JOHNOO
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I understand Hythe Marina lost its water last week and some boats were left high and dry. Anybody know what happened??
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Twister_Ken
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Shut that door
Local inmates of the Hythe home for the maritimely confused have been very coy about this, but apparently a discarded holding tank exploded, blowing open the lock gate.
The local chandlery did a roaring trade in antifouling, and the travel hoist operator has been put on a 3 day week. Several tons of assorted winch handles, shackles, natty hats, outboard engines, boat and car keys etc were recovered from the slime.
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Local inmates of the Hythe home for the maritimely confused have been very coy about this, but apparently a discarded holding tank exploded, blowing open the lock gate.
The local chandlery did a roaring trade in antifouling, and the travel hoist operator has been put on a 3 day week. Several tons of assorted winch handles, shackles, natty hats, outboard engines, boat and car keys etc were recovered from the slime.
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BlueSkyNick
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We have our boat in Hythe, as do at least 4 others on the forum.
Yes there was a problem but not all the water was lost, so no boats were totally high and dry. Just a few sitting several inches out of the water, a couple of feet at most. The reasons are still "a little vague" and there has been no official explanation as yet. From the little information available, there is no material damage, just a few scratches.
Clearly a major embarrassment for MDL which they are taking very seriously.
All I want is to know how they will ensure it doesn't happen again.
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Yes there was a problem but not all the water was lost, so no boats were totally high and dry. Just a few sitting several inches out of the water, a couple of feet at most. The reasons are still "a little vague" and there has been no official explanation as yet. From the little information available, there is no material damage, just a few scratches.
Clearly a major embarrassment for MDL which they are taking very seriously.
All I want is to know how they will ensure it doesn't happen again.
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ParaHandy
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.... saw the hythe ferry was parking overnight inside ... parking technique about as good as donald reford's so wonder if the gates didn't get damaged? it's a tad big is the ferry for the lock ...
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BlueSkyNick
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you could be right Para, although it seems to me that there was two seperate problems.
Firstly, the gates should have been closed manually by a human being. If this is not done, then they should be closed automatically when the water drops to a pre-defined level.
If the ferry had damaged something, it could explain the latter, but as for the former, who knows? (Well, I guess somebody does, but is not letting on!)
<hr width=100% size=1>The problem is that God gave men a brain and a penis but only enough blood to use one at a time.
Firstly, the gates should have been closed manually by a human being. If this is not done, then they should be closed automatically when the water drops to a pre-defined level.
If the ferry had damaged something, it could explain the latter, but as for the former, who knows? (Well, I guess somebody does, but is not letting on!)
<hr width=100% size=1>The problem is that God gave men a brain and a penis but only enough blood to use one at a time.
Jon_Eads
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John,
Thanks for your post re Hythe Marina. In the early hours of the morning on Thursday, 13th November there was a lock systems failure resulting in a drop in water levels.
Whilst we consider this had no direct impact upon the safety of vessels within the marina it has, regrettably, caused problems for a number of our residents who had their vessels moored alongside their private quay walls.
Normal operating levels have now been resumed within the marina basin, and a full investigation is underway in order to determine why the lock systems, failed to operate on this occasion.
The level within the marina basin during the incident remained at approximately 8 feet (2.44 metres) resulting in only a couple of yachts actually touching bottom.
We have made a careful inspection of all vessels following this incident and directly contacted owners where damage either has or may have occured.
Never thought this could happen and we will look into installing additional systems that monitor water levels independently of the main lock systems as a further backup.
Deep joy...
Jon Eads
MDL
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Thanks for your post re Hythe Marina. In the early hours of the morning on Thursday, 13th November there was a lock systems failure resulting in a drop in water levels.
Whilst we consider this had no direct impact upon the safety of vessels within the marina it has, regrettably, caused problems for a number of our residents who had their vessels moored alongside their private quay walls.
Normal operating levels have now been resumed within the marina basin, and a full investigation is underway in order to determine why the lock systems, failed to operate on this occasion.
The level within the marina basin during the incident remained at approximately 8 feet (2.44 metres) resulting in only a couple of yachts actually touching bottom.
We have made a careful inspection of all vessels following this incident and directly contacted owners where damage either has or may have occured.
Never thought this could happen and we will look into installing additional systems that monitor water levels independently of the main lock systems as a further backup.
Deep joy...
Jon Eads
MDL
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Nick2
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John
Thanks for this explanation as I heard about this third hand via a report on local radio.
As a Hythe berth holder I would be interested to learn about the results of your forthcoming investigations.
Nick
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Thanks for this explanation as I heard about this third hand via a report on local radio.
As a Hythe berth holder I would be interested to learn about the results of your forthcoming investigations.
Nick
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