Thank you,Slightly more information here.
Huge accommodation barge drifts from Pinup Reach to Lower Halstow
For those of you who do not know of this vessel. These articles are in date order with the last one saying what is due to happen to it shortly.
Mystery of huge 'floating hotel' moored off Rochester
Inside Kent's abandoned floating hotel as it leaves the county
Luxury future of departing river barge revealed
Uncomfortably close to where my boat is normally moored though.
To be honest only once have I had a boat break free. It was in Burnham Week in the early 1970's. We were ashore for a meal and returned at about 10.30 to find our boat missing. We found it about ¼ mile upstream hanging by it's rudder alongside another boat. The buoy was hanging from the bow as mooring chain broke due to bad corrosion. As the tide was flooding in, we managed to borrow a RIB to pull her off. The yard were not concerned the following day when we complained.Concerto's title of the thread (Ever had a boat break free of its mooring) prompts me to remember and respond - 'Hundreds'.
I guess many don't know about the October, 1987 hurricane - wasn't it a Thursday? Many, many moorings broke on the South and South-East of the UK. One marina in the Crouch (with boats) sailed across the river and got destroyed. A lot survived though. Our's lost it's bowspirit against the side of the barge but that was a good thing as the rest of the boat stayed clear. The current wind was small stuff.
Re the 87 hurricane, I had my 6 month old boat badly damaged. It was very close to being written off with a crack from the waterline right into the cockpit. The repair took 18 months to get completed and cost 2/3rds the cost of a new bare boat with engine and mast. I was surprised a new hull and deck were not bought and everything transfered to it as nothing was damaged otherwise.
aaarrrggghhhhhhh ..... already ....Ought to cut the lawn this afternoon!
Im surprised it didnt offer to tarmac the local slipwayNa.
Easy Hotel Rochester I think.
Free cruise.
Mine needs doing as well, but today decide to wash my car as it was so salty and dirty.Ought to cut the lawn this afternoon!