Mr_C
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Reged: 28/04/2008
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Loc: South Bucks
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how many people have perished as a result of navigating on a red or yellow board on the thames?
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Cuchilo
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Reged: 19/04/2003
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Loc: London
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Not sure but many have died going for a swim when the river has been calm .
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Doolittle
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Reged: 13/04/2007
Posts: 290
Loc: Chertsey, Surrey, UK
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September last at Penton, chap jumped in after his dog. Dog climbed out, he didn't.
Most of the fatalities have been around the weirs - 3 just at Penton on either yellow or red boards.
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boatone
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Reged: 29/07/2001
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Loc: Surrey uk
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how many people have perished as a result of navigating on a red or yellow board on the thames?
Your topic is entitled "shipwrecks". You then ask how many people have perished.
No doubt you will say I am being pedantic, but ships can be wrecked without loss of life.
I am sure many boats have been swept onto weirs or suffered other plights as a result of being caught out in severe river conditions, or navigated badly by people inexperienced in the ways of the river.
The Red and Yellow boards sytem is a warning routine and also has specific implications for users of hired cruisers. The boards do not, per se, forbid navigation, indeed the lock-keepers will lock you through and, and even give you a small present of a warning card to commemorate your visit
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Doolittle
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Reged: 13/04/2007
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Loc: Chertsey, Surrey, UK
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Not strictly a wreck...
This was doing approx 40 knots at the back of Desborough Island. It caused even more chaos when they tried to drag it off as a couple of sailing boats got ensnared in the towline and the clubs commodore went for a swim! A good deal more happened but can't remember it all.
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Outinthedinghy
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Reged: 18/05/2008
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Loc: alised sunny spells possible
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"to overcome the strength of the current and gain the momentum to mount the bank means the skipper must have been going too fast"
more than 8 km/h then?
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rr_123
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Reged: 22/08/2007
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Loc: Surrey
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One must assume so. Unbelievable, I know! 
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It's you, isn't it. should have thought about that a bit more."
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Mr_C
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Reged: 28/04/2008
Posts: 58
Loc: South Bucks
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to summarise, when red boards show, make sure you are not stupid, foreign or on a single engined poorley maintained craft......... Otherwise enjoy youself......
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