Another mishap in Burnham
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tidclacy
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What Happened?
pks1702
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Goodness :nightmare:
matthewriches
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Seems a tad random!
DanTribe
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No idea, but pure speculation as a passer-by. Perhaps she sprang a leak at high water, filled and rolled over.
I don't think that she floats for very long on normal tides so the leak would have had to be considerable.
Sympathy for the owners who I believe are away on holiday.
Sniper
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I reckon she shifted in her berth, settled out of the trench that the keel had dug and then rolled into it at low tide. She would then have flooded at the next tide.
PeterWright
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Very sad. Is she still lying there like that at high water? If she hasn't sprung a big leak, she may just have rolled over as Sniper suggested, in which case, if properly battened down on deck, she shouldn't flood and should float again as the tide makes. But then I always was an optimist.
I always reckoned she looked like she would roll like a pig in a beam sea and, looking at her bottom, she wasn't built to dry out except when secured alongside a quay. If she survives this, I reckon a couple of sturdy piles will be more urgent than the next coat of paint.
I hope her owners get back to her soon and find a solution, I wouldn't want her to be lost.
I always reckoned she looked like she would roll like a pig in a beam sea and, looking at her bottom, she wasn't built to dry out except when secured alongside a quay. If she survives this, I reckon a couple of sturdy piles will be more urgent than the next coat of paint.
I hope her owners get back to her soon and find a solution, I wouldn't want her to be lost.
nigelm
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Can someone configure the pics so they work on a iPhone please
DanTribe
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Sorry, I don't know how to do that. Perhaps someone more tech savvy can help?
The pics were taken on my Android phone..
PeterWright
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My optimism was clearly misplaced as she still lies on her side this morning having reportedly capsized on Sunday night - no sign of any recovery attempt yet. I also heard that storm Doris had blown over the pole that carries her electricity supply overhead across the river wall path - there's certainly a new pole and cable in place. Some say she has a mains powered automatic bilge pump t cope with leaks, so the interruption of supply while they fixed the pole may well have stopped it working and caused her to flood.
She certainly will be flooding every tide now as her decks are far from watertight with whole planks missing in places. One gap along her starboard side deck will let the river in well before she starts to lift so no chance of her refloating of her own accord. Nobody I spoke to knows how to contact her owners.
She certainly will be flooding every tide now as her decks are far from watertight with whole planks missing in places. One gap along her starboard side deck will let the river in well before she starts to lift so no chance of her refloating of her own accord. Nobody I spoke to knows how to contact her owners.
NealB
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I think this boat had a similar, though less dramatic, incident a year or so back.
She's a good looking boat. I'm sure I remember seeing her, maybe thirty years ago, on the Medway.
She's a good looking boat. I'm sure I remember seeing her, maybe thirty years ago, on the Medway.
Supine Being
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Hi Nigel, you should be able to see them below.
I always wondered what the score was with this boat. Must have been quite posh back in her day.
Plum
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She is still in the same position today (March 10) when i passed at HW.
Www.solocoastalsailing.co.uk
baffled9
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I have been in Spain since this happened and haven't been taking my frequent walks along the Burnham sea wall. I keep looking here for further news; has anything occurred?
DanTribe
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There doesn't appear to be any obvious developments. She still lays on her side and fills on every tide.
tillergirl
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That's bad news. She will gradually fill with silt and that before long that will be that.
DavidofMersea
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This is very sad. How will they get it upright? A big crane? ..... and will the cost of getting it upright and cleaning out be greater than the value of the boat? ..... and if so, have the owners abandoned it? Do the owners know about this?
Tomahawk
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The cost of recovery is already horrendous. And probably far more than the boat is worth.
There will probably now be an attempt to reduce the number of houseboats or some extra regulation applied.
There will probably now be an attempt to reduce the number of houseboats or some extra regulation applied.
pvb
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If the Crouch Harbour Authority has to remove the remains, presumably they'll sue the owner for the cost involved. Isn't it already a requirement that all houseboats have comprehensive insurance, with details lodged with CHA?
Tomahawk
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Probably,....
wait to see what happens.
wait to see what happens.
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