Boat stuck in Glory Hole - man found on ledge!

[RAB]

Dramatic local news headline "Man found on Ledge of High street bridge". Also seems a bit of over-reaction by emergency services (if speculation is right - two fire engines, four divers, water rescue, at least 8 police and high street closed. Admittedly help was needed to get chap and boat out of there. I guess good practice for everyone. Based on all the journalistic detail (link below) my own speculation, at this point in time, was boat couldn't make headway due to fast flow (can be wild through there) or engine issues, so chap tied up and moved onto ledge to get attention or ponder course of action (also probably because he had too much clutter on the bow to get to the front 🤔). Interesting to find out the full facts at some stage.

On a serious note hope the chap and boat are all well.

 

https://mylocal.co.uk/lincolnshire/feed/138992

 

 

 

[Adam]

I can imagine the flow is crazy through there just now. The lower Witham is up about 1.5M at the minute, I guess they just lower stamp end sluice to keep the level down in Brayford pool with a resulting torrent of flow especially through the narrows

[zenataomm]

4 hours ago, RAB said:

Also seems a bit of over-reaction by emergency services (if speculation is right - two fire engines, four divers, water rescue, at least 8 police and high street closed.

 

Oh I totally agree with you 🫤. 

Lincolnshire has more access to water than many other counties, and consequently has a need for a marine unit which includes emergency services, divers, inflatable boats and crews.  Why drag so many of them out because a man got into trouble?

What do you think the headlines and the self opinionated would have had to say if the unfortunate boater had died or suffered a more serious experience when the resources were there ... but not fully utilised?

 

How do you know he wasn't only rescued because of "two fire engines, four divers, water rescue, at least 8 police and high street closed." ?

Just a thought, which is something I suggest you didn't spend much time doing.

[matty40s]

Boating with pram hood up.....🫣

[MrsM]

Typical that one of the very days I don't walk past at least once, that happens. I could have been 'reporting from the scene'.

[pearley]

10 hours ago, matty40s said:

Boating with pram hood up.....🫣

First thing Jeannette said when looking at the picture. 

[gatekrash]

So they've turned up with a potential water rescue required based on the info they were given, boater on ledge and boat stuck.

Before committing someone into the water they require the following resources just to put 1 person in :

 

Bankside safety

Upstream spotters (to identify any debris coming downstream that might injure the water rescue tech)

Downstream spotter

Downstream protection (deployed with throwlines in case rescue tech gets washed clear or needs to disconnect from his line)

Water rescue tech to do the in water bit.

Belayer (holding tech's shoreline tether)

Then add an officer in charge to direct the rescue, and they're not allowed to be involved in anything practical.

 

Then as he's stuck on a ledge, not in water when they arrive they require a rope rescue team. Minimum of 8 people, rope rescue tech, main line belayer, safety line belayer, edge safety, 2 additional line tenders for hauling, officer in charge and safety officer.

 

Plus the 'crowd management' team because the dense general public will put themselves in stupid places to film the rescue on their phones.

 

Sounds to me they were under resourced from a safety point of view.

 

As someone on the pointy end of this stuff we get these comments about numbers all the time, but the general public really have no idea of what is required to do this sort of rescue.

I'd love to stick one in fast water as a rescue tech and tell them to get on with it without any of the safety backup and see if they still thought the same way as they swept downstream with no way of being recovered....

[Naughty Cal]

There is a reason there is a flashing red light at either end of the river there 

[frahkn]

1 hour ago, Naughty Cal said:

There is a reason there is a flashing red light at either end of the river there 

Are they there to mark the spring and the estuary?

[Alan de Enfield]

Just now, frahkn said:

Are they there to mark the spring and the estuary?

 

No, they are to show the areas where you can find ladies offering services.

[matty40s]

21 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

No, they are to show the areas where you can find ladies offering services.

Or warn you of ladies at high speed in the Brayford Pool ahead....

[Alan de Enfield]

3 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Or warn you of ladies at high speed in the Brayford Pool ahead....

 

 

[Dav and Pen]

The report I read said he got off the boat to push it as it didn’t have enough power to get through the bridge and the boat then went over to the other side and jammed. He has also had to be rescued on the Trent once before. Why didn’t he let the current push him out when he realised he wasn’t going to make it and instead of getting off use a boat pole.

[BoatinglifeupNorth]

On 30/11/2023 at 08:00, pearley said:

First thing Jeannette said when looking at the picture. 

 I’m sure we’ve all met boaters like this looking as his boat, with all the stuff on the roof and all the stuff in front of his cratch cover. Continuous cruiser or Continuous Moorer? Can’t really see how he couldn’t get out himself, Oh just read he got off the boat onto the ledge to push the boat off and got stranded on the ledge😂😂

Edited December 3, 2023 by BoatinglifeupNorth

[StephenA]

On 30/11/2023 at 14:58, Dav and Pen said:

The report I read said he got off the boat to push it as it didn’t have enough power to get through the bridge and the boat then went over to the other side and jammed. He has also had to be rescued on the Trent once before. Why didn’t he let the current push him out when he realised he wasn’t going to make it and instead of getting off use a boat pole.

 

I wonder what got stuck that meant that the boat could drift over to the other side (and stranding him on the ledge) but meant it didn't drift back out on the flow.

 

[magnetman]

Yes in the picture nothing appears able to get stuck at all. Maybe the boat was severely aground. 

 

Don't google glory hole ! 

[Naughty Cal]

There is bugger all to run aground on there.

 

We used our low Air draft boat to get some accurate measurements of the bridge for owners of larger boats and had it in every Nook and cranny of the bridge and arches.

 

It's all deep water!

[Dav and Pen]

Think his engine was running in gear.