On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:46:01 +0100
"Sue Burchett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Snipped
> >Do you think their boats could haul a narrowboat back upstream say 30
> >mins after high water ? I suppose it might be a "fun" ride being towed
> >at a fast speed downstream to Portishead. Surely the best you could
> >hope for would be an escort/guide to a safe haven. But that won't work
> >if your engine has stopped.
> >
> >I'd feel like a really silly billy risking their lives to save my boat,
> >though I'd be more than happy to accept their services to pluck my crew
> >and I out of the drink after a mishap.
> >
> >Anyway I'll say no more or Lydney basin will end up silted all over
> >again {;>(
> >
> >Beeky
>
> I was told they only rescue the crew not the boat. I wouldn't have thought
> that a boat would have been left to drift. (shipping hazard). Maybe a tug
> comes out for the boat & claims salvage. Don't know just guessing. I would be
> interested to find out though.
>
> Sue nb Nackered Navvy
Reading the RNLI reports at least they don't tend to leave the boat unless its
absolutely necessary. If they didn't people would wait longer to call them out
and that would increase the risk to both the casualty and the rescue vessel.
They would probably stabilise the situation and wait for a tug or, more likely
(since a tug costs, and cost means 'less likely to call early') the big Trent
from the RNLI station at Barry Dock. And you are quite right - they wouldn't
leave something that is both a Hazard to Shipping and likely to cause further
emergency calls as people spot it as it drifts. It wouldn't be SARA that
decided though - its the Coastguard that is in command on these occasions.
On the Humber backup would be provided by the RNLI Severn class stationed at
the end of Spurn Head. That should sort it - they have held tankers off the
rocks before now. 2500 bhp in something 55ft x 18ft ...
The E-class Inshore boats on the Thames _are_ capable of towing a 70ft
narrowboat. The old Teddington RNLI site used to list at least two callouts
where they stabilised the situation or 'stood by' in their little D-class until
the Chiswick E-class arrived (and at 40 kts from a permanently manned station
that wasn't long).
Sorry - I'm (amongst other things) a bit of a Lifeboat anorak :/
Rick
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