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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 15:49:19 GMT
Thanks all. I posted the same question on CWDF at the same time. I got one reply in 8 hours. So I think that is a gold star for TB. I generally found there was less than a handful of boaters on there who knew anything at all about the Northern waterways, especially the North Eastern ones.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 15:51:43 GMT
Anything over 3ft deep is too much for smelly or boiler head. They'd drown.
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Post by duncan on Jul 30, 2019 17:41:05 GMT
The 'official' stated length for going up to Ripon is 57ft 6 inches, but 60 footers have done it. Cotswoldsman from cwdf diid it in his 60 foot boat. His mate travelling with him though snapped his tiller when it got caught in the lock. Care is required. Its a lovely canal though and Ripon is well worth a visit. Yup, we shall be careful! Hi Nick,
When quaysider visited Ripon last year I put this comment on his thread; I am a member of the volunteers task team on the Ripon Canal. I have checked with my supervisor, the locks were built for a maximum of 57', but 60' will squeeze through. The tightest wiill be the last lock, Rhodesfield, but it would be at owners risk.
We are really a task team but are happy to help boaters lock through the locks from Linton Lock to Ripon basin. We will also be happy to leave you to get on with it on your own, as is your preference.
I think the moorings up to the basin are 48 hours. If you need any local info I will try and find out for you
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 30, 2019 19:06:57 GMT
Yup, we shall be careful! Hi Nick,
When quaysider visited Ripon last year I put this comment on his thread; I am a member of the volunteers task team on the Ripon Canal. I have checked with my supervisor, the locks were built for a maximum of 57', but 60' will squeeze through. The tightest wiill be the last lock, Rhodesfield, but it would be at owners risk.
We are really a task team but are happy to help boaters lock through the locks from Linton Lock to Ripon basin. We will also be happy to leave you to get on with it on your own, as is your preference.
I think the moorings up to the basin are 48 hours. If you need any local info I will try and find out for you
Thanks Duncan. It is looking like arrival Wednesday 7th or Thursday 8th (I haven’t looked at how tide timings at Selby will affect progress). We have to decide where to leave Jeff + boat for 5 days in or near a Ripon. I could book us into Racecourse marina but he doesn’t particularly like the idea of being in a strange marina for 5 days, would rather be on the towpath. So please could you try to find out if it is feasible/safe to moor outside the 48hr limit, say between the basin and Bell Furrows, so that he is not too far away from civilisation/buses etc. Thanks.
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Post by duncan on Jul 31, 2019 13:40:24 GMT
Hi Nick,
When quaysider visited Ripon last year I put this comment on his thread; I am a member of the volunteers task team on the Ripon Canal. I have checked with my supervisor, the locks were built for a maximum of 57', but 60' will squeeze through. The tightest wiill be the last lock, Rhodesfield, but it would be at owners risk.
We are really a task team but are happy to help boaters lock through the locks from Linton Lock to Ripon basin. We will also be happy to leave you to get on with it on your own, as is your preference.
I think the moorings up to the basin are 48 hours. If you need any local info I will try and find out for you
Thanks Duncan. It is looking like arrival Wednesday 7th or Thursday 8th (I haven’t looked at how tide timings at Selby will affect progress). We have to decide where to leave Jeff + boat for 5 days in or near a Ripon. I could book us into Racecourse marina but he doesn’t particularly like the idea of being in a strange marina for 5 days, would rather be on the towpath. So please could you try to find out if it is feasible/safe to moor outside the 48hr limit, say between the basin and Bell Furrows, so that he is not too far away from civilisation/buses etc. Thanks. There are mooring on the port side just above Oxclose Lock. In the countryside, approx 2 miles walk up the towpath to the centre of the city. There is the same on the starboard bank just above the last lock, Rhodesfield. Much closer to the centre but close to a road which can get quite busy. You can also moor on pins anywhere that is deep enoug to get into the side. An alternative might be to moor in Boroughbridge, the moorings are close to the town centre. I would also keep an eye on water levels, North Yorkshire has had a lot of rain, the levels in York are not changing at the moment but more rain could change that. There is a web cam here; www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/york
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Post by quaysider on Jul 31, 2019 14:08:25 GMT
From memory the basin are 48 hour moorings... and tbh, they are SO noisy next to the road, you'd be mad to want to stay any longer...
that last lock REALLY is tight coming back down... I had the bilge pump running on constant as in order to back up enough to open the bottom gates, got REALLY REALLY wet - and we'd only 57 ft!
You can at a pinch, bang a peg in a couple of places on the towpath though - maybe even offside if you ask the camp/caravan folk
The services block is the cleanest and best presented you'll ever see - there is room to mooor one boat there too but that's only a 24 hour one and suffers from the same noisy road.
