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A MAN WHO was attempting to make his way to Ireland on a 6 foot beach blow up dinghy has been rescued by a passing dive vessel.
Yesterday, passing boats raised concerns with the coastguard after seeing a man in a dinghy with two paddles approximately 2.7 nautical miles south of Durdle Door, Dorset.
The coastguard state that he was using one paddle “as a mast accompanied by a plastic sheet as a sail, and the other used as a rudder to steer”. They also said that he had a limited amount of food and drink aboard.
A dive vessel, transiting the area at the time, approached the dinghy to assess the situation. Portland Coastguard was informed that the occupant of the dinghy did not require any assistance, but after finishing their diving operations, the dive vessel returned to the scene and was able to recover the man from the sea.
At 8.30pm, the coastguard rescue team, police and ambulance were awaiting his arrival on shore and it’s reported he had to be treated for a high degree of sunburn. It later transpired that the man had began his journey at 9am that morning.
John Braisher, Watch Officer at Portland Coastguard said:
This man was extremely lucky to be found when he was. With no suitable communications equipment, limited life saving equipment and inadequate food and drink resources for his passage to Ireland, the outcome could have been very different.If you’re planning to head out to sea, the key is to be well prepared. Inflatable dinghies, such as this, are unsuitable and not recommended for coastal passages of this nature.
Could we not have let natural selection do its thing here…
Yeh, he’s just a selfish tool though.
‘I’m just gonna go and follow my dreams! Make a sail from a plastic bag and just friggin DO IT!
CARPE DIEM!
what a clown…
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Dirt merchant…
Florence your a plonker
Obviously didn’t know about Stena’s rail/sail deals.
He is the RYANAIR version of ferries
Should have told him he was going the wrong way, everyone else is trying to get out!
Ah shut the f@)k up moaning its sunny have a good time and stop moaning everyone is sick of hearing it
Stop moaning about people moaning. Oh sh*t now I’m moaning about you moaning about people moaning,!
Ah Paul, not all of us are sick of it! I quite enjoy seeing the moaners moaning and the counter moaners counter moaning back at them!
Good moaning to be had on the Journal. Can’t beat a good oul’ moan!
You couldn’t make it up,one paddle and a plastic sheet for a sail.wahahaha
That’s what I said to my hubby lol
Haha,
Lidl’s fault selling shit like that to nutters
Will he be arrested for stupidity?
If he was out there for much longer he might have been up for a Darwin Award.
What a Cock
Silly bhoy!
Buoy, my bad
Your bad what? Bad English? Bad spelling? Or bad typing?
^You’re
My spelling and typing! Thanks for the confidence boost!
^Nice
Vinny, “Your” in this case. In answer to “my bad”. Acknowledging ownership of tthe mistake! :)
Vinny gets more likes for confusing your and you’re. Where are all the grammar nazis;)
Their (!) having a siesta or have sunstroke. I was only pointing out that Vinny’s correction is wrong.
My bad = my mistake
Therefore
your bad? = your mistake?
*they’re ;) I was agreeing you up until that:P
It was meant to be irony, Roz, hence the (!). It obviously backfired. Anyway the rest of the comment stands.
Thank you Mary (-:
Welcome, I’m sure, Phil. :)
What a farking muppet……………………
He was up sheet creek with two paddles…
Moron! … Seriously, what possesses some people?!
What a clown !
4.6 million people attempt to sail from Ireland to Dorset in an inflatable dinghy .
What a tool, he would be unlikely to make it to Cherbourg, France, he wanted go couple times farther…to Ireland. Did he even check google maps lol some nutter.
Thats the cost of travel for ya
Where is health and safety and when he is in trouble us mugs the tax payers will pay to fish him out.
Didn’t happen here so no we won’t have to pay. If you would read the full story you would see that.
Actually the lifeboat would have responded to the call and their an independent charity, no govt funding
It was the Coastguard, and that’s a government service.
The dive vessel brought him ashore. Coastguard issued the statement, as it’s their jurisdiction, and the land-based emergency services took over from there. No cost to the Irish taxpayer.
On a related topic, I always find it amazing that RNLI are entirely charity funded when you consider some of the organisations that get public funding.
However, I understand that RNLI prefer it this way as it ensures no government interference or”service improvements”, I.e. more execs and fewer lifeboats. Brilliant group of people; support them if you are able.
The bleedin’ mad thing!
Feckin eejit!!
AA Route Planner says it can be done in 8 hours 48 minutes but it doesn’t suggest you take the HMS Idiot with captain moron and plastic sail and no wind. Love this story!
There’s no cure for stupidity unfortunately
Irelands sw has alot to answer for
Maybe he was a sea scout looking to pitch his tent?!
I remember reading an article in the Wexford People about three lads doing this in the seventies. They took a two man canoe (took turns sitting on the bow) a radio and a packet of biscuits and made it across to Wales.
Can I have his dinghy ?
Do ye reckon he had his “bus” fair home or was planning to do the return leg in his dingy
This takes “get the boat” to a new level!
Dope
Laughed out of the country
Lad
Apparently there was a guy who reached the Eastlink Bridge with a smaller dingy which had a duck shape
https://twitter.com/barratemple/status/357223754692177923/photo/1
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