Oh dear look whats happened tonight in the Solent

I think you'll find you are right tug assisted usually means towed.

 

Looks like a lot of the vehicles on board are being driven off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-31002897

 

A small tug boat capsized last night, never had the Solent down as a dangerous stretch of water

http://www.islandecho.co.uk/news/search-rescue-underway-following-boat-capsize

A major search and rescue operation is underway in Southampton Water tonight (Monday) following the capsizing of a small boat.

Red Funnel ferries, Cowes and Calshot RNLI lifeboats, Police launches, tugs and the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter from Lee-on-Solent are currently working together to locate at least one missing sailor.

Other sailors on board the capsized vessel – a small tug named Asterix – have been successfully rescued and taken to safety.

The captain and crew of the Red Eagle car ferry announced at around 20:10 that they were turning the boat around as they neared Southampton to respond to the emergency and have since launched a search boat with two crew members on board.

At 20:20 an RNLI lifeboat from Cowes was launched to assist the operation alongside Calshot RNLI lifeboat. Both remain on scene off Fawley.

Red Funnel have advised the 21:00 sailing will be delayed as a result of the search and rescue operation.

 

Hope the find him/her

 

Its the Solent triangle, Portsmouth - Southampton- IOW.

 

Second that.

 

Got to be honest, I assumed its maritime law that the nearest vessel responds to a SOS call whatever they are doing?

 

That's good news regarding the sailor!

 

It is maritime law that you must go to a vessel in distress, as far as I'm aware.

 

That's going to be tricky, and a bit dangerous for me, I haven't even got a boat.

 

You could buy this one, a friends son is selling it.
http://www.gumtree.com/p/local-prop...-inspection-final-price-reduction-/1101018493

Ms.T has banned me from even considering the idea

 

What I think I'll do is this. I'll pass that boat onto @zed and then if I hear about a boat in trouble I'll give him a call and send him.

 

Cracking idea

 

No that can't be right. My wife's son lives in East Cowes and he has one of those sit on kayaks, but he wasn't called out.

 

Genuine question - do they have canals in Aus? As in ones used for trade in the past or swingers parties (now)?

 

I once knew a girl from Devizes...

 

She had incredibly strong thighses,

 

One was small, hardly anything at all...