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Post by JohnV on Oct 11, 2017 20:29:03 GMT
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Post by patty on Oct 12, 2017 4:38:17 GMT
lovely pictures...thanks for posting
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Post by JohnV on Oct 12, 2017 5:47:18 GMT
Bloody river levels !!! 4 am my patented rope alarm went off !!! This is a loop in the mooring rope held by a bit of thin string .... if the rope gets too tight the string snaps, giving another foot of slack. Another bit of string pulls something noisy over (in my case an eighteen inch bit of scaffold tube) the resulting clang and clatter wakes you up. The river levels had shot up ..... about half a metre since I went to bed. The section of stepped bank with the mooring rings was under 6 inches of water. In the following hour and a half the level came up another foot. There was a vertical walled section just astern of me where there was a yacht moored and by ten past 6 he had been joined by two narrowboats. By this time my bow was drifting over the bank section so I decided it was time to go. SAM_0972 by mudlarker2, on Flickr SAM_0970 by mudlarker2, on Flickr I have now dropped down through two bridges and am moored on Queens Staithe (the chap from the yacht very kindly walked down to there and was standing on the Quay to take my lines. ..... I think he deserves a beer buying for him !!! Glad I spent a bit of time experimenting with going astern while I was in Goole
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Post by thebfg on Oct 12, 2017 5:50:40 GMT
I like the alarm. it worked and served it's purpose.
I suspect there's a bit of panic on some boats.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 6:53:44 GMT
Its a great idea. Could be used as a technique to indicate if ones boat has been untied by scrotes in dodgy areas.
Mr Stabby could perhaps adapt it so that if a scrote unties his boat a large axe could be arranged to drop onto the scrote splitting his head into two sections.
Maybe?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 7:18:36 GMT
River levels! Got to love muddy ditches Rog
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Post by JohnV on Oct 12, 2017 13:15:42 GMT
Well the water levels are still creeping up. There was a narrowboat opposite on Kings Staith but about half an hour ago, he disappeared. The river is now almost edging onto the quay SAM_0973 by mudlarker2, on Flickr On my side (Queens Staith) it is over at the far end, but has about another 8 or 9 inches to go at this end SAM_0974 by mudlarker2, on Flickr There is a heck of a lot of rubbish coming down stream, some of it big logs!!! SAM_0975 by mudlarker2, on Flickr A little while ago a narrowboat came down stream, I think he had his eye on one of the pontoons on the far side but as he tried to turn he was swept down towards the next bridge so he turned back a disappeared downstream SAM_0976 by mudlarker2, on Flickr I just had a phone call from Tony Dunkley, who very kindly contacted me to give advice. He was concerned that I might run back to Goole today and if I followed the normal advice issued by CRT, I could end up in deep doodoo at Cawood Bridge. He very kindly talked me through the various methods that the commercial bargemen would have used. When I know when I will be dropping back down the river, he has offered to help me plan my timings. I will repeat a comment I made some time earlier. In this cess pit of God's mistakes, amongst this conglomeration of chip shouldered sweary weirdos, I have found more genuine, kind, helpful people, than I ever did in "the other place" (I'm not saying there weren't any nice people in CWDF, there were, and I met some of them) but I have met far more lovely folks on here, and far, far fewer that I don't like.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 13:24:18 GMT
Thanks for the photos.
I lived in York for just over a year when I was a lad. Been in the Kings Head near you in wellies for a pint. The river does rise quickly, and often there. At least you're on a ' proper boat' for the conditions.
Take care.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 13:35:58 GMT
York Rowntree Park is the only caravan club site I have been on where the 240v electric hook ups are elevated on poles and the reception/toilet block is elevated on stilts.
Needles to say it's prone to flooding. I suspect if that level goes up much more the staff will evacuate the site.
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Post by thebfg on Oct 12, 2017 13:36:19 GMT
good photos.
I woulden to want try and go under those arches. looks tight.
and your description of here is our own description. imagine what they over there use.
goes to show collectively, were actually a good Bunch.
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Post by Saltysplash on Oct 12, 2017 13:46:39 GMT
I was caught once by a very strong flow on the Thames by hampton Court a few years back. Was steering an Old Dutch Hagenaar. Coming downstream we needed to moor at hampton court so as I passed, I gave it full left hand down and we turned across the stream but she just wouldnt turn into the stream. rapidly heading downstream going sideways towards the island and approaching trip boats. My only solution as we had no time to drop the hook was to push the bow into the bank which thankfully caused no damage and held the bow enough to swing the stern around where we finally managed to get a grip in the water and motor forward to the moorings.
Bit of an bum twitching moment
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 13:46:42 GMT
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Post by cygnus on Oct 12, 2017 14:16:25 GMT
Looking at the York Rowing Club webcam over the last 24hrs in time lapse you can see how the water has come up on the Museum Gardens Moorings. It's a pity that the Lowther webcam pointing at Queen's Staithe has been hi-jacked by adverts, it used to be brilliant. Fingers crossed the rise in water levels are slowing. High tide Naburn must be about now, so once ebbing, water levels should start dropping.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 12, 2017 14:17:12 GMT
I see that that narrow boat has appeared at the extreme downstream end of the trip boat landing just above that bridge He must have managed to get round further downstream and then crept back up. There is still room for the trip boat (who is still squeezing under the bridge although I noticed that some kids were reaching up to touch the bridge as they go through)
The water is still just creeping up but unless there has been another cloudburst in the hills, I think it has peaked for now.
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Post by patty on Oct 12, 2017 16:38:37 GMT
What a lot of lovely photos..thanks everyone for posting....tis cosy warm to know what a nice bunch of sweaty, swear individuals we all are.......
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