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Engine failure apparently. 
DFL1010
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2x RNLI offshore LB and a helicopter on scene. 43T BP tug not sparing the horses to go grab it. Will be a bit rolly for them but hopefully all well onboard.
penfold
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Presumably the wick in the engine went out? Otherwise the handbrake turn must have been impressive.
fisherman
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What are the chances of breaking down exactly where you can drift onto the only obstruction to leeward?
ylop
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I thought from that picture that she was actually aground on wolf rock - but marine traffic seem to show her drifting towards shore.
Sandy
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penfold
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There don't seem to be any off-lying reefs, unless you're literally on the rock there's nothing to hit.
fisherman
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According to someone who knows someone on the Scillonian, who sent him the same pic, she was aground, then got off.
Supertramp
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Wolf Rock added as a way point.......?
Very unlucky otherwise to drift onto it.
Very unlucky otherwise to drift onto it.
fisherman
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The track shows her joining the TSS, then veering off as if adrift. Wind generally SW today, flood tide til 1400 ish.
If the link works, the wolf is the red dot about 4nm along her drift after she stopped
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic
aha, you have to zoom in, it shows red because she stopped
If the link works, the wolf is the red dot about 4nm along her drift after she stopped
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic
aha, you have to zoom in, it shows red because she stopped
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DFL1010
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My spies tell me on, then got off quite quickly.
Why they built that rock just to put a lighthouse on top of it is beyond me.
Why they built that rock just to put a lighthouse on top of it is beyond me.
DFL1010
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Another angle, photo via Cornwall Live
Not ideal.
Not ideal.
fisherman
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Making 1.9kts ESE now. I have ch 0 on but too far away or too low an aerial, heard nothing.
DownWest
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If the rock is only a pinnacle sticking up, why not blow it up? Bit cheaper than building a light house?
Down on the Costa Smirelda, a big Italian MoBo hit such a pinnacle and sunk, so the Aga Khan, who owned the resort area, had the rock 'shortened'.
Down on the Costa Smirelda, a big Italian MoBo hit such a pinnacle and sunk, so the Aga Khan, who owned the resort area, had the rock 'shortened'.
penfold
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Or people could just stop crashing into static objects.
ylop
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There's a tug on scene now - although not currently showing as under tow.
The current light house was built in the 1800s - I'm not sure our capabilities at blowing up big lumps of rock, with a lot of it underwater was that good back then. The electronic chart looks like there might be a collection of other rocks very close by - so how deep do you go? At least with a rock above water in good vis you can spot it, with a light you can spot it in the dark. A hidden hazard seems like it could be worse if you don't make it big enough (and do it it quickly enough - you leave a worse situation for a while). Now that it is built you "only" need to maintain it. With GPS and electronic charts theres an argument you don't need lighthouses at all, but there will always be shore line somewhere to get in the way of drifting ships.
fisherman
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Trouble is now it looks as though she can make way, slowly, so can she avoid the towage? Sennen LB has left, in a minute they will call out The Lizard boat, then Falmouth, to stand by. At 1kt SOG that'll be 24hours (against the tide at the moment so can improve). But without any threat to life she might be allowed to press on.
Forecast is quite poor for this evening.
edit: looks like she's under tow and Lizard has launched.
DFL1010
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From what I hear, they've done a bit of a number on the ship's bottom.
Doubtful they're going anywhere else other than DD, and most likely Fal. GIven the forecast I'd imagine SOSREP would get involved otherwise.
Doubtful they're going anywhere else other than DD, and most likely Fal. GIven the forecast I'd imagine SOSREP would get involved otherwise.
fisherman
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I wonder how much perishable produce is aboard.
...and what can be rigged as a ramp to get the lorries off?
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