Fishing boat on rocks at Davaar Island

by **hoots the scoop** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:56 pm

Did a boat run a ground on the rocks at Davaar Island during the night?

Anyone got a picture?

Hoots the scoop man!

by **Annie** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:46 pm

What boat was it? Anyone know??

by **the special one** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:07 pm

the boat is called good hope from portavogie,ran ashore on thurs nite and was pulled off by the marigold on fri at teatime,nobody hurt.

by **Annie** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:05 am

Phew! Thank God!

by **jdcarra** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:50 am

the special one wrote:the boat is called good hope from portavogie,ran ashore on thurs nite and was pulled off by the marigold on fri at teatime,nobody hurt.

Good Hope at Campbeltown slipway for inspection and a few repairs.

by **Annie** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:21 pm

Disna look too worse for the wear!

by **the special one** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:22 pm

it ran aground on the other side.

by **Annie** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:23 pm

by **abbey craig** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:18 am

how are they going to inspect it then

by **Buzz Lightyear** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:42 pm

abbey craig wrote:how are they going to inspect it then

re-float it & see if it sinks... thats quite a good inspection, you definetly find out if its damaged.

by **the special one** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:53 pm

it wasnt taking very much water so they just patched it up,its awa to portavogie then onto the slip in kilkeel for repairs. the boys on the boat were telln me that the police breathalised them as soon as they got off the lifeboat! ridiculous!!! next thing the police will be breathalising u when u come aff a football pitch!

by **mrn** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:39 pm

the special one wrote:it wasnt taking very much water so they just patched it up,its awa to portavogie then onto the slip in kilkeel for repairs. the boys on the boat were telln me that the police breathalised them as soon as they got off the lifeboat! ridiculous!!! next thing the police will be breathalising u when u come aff a football pitch!

On a serious note Special One - why is it ridiculous? Surely, you would expect the police to do this if there was a car accident? Why should boats be any different? Amazes me how people can drink and drive in boats - rather strange.

by **abbey craig** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:37 pm

Buzz Lightyear wrote:
abbey craig wrote:how are they going to inspect it then

re-float it & see if it sinks... thats quite a good inspection, you definetly find out if its damaged.

or maybe the insurance company employ small people to crawl between the pier and the boats hull
or maybe i`m wrong here but if it was faceing the other way would it be easier to inspect.
as "it ran aground on the other side"

by **Annie** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:59 am

Aha! That is what I was thinking - thunk, thought - darnit!

by **general jack o'niell** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:43 pm

i'm saying nowt about portavogie boats running aground, first time i've heard of one going ashore on the way in, its usually on the way home in the early hours of a friday morning after the "shindig" i've even seen the odd one ashore at the memorial of a morning, but thats got nothing to do with a story in the history file of last weeks local press, eh davie?

oops, i said i was going to say nothing, didn't i?

Fishing boat on rocks at Davaar Island

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