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RNLI rescue same boat twice
Published Date:
18 June 2009
By DAVID SEDGWICK
A BOAT has been rescued for the second time in a month after getting into difficulties, with the owner being severely criticised for the way he called for help.
Cullercoats RNLI was called out at 9.05pm on Monday, June 15 after reports that a 15-foot boat with three men on board was in difficulties off St Mary's Island.
Crew of Robert Oliver, Peter Clark, Ben Bradshaw and Gary Hawksford quickly launched the lifeboat RNLB Hylton Burdon.
When they arrived, they found the casualty 600 metres north of St Mary's Island, holding onto a fisherman's marker buoy, and realised they had rescued the same boat, called 'Boy Jack', on May 21.
The boat's engine had a blocked fuel pump, similar to the cause of the earlier rescue.
The lifeboat passed a rope to the casualty and towed her back to the harbour at Seaton Sluice, where she had come from.
The skipper of the casualty had summoned help in the same way as in the earlier incident – he had called a friend on his mobile, asking his friend to contact the emergency services, who in turn contacted a friend in the lifeboat service.
Cullercoats operations manager Frank Taylor said: "We are very disappointed that after the earlier incident, the skipper had not taken steps to keep his boat in good order, prompting another call to the emergency services.
"We are even more disappointed that he went about calling for help in the same, long-winded way.
"Anyone taking a boat to sea should invest in at least a radio and an anchor.
"Using a radio, any boat in the area would hear the call for help and respond.
"Plus, lifeboats have equipment which allows them to track the source of a radio signal and can thus find the casualty in bad conditions.
"The anchor would prevent the casualty drifting into further trouble, especially if darkness was falling."
He added: "If they rely on a mobile, they should at least learn how to call the appropriate emergency service directly – dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
"The situation could have been deteriorating very rapidly and time should not be wasted, putting everyone into a worsening situation."
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 06:24 PM
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Dont see the MCA, jumping all ower these ar*eholes, steve.
Some ov these people should'nt be let out ov the house, let alone at sea.
Some ov these people should'nt be let out ov the house, let alone at sea.
Aye Paul - perhaps the 'authorities' should have scuttled the boat on the basis, of first time a yellow card, second a RED
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 06:38 PM
It just does'nt make any sense steve, fishermen now need tickets for everything, YET any DICKHEAD can buy a boat for pleasure use, and they don't need anything, As we all know it's COMMON SENSE to carry a vhf, flares, life jackets, etc............BUT Most ov these people don't seem to have any common sense, So why are these not being policed in the way fishermen are. 
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 11:34 PM
its on its way..... part of the RCD - recreational craft directive for our chums in brussels
you do see some right tools out there though
lucky you don't live on the solent, you want to hear the sh'ite that goes over the vhf from the numpties that have actually got radios
there was one last year where the coastguard had to phone radio 1 for help
2 head cases one obviously struggling to cope without Radio 1 blaring out, so his mate tunes his radio to radio 1, keys the vhf mike on channel 16, taped it down and sat it next to the speaker so his mate could listen to some music
obviously the feckwit ain't going to hear the coastguard, so they phoned radio 1 and got them to put an announcement out for the the boat to pack it in
I'd have had DF gear out and a gun boat
you do see some right tools out there though
lucky you don't live on the solent, you want to hear the sh'ite that goes over the vhf from the numpties that have actually got radios
there was one last year where the coastguard had to phone radio 1 for help
2 head cases one obviously struggling to cope without Radio 1 blaring out, so his mate tunes his radio to radio 1, keys the vhf mike on channel 16, taped it down and sat it next to the speaker so his mate could listen to some music
obviously the feckwit ain't going to hear the coastguard, so they phoned radio 1 and got them to put an announcement out for the the boat to pack it in
I'd have had DF gear out and a gun boat
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