Ice Breaking video and photos

[grunders]

Hi all,

 

I realise I may have missed the boat a bit with this (pun intended) but I have just had the chance to edit my video from our recent trip on Beatty. We were moving her from Brinklow, near Rugby on the Oxford Canal, back up north to Leigh on the Bridgewater Canal. As it happened, we got stopped by ice in Stretford having been going painfully slowly for the rest of the day before we stopped.

 

I hadn't been boating in ice for ages, if ever, and so the video is just shy of 7 minutes long. However, I think it is worth a watch if you like ice breaking.

 

Here are some photos of icy scenes:

 

Descending the Cheshire Locks:

 

Ice covered canal

 

Frosty top to the ice in this one

 

Relatively thick ice

 

Slightly thicker ice

 

And finally, here is the link to the video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o5_wFMUcX9c It is best if watched in 'high quality' by clicking the little blue link below the video.

[Bob the welder]

Hi all,

 

I realise I may have missed the boat a bit with this (pun intended) but I have just had the chance to edit my video from our recent trip on Beatty. We were moving her from Brinklow, near Rugby on the Oxford Canal, back up north to Leigh on the Bridgewater Canal. As it happened, we got stopped by ice in Stretford having been going painfully slowly for the rest of the day before we stopped.

 

I hadn't been boating in ice for ages, if ever, and so the video is just shy of 7 minutes long. However, I think it is worth a watch if you like ice breaking.

 

Here are some photos of icy scenes:

 

Descending the Cheshire Locks:

 

Ice covered canal

 

Frosty top to the ice in this one

 

Relatively thick ice

 

Slightly thicker ice

 

And finally, here is the link to the video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o5_wFMUcX9c It is best if watched in 'high quality' by clicking the little blue link below the video.

hi ,very good video bet that was fun . BOB.

[greywolf]

yes i enjoyed seeing that. cheers

[mykaskin]

Some good shots there, reminds me of the journey we had from Buckby Top down to London just after new year. As a proud new owner of the Royalty Class Motor Victoria, the ice even got so thick to bring her to a stop. However a few more attempts and we got through the really thick stuff, and kept moving for the rest of the day.

 

 

Here is a video of me breaking the Ice near Northolt, a bit hard getting good shots single handed, but the snow adds nicely:

 

http://www.vimeo.com/2814831

 

Cheers,

 

Mike

[DHutch]

Very nice.

- Not sure about the upside down camera work, but nice footage and photos.

 

Ive often wondered how emilyanne would manage ice (vertaical stem and bow sides) but might be a while before we find out.

 

 

Daniel

[grunders]

Very nice.

- Not sure about the upside down camera work, but nice footage and photos.

 

Ive often wondered how emilyanne would manage ice (vertaical stem and bow sides) but might be a while before we find out.

 

 

Daniel

 

Yeah, I don't think that a boat with a vertical stem would fare so well as I'm sure the downward pressure on the ice helps to break it and you wouldn't get that with a vertical stem.

 

As for the upside-down camerawork, I was trying to get a shot close to the water looking forwards on the left hand side of the boat holding the camera in my right hand and that was the easiest way to do it. Didn't work out too badly in my opinion.

[NB Phoenix]

Didn't work out too badly in my opinion.

 

It looked like an under water shot at first.

 

Great pics and video, thanks

[Machpoint005]

Great video. Isn't it amazing how clean the ice is, when you consider the colour of canal water?