A dedicated yacht tug in the Firth of Forth

[Fingal]

...may soon be required, the way things are going. This
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-e ... e-18567823
follows a grounding on the Little Herwit last week. A risky business, this sailing for pleasure.

[marisca]

...may soon be required, the way things are going. This
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-e ... e-18567823
follows a grounding on the Little Herwit last week. A risky business, this sailing for pleasure.

And I thought there was at least one dedicated yacht tow boat already ....

[Fingal]

Did I ever tell you that the former owner but one, when told of our problems keeping the gearbox connected to the prop shaft, is reported to have said "Oh yes, that's happened a few times"?

Does anyone know any more about the poor chaps towed into Pitenweem?

[marisca]

40mph winds and 2m high seas, what I reckon is the bottom end of F8, seems a bit soft for shredding sails. But then the Forth behaves badly with wind over tide and an easterly and I wasn't there. At least Pitenweem has all tide access.
Is this the same incident as:

Friday, June 25, 2010 - 15:17
Dramatic first rescue for new Dunbar Coxswain

Jamie LambA new lifeboat coxswain faced a high seas drama on Saturday night on his first rescue in charge. Jamie Lamb (25)took the Dunbar lifeboat through near gale force winds and high seas to go to the aid of a yacht in difficulty off the East Lothian coast. The two crew of the Port Edgar based yacht Explorer had become disorientated in mountainous waves, suffering from severe sea sickness. Jamie, Dunbar's new deputy second coxswain, says: ‘When we arrived at the lifeboat berth at Torness on Saturday night, I initially thought there was a chance we would not be able to leave the mooring, the seas were so big. ‘The yacht had given her position as 1½ miles north of Dunbar, but once we got out of Torness we discovered she was actually over 8 miles North. ‘It took the best part of an hour to reach her, punching our way through a fairly big sea. I was talking to the yacht crew on the radio most of the way there, reassuring them that we were on our way, and it was clear they were in a lot of trouble.’

[Fingal]

40mph winds and 2m high seas, what I reckon is the bottom end of F8, seems a bit soft for shredding sails. But then the Forth behaves badly with wind over tide and an easterly and I wasn't there. At least Pitenweem has all tide access.
Is this the same incident as:

Friday, June 25, 2010 - 15:17
Dramatic first rescue for new Dunbar Coxswain

Jamie LambA new lifeboat coxswain faced a high seas drama on Saturday night on his first rescue in charge. Jamie Lamb (25)took the Dunbar lifeboat through near gale force winds and high seas to go to the aid of a yacht in difficulty off the East Lothian coast. The two crew of the Port Edgar based yacht Explorer had become disorientated in mountainous waves, suffering from severe sea sickness. Jamie, Dunbar's new deputy second coxswain, says: ‘When we arrived at the lifeboat berth at Torness on Saturday night, I initially thought there was a chance we would not be able to leave the mooring, the seas were so big. ‘The yacht had given her position as 1½ miles north of Dunbar, but once we got out of Torness we discovered she was actually over 8 miles North. ‘It took the best part of an hour to reach her, punching our way through a fairly big sea. I was talking to the yacht crew on the radio most of the way there, reassuring them that we were on our way, and it was clear they were in a lot of trouble.’

I wasn't really sure at all. The date is after all, 2 years ago....

[marisca]

Oops! It was under "news" on the Dunbar RNLI site. Sorry!

[ubergeekian]

Oops! It was under "news" on the Dunbar RNLI site. Sorry!

The latest yacht rescue seems to be listed on the RNLI website as opposed to the Dunbar RNLI one, but with no details yet.