Hi, The launching ramp at Rye House, I think you mean the slip way, is from when they used to have a boat yard there. Its is not used as a slipway anymore, I believe the posts are fixed in place. Lee Valley Marina at Stanstead Abbotts does have a slip way, which you have to pay for, plus show the necessary paperwork (insurance, licence etc). This is the only slipway on the top of the Lee, believe Springfields has a slipway for the bottom of the Lee. The only place for craning will Stanstead Abbotts (max 25 tons), with an 8ft gap you might get down to the junction of the Lee and the Stort and upto the road bridge from Stanstead Abbotts to St Margerets. Sorry to say an 8ft air draft on the Lee will be going up and down the same pound, Plastic cruiser next to us is just on 8ft and he has taken all the roof of so he can get down to the Thames. Moose
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:13:00 +0100Subject: [canals-list] Re: Some help needed over bridge heights "stevengoodyear"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>I have just purchased a 1920s wooden boat, Green Tara. 40' long 10' >wide with air-draft of 8' I want to put her on the River Lee. But I do >not seem to be able to find out bridge heights. >>I have found out the lowest bridge is 6.10" but do not know where on >the Lee it is.>>Can anyone suggest the best place for me to put her where I can get the >most out of weekend cruising?>>Any help and or advice would be greatly appreciated.Steven,I keep my barge at Hertford, and so have travelled the length of theLee many times. I have also measured the clearance under most of thekey bridges.Coming up from London, the limiting bridge headrooms are as follows(subject to change if the pounds in question are not at weir crestlevel).Lea Bridge (A104) in Hackney is 2.45 m, and pretty well flat.Enfield Lock bridge is the same or slightly higher, also flat.Aqueduct Lock bridge is the same or very slightly lower, also flat.Ware Town bridge is about 2.3 m.Above Hertford Lock, Mill Road bridge is about 2.2 m, and Folly Bridgeis 2.1 m. The only full-size winding hole above Hertford Lock isupstream of Folly Bridge. However, even a full-length narrow boat (orbarge the same length) can wind immediately below Hertford Lock, orwhere the lock cut joins the main river, or above Ware Lock, or belowWare lock, or in the maltings arm above Ware Town bridge. With aboat of your length, you will have a lot of other options. Given your air draft, it looks like you will have to suck it and see.There is a launching ramp at Rye House, owned by EA. It is oftenlocked, but I don't know who to phone to get access to it. While I'm at it, I should warn you that you probably shouldn't try theStort, as Roydon Mill bridge is about 2.3 m, Roydon rail bridge is 2.1m, and there are several other lowish ones.I'll look forward to hearing how you get on. And maybe seeing youcruise past my mooring?Good luck.AdrianAdrian Stott07956-299966 _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000009ukm/direct/01/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
