Aw....s*d it....

[No Regrets]

After a weekend ruined by Reds, I'm going to go down to T&K tonight anyway, do a few boaty tasks and drink a bottle of bubbly while the sun sets.

In the morning it will be nice and sunny while the river is as calm as a millpond.

And if it isn't, I'll point Shamby upstream roll on a few revs and sit stationary for an hour or so before berthing her up again..... /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

So if anybodies at Thames and Kenet marina, Cheers /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[Gavi]

Not very calm here!

 

[boatone]

Just had a call from friends stranded up near Shiplake. River continues to rise and they are gettng a little worried about food and fresh water.

 

[No Regrets]

Hmmm....a quiet night aboard, and quite calm this morning, so we thought a swift foray down the River would be a good laugh...(Bear with my sense of humour)

Sonning Bridge...do we go under or over?

Believe it or not, we managed to get a whole Boat under this a month or so ago...

All starting to get a bit hairy on the bendy bits...

As expected, the flow was around 4-5 kts there were some spectacular new lakes where there used to be fields, and we didn't see anybody else stupid enough to be boating.

The Rio handled fine, that said, as she has a short hull (Despite the extended porpoise-like bows and 'that' bathing platform making her around 7.2 metres overall) and a perky 160bhp Diesel, so I figured as long as I kept midstream and watched the flotsam things would be relatively safe.

Turning downstream into the Marina entrance was obviously a no-no, so I had to go past it, turn and then crab in with a handful of throttle.

It was fun, and there were some interesting sights /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[byron]

Can't see Uncle Albert's boat on the hard at Better Boating. Maybe it has floated away.

 

[Brayman]

It was there last Monday!

 

[Sammo]

Its OK for now as it`s just to the right of the picture …..I think It will be alright as the river will need to come up another 5` after it reaches the hard to float it …..luckily it was chocked up a bit higher than normal to do the antifouling…..

anyway it`s not allowed to float away….I`m still waiting for the licence.

 

[byron]

She is certainly looking nice. Semms a pity to put her in the water and get her dirty /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif