Creek Crawlers Club

[T_S]

They are big enough to have tenders and a bit of rowing will do them good

LOL thats a good idea ........... We could organise something like a mini Oxford & Cambridge

 

[FullCircle]

LOL thats a good idea ........... We could organise something like a mini Oxford & Cambridge

I had a Morris Oxford once.


We don't have a tender on Full Circle, but we do have an Admiralty Pinnace for Liberty runs ashore. I do hope that retail facilities such as Gucci, Prada and Moschino are available for our guests, and that there is a healthy smattering of authentic local people doing arts & craftwork that we can purchase as souvenirs.

 

[T_S]

Sorry Jim but a Pinnace will not be suitable for ferrying guest's up creeks:

LOA: 14.0m (46'0")
LWL: 0.0m (0'0")
Beam: 4.1m (13'7")
Draft Min: 2.0m (6'6")
Draft Max: 2.0m (6'6")
Displacement: 0kg (0.0lbs)
Headroom: 1.8m (6'0

As for clothing the local shop might be able to sell you a pair of wellies so that you pick your souvenirs such as Samphire or live crabs!

 

[Wunja]

At 1.3 metres Wunja is evidently not an East Coast vessel, and the closest I have to a tender is my son's 15 euro pvc dinghy (more of a bath toy) which I wouldn't want to row anywhere.

Can't you get the pier extended to proper depth of water?

(Ducks and runs for cover under the hail of comments from 'proper' east coasters)

 

[Athene V30]

Ducks and runs for cover under the hail of comments from 'proper' east coasters

What is a 'proper' east coaster?

All 3 boats I have owned on the East Coast have drawn 4' 6" or 1.4m in new money. 2 of these boats have been by East Coast Designers / yards. Guess I just ditch crawl in deeper ditches, use the tides and watch the echo sounder more or sit on the mud for longer when I get it wrong! I know others on the forum have much more underneath them too.

I do have an avon inflatable

 

[Wunja]

'Proper' east coaster

The 'proper' (note the quotes) East Coaster is someone who claims their boat will float happily on damp mud.

Actually I think I'm becoming one, as two weeks ago someone stole all the water in Hollandsche Diepe and I managed to register 0.0 on the depth sounder in the marina entrance channel!

 

[T_S]

The 'proper' (note the quotes) East Coaster is someone who claims their boat will float happily on damp mud,

I think this one will, her displacement is a mere 49 tons and she only draws 3'

http://www.thamesbarge.org.uk/barges/barges/greta.html

 

[Mandarin331]

I think this one will, her displacement is a mere 49 tons and she only draws 3'

http://www.thamesbarge.org.uk/barges/barges/greta.html

Well thats OK then, we have the 3', all we need is another 45 tonnes - so should be no problem at all.

 

[Fire99]

I do have an avon inflatable

Me too! Does this mean we have to setup an exclusive sect for Avon owners?

Saying that, mine is in fact older than me so maybe i'll have my own sect for 'Classic' Avon owners.

I think a true East-Coaster is someone who sees 10ft on the depth guage and thinks they're in a deep water channel.

 

[T_S]

I think a true East-Coaster is someone who sees 10ft on the depth guage and thinks they're in a deep water channel.

Steady on, thats cross channel stuff! 6ft's more like deep water channel or a shipping lane!

 

[Fire99]

Steady on, thats cross channel stuff! 6ft's more like deep water channel or a shipping lane!

I like your thinking.. Why do I get the feeling this Creek Crawling is gonna be alot of fun?

 

[CliveG]

Can I join?

Sirenia draws 1.5m but if I wave the pump handle up and down a bit and yank the rudder up she will scrape over with 1 ft of water.
She has circumnavigated Horsey Island twice.

 

[T_S]

Can I join?

Sirenia draws 1.5m but if I wave the pump handle up and down a bit and yank the rudder up she will scrape over with 1 ft of water.
She has circumnavigated Horsey Island twice.

Ah of course you own an Evo, with its unique cockpit ''Bullworker'' unlike my A26 it has a cholesterol building finger switch!

 

[CliveG]

Ah of course you own an Evo, with its unique cockpit ''Bullworker'' unlike my A26 it has a cholesterol building finger switch!

But this means that I can keep warm with the exercise and save battery amps for something important, like running the Eber Heating.

Just to add to our Creek Crawling exploits we managed to escape from Bradwell Marina at low water springs the other year.
That polished the prop.

 

[T_S]

But this means that I can keep warm with the exercise and save battery amps for something important, like running the Eber Heating.

Just to add to our Creek Crawling exploits we managed to escape from Bradwell Marina at low water springs the other year.
That polished the prop.

A great creek crawler Evo 25's , my A26 unlike your boat needs a massive 18 inches of water before she can go anywhere, but I can boast however of a draft of 6 feet with the keel down!

 

[FullCircle]

A creek I visited in 2009. And had a barbecue at, winning 3 bottles of red in the raffle.

 

[T_S]

OK. if thats the case Jim wheres the two inprints in the mud where your rudders once stood?

 

[FullCircle]

OK. if thats the case Jim wheres the two inprints in the mud where your rudders once stood?

To the right and behind of this photo.

 

[T_S]

Which creek was it Jim? I also noticed there's not any supermarket trollies, so it must be rural !

 

[FullCircle]

Which creek was it Jim? I also noticed there's not any supermarket trollies, so it must be rural !

Lets call it a whereis it?