jonnyswamp Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 A mate who is on facebook (I'm not) said it was reported a 25ft fishing boat got into difficulty off Lavernock and sank last Saturday Thankfully all 4 were picked up safely, not sure if they were picked up out of the water, or taken off the boat Any of the Welsh crew heard about this ? Quite a big tide Saturday and the rip around that point can be nasty Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Thankfully they were all collected safely. jonnyswamp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyswamp Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Yes they were, just saw a video of it on twitter, 23ft with outboard, and all got off the boat safely before it sank Lot of water in the bow, by the look of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Glad to hear (here) that everyone was ok . It makes you wonder how these things happen, is it over confidence or poor planning? Or just bad luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinker Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) Edited June 30, 2021 by Clinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 34 minutes ago, jonnyswamp said: Yes they were, just saw a video of it on twitter, 23ft with outboard, and all got off the boat safely before it sank Lot of water in the bow, by the look of it https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19404893.penarth-lifeboats-launched-distress-call-vale/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Blimey… look how small his fenders are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, jonnyswamp said: Yes they were, just saw a video of it on twitter, 23ft with outboard, and all got off the boat safely before it sank Lot of water in the bow, by the look of it Looks a bit like that cuddy/wheelhouse thing was a DIY job which could have shifted the CoG and made the boat bow-heavy to start with too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Looks a bit like that cuddy/wheelhouse thing was a DIY job which could have shifted the CoG and made the boat bow-heavy to start with too. Just look how close to the rocky fore shore the boat is. I would suggest they struck a rock and holed the bow or the keel.............. Geoff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 9 hours ago, GPSguru said: Just look how close to the rocky fore shore the boat is. I would suggest they struck a rock and holed the bow or the keel.............. It’s not that rocky there. Its an area known as the Ranny. Wind against tide means choppy conditions and it’s easy to hit sandbanks etc which is what I suspect has happened… @jonnyswamp rumour has it they were based out of Cardiff Marina or the smaller one up river… msin thing is they were ok! They were not the only ones to get into trouble on the weekend…. This the main entrance channel to Cardiff. Far too many people cut the corner off… this is why you don’t do it 🙄 suzook12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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