Yacht carrying two people collides with Sandbanks Ferry

What speed does the tide run through the narrows at Poole?

Just came through the Cuan Sound today, which can run up to 7 knots. Wasn’t peak springs but over 5 knots - and as well as a smaller ferry, need to make a rapid turn 90 degrees or so to literally get between a (Cleit) rock and a hard place with the tide pushing sideways over the dangers. But a regularly used channel also, if not as busy as Poole.
And people not infrequently get it wrong their too…
 
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