Yacht Sunk in Solent ????

[o2sail]

Read a local newspaper - there was a report that at 10:30 Thursday a 22foot yacht was 'mown down' by a cargo vessal in the Solent. The 45 year old skipper jumped clear .....

anyone else heard this story ??

 

[l'escargot]

Bit about it here

 

[Cornishman]

Bet it was a dingy dinghy after that!

 

[jimi]

Don't think it was a Bell's GP14 .. dong !

 

[Oldhand]

66,000 tonne cargo ship only 200' long, it would need to have a draft too deep for the Solent or be wider than its length to have that dispalcement!

 

[alahol2]

The yacht was a Bembridge Redwing that he'd just finished restoring. He was sailing but didn't have enough wind. Great shame, but he's hoping to raise it and start again. I thought the Soton patrol boats scouted ahead as these big vessels come through?