Channel Islands Life Boat Rescue. Episode 76
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- It would have been much worse; we came close to disaster but were rescued by the RNLI. In this video we show the extasy and agony that is yachting. This video is an account of a trip from Cornwall in South West England, across the English Channel, a notoriously unpredictable stretch of water, to Gurnsey in the Channel Islands. This would have certainly been a disaster if not for a timely RNIL lifeboat rescue. An accumulation of errors led us to be off course, against the tide, late arriving in the dark and without engine power. Neil, an expert engineer, shows that minute issues can prove disastrous if allowed to mount up. All is well that ends well, we survived to sail another day, we hope that sharing our experience helps other sailors avoid these technical issues and therefore disaster.
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thanks for have the courage to share. You're helping other with you honesty. Keep sailing - you've ticked this one off now!
Hi i have had lots of reply's saying "well done for owning up". There seems to be a culture of being the perfect sailor and sweeping mistakes under the carpet and hoping no one noticed.
Been on the end of that bit of rope twice, that lifeboat certainly got some grunt. Thanks guys.
Thanks for sharing. As an aviator as well as a sailor I know how easy it is to get things wrong, and how soul destroying it is when you do.
However I also know that we all make mistakes and the best thing we can do is own up and learn from them.
Well done!!
I have learned a great deal from these mistakes. the return journey had me very nervous. But the navigation was perfect once i had corrected the input check box in the sub menu. I have also now added an ipad on deck for secondary navigation on deck. The idea of confesing was to make other people aware.
Hi man thanks for the comments, It just seemed that a series of small insignificant errors put me in this position. Also i am basically a solo sailor and my wife is a passenger.
Yes I have learned so many lessons from this incident. Hopefully never to be repeated. But sailing can always find a different way to f*"k you up.
Even when you think you have covered all the bases, there are still so many things that can go wrong at sea. You did the right thing call it in at an early stage, it’s still a bit embarrassing especially for a practical chap. But you really had done your best to have a reliable ship. Thanks for sharing.
Many thanks and with Scuba diving there is a thing called the incident pit. The further you get into the pit the harder it is to get out of.
Thanks for posting this, my engine checks will be more thorough as a result. Best wishes Ruth and Henry Falmouth.
I carry lots of spares and very fastidious about engine maintenance as well as a god selection of tools.
Alls well that ends well. I feel for you, and useful lessons we can all learn from. Very best wishes, James and Gemma. Dartmouth.
Yes all safe in the end but SOOOOOO stressful at the time. fortunatly the return journey went to plan.
Thanks for sharing this guys, really insightful and certainly food for thought! Good call on the pan pan, glad to see you smiling again and back safe! ⛵️
Many thanks, Looking back on the incident now it does not seem that bad. But at the time very stressful, i still feel i made the correct call and not left it to compound the possibilities of an accident.
@ absolutely, but as you say no engine, no wind and strong tides, unknown anchoring seabed conditions - could have passively and calmly gone wrong 🪨
Well, I'll be checking our jubilee clips before splash after watching this! You may never know how many call outs you've prevented with this video, so thanks for sharing.
I had the original plastic fuel pipe drop off inside a similar plastic tank off the west coast of Skye. Having checked the entire fuel system I reckoned the only issue had to be inside the tank. Now have a proper fuel pipe secured with a Jubilee. Thankfully we had a school of dolphins entertaining us while we sorted the issue.
I'm glad it turned out OK for you and you arrived safely.
Glad you are both safe. It could have happened to anyone with electronic Nav equipment. It suggests to me i need a separate back-up / compare options on an Tablet? Thank you for sharing, and well done for dealing with it cleanly and promptly. Remember, if you get back safe and sound and the boat isnt damaged = RESULT !
Its all a learning curve . Every days a school day when sailing.
Glad all ended well - I’m sure we’ll all learn something from this one 👍
I have certainly learnt lots from this incident.
the real world of boating
Distressed at the sight of the rescue boat. Gotta be a rare response. Sorry Sark was too busy for you. Perhaps try somewhere else next time 😐 Hope you made a large donation to the RNLI.
Never seen a Moody moving so fast
Yep it was going so fast water was coming into the cockpit from the draining scuppers.
You had wind? You’re a sail boat? Tides would take you around Les Hanois and along the south coast? Long and slow but doable?
I had thought of this but after 14 hours and reduced light, tired, never done this route before.
You have an anchor?
Yes but not a safe place to anchor with a heavy tide and dark
Probable too deep and off a lee shore - NO! They did not call the lifeboat, they issued a Pan Pan and it would be The Coast Guard who tasked the RNLI, certainly after discussion with Sea Pigeon and weighing up options - right call. Regards - Will. Former SFCC member
Does the lifeboat charge for call-outs?
No there is no call out charge.
Great glad all safe but please don't sing 😂😂😂
You mean i should not go on the X Factor 🙂
No you better off sticking to sailing please my ears can't take anymore. 😅😅😅😅 see you around Guernsey I'm a boater myself around Guernsey keep safe and enjoy our island 😊😊
Out of fuel???
No i thought we were out of fuel but i turned out it was a jubilee clip. I am also replacing my fuel sender and fuel gauge for more accuracy. I had previously replaced both with a cheap Chinese set up. This had the sender as a copper bar running over wires. It lasted about 8 months and gave spurious readings. i am replacing the complete system at the moment.
Why didn't you just turn around and run with the wind and get to safety instead of getting a lifeboat out !
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If I had had a working engine i would have considered that also if I was on my own. But the navigation around the island and possibly been stuck with the tide and not been able to get up the Little Russel the other end in the dark 4 hours later seemed to just compound the error.
If I had had a working engine i would have considered that also if I was on my own. But the navigation around the island and possibly been stuck with the tide and not been able to get up the Little Russel the other end in the dark 4 hours later seemed to just compound the error.
Oof
You guys are out of your depth. Your boat has too many compmicated systems amd when they fail you are knakered. The woman on the boat is panicking when RNLI arrive ?? Really
Rude