Yacht Incident on the Humber

[CX54WEK]

"INCIDENT 20/14 - COUPLE RESCUED FROM SINKING YACHT

Volunteers from Humber Rescue were paged at 1256hrs to reports of a vessel which had struck the Whitton Lightfloat in the River Humber. The vessel, a 26 foot yacht was said to be damaged, sinking with 2 people on board.
The rescue boat was launched and teams were on scene of the sinking within a couple of minutes only to find the yacht sunk and no sign of the two people. After a rapid assessment the crew spontaneously switched into search mode and scanned the area for any sign of casualties.

Thankfully the couple, were found clinging to the light float, in shock but safe and well. They were quickly transferred to the Humber Rescue boat and returned to the shore where they were handed over to paramedics for a check up.
Volunteers returned to secure markers to the yacht in readiness for recovery at high tide. After a complicated operation the boat was eventually beached on Hessle Foreshore for salvage and to recover valuables."

 

[kashurst]

bit scary - the humber can be tricky

 

[sailorman]

A cold moulded Fairey Atlanta & a triple posting too

 

[CX54WEK]

Well the last time I posted something in just one of the forums I got told of for not sharing it with all

You just cant please everyone......

 

[SteveSarabande]

Cross posting is a pain.

 

[colhel]

Where's the other two postings? I want to be annoyed as well.

 

[sailorman]

Thames & East Coast

 

[Firefly625]

Where's the other two postings? I want to be annoyed as well.

+1


to be honest... I hate to say it... but.............. looks like the old classic........ the front fell off!

 

[CX54WEK]

It was you lot bloody moaning that I only posted stuff in the Thames Forum where "no one looks"

Make your minds up..........

 

[Chris_d]

It was you lot bloody moaning that I only posted stuff in the Thames Forum where "no one looks"

Make your minds up..........

Should have been posted in Scuttleberks surely, its(was) a saily boat

 

[beejay190]

This is the only forum I read. Thanks for posting.

 

[U4]

+1

 

[sarabande]

those Faireys are astonishingly clever boats; very sad, but it might form a re-birth project.

On the beach it looks as if the recovery team has managed to save the owner's sextant, though.

 

[Bertramdriver]

those Faireys are astonishingly clever boats; very sad, but it might form a re-birth project.

On the beach it looks as if the recovery team has managed to save the owner's sextant, though.

But not his shame

 

[Bojangles]

Thanks for posting, damage is fairly substantial, must have been very frightening for the crew, glad to hear they're ok

 

[Nautibusiness]

damage is fairly substantial,

Doesn't look that bad? I reckon it should polish out.

 

[itchenseadog]

A cold moulded Fairey Atlanta & a triple posting too

Hate to be pernickity, but Fairey Atalantas and all the Fairey boats of that era were hot moulded, the hulls being vacuum bagged and put into great autoclaves.
Obviously a weak point/rot for the bow to shear off like that. Atalantas wern't renowned for their speed but it looks like it hit something at a fair old wack.

 

[Seastoke]

good post but sad

 

[Searush]

The design was developed from Uffa Fox's "airborne lifeboat" concept. They were hot moulded lifeboats with a simple rig & a small engine that were dropped to ditched aircrews during WW2 so they could get home again. The airmen had simple lifejackets, inflatables or carley floats initially & then, if spotted, bomber would be sent to drop a boat to them. They were light enough to be carried on a plane yet strong enough to survive the fall from a flying plane.

An Atalanta should have been strong enough to cope with such a collision when newish, but at probably 60 odd years old it must have been significantly weakened.