[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > DaveD asked:=20 > > The stoppage is on the Ely Ouse,=20 > > is the Hundred Foot Tidal River (Earith-Denver) a viable alternative? > We have just received a bundle of info from EA about getting to the > National. The Hundred Foot River (aka New Bedford River) is the > recommended route from Salter's Lode to St Ives for those arriving > before the stoppage at Ely is lifted. We will be going that way on > Fulbourne at the beginning of August (river conditions permitting). > However, as a boat longer than 62ft we have booked a passage through > Salter's Lode lock when the tide makes a level. Since this is after all > the lock-through slots for shorter craft, I assume it means we are going > through after high tide, and will therefore either have to punch the > tide up the Hundred Foot River, or wait for the next rising tide. Does > anyone know if this is the case?
>From my conversation with EA: take the advice of the Salters or Denver >lock-keepers, but basically you need to leave Denver/Salters Lode sometime not >long before low water and punch the last of the ebb tide for the the first >part of your trip up the New Bedford. Any earlier and you might run out of >water; any later risks running out of headroom under some of the bridges. For a level passage at Salters Lode (which normally takes place on a falling tide), this probably means going into Denver and waiting for the right state of tide before continuing up the New Bedford. But as I said, take the lock keepers' advice. Martin
