Inflatable dinghy's in sea..yes or no

[mrcharlie]

Like I said, you're more likely to die in a car accident on the way down there, and I bet you're not excessively worrying about that.

 

I try to cover all risks the best I can. Hence the car has an Encap rating of 5, was fully serviced last week and had 4 new tyres fitted.

 

I try not to be ignorant of the dangers around, but fully realise you can only do your best.... At the end of the day it comes down to fate!

 

None of us know what's round the corner.....

[Cyclone]

A perfectly reasonable attitude.

[spilldig]

I would only recommend a beach with lifeguards. Years ago I used to be very much into surfing and I was once swept a long way out while surfing at Watergate Bay in Cornwall. I only made it back to the beach because I was a very strong swimmer, but it took a long time and I only just made the beach rather than the rocks at the southern end. After that I stuck to Fistral beach or other beaches with lifeguards.

[Cyclone]

I was reading some research about rips recently, apparently the common advise (swim/paddle crossways) might not be the best option. According to the research rips are circular in nature, so if you just float calmly then you'll end up being swept back in again and won't have wasted all your strength trying to get out of the rip.

[Daven]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-37178643

 

The sea should always be respected - a beautiful but powerful and brutal place.

RIP to those who lost their lives.

I would say that dinghys should never be used in the sea - only pools - my opinion.

Edited August 25, 2016 by Daven

[Cyclone]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-37182791

 

Update on that story.

[Daven]

So very very sad.

[ukdobby]

I see the coastguards have just pulled some from the channel in a dinghy,all safe by the look of it.

[spilldig]

I was reading some research about rips recently, apparently the common advise (swim/paddle crossways) might not be the best option. According to the research rips are circular in nature, so if you just float calmly then you'll end up being swept back in again and won't have wasted all your strength trying to get out of the rip.

 

Good advice normally I think. The trouble that I was in at Watergate bay was that the current was pulling me south, past the beach so I had to do something. It was a frightening experience and one I wouldn't care to repeat. As it happens I never had a problem again. I had a word with the lifeguard down at Fistral about it and he says it is a rare occurrence but he thought that the council should have at least put warning signs up. I was surfing on the incoming tide as well.

 

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So very very sad.

 

Agreed.

[BHRemovals]

Most blue flag beaches will have plenty of information about tides safety etc, but post brexit blue flags wont mean owt anymore.