Whitstable Lifeboat video

Wow, now that's ironic...

Wonder if they called the RNLI?

Hope the rescue they were going to was OK /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
I was a CG duty that day, we had left the lifeboat station about 15 mins before the capsize, to check out the 'casualty' from the shore.
Irony was that although uncomfortable, he was anchored up and not in immediate danger. (Yet another angler with one, dud, engine).
 
I don't know very much about RIBs , but one thing which often seems to be the case is that there is not enough weight in the bow when going to windward. Why does everyone sit so far back? There may well be a good reason for this, and please don't think I ma being critical of people who have more knowledge than me, but from my experience in my little RIB, trimming is absolutely key, and once the wind is under the bow it is so easy to flip the boat.
 
I agree, it just looked to be light in the bow. Is it a trim thing or some other issue because you see big RIBs in all sorts of seas and they seem very stable?
 
always a prob. going too fast over big lump,as anyone will know if had experiance with atlantic class on the helm you need to ease her over with just enough speed at bottom of trough to get over then ease off straight away so as the wave hits stern the bow gets brought down.. but not always!!!
 
It looked to me as if the helm was handling it beautifully - very delicately doing exactly that. He was just caught out by a totally confused and inconsistent set of wave spacings which made it impossible to get it right all of the time.

Still, to look on the bright side, have you noticed how the collection of comments under the YouTube clips make his formum look positively erudite!!
 
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