'Alnwick' aground on the River Trent

[NB Alnwick]

 

Well here we are on the tidal River Trent at 'Plum Bank' near the village of South Clifton between Cromwell Lock and Torksey!

 

 

Now we are quite used to hitting the bottom on the Oxford Canal but this is something else! And, as we went aground on an Ebb Tide, we are now well out of the water . . .

 

[Machpoint005]

You look fairly straight and level on that mudbank, but I bet it feels like a 45 degree list!

[Sir Nibble]

Do you have enough beer to survive until the next tide?

[MoominPapa]

Well here we are on the tidal River Trent at 'Plum Bank' near the village of South Clifton between Cromwell Lock and Torksey!

Is it going to be a middle-of-the-night job to catch the next tide and get off? At least the sun is shining!

 

MP.

Edited June 2, 2009 by MoominPapa

[Tim Lewis]

 

Well here we are on the tidal River Trent at 'Plum Bank' near the village of South Clifton between Cromwell Lock and Torksey!

 

Time to get the bitumastic paint out!

 

Tim

[alan_fincher]

Try and profit by the experience......

 

Do you have any blacking on board ?

 

EDIT:

 

Damn - pipped at the post by Tim, again!

Edited June 2, 2009 by alan_fincher

[NB Alnwick]

You look fairly straight and level on that mudbank, but I bet it feels like a 45 degree list!

 

That is what is so odd - we are fairly level now that the water level has dropped a bit. I can get a boat pole under the stern - so I reckon that it is just the front two thirds of the boat sitting on the gravel.

 

Do you have enough beer to survive until the next tide?

 

Victuals came aboard at Newark! And it is a lovely day for a sunbathe and a paddle!

[twocvbloke]

A great excuse to have a paddle in the water, seeing how the boat's going nowhere fast...

[Naughty Cal]

I shall tell Mike you owe him some rent as well shall i?

 

Should just add a chap got swept away trying to free his boat there. Be careful!

Edited June 2, 2009 by Phylis

[Bones]

oh goodie! That has cheered me up... what a hoot!!!! Is that a shark swimming around your ankles?

[NB Alnwick]

Time to get the bitumastic paint out!

 

Tim

 

Pity - don't have any aboard but as the prop is now half out of the water, I did get out and clear the debris off! Found a nice racing bike tyre, in bright green with white sidewalls, among the usual plastic bags and bits of rope - sadly it was somewhat shredded!

[Naughty Cal]

You told Torksey you are going to be late?

[NB Alnwick]

oh goodie! That has cheered me up... what a hoot!!!! Is that a shark swimming around your ankles?

 

No sharks but lots of interesting shells to collect - its just like being at the seaside with you own personal bar on the beach!

 

Now where is Phylis when you need her . . .

[Naughty Cal]

Not be much help to that. You have well and truely beached it.

 

All my wash would do is push you further on, either that or i would end up joing you on the island!

[NB Alnwick]

You told Torksey you are going to be late?

 

BW are aware and we have VHF. A big graveller went past a while ago - he was edging his way upstream very slowly so I guess the water levels are lower than usual.

 

We shall make the best of it and enjoy the sun and sand . . .

[Bones]

how long before you float off?

[GSer]

 

 

Good Game, Good Game!

[Dominic M]

oh goodie! That has cheered me up... what a hoot!!!! Is that a shark swimming around your ankles?

Nope. I'm back in the office at the moment.

 

Isn't the aegre due later today?

[NB Alnwick]

Isn't the aegre due later today?

 

Wrong aegre - NB Aegre passed us at about three o'clock

[Naughty Cal]

Wrong aegre - NB Aegre passed us at about three o'clock

 

No offer of a tow?

[NB Alnwick]

how long before you float off?

 

By my calculations (always fallable!) we should get our highest water level sometime between six and six-thirty this evening - if we don't float off then it will be tomorrow morning!

[Naughty Cal]

By my calculations (always fallable!) we should get our highest water level sometime between six and six-thirty this evening - if we don't float off then it will be tomorrow morning!

 

Remember to drop your anchor before you go to bed

[NB Alnwick]

No offer of a tow?

 

No - at this stage (and with the sun shining) there is no point in putting anyone else at risk.

 

We have warned passing boats to keep clear.

[Proper Job]

Obviously on your return back to the Southern Oxford, you'll never complain about the lack of depth again.

 

Glad to know that I'm not the only one who beaches a boat

Edited June 2, 2009 by Proper Job

[Dominic M]

They are very good looking boats, those RW Davis Northwich Traders, Graham, but do you ever find that the 3ft draft restricts where you can go?