Kennet and Avon actual depth at the moment?

[sam_uk]

Hi considering taking a boat from London to Bristol. Draft 95cm, travelling Oct-Nov

 

I have done it with 75cm draft with no serious problems. Is 95cm realistic at the moment? Canal & River trust figure is 1m 10cm I believe, but realise reality may be different!

 

 

 

[davidb]

no problem at all with that draught, have just done it with a 1.0m draught widebeam. cheers, David

[sam_uk]

Great thanks Just what I was hoping to hear..

[Timleech]

no problem at all with that draught, have just done it with a 1.0m draught widebeam. cheers, David

 

Is that 1m across the width, or just a small are in the centre at the stern?

I'm interested in case we ever get down that way again.

 

Tim

[davidb]

hi Tim, the flat bottom plate is 2m wide before the chines slope up, the skeg probably increases the draught by 3" - 4".

I would say there is as much usable water as there was in the LL between locks and much more than on the Lancaster. It has been a real pleasure these last 4 months.

 

David

[bottle]

Sam there are some winter stoppages in November.

 

See Inset 1 on this pdf map http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/library/4096.pdf

 

Better get moving.

[sam_uk]

Better get moving.

 

Eeeek OK thanks for that..

[David Schweizer]

You should get through ok, although much of it in the non- the river sections will be in the middle, without going aground. Mooring in places other than official visitor moorings could be a problem.

 

We draw about 85cm (I had to convert that from the imperial!!) and I have managed it several times without too much swearing!

[Timleech]

hi Tim, the flat bottom plate is 2m wide before the chines slope up, the skeg probably increases the draught by 3" - 4".

I would say there is as much usable water as there was in the LL between locks and much more than on the Lancaster. It has been a real pleasure these last 4 months.

 

David

 

So, are you saying the draught is 1.0m plus 3 or 4", or minus 3 or 4 "?

 

Thanks

 

Tim

[Gypsey_Kings]

Environment Agency says 'The river level at Newbury is 0.96 metres.'

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/riverstation.aspx?StationId=7122&RegionId=1&AreaId=25&CatchmentId=155

 

Do not know where it is measured ...probably at the side...so the middle should be deeper...been watching it for a while and it doesn't vary much between 0.96 & 0.94....

Edited September 26, 2013 by Gypsey_Kings

[Tigerr]

Last weekend nr Aldermaston the level on the river was down a foot - no idea why - the moorers at Woolhampton were stuck fast. Which probably suited them on reflection.

[billS]

Last weekend nr Aldermaston the level on the river was down a foot - no idea why - the moorers at Woolhampton were stuck fast. Which probably suited them on reflection.

 

There were only 3 boats there when I passed last Friday - one of which looked abandoned. Which of the other 2 did you have in mind?

[davidb]

Hi Tim,

 

I'm saying our draught is 1.0m plus 3 or 4" ( about 42" ) The only time I felt the bottom was running over a log or something between the Avon aqueducts

 

David