On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:09:17 +0100 "michael askin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "spectrometry2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> On 17, Jul 2006, at 23:44, Martin Phillips wrote: <snip> My Apologies: this was meant to have been sent some time ago... > > I was thinking in more general terms of a future, less well-attended > > trip over. Not sure how long Sara take to deploy under normal > > circumstances to a call-out, but I imagine it would be an hour or > > so. Maybe more. In that time, a boat would be well down towards the > > Severn Bridges and the water would be getting dangerously low in > > places. SARA try to work to RNLI standards IIRC, so that should be 5 to 10 minutes from the call to being underway. That is, if the boathouse isn't already manned as many are on busy weekends etc[1]. > Humber Rescue came out very quickly for us - no more than 20 minutes, and of > course you do have an anchor don't you? Remember these people have to rescue > people out of the water, so they can't take too much time over it. > > I would also note, that you are always best carrying a chart of such waters, > even if you are not planning any long excursions, at least you will know > where the local shallows are. If you read, like I do (sad git), the station callout records placed on the web 'no chart' (meaning 'no clue') is specially noted when encountered. 'No radio, no flares, no chart, no lifejackets' is noted with depressing regularity. > Mike > > ps. When we called Humber Rescue out, they were quite happy as it got them > out of their normal work! It was a nice jolly for them!! > > --- > Mike Askin > nb. Kismet > http://shoestring.zapto.org/ Rick [1] Spare a thought for the Southend RNLI crew who had to man the boathouse at the end of the pier 24 hours a day for a considerable time after the middle part of the pier burnt down. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
