Another Whereisit

[Lucky Duck]

 

[sailorman]

Colne

 

[johnalison]

Rowhedge. I heard that one of the quays in view is failing and cordoned off after temporary repair a few years ago.

 

[Lucky Duck]

Rowhedge.

Yup, with a 6 foot draft it was a quick visit before the tide turned. The upper reaches of the Colne feel very different to when I first visited as a youngster;

 

[sailorman]

we got within a mile of the UEA then chickened out in our Co32, they dont do backwards very well

 

[WF36]

Right click on the picture and it says Brent Goose at Rowhedge!

 

[Cobra]

we got within a mile of the UEA then chickened out in our Co32, they dont do backwards very well

If you got to within a mile of the UEA on the Colne I would have said it was a pretty neat trick! Unless of course there is a back route through North Essex and Suffolk that links up with the Yare??!!

 

[MoodySabre]

If you got to within a mile of the UEA on the Colne I would have said it was a pretty neat trick! Unless of course there is a back route through North Essex and Suffolk that links up with the Yare??!!

Perhaps he had it on road trailer

 

[sailorman]

If you got to within a mile of the UEA on the Colne I would have said it was a pretty neat trick! Unless of course there is a back route through North Essex and Suffolk that links up with the Yare??!!

The other one in Essex then

 

[tillergirl]

UofE - University of Essex.

 

[nortonmotors]

Yup, with a 6 foot draft it was a quick visit before the tide turned. The upper reaches of the Colne feel very different to when I first visited as a youngster;

Hi,
What year was this photo taken? That looks like a Leisure 23 against the wall - might even be my son in the hatch.

I first went there in 1981 with a group on a charter boat alongside The Anchor and spent most of the night drinking Scotch, eating bread 'n cheese, under the lights kindly left on by the landlord. No dining room extension there then.

 

[nortonmotors]

Found it!

I knew I'd got a photo of that visit to Rowhedge. Touchstone re-floated after leaning on pub's wall all night.
It seems like only yesterday, but the scenery has changed somewhat in the last 30 years.

 

[Lucky Duck]

Hi,
What year was this photo taken? That looks like a Leisure 23 against the wall - might even be my son in the hatch.

Well spotted it is indeed a Leisure 23 and I suspect it will have been taken in the early 80's, however the handsom young chap in the hatch is me

Around that time there was a raft of boats moored alongside the Anchor pub when one of the ships didn't quite make the turn and smashed into them. I can still recall the sound of cracking glassfibre.

 

[nortonmotors]

Well spotted it is indeed a Leisure 23 and I suspect it will have been taken in the early 80's, however the handsom young chap in the hatch is me .

That's a relief. Mine was still based in Holyhead then, not coming to the East Coast with her until 1992.

 

[Cobra]

Well spotted it is indeed a Leisure 23 and I suspect it will have been taken in the early 80's, however the handsom young chap in the hatch is me

Around that time there was a raft of boats moored alongside the Anchor pub when one of the ships didn't quite make the turn and smashed into them. I can still recall the sound of cracking glassfibre.

If I remember correctly that was at a Rowhedge regatta, and the boat that got squashed was I believe a Mirror Offshore...all the racing dinghies would have been up on the marshes on the Wivenhoe shore, most of us were transported to the Anchor by the rescue boat doing repeated trips to and fro. The return race starts were often shall we say quite 'interesting'!!

 

[Tradewinds]

I knew I'd got a photo of that visit to Rowhedge. Touchstone re-floated after leaning on pub's wall all night.
It seems like only yesterday, but the scenery has changed somewhat in the last 30 years.

I've re-balanced the colour for you

 

[Wunja]

If I remember correctly that was at a Rowhedge regatta, and the boat that got squashed was I believe a Mirror Offshore...all the racing dinghies would have been up on the marshes on the Wivenhoe shore, most of us were transported to the Anchor by the rescue boat doing repeated trips to and fro. The return race starts were often shall we say quite 'interesting'!!

Is that the boaty equivalent of stamping on a slug?

 

[LONG_KEELER]

If I remember correctly that was at a Rowhedge regatta, and the boat that got squashed was I believe a Mirror Offshore...all the racing dinghies would have been up on the marshes on the Wivenhoe shore, most of us were transported to the Anchor by the rescue boat doing repeated trips to and fro. The return race starts were often shall we say quite 'interesting'!!

I wonder if the 'Contact' was the ship that used to come regularly to
Colchester to pick up a cargo full of sewage.

It used to have a nickname that was linked to what it was carrying.

Any ideas ?

 

[ex-Gladys]

The BBC ran a "Domesday" project back in the 80's and it was interesting to see reference to Rowhedge dock handling in excess of 400 ship movements a year....

 

[nortonmotors]

I've re-balanced the colour for you

Thank you! I only have a faded print that was done at the time and has faded over the years.