Thar she blows!
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 02:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanI’m not particularly superstitious, but sometimes you think that a person has deliberately taunted the Karma Pixies and when it all goes wrong for them it’s hard not to give a wry smile.
Spare a thought, then, for one Mark Wilkinson, who took his 16’ cabin cruiser out for his, if not its, maiden voyage in Lyme bay, Dorset. As he entered harbour at West Bay a hole, thought to be from a previous repair, opened up in the hull and the cruiser sank stern first.
Happily, as far as I can tell from reports, the only injury was to Mr Wilkinson’s pride and the boat was later brought ashore.
The reason this all makes for comment is the name of the boat: Titanic II. I mean, you could have guessed, right?
The owner is quoted as saying, “It’s all a bit embarrassing. I got pretty fed up with people asking me if I’d hit an iceberg”
Spare a thought, then, for one Mark Wilkinson, who took his 16’ cabin cruiser out for his, if not its, maiden voyage in Lyme bay, Dorset. As he entered harbour at West Bay a hole, thought to be from a previous repair, opened up in the hull and the cruiser sank stern first.
Happily, as far as I can tell from reports, the only injury was to Mr Wilkinson’s pride and the boat was later brought ashore.
The reason this all makes for comment is the name of the boat: Titanic II. I mean, you could have guessed, right?
The owner is quoted as saying, “It’s all a bit embarrassing. I got pretty fed up with people asking me if I’d hit an iceberg”