I'd stay at Naburn.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 31, 2019 18:41:21 GMT
From memory the basin are 48 hour moorings... and tbh, they are SO noisy next to the road, you'd be mad to want to stay any longer... that last lock REALLY is tight coming back down... I had the bilge pump running on constant as in order to back up enough to open the bottom gates, got REALLY REALLY wet - and we'd only 57 ft! You can at a pinch, bang a peg in a couple of places on the towpath though - maybe even offside if you ask the camp/caravan folk The services block is the cleanest and best presented you'll ever see - there is room to mooor one boat there too but that's only a 24 hour one and suffers from the same noisy road. I'd stay at Naburn. Thanks, yes hadn’t really considered road noise. Naburn may be a bit early.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 31, 2019 18:45:59 GMT
Thanks Duncan. It is looking like arrival Wednesday 7th or Thursday 8th (I haven’t looked at how tide timings at Selby will affect progress). We have to decide where to leave Jeff + boat for 5 days in or near a Ripon. I could book us into Racecourse marina but he doesn’t particularly like the idea of being in a strange marina for 5 days, would rather be on the towpath. So please could you try to find out if it is feasible/safe to moor outside the 48hr limit, say between the basin and Bell Furrows, so that he is not too far away from civilisation/buses etc. Thanks. There are mooring on the port side just above Oxclose Lock. In the countryside, approx 2 miles walk up the towpath to the centre of the city. There is the same on the starboard bank just above the last lock, Rhodesfield. Much closer to the centre but close to a road which can get quite busy. You can also moor on pins anywhere that is deep enoug to get into the side. An alternative might be to moor in Boroughbridge, the moorings are close to the town centre. I would also keep an eye on water levels, North Yorkshire has had a lot of rain, the levels in York are not changing at the moment but more rain could change that. There is a web cam here; www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/yorkThanks for all that. Yes water levels are a slight worry. In particular I don’t want to leave Jeff on the boat where there is a chance of dangerous flooding. I did look at Boroughbridge marina but it looks like it only has cruisers. Haven’t actually asked them. Do you think the town moorings at boroughbridge are pretty safe in times of flood? Is there a history of flooding there, or is it sufficiently far up river? This was why I was keen to moor somewhere on the Ripon canal.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 18:50:49 GMT
There are mooring on the port side just above Oxclose Lock. In the countryside, approx 2 miles walk up the towpath to the centre of the city. There is the same on the starboard bank just above the last lock, Rhodesfield. Much closer to the centre but close to a road which can get quite busy. You can also moor on pins anywhere that is deep enoug to get into the side. An alternative might be to moor in Boroughbridge, the moorings are close to the town centre. I would also keep an eye on water levels, North Yorkshire has had a lot of rain, the levels in York are not changing at the moment but more rain could change that. There is a web cam here; www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/yorkThanks for all that. Yes water levels are a slight worry. In particular I don’t want to leave Jeff on the boat where there is a chance of dangerous flooding. I did look at Boroughbridge marina but it looks like it only has cruisers. Haven’t actually asked them. Do you think the town moorings at boroughbridge are pretty safe in times of flood? Is there a history of flooding there, or is it sufficiently far up river? This was why I was keen to moor somewhere on the Ripon canal. Boroughbridge does flood, last time was in 2015 or 2016. Not sure how it affected the marina and moorings though. There is a lot of water falling on parts of North Yorkshire at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 18:54:29 GMT
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 31, 2019 18:55:32 GMT
We are still a week away, and that is a long time in terms of flooding etc!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 18:56:27 GMT
We are still a week away, and that is a long time in terms of flooding etc! Indeed, I wasnt sure where you are TBH.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 19:05:23 GMT
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Post by duncan on Jul 31, 2019 19:56:04 GMT
There are mooring on the port side just above Oxclose Lock. In the countryside, approx 2 miles walk up the towpath to the centre of the city. There is the same on the starboard bank just above the last lock, Rhodesfield. Much closer to the centre but close to a road which can get quite busy. You can also moor on pins anywhere that is deep enoug to get into the side. An alternative might be to moor in Boroughbridge, the moorings are close to the town centre. I would also keep an eye on water levels, North Yorkshire has had a lot of rain, the levels in York are not changing at the moment but more rain could change that. There is a web cam here; www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/locations/yorkThanks for all that. Yes water levels are a slight worry. In particular I don’t want to leave Jeff on the boat where there is a chance of dangerous flooding. I did look at Boroughbridge marina but it looks like it only has cruisers. Haven’t actually asked them. Do you think the town moorings at boroughbridge are pretty safe in times of flood? Is there a history of flooding there, or is it sufficiently far up river? This was why I was keen to moor somewhere on the Ripon canal. Boroughbridge town moorings can flood, the bottom of the Ripon Canal can flood from water overflowing back into the canal from the Ure, but it needs to go very high for this to happen, I wouldn't expect it to at this time of year. The top end of the canal doesn't flood.
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Post by duncan on Jul 31, 2019 20:01:04 GMT
The town moorings are in front of the camera at 20 seconds on the right hand bank. The sanitary station is on the left bank behind the grey building
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