Flood warnings as well!

A wise move SM.

Sadly my current abode is 3.5 hours from Shotley, I was away on business to boot hence 'watching in'.

If I could I would have certainly been down.

I hope perhaps as a result of this surge that ours and other Marina's start to learn lessons from this and see what could be done to 'future proof'.

Fortunatly no damage was done at our end but it was a close call according to those that were there.
 
I don't know how we could have exited the marina once the water was over the top of the gates....
 
pks1702 said:
A wise move SM.

Sadly my current abode is 3.5 hours from Shotley, I was away on business to boot hence 'watching in'.

If I could I would have certainly been down.

I hope perhaps as a result of this surge that ours and other Marina's start to learn lessons from this and see what could be done to 'future proof'.

Fortunatly no damage was done at our end but it was a close call according to those that were there.
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we had last minute welding done that could have been done at leisure over the past 7 yrs.
 
photodog said:
I don't know how we could have exited the marina once the water was over the top of the gates....
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Are they able to use an emergency override so both gates can open at the same time if this happens ?, if the pontoons go over the top I think I'd feel safer joining Roger on open water
 
I'd rather be on a mooring as well... But if they opened the gate wouldn't that increase the flow into the marina??? Once it's leveled up of course it wouldn't be a issue...
 
photodog said:
I don't know how we could have exited the marina once the water was over the top of the gates....
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The water is often over the top of the gates, frommemory anything over about 3.7m water, and they gates are operated.So before it reached 5.4m or whilst outside water was still up could have got out, but once outside had dropped there would have been quite a fast flow out.

Lockkeepers sometimes lose water on purpose by partially opening gates to drop marina level, so freeflow becomes earlier and longer when they expect many reurning boats.
 
I think there would be quite a fast flow in! Out I can deal with.....
 
Sixpence said:
Are they able to use an emergency override so both gates can open at the same time if this happens ?, if the pontoons go over the top I think I'd feel safer joining Roger on open water
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Yes, both gates can be opened manually at the same time, happens whenever outside level matches inside so that marina fills and we get free flow. there is often a strong inward flow particularly if they are late opening both gates due to pedestrian access over the lock.
 
photodog said:
I'd rather be on a mooring as well... But if they opened the gate wouldn't that increase the flow into the marina??? Once it's leveled up of course it wouldn't be a issue...
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There is also all the sediment brought in to consider.
Dredgers on overtime.
In my experience, silting was an issue in Shotley.
When we were there, on a few occasions we found ourselves 'aground' in our berth.
 
Cobra said:
According to a conversation I had on Friday evening with a person in the know on the B'sea Harbour Commissioners, some poor sod who had £200,000 of Ferrari in the underground car park at the marina development on Thursday evening has discovered that it didn't float and also made a pretty lousy submarine!
By all accounts he was in London on business and couldn't get anyone to shift it for him...should be an interesting insurance claim!
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Keys to the car were in the flat. Flat keys with the owner in London. Pub gossip says that someone offered to break into the flat to get the car keys and move it. To be fair between midnight and 00:30 the tide dropped a fair few inches, which in consideration with the forecast reduction in surge and HW @ 01:15 a lot of folks (us included) thought it was all over and went to bed. At that time the water was just shy of the Yachtsmans and the marina car park was dry (I know, I gawped down through one of the vents at the dry floor and red Ferrari car cover!). It was just lapping at the sandbags round the Sailing Club and almost trickling over the prom. Obviously it then surged again which came over the wall at Fieldgate Dock, up past Cyril White(RIP)'s yard, and eventually forced open the barricaded and sandbagged gates to the car park leaving it probably 1.5m deep. Many beach huts along the prom floated away,- some out to sea and some piled up in random places. One wag in the changing rooms this morning reported that he "now has a beach hut in Aldeburgh".

Dinghies in the SC park uprooted their tie-downs. Probably 3ft of water in Batemans Cafe if the tide mark on the outside is anything to go by.
 
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MikeBz said:
Keys to the car were in the flat. Flat keys with the owner in London. Pub gossip says that someone offered to break into the flat to get the car keys and move it. To be fair between midnight and 00:30 the tide dropped a fair few inches, which in consideration with the forecast reduction in surge and HW @ 13:15 a lot of folks (us included) thought it was all over and went to bed. At that time the water was just shy of the Yachtsmans and the marina car park was dry (I know, I gawped down through one of the vents at the dry floor and red Ferrari car cover!). It was just lapping at the sandbags round the Sailing Club and almost trickling over the prom. Obviously it then surged again which came over the wall at Fieldgate Dock, up past Cyril White(RIP)'s yard, and eventually forced open the barricaded and sandbagged gates to the car park leaving it probably 1.5m deep. Many beach huts along the prom floated away,- some out to sea and some piled up in random places. One wag in the changing rooms this morning reported that he "now has a beach hut in Aldeburgh".

Dinghies in the SC park uprooted their tie-downs. Probably 3ft of water in Batemans Cafe if the tide mark on the outside is anything to go by.
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How did the Mini marina fare
 
A bit historical, but SYH website have got round to a report on the night's events on their website:

http://www.syharbour.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=384&Itemid=1

Looks like the harbour's design and engineering stood up to it well, although no doubt lessons to learn for the future.

Interesting to read in another report that Jonathan and Josh, on their way home for some shuteye after the night's shenannigans, came across the wreckage of the Volunteer on the A12. They promptly returned to the harbour to fetch the teleloader in order to recover the damaged boat to SYH:

http://www.syharbour.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=385&Itemid=7

Sounds like a good night's work for them!
 
PeterWright said:
A bit historical, but SYH website have got round to a report on the night's events on their website:

http://www.syharbour.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=384&Itemid=1

The place was lit up like a football pitch all night and boy was it flooded. SYH wants to keep this quiet as they are seeking permission to dump dredge material on the area between the harbour and the Loom Pit. They have now been granted that permission so next time there will be a whole lot more water looking for a home. Jonathan must have been with Volunteer long before the surge and I certainly didn't see anything of him and his merry men when I went down for a shufti.
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