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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 14, 2021 8:16:55 GMT
The bunch of lads who made the half hour video that duncan posted are streets ahead of C&RT in establishing exactly what's gone wrong, and why. While C&RT's updates were still trotting out the usual crap about their engineers investigating their navels, this set of buggers had already got down into the collapsed culvert's outfall bay and filmed the mess that the culvert has been left to get into through years of inattention following a temporary repair job with a length of pipe.
Whoever you are, lads, well done, . . C&RT should offer all of you jobs as lengthsmen !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2021 8:22:38 GMT
Anyone employed as a lengths man would be a good thing.
They do have inspectors that walk the path, I have seen them on social media, the question should be what do management do with any reports of potential infrastructure failure?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2021 8:27:57 GMT
Maybe they have special carpets to sweep them under.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2021 11:30:59 GMT
Anyone employed as a lengths man would be a good thing. They do have inspectors that walk the path, I have seen them on social media, the question should be what do management do with any reports of potential infrastructure failure? They deploy the red netting, obvs. You can see evidence of some in the bruv video.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2021 12:45:23 GMT
Still N and E of the culvert, still afloat, water level 8 inches below normal, not falling, an inch or two higher than yesterday. Next CRT update on Monday.
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Post by patty on Oct 14, 2021 14:28:36 GMT
Still N and E of the culvert, still afloat, water level 8 inches below normal, not falling, an inch or two higher than yesterday. Next CRT update on Monday. Well guess u r still afloat and not stuck in the mud.. stay safe
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2021 9:52:38 GMT
Water level NE of the leak still rising, another inch over 24 hours. Must be near standard, or whatever the phrase is, I'm confident I'll be able to turn round, not sure when the locks will be made available, I expect movement to be controlled for some time. Winter cruising will involve shuttling, if not shuffling.....
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Post by patty on Oct 15, 2021 11:39:42 GMT
Water level NE of the leak still rising, another inch over 24 hours. Must be near standard, or whatever the phrase is, I'm confident I'll be able to turn round, not sure when the locks will be made available, I expect movement to be controlled for some time. Winter cruising will involve shuttling, if not shuffling..... sounds as if u have a plan always gud to have a plan.....
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 15, 2021 12:49:43 GMT
Water level NE of the leak still rising, another inch over 24 hours. Must be near standard, or whatever the phrase is, I'm confident I'll be able to turn round, not sure when the locks will be made available, I expect movement to be controlled for some time. Winter cruising will involve shuttling, if not shuffling..... Trying to turn anywhere apart from where the canal is amply wide greatly increases the risk of propeller or sterngear damage, . . especially so on the Leeds & Liverpool where, in places, so much of the original stone side-walling has fallen in over the years and been left lying in the mud that's accumulated on top of it. Wherever you pick out to give it a try, do it all very slowly and carefully, and be sure to have a feel around under the stern with the longest boathook or pole that you've got, to make sure that there aren't any big stones there to modify the prop with. If there happen to be any other boats already facing and heading East, the best plan would be to try and persuade them to tow you stern first to the next nearest place where you can turn with ease. Tow as slowly as possible, on short tight cross ropes, with the stern fenders of both boats in line with and as close to each other as you can get them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2021 13:04:11 GMT
If shallow, turning on ropes is safer ... hope you get out of there. One thing to stay cos you choose to ... different kettle of fish to be stuck there Rog
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2021 13:12:31 GMT
Towing is an interesting topic, saw a boat last year on the Middlewich branch towing a butty, butty was at least 50ft, the tow rope was a single one about 20ft maybe 30ft in length, got me thinking how the hell they stop if something happens ahead?
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 15, 2021 13:37:13 GMT
If shallow, turning on ropes is safer ... hope you get out of there. One thing to stay cos you choose to ... different kettle of fish to be stuck there Rog Not on your own !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2021 14:03:33 GMT
Towing is an interesting topic, saw a boat last year on the Middlewich branch towing a butty, butty was at least 50ft, the tow rope was a single one about 20ft maybe 30ft in length, got me thinking how the hell they stop if something happens ahead? With difficulty. Also I wonder what the situation would be if the boat being towed caused damage? I'm fairly sure the liability would sit with the motor. It would seem better to use short crossed ropes or breast(?) up if you can. This is a bit long-winded but interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2021 17:42:33 GMT
There is a winding place not far ahead, but no point in trying to move without consulting the CRT first: they have Services with a mooring a few miles NE of here where I could hole up indefinitely, but its not somewhere one wants to stay long term. There is really nowhere to go at the moment which has nice mooring and CRT services, and my main reason for moving is to access services, else I'll have to ask for help from the farm if I can't move next week. There seems to be adequate water depth where I am, but I can't be 100 % sure.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2021 17:59:58 GMT
Towing is an interesting topic, Insurance is the porn of the devil. A few people get silly rich from this scam including some bloke with a large country house near the ranch and 477 acres of land including pheasant shoots. That's where you get dickheads to pay you to shoot birds which are incredibly easy to hit and it makes them feel good about themselves. And yes I did have the misfortune to mix with some of these scum years ago on account of a relative. Anyway insurance. It's an awful bane of life but also interesting to read the small print. They may well say that towing is not aloud. This means that you must tow quietly.
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