Brecqhou Lass dashes in after being holed
Wednesday 10th December 2008, 11:30AM GMT.
Firefighters with pumps board the Brecqhou Lass after she had been intentionally grounded in the harbour. (Picture by Andrew Le Poidevin, 0686280)
THE Brecqhou Lass was holed when it hit rocks near Herm early yesterday.
The skipper called Port Control at 8.48am, saying the vessel had hit a rock near the Alligande beacon on the Guernsey side of Herm.
It was taking in water and he asked for the Fire & Rescue Service to be at the harbour when it arrived.
The boat raced to the harbour and was intentionally beached on the corner of numbers seven and eight berths to allow a fire crew to board to begin pumping out water.
After being patched up, the Brecqhou Lass was moved to the inter-island quay to allow harbour divers to carry out an underwater inspection. She was later craned from the water and placed next to Boatworks+.
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Marine experts are looking into it. Witnesses will be asked the following questions.
Was it holed by:
a. An exocet from the Royal Sark Navy?
b. One of Sark’s new tidal energy turbines?
c. A giant Sark lobster?
d. An unpalatable copy of the Sark News?
e. An unexploded German Mine Kampf?
f. The Dame of Sark turning in her grave?
g. Some feudal fraud?
e. A disgarded copy of the Reform (Sark) Law, 2008?
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