Apart from the fact the vessel had to be rescued, it shows just what these barges can take. when they were sailing the sails would dampen out the roll and give the vessel some stability. Shame they took the rig out!
After a very calm night from Belgium, the final Dover approach was painfully slow as caviation slowed us to standstill against the strong tides. Our Engine room flooded when the coolant pipe came adrift, my hired pro skipper tried to fix it in rough seas, With engine off we drifted to the famous sandbanks & potential destruction. Dressed in full kit, I too was shocked to realise that the pros had not brought their own lifejackets. Both the RNLI & Coastguard were fantastic & a very welcome sight!
Was an awesome job for the lifeboat crew, shame about the vessel in distress and the knowledge of the crew, think 1 lifejacket between 3 speaks for itself
utterly stupid , men risking there lives to save a boat that has no right to even be there ! a bath tub would have been better .
bigrider2806 4 months ago
who in the name off god would bring that out in them seas
Rigmanbob 4 months ago
She's weathering the swell well enough, 50 ton of ballest would have helped the caviation and steadyed her.
billalbion 5 months ago
and why was a river barge out in those conditions?
WhitakerSJA 5 months ago
Apart from the fact the vessel had to be rescued, it shows just what these barges can take. when they were sailing the sails would dampen out the roll and give the vessel some stability. Shame they took the rig out!
Trentnav 7 months ago
we get as close as we can then we throw a heaving line with the tow line attached to it. ;-)
1SPARKY00 10 months ago
After a very calm night from Belgium, the final Dover approach was painfully slow as caviation slowed us to standstill against the strong tides. Our Engine room flooded when the coolant pipe came adrift, my hired pro skipper tried to fix it in rough seas, With engine off we drifted to the famous sandbanks & potential destruction. Dressed in full kit, I too was shocked to realise that the pros had not brought their own lifejackets. Both the RNLI & Coastguard were fantastic & a very welcome sight!
zapzapzo 10 months ago 2
Holy S#%T
dale3858 11 months ago
Was an awesome job for the lifeboat crew, shame about the vessel in distress and the knowledge of the crew, think 1 lifejacket between 3 speaks for itself
mj106gti 1 year ago
It's still a mystery to me how they attach the towline in heavy seas like this.
MusicMan20061210 1 year ago
i was standing on the prince of wales peir in dover at that time it was rough poor people on the cruise ships that where in on that day
TheMechanicalGsss 1 year ago
That is a big old boat to be bouncing around like that
Alexdieded 1 year ago
The tow rope must be very strong. another great job from the RNLI.
argyll1952 1 year ago
thats mental!!! well done guys!
LeeStuart93 1 year ago
Well done! Nasty lee shore there.
BS25BaldEagle 1 year ago
Great Job RNLI !! Stay safe!!
manhenk 1 year ago