At Sea with Stuart Vincent
Issue: 1 Dated: 16th December 2008
Before becoming an established radio engineer ashore Herne Bay boy Stuart found himself at sea working as a radio engineer on the Ross Revenge, where he was occasionally persuaded to go on air. Later he was to venture across the Knock Deep to assist Laser 558 maintain their medium wave signal on board the MV Communicator
From one of the many fishing boats pressed into service as tenders, passes the wreck & mast of the Mi-Amigo which was to remain aloft defiant to the elements until 1986 just off the Edinburgh Ship Channel in the Thames Estuary
M Notice No68 of 1986 stated
Latitude 51 34'. 95 N, Longitude 01 17' 35 E
The Wreck "MI-AMIGO", which lies sunk in the position defined above. has been marked by means of a Buoy, as follows:
MI AMIGO BUOY:
Position : 320 deg about 450 feet from the wreck
Description :Can : Red
Mariners are warned to give the Wreck & Buoy a wide berth.
Mariners should note that the lattice mast of the wreck is no longer visible
by Order J R B;ackhouse secretary
Trinity House, London, EC3N 4DH - 14th August 1986 - 560/13/7
The Zeemeeuw from Belgium tendering on the port side as the dinghy lies to starboard
Audio |
Stuart
Vincent the Shipping Forecast Saturday 12th May 1984 |
Coming around the bows to the stern of the Zeemeeuw, Stuart greets the next tender from the guard rail on the aft deck of the Ross Revenge
Captain Bob, Andy Johnson, Glyn Richards, Nigel with newsman Jay Jackson (Howard Rose) in the foreground & Ross Revenge Captain Bob
Andy Johnson pigeonholing the mail whilst having a Budd or two after the champaign provided by!
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Newsweek
Magazine, Christian Childrens Fund, then no Bell at 19.59 |
Monique's back room boys Leendert Vingerling & Ross Revenge Captain Bob
Masters chair, binnacle, & VHF radio sets on the bridge
Down below at the engineers bench, Stuart with Paddy Fitzpatrick the Ross Revenge's chief engineer who sailed with the ship from Spain
Formally a Laser jock, Blake Williams joined Caroline & prepares to go up the pole
50 feet up, taken from top of the bridge wheel house
Leendert's wife Marjo with Bob
Grant Benson by the fridge holding an anorak log book
The famous fridge still on-board & functioning
Stuart's reaction to Dave Richard's (Glyn) last link!
Perhaps best flushed down the heads between the studio & library
Pulling alongside the Laser ship the MV Communicator
Stuart relaxes with Laser 558 Jockette Erin Kelly
Thanks to Leendert Vingerling for his help in this feature
See Stuart's Vintronics custom built radio products