Yacht sinks in Jersey
And all this surrounded by the controversy concerning the RNLI crew and skipper after the skipper was sacked for taking the
allweather lifeboat out to a previous shout having not gained the consent of the Coastguard. Interesting siutaion since I thought they
were both separate organisations.
Sad ending to the Pershing but so pleased the crew were safe and sound. From what I can read the boat was towed to deep water
before it sank. Although the buoy was unlit it was noted on the Notices to Mariners updates on the charts as being hit previously
and the light u/s.
I wonder what would be the situation if because the Notices (electronic ones) which are sent out in weekly updates, this one
arrived 3 days after the light had been disabled? I also wonder if the skipper had put the buoy in his plotter as a waypoint and
was looking out for the light in order to miss it.