Duncan F (bathclaret) Posted November 2, 2011 Report Posted November 2, 2011 Lymington lifeboat volunteers were at sea for five hours last night after a fishing vessel hauled in an unusual catch in its nets: a submerged yacht on the sea bed. The yacht appeared to have sunk recently, but no one had been reported missing. The lifeboat, fishing vessel & a coastguard helicopter continued to search the scene into the night. HM Coastguard are now trying to establish which of about 20 vessels with the same name has been discovered: BBC story Quote
Rob Posted November 2, 2011 Report Posted November 2, 2011 Blimey! I guess this is why the CG66 system exists! For those that don't know, CG66 is a Coast Guard register to help them/RNLI/Helicopters identify your craft if needed. You upload your and your boats details to the CG website with picture, then in any event the CG can pull up a pic / identifying features list of your craft. It is an online or paper registration and easy to keep up-to-date. https://mcanet.mcga.gov.uk/public/cg66/ Rob Quote
Duncan F (bathclaret) Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Posted November 2, 2011 Good call Rob. With a CG66 registration they should have been able to ID the vessel in minutes. I suspect we'll eventually hear this was something to do with bags of white powder or resin. Duncan Quote
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