Tomo Posted August 16, 2014 Report Posted August 16, 2014 Lucky escape for 7 anglers today when local charter boat Dolcie-T from Keyhaven sunk today in the Solent. Osprey 2 another charter boat seeing the event unfold was able to pick up all anglers and crew from the water. The boat sunk quite quickly. All crew and anglers where able to put on life jackets. The RNLI attended and spent the rest of the afternoon recovering wreckage. Two of the rescued are suffering from hypothermia. Quote
ChrisE Posted August 17, 2014 Report Posted August 17, 2014 Bloody hell, I saw them go out yesterday. Glad all safe. Quote
Tomo Posted August 17, 2014 Author Report Posted August 17, 2014 A very sobering picture of floating debris from the Dolicie-T, taken by Kevin, one of the crew rescued from the Dolcie-T yesterday, Oh so lucky people.. and good job done RNLI and Osprey 2 for being on the scene. Apparently she went down very quickly! Be safe Lad's and don't take risks..... Tomo niggle 1 Quote
Steve S Posted August 17, 2014 Report Posted August 17, 2014 Glad they are all ok, a big shock for everyone. I was out going through the Solent early morning and back and didn't see any of this. It was pretty flat I assume they must have had some structural problem, disaster can strike at any time. Quote
Tomo Posted August 17, 2014 Author Report Posted August 17, 2014 The weather turned very rough in the PM..... most of the local charter boats came back in just after 14.00 hrs.. As you well know... the Bridge and Shingles... are not a place to be with 27 / 30kts of SW winds on a spring tide... It was a big wave came over the stern that caused the incident. Tomo Quote
Mike Fox Posted August 17, 2014 Report Posted August 17, 2014 Found this online: http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/eight-plucked-from-sea-off-needles-63004.aspx We were out by Bournemouth Pier in the morning, and as soon as the wind switched SW, it started to build rapidly, as per forecast. Guess this was around 1.30 p.m., and then a succession of Maydays came over the air, including this one. By the time we reached the East Looe about 2.30, the wind was starting to shriek, and many boats were heading back into shelter. See here for other activities the forecast wind seemed to trigger: http://www.poole-lifeboats.org.uk/recent_launches.shtm Mike Quote
Steve S Posted August 17, 2014 Report Posted August 17, 2014 Yes indeed Tomo, we came in at 13:00 when our anchor started dragging 3 miles out as the wind got up. I was surprised how flat the Solent was then I guess the wind must have followed us in. Quote
Adam F Posted August 17, 2014 Report Posted August 17, 2014 Sobering indeed. Whilst a slightly older boat, I think she was a 33' Lochin, so more than sea capable. So it was either exceptionally rough or another fault caused her to wallow? One of the older dive charters I used to use out of Plymouth, sunk in a similar way a few years back. A corroded sea cock caused water ingress and the bilge pump and alarm had failed... All happened on a rough day, loaded with divers, not he way back she rolled more than normal, took on a wave and sunk within minutes. The crew couldn't even make the liferaft... Luckily most onboard were divers dressed in dry suits. Quote
Steve S Posted August 17, 2014 Report Posted August 17, 2014 More info http://www.worldseafishing.com/forums/threads/boat-sinks-at-needles.2506998/ photo of the boat: http://www.pixstel.com/dulcie-t-and-osprey-ii_urlb1632.php I see one guy in the post quotes the problem as: a leaky exhaust was letting water into the hull and the pump couldn't keep up. I see from the photo the exhaust it at the waterline as per normal, a big following sea is going to push a lot of water in the open exhaust. If we really know what happened we might all be able to get some safety benefit from the disaster. Paul J 1 Quote
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