Yacht adrift - Orwell today

[Javelin]

I was working on "Josephine" at Levington today when at about 12:15 I saw a yacht drifting downwind, past the trot moorings off Levington towards felixstowe.

Masthead sloop, 32 ish ft long, Westerly maybe, difficult to tell at that range.
She was still attached to her mooring buoy so its pretty obvious what had happened.

I ran up to the HM at the office at Suffolk Yacht Harbour who had also just spotted it and had contacted the coastguard.
A couple of brave/foolish/mad guys had jumped into the yard boat and were leaving the marina in hot pursuit in the gusting 35knt blow.

I was then called away so never actually found out what the result was.

 

[Koeketiene]

I was working on "Josephine" at Levington today when at about 12:15 I saw a yacht drifting downwind, past the trot moorings off Levington towards felixstowe.

Masthead sloop, 32 ish ft long, Westerly maybe, difficult to tell at that range.
She was still attached to her mooring buoy so its pretty obvious what had happened.

I ran up to the HM at the office at Suffolk Yacht Harbour who had also just spotted it and had contacted the coastguard.
A couple of brave/foolish/mad guys had jumped into the yard boat and were leaving the marina in hot pursuit in the gusting 35knt blow.

I was then called away so never actually found out what the result was.

Any update on this?

Did the boat cast adrift hit any other boats on the SYH trot moorings?

 

[Sniper]

Or anywhere higher up,for that matter!

Actually, while I remember, as I sailed down river on Monday there was a boat fitting that loose description moored by the stern to one of the SYH moorings on the north side of the channel. Not sure what was going on, but she had several lines over the quarter to the buoy and anchor over the bow. Probably not the boat that Javelin saw, as he says there was a mooring buoy attached to the bow?

 

[Javelin]

Was back at the yard in Southwold today dealing with the flood but I did hear that the yacht I saw was recovered by the intrepid nutters from SYH in their yard boat.
I didn't see her hit any other boats but she was pretty close to them and I didn't see where she had come from having only spotted her when she was directly opposite me.

I also heard today that another yacht also broke free from the Pin Mill area and was eventually recovered by a Pilot boat.

I may be back down to SYH tomorrow to sort out a retractable bow thruster so I'll ask around for any more info.

 

[Athene V30]

I also heard today that another yacht also broke free from the Pin Mill area

Gulp. Not had any messages from Kings.

 

[Koeketiene]

I may be back down to SYH tomorrow to sort out a retractable bow thruster so I'll ask around for any more info.

Thanks.
As work has me going flat out, I won't be able to make it to the boat till the 31st.
As you will no doubt appreciate this thread and the storm surge one are leaving me concerned.
Haven't heard anything from the marina, so I assume all is well with my pride and joy and that she's still sitting on her mooring unharmed.

 

[Leighb]

I was at Pin Mill this afternoon, and saw Gus bringing what looked like a broken yacht mast up the hard. Perhaps connected?

 

[Javelin]

Haven't heard anything from the marina, so I assume all is well with my pride and joy and that she's still sitting on her mooring unharmed.

Where is the mooring?

 

[Koeketiene]

Where is the mooring?

SYH mooring - south side of the river - we should be the third boat from Collimer.
Pretty distictive are the two solar pannels on the guardrails.

 

[photodog]

SYH mooring - south side of the river - we should be the third boat from Collimer.
Pretty distictive are the two solar pannels on the guardrails.

Can you not assign a underling to track errant dodgy floaty things in the area???

Seems to me it falls within your remit... You never know... Could be Durga Durga related.....

 

[Javelin]

From the hard standing at syh she looks fine.

And it has to said an oyster37 for sale which caught my eye, hmmm I wonder,............
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[Leighb]

I was at Pin Mill this afternoon, and saw Gus bringing what looked like a broken yacht mast up the hard. Perhaps connected?

I have been down to the yard and spoke to Gus, the broken mast was from a yacht that was dismasted by the Queen Galadriel when she lost control during the storm.

 

[sailorman]

I have been down to the yard and spoke to Gus, the broken mast was from a yacht that was dismasted by the Queen Galadriel when she lost control during the storm.

What the hell was she doing out in that weather

 

[hisw]

She does have a lot of windage, I remember when my brother took out all the electric points along Southampton quey trying to get off on a breezy day!

 

[sailorman]

She does have a lot of windage, I remember when my brother took out all the electric points along Southampton quey trying to get off on a breezy day!

Thats my point, sho should not have ventured out

 

[Koeketiene]

From the hard standing at syh she looks fine.
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Thanks :encouragement:

 

[LittleSister]

I was at Pin Mill this afternoon, and saw Gus bringing what looked like a broken yacht mast up the hard. Perhaps connected?

No, definitely disconnected now! ;-)

 

[Mukes]

Gulp. Not had any messages from Kings.

Alchemist was fine on Wednesday morning - I moor opposite you and I spent Tuesday night on board which was interesting!

 

[Athene V30]

Alchemist was fine on Wednesday morning - I moor opposite you and I spent Tuesday night on board which was interesting!

Many thanks

 

[sailorman]

One would have thought that an Alchemist would have already known