Lucky Lads

[Aidan1150]

This clip was on the local news last night. It happened last week off Ardglass and the whole thing lasted just one minute, then she was gone. Feckin lucky lads.

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[Jockser]

Amazing how quick it went down

Lucky lads indeed

 

[Blackal]

Mind you - there are a lot of boats go down, in calm weather, with another boat very close by..........

That said - there are also a lot of fishing boats that operate with their doors and hatches open.

Al

 

[Timolgra]

Mind you - there are a lot of boats go down, in calm weather, with another boat very close by..........

I used to be a marine engineer in Cornwall and saw a bit that

 

[Simon_h]

maybe my desk job isn't quite so bad

 

[(RIP) petcul]

Lucky, lucky, lucky.

 

[chad]

Farcanal

 

[DrFarkoff]

I was totally shocked how quick she went down I thought she might have floated by the bow, nose up for a while!

But No once she rolled back on a semi even keel bang down she went

Anyone notice the liferaft floating off the portside away from the Eejits hanging on to her???

I bet they practice their evac skills when they get a new boat just in case!

 

[chad]

would her going down that quick be down to how much catch she had on board , cos that was pretty feckin quick

 

[exit speed]

That is scary. I had friends who are life long fishermen who were bringing a boat they had just purchased back from Holland. Just like this one the boat sank very quickly leaving them in the middle of the sea. Luckily the life raft deployed and popped up beside them.
They just got another boat and are still fishing.

 

[Decster]

I was totally shocked how quick she went down I thought she might have floated by the bow nose up for a while!

But No once went rolled back on a semi even keel bang down she went

Anyone notice the liferaft floating off the portside away from the Eejits hanging on to her???

the fishing boat swung around almost 180° as it sank.

 

[Jaws100]

They were lucky indeed !

At least they had a life raft and life jackets.....I've been involved in rescues where people did'nt even have life jackets...... once a whole family on a cabin cruiser. When things go wrong at sea they can go very wrong.....fast.

 

[DrFarkoff]

would her going down that quick be down to how much catch she had on board , cos that was pretty feckin quick

Nope it was more to do with how quick she lost her buoyancy, or basically how quickly the water got in! My Dad was on MV Tornamona when she went down with Joey and Robert Dunlop and Brian Reid and other Norn Irish racers etc

She ripped her rudder out of her stem ( It was still stuck on St Patricks rock) yet she had time to drift in with the tide with gentle nudges of ahead on the main engine when she pointed the right direction The liftboat was a longside for them all to step into before she slipped majesty below the waves with the old 3 cylinder kelvin still puffing away

the fishing boat swung around almost 180° as it sank.

She was lying port quarter stern down and looking like a capsize was imminent then she rolled back on her keel as the bilges filled but unfortunately stern down The fishing boat coming in seemed to be on a steady approach but hard to gauge with no landfall to judge it by

Then the water just continued to fill her up and away she went

Ehm Who knows how deep it was where she was and was she trawling?? Submarine anyone!

Notice that good clear English them fellas were speakin! No local lads on boats these days

 

[DrFarkoff]

Jaysus watch this report

One of the lads was trailled under as she sunk and he got free!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20137438

 

[Blackal]

If it was in fact a trawler - and they had their net out, it's possible that they snagged the bottom. That, together with open doors and hatches - has proved fatal before.

Have a look at fishing boats in harbours - a lot of them have the inflatable life-rafts securely lashed down (not able to be released automatically by hydrostatic release - upon vessel sinking)............. They remove the lashings just before they get an inspection

If it was an accident - this crew were extremely lucky, with weather, lighting, and the nearby vessel.

Al

 

[Jockser]

it's possible that they snagged a submarine

Not the first time that's happened (allegedly, Your Honour )

 

[Flintlock]

Jaysus watch this report

One of the lads was trailled under as she sunk and he got free!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20137438

Yep, was chatting to an RNLI member today and he told me that, and looking at the footage you can see him briefly pulled under-apparently his foot was caught on some rope