Yarmouth RNLI was tasked to assist a sailing boat, with 4 people on board, which had found itself stuck on a large shingle bank in the Solent on Saturday (19th August).
The alarm was raised shortly before 17:30 and, within minutes, the volunteer RNLI crew were on scene.
They then deployed their Y-class daughter boat so that they could get closer to the stricken vessel, assess the situation more closely and see if any damage had been caused by the vessel running aground.
As it was nearing low tide, it would take a couple of hours for the tide to turn and start flooding, which would have inevitably helped the vessel re-float naturally.
The decision was therefore made for Yarmouth RNLI to return to station and regroup, ready to launch at a later time if the casualty vessel required further assistance.
To that end, Yarmouth RNLI crews stood by at Yarmouth Lifeboat Station awaiting further information from HM Coastguard.
However, whilst at the station, the casualty vessel was able to re-float, without sustaining any damage and was able to continue her passage unaided.
HM Coastguard then officially stood down Yarmouth RNLI and they were marked as ready for service at 20:00 after the post-recovery checks were made.
In the words of ivy searle, tarmac it
lousy navigators – clearly can’t read a map/chart and interpret data in relation to depth at various states of tide
There is a new shingle bank off Hurst which is not yet charted, so a non-local would have been unaware. Furthermore, tide tables are merely estimates and actual depths vary considerably.
But of course you knew all that.
it is the responsibility of the yachtie to know these things in the area that they are sailing in – any self respecting yachtie would know about NTM’s…
11th March 2023
NOTICE TO MARINERS
No .36 (T) of 2023
Western Approaches to the Solent
Hurst Spit
Notice is hereby given that following erosion a new bank has formed to the Eastern end of Hurst Spit.
Hurst Point, new shingle bank in position 50° 42.50N 001 32.83W.
Mariners should exercise caution when navigating in the vicinity due to the speed at which this shoal could potentially change with depths in the area being subject to change.
This notice will be self-cancelling on update of the appropriate charts.
And your seafaring experience and qualifications are?
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Pretty much the same as everything else you snidely pontificate on.
How can you chart a moving shingle bank. If you don’t no how to do your nav properly don sail in a falling tide but you knew that
Totally agree with you,thats if they had them on board !!
For a place surrounded by water, and with thousands of people having boats, its amazing just how many people have needed rescue in the last 6 weeks for one thing or another.