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February 13th 05, 01:01 PM
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Rescue off Land's iEnd in Gales
This mornings severe gales off west Cornwall have resulted in a Ferry en
route from Rosslare to Cherbourg getting into trouble near Wolf Rock off Land's End. Currently gusting 50 knots in the area, sea not huge but swell still 10-15 feet. (It not infrequently exceeds 20 feet in winter in that area). Sennen Lifeboat was launched and 2 tugs sent to the scene. I've just seen the Sennen lifeboat come into Newlyn, not sure why, probably because it's too rough to get back into Sennen. The wind is just in the direction where it funnels around Land's End, so conditions have been quite severe here this morning, easing slightly now Here in Penzance gusting 50 rather than 55mph, but far stronger in exposed spots. Graham Penzance Weather www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk/weather.html Holiday Cottage www.easterling.freeserve.co.uk |
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February 13th 05, 03:16 PM
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Rescue off Land's iEnd in Gales
"Graham Easterling" wrote in
message ... This mornings severe gales off west Cornwall have resulted in a Ferry en route from Rosslare to Cherbourg getting into trouble near Wolf Rock off Land's End. Snip BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4261769.stm Jon. |
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February 13th 05, 06:04 PM
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Rescue off Land's iEnd in Gales
From RTE news:
http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0213/ferry.html "A passenger ferry on its way from Rosslare to Cherbourg drifted for more than four hours off the southeast coast of England this morning after one of its engines broke down." It certainly must have drifted a long way! (or do the Irish use different cardinal points from the rest of us?) Jack |
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February 13th 05, 06:12 PM
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Rescue off Land's iEnd in Gales
Jack Harrison wrote:
From RTE news: http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0213/ferry.html "A passenger ferry on its way from Rosslare to Cherbourg drifted for more than four hours off the southeast coast of England this morning after one of its engines broke down." It certainly must have drifted a long way! (or do the Irish use different cardinal points from the rest of us?) Google will point you at this Irish cardinal ... Cardinal Cahal Daly. definitely tending towards southern I think. -- Gianna Stefani www.buchan-meteo.org.uk |
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February 14th 05, 12:32 PM
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Rescue off Land's iEnd in Gales
"Jack Harrison" wrote in message ... From RTE news: http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0213/ferry.html "A passenger ferry on its way from Rosslare to Cherbourg drifted for more than four hours off the southeast coast of England this morning after one of its engines broke down." It certainly must have drifted a long way! Or it could be that that's the white cliffs of Dover I can see from Land's End, not Scilly. |
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