blackrose Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Any lexical or grammatical weakness is exploited on this forum! Happy new year everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Holden Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Any lexical or grammatical weakness is exploited on this forum! Happy new year everyone. And a happy new year to you too, sorry, I just found the picture irresistible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Malc Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yello, Here's the first piece of flotsum from Bell Weir strikng my dingy a glancing blow at 5 to 6 knots !! Just the 3-4 tonne Birchwood cruiser to come now .... although it looks like it may sink and come downstream in big pieces. Not impressed ! Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daftmare Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yello, Here's the first piece of flotsum from Bell Weir strikng my dingy a glancing blow at 5 to 6 knots !! Just the 3-4 tonne Birchwood cruiser to come now .... although it looks like it may sink and come downstream in big pieces. Not impressed ! Malc. Poor you Malc! It must be very stressful, having to keep a watchful eye on what is coming downsteam all the time. There are lots of Highs about living on the Thames, but this is one of the Lows. Take care Jo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Can you not move your dinghy elsewhere until the debris clears? On another note has anyone secured the wreckage yet or is it just carrying on its merry way downstream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Can you not move your dinghy elsewhere until the debris clears? I do have to say that was my first thought too looking at the pic. - it seems to be asking for trouble leaving it there given the known risks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Malc Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yello, Unfortunately there's no other spot on the mooring to leave my dingy ... I had thought of that one. The boat astern my barge is too close. This is not a millpond .... like 5 - 6 knots .... in my dressing gown, I wasn't about to embark on any heroic acts of recovery or salvage. So yes it's still making it's way down stream to Staines Upon Thames .... providing it gets past the overhanging trees and the islands. Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yello, Unfortunately there's no other spot on the mooring to leave my dingy ... I had thought of that one. The boat astern my barge is too close. This is not a millpond .... like 5 - 6 knots .... in my dressing gown, I wasn't about to embark on any heroic acts of recovery or salvage. So yes it's still making it's way down stream to Staines Upon Thames .... providing it gets past the overhanging trees and the islands. Malc. any room on the bank for the dingy?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Malc Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Yello, It's a 12ft dingy with outboard, and I'm not Superman .... and the stream rips under my barge. Plus there's scaffold poles beneath the pontoon, an anchor on the bow of the barge behind and the water is dropping quite quickly now. Normally the pontoon is 3'6" above the water level. I'll have to do something though. However risky. Malc. ps .... ironically the piece of flotsum was called 'Lucky' ! Can I still say that here ? Coat .... Edited January 7, 2013 by Serenity Malc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yello, It's a 12ft dingy with outboard, and I'm not Superman .... and the stream rips under my barge. Plus there's scaffold poles beneath the pontoon, an anchor on the bow of the barge behind and the water is dropping quite quickly now. Normally the pontoon is 3'6" above the water level. I'll have to do something though. However risky. Malc. ps .... ironically the piece of flotsum was called 'Lucky' ! Can I still say that here ? Coat .... Unless you dinghy is stupidly wide then there is surely enough room there to stick it now into the bank between your boat and the next one! No one said it was a mill pond! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Pink Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yello, It's a 12ft dingy with outboard Malc. I hope you've got a license for that dinghy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain_S Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 I hope you've got a license for that dinghy? Doesn't it count as a tender? Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Doesn't it count as a tender? Iain When in sight of the mother ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Malc - is there no-one around who can help you lift that dingy onto your boat roof even. I can't see from your pics as to what else is up there but get the OB off to make it a bit lighter and whip it up onto the roof (inverted) has got to better than leaving it there - or as NC said surely it will fit that gap comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm wondering if Malc is using the dingy on a regular basis to get back and forth from an island mooring. If not, it doesn't look as though it would be too difficult to drag it out across that pontoon and onto the grass. MtB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Flows too strong for piddling about in that little thing surely??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luctor et emergo Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Flows too strong for piddling about in that little thing surely??? That depends entirely on the outboard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 That depends entirely on the outboard.. Doesn't look particularly 'beefy' to me - open to correction though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luctor et emergo Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 It's pushing a what, 100 kg boat about,plus say a 100 kg person. Outboard at least 10hp. The equivalent for a say 20ton narrowboat would be a 1000hp engine. I'd take that onto the river... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Fairy nuff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Malc Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yello, 31ft Birchwood cruiser now past me and sunk in The Thames .... the other side of the M25 bridge @ J13. Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 You can stop worrying now then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Malc Posted January 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yello, Yes .... thanks for all your kind support. Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Pink Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Doesn't it count as a tender? Iain Only if it can be shipped onto the boat. As this one can't it needs a license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Only if it can be shipped onto the boat. As this one can't it needs a license. Why can't it just go on the roof of its mother ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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