Red Jet tale

[FLYING FISH]

In the recent bad weather,this appeared on one of the websites.

Darren Vaughan said the 11.45 am Red Jet had just left Cowes when he heard a huge bang as the side opening door blew open and glass shattered everywhere.
The vessel stopped for about ten minutes as Red Funnel staff attempted to shut the door,when two crew members held a colleague out of the door as he tried to get hold of it.
The boat was rocking because it was so rough and they were holding on to this guy,who was wearing no lifejacket or harness as he tried to reach the door.
Darren said the crew intially ignored cries from another passenger,a master mariner,who shouted to them to use a lifejacket and a harness.
Eventually they decided to use the harness but they had to read the instructions first - it was a complete farce.
The boat resumed it`s journey at slow speed to avoid wash coming through the broken window.
All we were told was that we couldn`t take any photos,said Darren.
It appeared the locking system had disengaged,resulting in the door being thrown open.

So next time a joUrney to the Cowes bash is undertaken,no merry quips,as you may get keel hauled past the waterjet intakes.

[Andy B]

Originally Posted by FLYING FISH

So next time a journey to the Cowes bash is undertaken,no merry quips,as you may get keel hauled past the waterjet intakes.

nah you'll be fine...



A few shots from a previous life!

[glen76]

awsome bit of kit is red jet.... the older one definately cuts the waves better... heard a rumour the newer one NO5 is endearingly named red jet dive

[Andy B]

The pictures are of RJ'3 taken back in 98 when she was in refit at marchwood.

[FLYING FISH]

I take it you got those pics before you were threatened with a boilermakers spanner,Andy.

[Andy B]

Haha
its ok, I was the one turning the spanners!
me and my mate were the ones who removed the buckets....
like i say it was a previous life.
im the short-er one.......

[FLYING FISH]

This is a long shot Andy,but would your partner in crime be Lee Furmidge.We used to call him a Damon Hill lookalike much to his annoyance.Difficult to tell from the pic.

[Andy B]

No sorry don know Lee Furmidge ,My partners name is Steve Smith.
we were both contractors bought in to do the refit work on the Red Jets and the Red Funnel ferries back then. Steve now works full time for red funnel and i've gone back to house bashing.