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best serious bilge pump-----jabsco --belt driven off the engine

if you are using a trailer lock it up---i always worried cowey sale for parking----slipway is short with a dropoff but should be ok to float your inflatable ---plenty of pubs a short distance away down stream--- above and below sunbury lock

trawling in and around the solent-----caught 16 foot torpeedo one of ours -- practice----one of theirs 500 lb bomb which covered in growth looked like a rock until the growth fell off-----got rid of quick----3 small bombs----looked like oversized darts-------4 inch unfired shell which i placed...

during the winter of 1963 the tug and 2 grain barges kept a passage clear to go up to the river wey-----the ice eventually thickened to 10 inches-----i i was in charge of checking the barge moorings-----i swept and kept the barges clear of snow----towards the end of the freeze up seagulls...

i called into the harbour office by car for local imformation and a weather forecast----HM printed me out an advanced forecast-----few days later i tied up on the new pontoons and asked the HM if i could stay for a few hours-- weather was getting bad for a 15 foot boat---yes no...

flynbarr-------thats npt true-----i worked at the thames conservancy wharf at sunbury-----twice a week a tug pulled 2 barges of grain to the wey navigation-----narrow boats commercial or otherwise were a rarity

looks good fisherman-----but do you have to keep it dry??----from another old timer with a 500 kilo boat

i woke up early after overnighting in the middle of cowes harbour to find a pea souper---i waited frustrated for a long time then decided to see if was any better at the harbour entrance---it wasn t---i listened for ships hooters ---heard nothing so decided to go---then big ships...

my saga boat insurance for 15 foot open boat/trailer/outboard----fully comp is £106 a year----gone up £10 in 10 years----------ps just remembered saga stopped doing boat insurance and passed it on to??-----exactly same terms and conditions

the anchor at pyrford lock would make a comfortable return journey -------thames lock which is first on the wey is manned-----best check what the opening hours are and you will need a handle for the locks

important-------can you get under osney bridge----clearance 7 feet 6inches

apologies if you already know this-----paint in the shade----paint one side in one go --absolutely no stopping----good luck

thanks------dancrane

thanks pinnacle for the harbour masters direction without vhf------i see there is legal way to get to the camber----get marshalled across or shadow a boat with vhf going to gun wharf