Practical Boat Owner – September 2019

for WASTE WATER

t: 023 8045 4507

e: [email protected]

WWW.VETUS.COM

• Quality engineering


• Innovative design


• Competitive pricing


• Guaranteed compatibility


• Unrivalled warranty

SYSTEMS SOLUTION

The

ENGINES | STERN GEAR | FUEL | INSTRUMENTS | FRESH WATER | WASTE WATER | MANOEUVRING | ELECTRICAL | STEERING | HATCHES | VENTILATION

NEWS

Speed limits have been

introduced on certain high

speed boats operating along

part of the River Thames after

an accident.

The commercially operated

Tiger One RIB was travelling at

26 knots when it hit the LST

Ship Tier buoy at Greenwich

Reach on the night of 17

January 2019. Two of the six

passengers and the two crew

suffered minor injuries. The

12m RIB’s bow and starboard

propulsion drive unit were

severely damaged.

Prior to the accident, the Port

of London Authority (PLA) had

certified Tiger One to operate at

up to 30 knots between St

Saviour’s Dock, east of Tower

Bridge and Margaretness. The

PLA has subsequently removed

its authorisation, and all high

speed craft with open

passenger and helm areas now

have to navigate below 12

knots at night.

The Marine Accident

Investigation Branch report

found that the skipper was

navigating by eye and didn’t

see the buoy in time to take

avoiding action. The buoy’s

fixed blue LED lights were

either difficult to see against the

bright lights behind it or were

partly obscured by birds.

Further research is under way

after a trial of isophase lights on

the buoy was unsuccessful.

Tributes have been paid to one

of the founders of The

Endeavour Trust, Chris Bailey,

who has died while on a sailing

holiday in Scotland.

Chris played a pivotal role in

helping to bring the cockle boat

and Dunkirk Little Ship,

Endeavour back to Leigh-on-

Sea, where she was built in

1926 by Cole & Wiggens.

His friend and fellow

Endeavour Trustee, Peter

Wexham said everyone was

shocked and saddened by the

news of Chris’s death.

‘Chris’s absence will be a

great loss to the Endeavour

Trust and our hearts go out to

his wife Judith, his children

Philippa and Dominic and his

two grandchildren at this sad

Nighttime

speed limits

following

RIB crash

PBO Project Boat auction at show

The Endeavour

Trust’s Chris

Bailey

remembered

Craft with open passenger and

helm areas are now limited to

12 knots at night between

St Saviour’s Dock and

Margaretness

What would you bid

for the PBO Project Boat?

The PBO Project Boat is to be

auctioned at Southampton

Boat Show with all proceeds

going to Oarsome Chance’s

work with disadvantaged

young people. Members of

the public will be able to bid

on the Secret 20 kit boat and

several other lots online. The

boat will be on display near

gate F in Mayflower Park.

■ jumblebee.co.uk/

pbo-project-boat

See latest update, page 64

time,’ he said.

‘He was one of the first

people to join what is now the

Endeavour Trust when it

started as a fundraiser to bring

the Endeavour back to Leigh

from a boatyard in the

Medway. He has been involved

ever since, being a committee

member, then chair and at the

time of his death, treasurer’.

A former employee of the

Bank of England, Chris was a

skipper for the Bank of

England Sailing Club (BESC)

and was also involved in the

Thorpe Bay Rotary Club and

the Association of Dunkirk

Little Ships.

Chris Bailey was a founder

member of the Endeavour Trust

M

A

IB

Th

e^

E

nd

ea

vo

ur

T

ru

st

TWO

TICKETS

FOR £

Order two Adult Any One Day

tickets online before midnight

12 September using code

PBO27 and save £17!

http://www.southampton

boatshow.com