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Accident on the A1End of a trailer trip: A boat lying on the motorway ...

Jochen Rieker

 · 02.06.2022

Accident on the A1: End of a trailer trip: A boat lying on the motorway ...Photo: Polizeiinspektion Rotenburg
Boat capsized, motorway closed. The accident victim on the A1 motorway between Elsdorf and Bockel
A Passat driver with a boat in tow was obviously in too much of a hurry yesterday. First the car and trailer skidded, then the yacht tipped off the trailer

According to the press office of the Rotenburg police station, traffic on the A1 motorway came to a standstill yesterday at around 1 p.m. due to a boat that had broken down on land.

A 35-year-old driver was travelling in the direction of Bremen with his trailer. Between the Elsdorf and Bockel junctions, the trailer swung up and skidded across all lanes with the towing VW Passat.

When the trailer finally came to a halt almost in the centre, the boat slid sideways off the trailer onto the road. It lay there like a beached whale, surrounded by the slow-moving traffic that had built up behind it, before it could finally be recovered.

Fortunately, no people were injured. It has not yet been possible to determine the extent to which the yacht was affected. It is possible that the mast lashed to the deck also suffered damage. The owner, who was obviously in too much of a hurry, will probably have to wait a little longer for the start of the season.

Unintentionally slipped. The trailer does not appear to have been built for boat transport. It is reminiscent of a car trailer with improvised storage stands, which went with the yachtPhoto: Polizeiinspektion Rotenburg Unintentionally slipped. The trailer does not appear to have been built for boat transport. It is reminiscent of a car trailer with improvised storage stands, which went with the yacht
Jochen Rieker

Jochen Rieker

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Aufgewachsen in Süddeutschland, hat Jochen Rieker das Segeln auf Bodensee, Ammersee und Starnberger See gelernt. Zunächst war er auf Pirat, H-Jolle und Tempest unterwegs, später auf Hobie Cat, A Cat und Dart 16. Aber wie das so ist: Je weiter entfernt das Meer, desto größer die Leidenschaft danach. Inspiriert durch die Bücher von Bobby Schenk und Wilfried Erdmann, folgte in den 90ern der erste Dickschifftörn im Ionischen Meer auf einer Carter 30, damals noch ohne Segelschein. Danach war’s um ihn geschehen. Als YACHT-Kaleu und Jury-Vorsitzender des European Yacht of the Year Award hat Rieker in den vergangenen mehr als 25 Jahren gut 500 Boote getestet. Sein eigenes, ein 36-Fuß-Racer/Cruiser, lag zuletzt in der Adria. Diesen Sommer verholt er es an die Schlei, wo er inzwischen lebt.

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