Ray T Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-46829940/maid-of-the-loch-slips-back-into-water 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 I like the people on board rather belatedly running up to the bow ..... .... as if they were going to be able to do something about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Nice of them to capture the evidence for the HSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 there are men who became boatmen out of necessity, and there are men who became boatmen out choice, which are you, and is one more a boatman than the other ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, john6767 said: Nice of them to capture the evidence for the HSE. Maybe there is an exemption for historic vessels? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 They needed a fatter piece of string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 47 minutes ago, Ray T said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-46829940/maid-of-the-loch-slips-back-into-water I couldn't see exactly what gaveway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) Same happened to my bote. The marina winches it out on a rail and the rope snapped. I never used that place again. Edited January 10, 2019 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 It's a slipupway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, mark99 said: The marina winches it out on a rail and the rope snapped. Wire rope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 No but apparently my fault for having a heavy bote. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Old lady. Didnt want strange people pocking around her baseplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank on the Cut Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 11 hours ago, mark99 said: Same happened to my bote. The marina winches it out on a rail and the rope snapped. I never used that place again. Same happened to me many years ago when the yard man forgot to turn off the slipway winch resulting in the hawser snapping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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