Aire and Calder update?

kris Super Member Posts: 22,405	Aire and Calder update? Jan 28, 2021 12:40:57 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kris on Jan 28, 2021 12:40:57 GMT Just wondering how the breech is doing and if there’s any update?

Jim Super Member I'm a handsome gutless invertebrate. Posts: 15,930	Aire and Calder update? Jan 28, 2021 12:44:44 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Jim on Jan 28, 2021 12:44:44 GMT Don't we have any dear friends up there that can go, once more, unto it? And report back.
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JohnV Super Member Glorious winner of the 2016 Thunderboat photo competition Posts: 17,243	Aire and Calder update? Jan 28, 2021 15:31:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by JohnV on Jan 28, 2021 15:31:08 GMT The last I heard was that everything was proceeding at CRT's top speed ...... so maybe by the autumn ..... or maybe not
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Aire and Calder update? Jan 28, 2021 17:26:58 GMT peterboat, JohnV, and 2 more like this

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Post by cygnus on Jan 28, 2021 17:26:58 GMT

The leaking breach repair has been improved but not entirely. The plan is to cofferdam right across the canal either side of the breach so they in their words "can do a proper job". Down at Goole where the leaking emergency stop gates are, they have put a set of steel stop planks/panels in to back the gates up. The pumps are still running to keep levels up for the docks. The canal is still down a bit, and the levels within the Goole Docks area are usually 1-2 ft down which isn't too bad. We are moored in a shallow corner of Goole Boathouse Marina so to stay afloat we have to be tethered away from the bank in deeper water.

We have been told the repairs to the breach could take 3-5 weeks when they start but they haven't started yet as far as I know.

Joe

kris Super Member Posts: 22,405	Aire and Calder update? Jan 28, 2021 17:35:49 GMT via mobile JohnV and cygnus like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kris on Jan 28, 2021 17:35:49 GMT Thanks very much for the update cygnus

cygnus Long Standing Member Posts: 369	Aire and Calder update? Jan 28, 2021 17:38:09 GMT peterboat likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cygnus on Jan 28, 2021 17:38:09 GMT
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cygnus Long Standing Member Posts: 369	Aire and Calder update? Jan 29, 2021 16:08:48 GMT peterboat, thebfg, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cygnus on Jan 29, 2021 16:08:48 GMT The breach site now.

cygnus Long Standing Member Posts: 369	Aire and Calder update? Jan 29, 2021 16:10:29 GMT peterboat likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cygnus on Jan 29, 2021 16:10:29 GMT

cygnus Long Standing Member Posts: 369	Aire and Calder update? Jan 29, 2021 16:16:42 GMT peterboat, JohnV, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cygnus on Jan 29, 2021 16:16:42 GMT I omitted to say the pictures are courtesy of Mark Penn. He has a drone group on Facebook and said I could use his photos.

cygnus Long Standing Member Posts: 369	Aire and Calder update? Jan 29, 2021 16:20:38 GMT peterboat and JohnV like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cygnus on Jan 29, 2021 16:20:38 GMT The drone bloke says he was talking to somebody on-site and apparently the cofferdams should be in place by the end of February.

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Aire and Calder update? Jan 29, 2021 16:21:59 GMT peterboat and cygnus like this

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Post by JohnV on Jan 29, 2021 16:21:59 GMT

Jan 29, 2021 16:20:38 GMT cygnus said:

The drone bloke says he was talking to somebody on-site and apparently the cofferdams should be in place by the end of February.

that would be very good news for the commercials Joe

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cygnus Long Standing Member Posts: 369	Aire and Calder update? Jan 29, 2021 20:20:08 GMT peterboat likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by cygnus on Jan 29, 2021 20:20:08 GMT Earliest forecast for normality is late March John.

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Aire and Calder update? Feb 20, 2021 19:56:26 GMT cygnus likes this

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Post by duncan on Feb 20, 2021 19:56:26 GMT

A picture by Mark Penn from last week has been posted on FB today. Not sure about copyright buI guess just posting a link to where someone else has posted it is ok.

www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157632206810303&set=p.10157632206810303&type=3

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phil70 Long Standing Member Posts: 4,178	Aire and Calder update? Feb 21, 2021 8:17:12 GMT via mobile peterboat likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by phil70 on Feb 21, 2021 8:17:12 GMT Bump Phil
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Aire and Calder update? Feb 22, 2021 21:42:14 GMT

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Post by cygnus on Feb 22, 2021 21:42:14 GMT

The farce continues. The cofferdams are in place. However the canal is overtopping the pilings on the West side (Pollington side). The breech isn't emptying, and the East side (Goole side) is being starved of water. Boats moored at Rawcliffe Bridge are struggling. On top of that the pumps at the Goole emergency stop gates (caisson) are failing to keep the levels up at Goole. Pictures courtesy of Mark Penn, Drone Pilot.