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Footage of river barge getting hammered in Dover Straits UK

senator-holland

senator-holland

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Footage of river barge getting hammered in Dover Straits

•Wed, 27 Oct 2010
•Carl Richardson
•http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/p...ategory=-1&region=-1&mediatype=video&listing=

And the award for the boat most out of its depth goes to this river barge, which was rescued by the RNLI in the Dover Straits

The RNLI has released footage of a rescue it carried out after a barge got into trouble in the Dover Straits.

The vessel, apparently trying to get from Belgium to France, was carrying no VHF equipment but the local coastguard lookout station was fortunately monitoring its progress and contacted the RNLI when it was seen to be making no way.

SEE FOOTAGE With no means of communication, the RNLI's Severn-class lifeboat came alongside and established that the barge was taking on water.

As the wind strength increased to a Force 8, a towline was passed to the stricken vessel. It was finally brought in to Dover some three hours later.

RNLI Coxswain, Stuart Richardson, said, ‘I would advise anyone undertaking such a journey to have the correct equipment on board and ensure that each crewmember has their own lifejacket. It is always advisable to check the weather conditions before setting out to avoid what could have been a catastrophe. The barge was drifting towards the Goodwin Sands and if the RNLI hadn't come to its rescue the end result could have been a lot different."

MBM understands that the owner has since decided to have the boat lifted and transported to France by road, where it will be used as a houseboat.

http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/p...ategory=-1&region=-1&mediatype=video&listing=
 
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Wow...those are some rough seas.....especially to be towing a barge. I think they should have waited another day or so instead of putting people's lives at risk.
 
JT Patroni said:
Video of USCG coxwain training off the Oregon coast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ot9A-8Qm0&feature=related

If anyone says these guys are overpaid, they are nuts. This S--T take
big ones.
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That video is all off of Cape Disappointment ( "The Graveyard Of The Pacific") where the Columbia River flows into the Pacific. When we were living in Portland just about every day we would hear a report about another boating disaster with lives lost (or saved) taking place there. Considered one of the most challenging and dangerous boating spots in the world. That's why the Coast Guard has it's major training station at that base and evaluates all of it's new boat designs at that area specifically. Also where the Coast Guard Museum is located.
We boated on the Columbia all the time and several times went all the way down to Cape Disappointment but never had the cojones to actually go across and into the ocean. No matter how calm it looked within a matter of minutes that bar could turn into 20+ foot seas. That's why people were always getting into trouble and how it came to be dubbed The Graveyard Of The Pacific.
 
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