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Post by JohnV on Aug 19, 2021 5:37:12 GMT
Jeez !!! those windows must be a bloody good fit !!!
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Post by thebfg on Aug 19, 2021 17:24:28 GMT
I saw a post today from a person claiming g to have been crewing on the Rochdale 9 and got all defensive.
Dident elaborate though which I was hoping for in the comments.
So both hers and mine are merely pointless posts.
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Post by duncan on Aug 19, 2021 17:59:44 GMT
I saw a post today from a person claiming g to have been crewing on the Rochdale 9 and got all defensive. Dident elaborate though which I was hoping for in the comments. So both hers and mine are merely pointless posts. I saw that and thought the same. I guess there will be an insurance claim and possibly legal repercussions so probably better to keep quiet at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2021 18:28:54 GMT
It was the Russians. You heard it here first. Aided by the Chinese.
They really need taking down a peg or two.
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Post by Jim on Aug 23, 2021 13:09:14 GMT
Update, boat refloated, sank because rudder caught on gates
"Apparently the rudder got caught on the lock gate, and with there being no bywash and water comming over the top gates little time to react, water into the boat from the stern. Must have been quite frightening indeed." From FB
I'd say if that's the situation more care was needed than was given.
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Post by Jim on Aug 23, 2021 13:19:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2021 13:26:44 GMT
There is a fair bit of water coming over the top gates but really? That seems a bit of a weak excuse unless you had put the boat in the lock and gone off shopping or something. Or perhaps gone for a crap? TonyDunkley did raise this as a possible issue earlier on in the speculation part of the thread. There is also the possibility, depending on how good a fit the bottom gates and paddles are, that the boat was left running, in the lock chamber with someone inside and both bottom gates shut, in astern gear against the inside bottom gate, . . and whilst whoever was inside and not paying any attention to what was going on outside, the lock began to slowly fill itself with the water coming over the top gates, without any top end paddle drawn.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Aug 23, 2021 13:58:32 GMT
Update, boat refloated, sank because rudder caught on gates "Apparently the rudder got caught on the lock gate, and with there being no bywash and water comming over the top gates little time to react, water into the boat from the stern. Must have been quite frightening indeed." From FB I don't buy the story about the rudder getting caught on something on the gate, . . not sufficiently to hold the stern (counter) far enough under to flood the boat via the open stern doors . . and neither would that explain all the fresh looking group of clean whitish marks immediately below the deep protruding stone below the coping stone on the corner of the inside bottom gate recess. From my post on page 3 of this thread : -- The fresh looking group of clean whitish marks immediately below the deep protruding stone below the coping stone on the corner of the inside bottom gate recess [45 seconds into video clip from the post #1 link] are a clear indication that the starboard cabin gunwale didn't rise any higher than the bottom edge of the protruding stone before it sank. There are plenty of similar looking marks all the way up that corner of the inside bottom gate recess, . . and NONE above that point. The centre line is laying, unused, along the cabin top, just ahead of the slide, and the stern line is coiled up and draped in typical prat fashion over the tiller pin. With no ropes, and nothing else except possibly a strongish downhill wind blowing along the cut, to hold the boat back wedged in the acute angle between the gate and the gate recess, it's almost certain that the boat's engine was left operating in astern gear whilst the lock was filling.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2021 14:04:02 GMT
He who dares to challenge a comment from someone on facebook!
Hard as nails.
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