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Video: (not for faint hearted) Duck boat sinks in Albert dock with 35 people on board


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Some viewers may find this upsetting.

All 35 passengers were accounted for.

15th June 2013 

Feel free to post your views / experiences in what you would do in a man overboard situation.

Stay Safe, Happy Boating. :captain:

 

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31 minutes ago, Paul C said:

Again? I thought they basically outlawed the Liverpool ones because they were incredibly dodgy - the London ones got a major (and costly) refit to bring them up to current regs.

But introduced a new set of risks ....

https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/sinking-and-abandonment-of-dukw-amphibious-passenger-vehicle-wacker-quacker-1-in-salthouse-dock-liverpool-england-and-fire-and-abandonment-of-dukw-amphibious-passenger-vehicle-cleopatra-on-the-river-thames-england

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To answer the Q

No 1:  don't have a cratch. It makes it almost impossible to do anything useful at the sharp end

No 2: don't recover people at the stern, as it means you can't use the boat's engine and so have no control. On still water this may be OK, on a river or tideway it won't be

No 3: have heaving lines. and a ladder or scrambling net to help people get out.

No 4: get the gongoozlers out of the way, unless they can do something useful.

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DUKW's were renowned for marching on their bilge pumps. The main one on the original set up being engine driven by "V" belt anything in the shedding/breaking of the belt,engine stopped for any thing but a short time & dependent on the condition of the rubber gaiters around all the holes in the hull for the road going bits & what extra pumping gear they have is basely how long does it stay afloat A friend of a friend of mine ran 2 doing trips from the IOW at Bembridge & against my better judgement I was persuaded to help out in the summer of 73 They were a nightmare how they got the tickets for the more recent company' s is a mystery glad when the season ended & I could take to the water with less chance of it disappearing from under my feet

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