3 crew killed..

[boatman61]

A bad day for French rescue services..
They were headed out to assist a boat in distress but were capsized in the heavy seas..
Nasty bit of coastline there with shallows going out a ways.
Condolences to the families of brave men..

https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-...MwSN_Q89Vwfj1s

[atoll]

Originally Posted by boatman61

A bad day for French rescue services..
They were headed out to assist a boat in distress but were capsized in the heavy seas..
Nasty bit of coastline there with shallows going out a ways.
Condolences to the families of brave men..

https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-...MwSN_Q89Vwfj1s

must be a bit bumpy out there at the moment with storm miguel,we are leaving for biscay saturday night from falmouth hopefully to cascais in one hit once the low passes,gladi did not leave on monday!

[Dsanduril]

Very, very sad. Hats off to those who come out in any conditions to help others.

[boatman61]

Was hoping you'd have spotted that coming to delay your trip, having been caught out there in those conditions in the past I know its not nice..

[atoll]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Was hoping you'd have spotted that coming to delay your trip, having been caught out there in those conditions in the past I know its not nice..

i noticed it last friday as a disturbance however we didn't get launched till tuesday evening on the high tide,so only option was to bash up to falmouth that evening into 25 knots,and put the boat on a mooring.

it was a good test for the new cutlass bearing,and nut that had to be welded on on the propshaft to hold the propellor in place.

otherwise it would have been 2 weeks before the yard could replace the shaft and relaunch the boat due to neap tides and other issues

[JPA Cate]

Condolences to the families of those brave, honorable men. RIP.

[Pete7]

Indeed tragic loss of life. This is picture from the ECMWF at 7am this morning.

Pete

[GordMay]

“Three dead and one missing as Storm Miguel strikes western France’
A lifeboat, from the French rescue organisation Société nationale de sauvetage en mer (SNSM), had been going to the aid of fishing boat, which got into difficulty in strong winds and rough seas, off the beach of Tanchet aux Sables-d'Olonne. The boat from the SNSM capsized 800 metres from the coast, with seven people on board. Three of them died while four managed to swim to shore. It is not known how many people were on board the fishing boat, but the owner of the boat has been given up for dead.
En Anglaise ➥ https://www.dw.com/en/france-storm-m...zes/a-49104933

[wolfgal]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Indeed tragic loss of life. This is picture from the ECMWF at 7am this morning.

Pete

My condolences to those families and friends and coworkers in the Societé Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer

such a storm: the winds have been roaring though Paris (a good ways inland!) since yesterday...


wolfie