Ooops!

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[TorbayRob]

Saw that in the news. It wasn't the only one that day either... They rescued the Mitsubishi, but too late for the VW and had to get when the tide went out again Will be an interesting insurance claim I suspect. The guy who fitted our wood burner a few years back had an L200 type pickup - he couldn't get out of our drive as it's steep and loose material it just spun up all 4 wheels and couldn't decide which one to drive... Very surprised as it never occurred to me that he might struggle- even the Missus' Volvo 850 gets up easily (I guess it probably weighs a few tons more to give it 'bite' )

[Ianfs]

You would hope that they either let the boat go or recovered it. The second picture looks like the van is a way back in the water, so guessing it was a flooding tide.


The boat doesn't look very big so it would be interesting to hear the story.

[NickT]

That happens down on the Hamble at Warsash quite often. The left of the slipway viewed from the Rising Sun pub is soft mud.

When at the pub we would spend many hours watching cars getting stuck in the mud.

One chap had borrowed his brothers brand new disco to launch his boat and got stuck.

Someone offered to help tow it out with their land rover - no joy.

Then a tractor appeared with chains to pull it out - no joy.

All the time the tide was rising.....

BIG recovery truck came with lots more lifting/shifting kit - no joy, tide still rising!!

Few pints later watch occupants of disco being carried ashore so they didn't have to swim.

Few pints later, all lights and alarms going off as the seawater invaded the electrics.

When I was at the slipway yesterday I warned the chap that owns the rib (in pictures on another forum) that it was soft mud so hopefully he won't fall foul of the "Warsash Trap".

Quite entertaining, but not for the person whose vehicle is stuck!

[betty boop]

That happens down on the Hamble at Warsash quite often. The left of the slipway viewed from the Rising Sun pub is soft mud.

When at the pub we would spend many hours watching cars getting stuck in the mud.

One chap had borrowed his brothers brand new disco to launch his boat and got stuck.

Someone offered to help tow it out with their land rover - no joy.

Then a tractor appeared with chains to pull it out - no joy.

All the time the tide was rising.....

BIG recovery truck came with lots more lifting/shifting kit - no joy, tide still rising!!

Few pints later watch occupants of disco being carried ashore so they didn't have to swim.

Few pints later, all lights and alarms going off as the seawater invaded the electrics.

When I was at the slipway yesterday I warned the chap that owns the rib (in pictures on another forum) that it was soft mud so hopefully he won't fall foul of the "Warsash Trap".

Quite entertaining, but not for the person whose vehicle is stuck!

is that the one opposite the pub? been there a few times, first few it was hard core & stable then the mud n slim appeared ankle deep and stank OMG did it stink. the Galaxy got stuck at low tide but luckily the mud patch was only 15 metres or so long so .... boat off 30m long rope kids to weigh down the car slowly and she was fine. getting out wasn't so good and got stuck on the tidal side. So long run up 20 mph SPLAT straight through no stopping. made hell of a mess though. Recovery was fun as I told the kids (3x 16 yo) they had to push the trailer through it whilst I drove.

Im always surprised at those ramp recovery disasters, Almost every problem Ive had is cured by removing the boat from hitch & using a rope or waiting for tide to float her off and moving the trailer accordingly. I once saw a guy in a big 6L Dodge 4x4 beast get stuck in Richmond on Thames as the river flooded, wheels spinning for 15 minutes until the water reached his door cills and that was his lot. Decided he knew best and wouldn't unhitch- save his motor and use a rope, in the end with water half up the door a Range Rover passing by pulled them both out.