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Known sunken boats !
« on: April 16, 2013, 10:35:19 am »

hi guys

ever lost a boat ?? if so where when ?? {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)


a few years ago had a viking funeral of a makara that took a bash at a race and decided it was dead !!!

so weymouth 2008 in the harbour !
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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2013, 12:21:50 pm »

We are lucky at New Brighton lake as anything that sinks can easily be retrieved by donning a pair of waders......
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« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2013, 02:22:57 pm »

Not yet


But the sub hasn't had sea trials yet  :o
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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2013, 02:38:09 pm »

 {:-{ I have had a few capsizes in my time but I have not lost a boat yet,bet I have put the mockers on it now there is always a first time.
I make my boats of wood and use plenty of floatation,I had one capsize last Sunday when the strong wind caught the superstructure
and it flip over but I managed to recover it with a 20ft pole( not a tall eastern europeon),Ray. %% %% %% [size=78%] [/size]
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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2013, 02:39:34 pm »

We are lucky at New Brighton lake as anything that sinks can easily be retrieved by donning a pair of waders......

were the same at birkenhead too ! although its a bit merky !lol
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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2013, 03:57:50 pm »

 
I lost the top of my Cessa1882 to the murky depths of Oiser Lake, Ferry Meadows.....  >:-o

Also done a 2 hour dive with my Robbe Seawolf when it got stuck in weeds!
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« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2013, 03:59:40 pm »

I seem to remember something about Llanberis holding one record.
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« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2013, 04:01:35 pm »

i lost the lid to my express craft thunderbolt second time out at birkenhead spent an hour trying to find it, decided id order a new one till i found out the price so payed a m8's lad 25quid to find it ! took him about 10 mins gutted ! {-) {-) {-) {-)
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« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2013, 04:38:23 pm »

I haven`t lost a boat but when Grantham & district model boat club had there opening day,(over 15yrs ago)on there new pool a fellow member had a "missisippi paddler" he turned a bit to quick and she went down,but a quick thinking member jumped into the pool and saved the day by grabbing the paddle boat(all 4' 6" long and just as high)just as the paddle went below the water.
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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2013, 04:48:19 pm »

The first Mayhem weekend a certain tug had to check the bottom of the pond.

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« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2013, 04:52:00 pm »

yep..................lost a Resolution submarine...the one and only sub I ever did or ever will build (after my elder sister likened it to a huge supository) in Fleetwood lake on it's maiden voyage..........
 
only got it back because a swan was pecking away at something bright and grabbed hold of it........it was the propellor and by luck, the swan lifted the stern as it held onto the bright shiney prop...........
another occasion of me going into the lake fully clothed.....must stop the habit, lol
 
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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2013, 04:52:26 pm »

Not our Kenny's ???

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« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2013, 04:54:07 pm »

It might be!!

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« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2013, 05:34:39 pm »

Scary Lady your Sister Neil  {-)
I can't imagine the guys on Warspite
my only boat dive for trials being told
it was a suppository :D
Adds a whole new scene to
Take her up No 1 :embarrassed: :embarrassed:

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« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2013, 08:14:22 pm »


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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #15 on: April 16, 2013, 08:34:04 pm »

Speaking of sinkings at Wicksteed!  {-)
Nigel Marriott our lake manager found A66's missing cab hatch from the yacht sinking last year not so long ago, if A66 is going to the Mayhem, I'm sure Nigel will bring it with him.
Even after all the digging out we never did find my missing props!


With regards to almost sinkings my HMS Velocity Fast Attack Boat almost capsized last year during some rough weather and a few violent turns, she is almost 5ft long! :o  I thought I had lost her that day!
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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2013, 08:43:08 pm »

 {-) I know that sinking feeling! %% %%
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« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2013, 09:28:46 pm »

never lost a boat,but have managed to lose a tuned pipe when the bracket that was holding it snapped.lost about 20 props or more and a hydro turn fin when it clipped a bouy,but so far not a boat,still time ,thought we had lost one on sunday but the rescue boat managed to find it, %% %% %% %% %%
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« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2013, 09:44:55 pm »

i also believe that theres a boat and transmitter in bristol docks :embarrassed: :embarrassed: %% %% {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
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Re: Known sunken boats !
« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2013, 10:37:08 pm »

Speaking of sinkings at Wicksteed!  {-)
Nigel Marriott our lake manager found A66's missing cab hatch from the yacht sinking last year not so long ago, if A66 is going to the Mayhem, I'm sure Nigel will bring it with him.
Even after all the digging out we never did find my missing props!


With regards to almost sinkings my HMS Velocity Fast Attack Boat almost capsized last year during some rough weather and a few violent turns, she is almost 5ft long! :o  I thought I had lost her that day!

 
 
Nope he will NOT as I got it
 
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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2013, 10:43:07 pm »

Sneaky little Nigel Marriott.  :}
I didn't know he had given it to you Dave! When did he do that?
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« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2013, 10:43:30 pm »

Well where do I start
 
Paula 3 sunk by an IDIOT at LLanberis lake
Police Boat guess what same IDIOT sank this one also...............not me but an idiot who rammed me
 
Bugsier lost at sea same lake...not mine
Boston Typhoon    lost at sea all hands lost.....not mine
Yacht ownwed by Robert Davies ....same lake
Northsider Owned by Don Brown .....lost at sea .....same lake
1 mtr Yacht....guess what same lake
 Moonbeam sunk with no trace .....LLanberis lake.
 
These are the ones that I know of they are somewhere at the bottom of the lake but when it is 3/4 mile wide and 3 miles long with depths of 160 feet in places and on Av 6 meeters deep 15 feet out form the lake side.
 
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« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2013, 10:44:21 pm »

Sneaky little Nigel Marriott.  :}
I didn't know he had given it to you Dave! When did he do that?

Coalville show
 
 
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« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2013, 10:52:03 pm »


Coalville show
 
 
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Ah that's where he disappeared to! :D


Other than the 'sinkings' at Wicksteed during the mayhem weekends which were rescued by Dave or Phil, I have had a boat catch on fire! The cooling pipe got blocked by weed and allowed the motor to over heat and melt the speed controller. We only knew something was wrong when it stopped dead in the water and a poof of smoke came out of the fake periscope! We took the lid of to witness the interior disappear in smoke and flames!
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