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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 10:16:54 GMT
I would guess he tied off to the bollard and ladder?
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Post by kris on Aug 11, 2020 10:27:01 GMT
That's quite funny really. What was he thinking??!!! If it wasn’t so serious. What Tony says is true, I’m now effectively “trapped”on 6miles of very shallow cut, that’s full of crap.
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Post by kris on Aug 11, 2020 10:27:45 GMT
Let’s hope it gets fixed soon, ha ha.
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Post by lollygagger on Aug 11, 2020 10:37:41 GMT
That's quite funny really. What was he thinking??!!! If it wasn’t so serious. What Tony says is true, I’m now effectively “trapped”on 6miles of very shallow cut, that’s full of crap. It's just brickwork. Easy fix and refreshing that a hold up is not due to neglect? People do daft things that can't be understood, it makes the world more intetesting. Recently someone I vaguely know had an engine with an oil cooler plumbed in with flexible pipe. One pipe burnt through on the exhaust (bad enough!) but his solution was to cap the flow and return pipes at the engine. Shortly after the engine was very slow on the starter. ..so he replaced it with a hi-torque starter. What a racket that made as it forced his oil starved seized engine to turn over. Only then did he have the lightbulb moment! What to do? Laugh or cry?
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Post by kris on Aug 11, 2020 11:03:01 GMT
If it wasn’t so serious. What Tony says is true, I’m now effectively “trapped”on 6miles of very shallow cut, that’s full of crap. It's just brickwork. Easy fix and refreshing that a hold up is not due to neglect? People do daft things that can't be understood, it makes the world more intetesting. Recently someone I vaguely know had an engine with an oil cooler plumbed in with flexible pipe. One pipe burnt through on the exhaust (bad enough!) but his solution was to cap the flow and return pipes at the engine. Shortly after the engine was very slow on the starter. ..so he replaced it with a hi-torque starter. What a racket that made as it forced his oil starved seized engine to turn over. Only then did he have the lightbulb moment! What to do? Laugh or cry? serious is not quite the word. Worrying maybe, because it waits to be seen how quick and easy a fix it is.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 11, 2020 12:37:10 GMT
"There’s a few boaters around that area with dubious boats that have been a pain to CaRT for years, often seen by Sainsbury’s or the County Hall, if one of those I doubt they can pay, if you boat that area you will know what I mean." "They were there when I passed through the other week, they go there for the shower. If it was one of them." Why do you insist on posting other peoples posts from other forums.. Why not? Because they're of interest. Canalworld is a public forum, and if they don't like it that way, they can make it all secret. It was kris who brought this thread up, and it might interest him to be aware that there are 'dubious boats' in the same area as he is parked up in. Never know, one of 'em might come to ask to borrow a generator or something and return it months later all broken. Don't lend 'em anything, kris!! www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/safest-most-dangerous-places-live-2824154
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 11, 2020 12:40:17 GMT
Another picture of the damaged lock. Stolen from elsewhere. That seems rather severe !! How could a ladder take out so much stonework? Seems rather odd. Oh, just get on with it - drain lock so's you can stand in it, put bricks back, job's a good 'un. It's not exactly Beirut, is it?
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 11, 2020 12:42:38 GMT
That's quite funny really. What was he thinking??!!! If it wasn’t so serious. What Tony says is true, I’m now effectively “trapped”on 6miles of very shallow cut, that’s full of crap. Well, that's put the can on your bona fide navigating.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 15:27:18 GMT
It's just brickwork. Easy fix and refreshing that a hold up is not due to neglect? People do daft things that can't be understood, it makes the world more intetesting. Recently someone I vaguely know had an engine with an oil cooler plumbed in with flexible pipe. One pipe burnt through on the exhaust (bad enough!) but his solution was to cap the flow and return pipes at the engine. Shortly after the engine was very slow on the starter. ..so he replaced it with a hi-torque starter. What a racket that made as it forced his oil starved seized engine to turn over. Only then did he have the lightbulb moment! What to do? Laugh or cry? serious is not quite the word. Worrying maybe, because it waits to be seen how quick and easy a fix it is. It might be easy but I doubt it will be quick. Rather than fixing it and worrying about who pays later, cart will firstly get the payment agreed before starting work, this could take months..........
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Post by kris on Aug 11, 2020 15:31:26 GMT
serious is not quite the word. Worrying maybe, because it waits to be seen how quick and easy a fix it is. It might be easy but I doubt it will be quick. Rather than fixing it and worrying about who pays later, cart will firstly get the payment agreed before starting work, this could take months.......... I expect the boaters insurance will take ages to accept responsibility if at all. It’s all very well the boater admiting it, quite a different thing the insurance company coffing up.
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Post by thebfg on Aug 11, 2020 17:10:40 GMT
I logged in to report this. I was online this morning and a woman who is moored close by reported that a boater had ratchet strapped his boat to the bollard and drained the lock to inspect his Hull.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2020 17:53:27 GMT
Oh they made a sign to highlight the criminal damage, wonder if they have any to highlight the neglect caused by lack of maintenance..
This lock is closed due to our lack of preventive maintenance, all our money goes on useless signs.
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Post by naughtyfox on Aug 11, 2020 17:54:43 GMT
It might be easy but I doubt it will be quick. Rather than fixing it and worrying about who pays later, cart will firstly get the payment agreed before starting work, this could take months.......... I expect the boaters insurance will take ages to accept responsibility if at all. It’s all very well the boater admiting it, quite a different thing the insurance company coffing up. It's dubious as to whether 'dubious boaters' have insurance.
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Post by duncan on Aug 11, 2020 21:44:21 GMT
Easy fix shirley. Lots of that orange plastic fencing around the missing brickwork. Signs at each end saying moor to the other side of the lock. Come back in a couple of years time and fix. Sorted.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Aug 12, 2020 7:49:22 GMT
There's more chance of me being elected as the next Pope than anyone getting an insurance pay-out to cover the cost of the repairs to Meadow Lane Lock. Every marine insurance policy carries an exclusion clause to the effect that the policyholder isn't covered against the consequences of reckless acts or behaviour.
Meanwhile, . . this from the C&RT office shiny arses :
Updates
11/08/2020 14:49
We have been advised that the repair works at Meadow Lane, will need to be carried out by one of our Crane Boats.
This is currently on route to site and should be at the location by Thursday Evening, ready for works to commence on Friday morning.
Our maintenance team will firstly need to clear out all the stone and debris from the lock, and cut off the twisted escape ladder.
There are many large stone blocks below water. They will then be able to carry out a full assessment with our structural engineer on site.
Once this assessment is completed, we will know the full extent of the damage caused and be able to plan what repair works are needed and estimate a possible date of completion.
We will then update our website on Friday, with our plan of action.
We apologise that we can’t be more precise at this time, and appreciate our customers continued patience. _____________________________________________________________________________________
It's fair to assume that if the craneboat that's going to the job was two and a half days away at the time of the 'Update' notice they're either having to dredge their way to Nottingham from Leicester with the only MCB they've got left in the area of a size that will fit in Meadow Lane Lock, or, they're bringing a bigger one up from Newark - to lay in the lock tail, against the top end of Meadow Lane Wharf, and work over the bottom gates - which is having to dredge it's way through all the sand that C&RT haven't bothered to clean out of the lock tails at Hazleford, Gunthorpe, Stoke, and Holme since last Winter's floods dumped it all there.
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