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[Naughty Cal]

http://eastcoastboating.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5371

[ditchcrawler]

I really think skippers of boats should have training and pass a test before they are allowed to take a boat out

[RLWP]

I really think skippers of boats should have training and pass a test before they are allowed to take a boat out

 

 

, it has been quoted that the collisions may have been due to a pilotage error.

 

Pilots are qualified

 

Richard

[b0atman]

Surely with this type of boat they are qualified or maybe not .

[Sabcat]

The article says the boat has been grounded and capsized before and hit the Thames barrier. I wonder if the same person was steering it in all 3 incidents.

[b0atman]

Are we wise to want the canals dredging this skipper will be looking for a job soon !

[Stilllearning]

It is a shame that "comments are closed" at the bottom of the web page...!

[David Mack]

I can see how the boat hulls could be damaged, but how does a dredger snagging mooring lines result in the boats being dismasted?

[Naughty Cal]

I can see how the boat hulls could be damaged, but how does a dredger snagging mooring lines result in the boats being dismasted?

Presumably when the yachts have become entangled in each other!

http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/537360/yachts-smashed-in-dredger-collision

[ditchcrawler]

Sorry, My comment was me being cynical.

Every time there is a boat related incident every one calls for training and qualifications. Just look at the incidents caused by trained, qualified skippers.

[Tony Dunkley]

Sorry, My comment was me being cynical.

Every time there is a boat related incident every one calls for training and qualifications. Just look at the incidents caused by trained, qualified skippers.

 

That's very true . . . One of my old skippers always reckoned that the main difference between amateur balls ups and those made by professionals, was that the professional ones were usually more spectacular.

[Murflynn]

http://eastcoastboating.co.uk/wordpress/?p=5371

wasn't you driving was it, Phylis?

[Naughty Cal]

wasn't you driving was it, Phylis?

Absoulutely not. At 5am I was busy making zeds.

[Captain Fizz]

Small vessels, especially glass fibre or wood are extremely difficult to see on a busy radar plot.

In crowded water like that the skipper would have been well advised to anchor and await better conditions.

I bet he now wishes he had done!

[Detling]

Knowing the area well there are rows of moored boats on both sides of the Medway with a channel between them probably about 150 meters wide. These lines of moorings go right round a long bend which is quite tight to a ship of this size. This ship will have had a captain with a masters certificate and probably two certificated deck officers with many years of experience, Due to ship being based in Rochester and doing this trip several times a week the master may also hold a Medway pilots certificate.

 

As to how do yachts get dismasted or damaged by several thousand tons of steel side swiping them I wonder if tthe questioner has ever seen a boat collision. Don't forget as they were stationary and have been there for years, any impact is not their fault, and the master is obviously trying to downplay the incident.