Posted by Peter Hyland on March 06, 2007 at 22:33:11 from 86.130.126.206 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: Journey back from Secret Water posted by Bill Wallace-King on March 06, 2007 at 20:51:27:
I have experience of a 16mm towrope breaking - it was fairly dramatic
Yes, I heard a talk by an experienced tugboat seaman recently, and he pointed out that a tug's rope has a breaking strain of 50 tons or more, and when it breaks it can go anywhere. If it hit a person, it could be very serious. However, he reassured us that injury didn't happen often, because (quote) we know when it might break and we know where to hide.
the RNLI towed at quite high speeds
The repeated advice of the tugboat seaman was: GO SLOW !!