You wouldn't want to run into this!

[oncewaswafu]

I saw this tree trunk on the beach at Lee on the Solent this morning, washed ashore in the recent storms. You really wouldn't want to run into this when it was afloat. It's over 30ft long and 18ins dia. Could quite ruin the day!

 

[Sandyman]

Not when your doing 25kts in a plastic boaty.

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[oncewaswafu]

Outed!!!
Hit it in a steel ketch and you may just spill the G&T!!!
Ex RN?

 

[Sandyman]

Outed!!!
Hit it in a steel ketch and you may just spill the G&T!!!
Ex RN?

One wouldn't want to spill ones G & T would one

Yes but negative WAFU

Was on the old Ark 75/6/7.

 

[oncewaswafu]

I was on her in 70 when we hit the Russian in the Med. Hands to Emergency Stations. I was in 2V1 mess, 849B Flight Gannets. Happy days. That gave us a longer stay in Malta than expected.

 

[Sandyman]

I was on her in 70 when we hit the Russian in the Med. Hands to Emergency Stations. I was in 2V1 mess, 849B Flight Gannets. Happy days. That gave us a longer stay in Malta than expected.

Bit before my time I think.

Only use for the Gannet was when it collected the mail

I was in 3L2. Port side opposite the Club Swingers gaff.

(just waiting for someone to ask what WAFU stands for )

 

[MILLIE BOO TOO]

Sleeve wings

 

[KevB]

I think I saw that floating outside Portsmouth harbour late Sunday afternoon.

 

[alfaman155]

What does WAFU stand for?

 

[oncewaswafu]

It's a derogatory term for the Fleet Air Arm, generally employed by the less fortunate members of the RN. Normally understood to mean 'Wet and f****** useless'.

 

[MrB]

I think I saw that floating outside Portsmouth harbour late Sunday afternoon.

They were talking about it on CH11 QHM yesterday along with a few railway sleepers that were spotted.

 

[rbcoomer]

Seen a few like that although somewhat smaller (10-12') and the trouble is in the sea, they're often mostly under the water. Going to make a nasty mess of the prop at best if you clobber one

 

[LittleShip]

I saw this tree trunk on the beach at Lee on the Solent this morning, washed ashore in the recent storms. You really wouldn't want to run into this when it was afloat. It's over 30ft long and 18ins dia. Could quite ruin the day!

Common site in the Pacific North West, not many cruise at night because of them. The big worry as stated earlier is the ones under the water, I think they call them "dead heads" there are thousands lying on the shore lines.

We don't know how lucky we are ?

Tom.

 

[Greg2]

It's a derogatory term for the Fleet Air Arm, generally employed by the less fortunate members of the RN. Normally understood to mean 'Wet and f****** useless'.

Less fortunate members of the RN? I guess you mean real matelots who managed to do a full deployment without arriving late and disappearing early?!

 

[alfaman155]

It's a derogatory term for the Fleet Air Arm, generally employed by the less fortunate members of the RN. Normally understood to mean 'Wet and f****** useless'.

Thanks, I wouldn't have worked that one out!

 

[adey]

A few shipping containers out there too....
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Pol...ainer-washes/story-20685985-detail/story.html

"The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said while most of the containers have sunk, two more have been spotted bobbing towards the UK"

 

[Ianca]

I saw this tree trunk on the beach at Lee on the Solent this morning, washed ashore in the recent storms. You really wouldn't want to run into this when it was afloat. It's over 30ft long and 18ins dia. Could quite ruin the day!

Here on the pacific North West coast they are all over the place ,more so after a storm and after a tug has lost a log boom , they are easy to spot ,it's the waterlogged ones just under the surface (deadheads) very nasty. After 20 odd yrs and many thousands of miles I finally hit one a few yrs ago I found a 7 ton boat can fly , made it home but cost big time to fix the legs.Now have a boat with twin keels and shafts 4 1/2' draft and max 17 kn. cheers Ianca.