings at Stone Point
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nortada
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Re: Stone Point - Today
After lunch we drifted off onto Harwich Bay and watched both the Harwich LB and the Inshore Lifeboat giving the casualties the trip of a lifetime. Should have got a picture
Wonder why the Walton Boat didn’t attend
Possibly to save the Sealman’s blushes. :encouragement:
Where is the Seal Boat boat now
Currently at anchor at the top end of Hamford Creek, in the mud - God’s Little Acre.
About 20 boats at anchor here. Who needs the Solent
After lunch we drifted off onto Harwich Bay and watched both the Harwich LB and the Inshore Lifeboat giving the casualties the trip of a lifetime. Should have got a picture
Wonder why the Walton Boat didn’t attend
Possibly to save the Sealman’s blushes. :encouragement:Where is the Seal Boat boat now
Currently at anchor at the top end of Hamford Creek, in the mud - God’s Little Acre.
About 20 boats at anchor here. Who needs the Solent
johnalison
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Re: Stone Point - Today
Back home now but will probably come out tomorrow. Might need a brolly.
Back home now but will probably come out tomorrow. Might need a brolly.
Bigplumbs
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Re: Stone Point - Today
Not many people off stone point about 10 days ago..... Well just me in my rib to be precise
And later in the week not many more well me and a friend
Not many people off stone point about 10 days ago..... Well just me in my rib to be precise
And later in the week not many more well me and a friend
nortada
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Re: Stone Point - Today
Went to Stone Point to watch that eclipse
Didn’t see any eclipse but got a magnificent lightening display and a huge amount of rain that valeted the boat for us.
Whilst at Stone Point, about 2 hours earlier we watched a large ketch go aground outside the channel and proceed to lean over until the tide returned. By now the storm was at its height, huge gusts and vis down to about 20 metres in rain squalls.
The ketch motored up the Walton Channel.
Only to return running hard against the tide but with the wind and vanished into the murk, (this time in the channel) heading for sea
Had it been me, probably too rough to go into Titchmarsh so I would have picked up a bouy. I wouldn’t have run a channel where I had just been aground. Especially in weather like that.
Later that evening we listened to the Walton and Clacton Lifeboats attending Mayday off Brightlingsea.
Hats off to those brave guys out in weather like that - especially in the Clacton inshore rib.
Fortunately, it all ended well with the motor cruiser making it safely into Brightlingsea and both life boats returning to station. Also very impressed with the young lady in control who handled the incident very professionally and I am sure was very reassuring to all concerned.
The RNLI at it’s best and say again, VERY BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN.
We made our way back to Walton the following day to be let into the pond, by a lifeboat man
Many thanks.
Went to Stone Point to watch that eclipse
Didn’t see any eclipse but got a magnificent lightening display and a huge amount of rain that valeted the boat for us.
Whilst at Stone Point, about 2 hours earlier we watched a large ketch go aground outside the channel and proceed to lean over until the tide returned. By now the storm was at its height, huge gusts and vis down to about 20 metres in rain squalls.
The ketch motored up the Walton Channel.
Only to return running hard against the tide but with the wind and vanished into the murk, (this time in the channel) heading for sea
Had it been me, probably too rough to go into Titchmarsh so I would have picked up a bouy. I wouldn’t have run a channel where I had just been aground. Especially in weather like that.
Later that evening we listened to the Walton and Clacton Lifeboats attending Mayday off Brightlingsea.
Hats off to those brave guys out in weather like that - especially in the Clacton inshore rib.
Fortunately, it all ended well with the motor cruiser making it safely into Brightlingsea and both life boats returning to station. Also very impressed with the young lady in control who handled the incident very professionally and I am sure was very reassuring to all concerned.
The RNLI at it’s best and say again, VERY BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN.
We made our way back to Walton the following day to be let into the pond, by a lifeboat man
Many thanks.
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