Emsworth SC damaged?
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Topic: Emsworth SC damaged?
Posted By: JimC
Subject: Emsworth SC damaged?
Date Posted: 22 Apr 14 at 1:13pm
http://m.chichester.co.uk/news/local/emsworth-drama-picture-slideshow-1-6014136" rel="nofollow - http://m.chichester.co.uk/news/local/emsworth-drama-picture-slideshow-1-6014136 The press report says an 82 year old club member crashed into the club at 60-70 mph and has been arrested on arson charges after being taken to hospital with minor injuries... http://m.chichester.co.uk/news/local/driver-82-arrested-after-car-smashes-into-emsworth-sailing-club-at-estimated-70mph-1-6013879" rel="nofollow - http://m.chichester.co.uk/news/local/driver-82-arrested-after-car-smashes-into-emsworth-sailing-club-at-estimated-70mph-1-6013879 Photo Daily Telegraph/Mike Walker |
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Posted By: RichTea
Date Posted: 22 Apr 14 at 1:20pm
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I saw this on the BBC News. The 82 year old driver escaped unharmed but is believed to be a member of the sailing club. The family living above in the flat escaped unharmed. ------------- RS200 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 22 Apr 14 at 3:54pm
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10779812/Pensioner-arrested-after-crashing-car-into-sailing-club-in-suspected-arson-attack.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10779812/Pensioner-arrested-after-crashing-car-into-sailing-club-in-suspected-arson-attack.html
The above report claims driver had three attempts at driving the car into the wall and then poured petrol over car and building and set some flares off! |
Posted By: gordon1277
Date Posted: 22 Apr 14 at 4:23pm
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A real shame for the club they had just had a major refurb and extension done.
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Posted By: Kev M
Date Posted: 22 Apr 14 at 6:13pm
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So in one report he is rescued from the vehicle without serious injury and in the other he gets out and starts the fire. I smell a rat, or some dodgy journalism at the least. ------------- Successfully confusing ambition with ability since 1980. |
Posted By: ohFFsake
Date Posted: 23 Apr 14 at 12:14am
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If he had, indeed, crashed into the building at around 70mph as described in the report, the car would no longer be recognisably car-shaped, and there's no way he would have been scampering around with flares and tins of petrol! As is so often the case with eye-witness accounts of traffic accidents, 70mph would seem to be more like 15-20mph!
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Posted By: Owenfackrell
Date Posted: 23 Apr 14 at 8:08am
Don't forget that the car is a Volvo ;) I agree that there is far to much of the car sticking out for it to be 70mph. Any thoughts on the reason why he would do something like that? I do feel sorry for both the club and the residents of the flat. |
Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 23 Apr 14 at 8:52am
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Disgruntled with the new yardstick application I wonder? ------------- https://www.corekite.co.uk/snow-accessories-11-c.asp" rel="nofollow - Snow Equipment Deals https://www.corekite.co.uk" rel="nofollow - New Core Kite website |
Posted By: transient
Date Posted: 23 Apr 14 at 9:59am
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Crikey. Looking at this guys history it certainly seems out of character if it was deliberate........He must have been in a desperately miserable place to resort to this. Thank goodness no one was hurt.
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Posted By: kneewrecker
Date Posted: 28 Apr 14 at 9:12am
maybe his grand kid didn't make the squad and it was an RYA Team Volvo that he boosted?
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Posted By: kneewrecker
Date Posted: 28 Apr 14 at 3:50pm
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Ah, that explains it.... he's a cat sailor. http://yachtbreeze.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/emsworth-sailing-club-blaze.html" rel="nofollow - http://yachtbreeze.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/emsworth-sailing-club-blaze.html ------------- |
Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 28 Apr 14 at 8:30pm
| Well the Club did an amazing job getting sorted so that sailing went ahead this weekend. And the smell of smoke in the bar (which was open) was no worse than if there had been a BBQ in the prevailing wind direction. And the kids had their first Opi lesson. |
Posted By: kneewrecker
Date Posted: 28 Apr 14 at 8:35pm
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Well done them, to be honest a smokey smell in a bar has something a bit nostalgic about since that silly EU law banning fags. ------------- |
Posted By: getafix
Date Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 7:40am
+1
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Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 9:38am
Are you blaming the EU for legislation that had absolutely nothing to do with the EU? ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: kneewrecker
Date Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 9:53am
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Nigel Farage told me.... Of course the anti-smoking lobby had no EU influence>>> http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/smoke-free_environments/index_en.htm" rel="nofollow - http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/smoke-free_environments/index_en.htm Anyway, when you lot vote for independence will you reverse the pub smoking thing? ------------- |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 10:58am
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(going wildly off topic) given the indoor smoking ban was implemented with the support of all parties in Scotland well before the same happened in England & Wales, the chance of a reversal in Scotland are nill.
And given I don't live in Scotland, I don't get to vote in Scotland. ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: kneewrecker
Date Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 11:03am
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I guess they needed to do something http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_effect" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_effect And for what it's worth, I believe that all Scotsmen and women, born in Scotland, of either Scottish parentage or currently in residence there, should have the right to vote. ------------- |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 1:37pm
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Given the fact I was on the point of giving up going to the pub just before the legislation kicked in, because my eyes were getting too irritated, I know which way I will be voting. ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
Posted By: GarethT
Date Posted: 29 Apr 14 at 3:11pm
Are you an Emsworth member? Say hi next time the little kid with the big windsurf rig is out - won't be for a few weeks as we're travelling a bit, but his big brother does most club races in a Laser.
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Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 30 Apr 14 at 12:05am
| Joined this season |
Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 30 Apr 14 at 6:30am
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Emsworth isn't the only club to suffer arson recently. I heard last night that West Wilts Youth Sailing Association (http://www.wwysa.org.uk) at Westbury was broken into last Thursday, the two rescue boat engines stolen and the building set on fire to cover their tracks. The arsonists even brought their own fuel as the stored fuel was still there.
The club lost the sail store and rescue boats (melted) and a couple of club boats (also melted) and damage was done to the building so upvc windows etc. will have to be replaced. With no sails or rudders for the Versas and remaining Toppers until the insurance (which does not cover new for old) is sorted, the club is struggling to continue, just at the start of their season when normally they run sessions every night for youngsters and some weekends sailing elsewhere. Longleat and Shearwater club (where most of the instructors race) have allowed them to use the facilities and 2 club duos for two evenings of the week which will at least help to keep things going. Police are examining local cctv footage. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 30 Apr 14 at 8:34am
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That is awful, Pat. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 30 Apr 14 at 9:06am
| I've heard of at least one railway preservation organisation where the local level of theft, arson and general vandalism became so high that the site became unviable and they folded. I can imagine it happening to a sailing club too. |