Drama at Tedders on Wednesday night

[jecuk]

Apparently , there is a large chunk of it jammed under Thamesa at the moment.

Indeed there apparently is.

 

[teddington_lock]

That grey one in the middle photo is 'Waverly' ...

Lovely little boat.

 

[petermills]

Narrow Boat on the weir at bell Weir

You are right! The boat in question was caught out by the current when trying to return to his mooring. Friends on the shore could'nt hold his line against the current the line was pulled into the water. He then drifted broadside on towards the weir. The owner proceeded to the front of the boat to the achor locker. The anchor was despatched before he realised that it wasn't attached to anything! Here's a pic of the boat being towed off by the EA barge that was called out from Sunbury.

 

[Captain Coochie]

I guess panic kicks in and people forget the basics . You only need a pinch point in a rope to keep things where you want them to be .

 

[teddington_lock]

You are right! The boat in question was caught out by the current when trying to return to his mooring. Friends on the shore could'nt hold his line against the current the line was pulled into the water. He then drifted broadside on towards the weir. The owner proceeded to the front of the boat to the achor locker. The anchor was despatched before he realised that it wasn't attached to anything! Here's a pic of the boat being towed off by the EA barge that was called out from Sunbury.

Good old Falconbrook

Shes a nice old bus.

Chucking anchors out that aren't attached is a favourite of narrowboatists. As is throwing ropes to lock staff with things attached , i had a line thrown to me with a dog attached once , gave the dog a shock as i pulled on the rope.

 

[Captain Coochie]

Have they removed the wreckage from under Thamesa yet ?

 

[teddington_lock]

Not as far as i know.

 

[penfold]

Is it likely to be salvaged or is it firewood time? Nasty way to go and lucky there were no injuries.

 

[No Regrets]

most of it is destined to be recycled as Coochie's new slipper....

 

[teddington_lock]

Suspect it will go the way of most wrecks , as shown below with the last wreck at Tedders ... there isn't a lot of it left to be honest. It disintegrated shortly after the picture in the paper was taken.

 

[dash300]

Have been visiting No.1 son in Vienna and the Donnau (Danube) is in good flow. No private boats out and on our passenger boat doing the Wachau Valley took 1 hr longer on return for a 25Kl. return trip. The marker buoys in the center of the channel are doing 12 Knots!!
Get it wrong for a second in a flow and there is not much one can do to recover it no mattter how experienced you are. Was very sorry to read the sad demise of a proud boat.

 

[No Regrets]

Not much in our boat...circa 9kts!!

 

[dash300]

Not much in our boat...circa 9kts!!

Ditto - same boat; would be going backwards at a reasonable speed
But down stream what a show

 

[My She]

What a shame . .

 

[Nauti Fox]

Really sorry to see that, I used to work next door at Tough Bros many years ago, is there anything left of the yard these days?

 

[teddington_lock]

Really sorry to see that, I used to work next door at Tough Bros many years ago, is there anything left of the yard these days?

The slipway and the offices , which have been converted into the Wharf restaurant.

 

[Nauti Fox]

Ah, I had many adventures there, including going out to the "measured mile" and being hidden in engine rooms......
Great people to work for as well.

 

[teddington_lock]

I used to love going into the yard as a kid , so many exciting things in there to see and do.

 

[teddington_lock]

All gone.

 

[Ramage]

What a sad end for a Little Ship.