sean neill wrote: >> I do two things when mooring up - firstly double or triple the > mooring > > rope (i.e. from boat to bank, back to the boat and back to the bank > > again) before pulling it tight - the purchase gives extra oomph. > > Never, never go on the River Stort. You will sink the boat.... > e.g pound from Tednambury to Spellbrook - can *easily* rise 10-12 > inches in > 1 hour (seen it!) > > Ron Jones > > The boat really isn't suited to river conditions (she has only 10" > freeboard at the bow, which has tumblehome, not flare) so while it is > delightful to be on a river, it is even more delightful to be off it, > as you don't need to watch the weather forecast so closely! > > And of course on a canal, the main issue is 'pull' from other boats > which is not really an issue on a river.
The Lee and Stort aren't those sorts of rivers. They are relatively narrow (well the Stort is more like a normal canal), there's normally not that much flow. Just that the weirs can be rather small on the Stort, so any rain moves the levels up and down - on the pound I quoted, 5 miles of M11 drains into it. So one just needs to tie up with lots of slack (or bungee). Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
