Boing! Another Grounding By A Fishing Boat

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BlowingOldBoots
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Boing! Another Grounding By A Fishing Boat

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It looks like there are no injuries, crew taken off. 40m fishing boat stuck on the rocks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... s-66653961
What's that? Dunno! Should we be worried about that? Dunno! How? Ah dunno!
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Re: Boing! Another Grounding By A Fishing Boat

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I wonder if alcohol was a contributory factor?
Commercial vessel should have all the bells and whistles and operational processes to prevent this, but maybe it was a mechanical fault....
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Pride hurt I would think!
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Let's not be too harsh. It could happen to anyone https://bluemoment.com/snark.html 🤔
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Alan_D
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Re: Boing! Another Grounding By A Fishing Boat

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Not a fishing boat but a fish-carrier (for fish farms). The nature of their work does require them to operate in quite shallow water sometimes.
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