I hope this doesn't belong to anyone on here

[R1chB1ch]

Every boat which is either not on a floating mooring, or cannot be checked when necessary (hourly, in some circumstances!!) should come out.

Otherwise there is a risk of sinking.

Now even a Bayliner (Like the one in the photo) would be hard to actually sink even in a rough estuary, so one can only assume it's broken away and hit something very hard or sharp, the thing was tied up too tight, or the Stewrndrive seal wasn't replaced for years.

They don't just sink, but with the right ingredients they will, quite easily.

With the greatest of respect (that means I can now slate you!) you have obviously not visited the area. There is absolutely no reason to move the boat from its secure mooring on the Thames, clearly something catastrophic has happened here for it to sink link that (perhaps the outdrive went? or hit by something) to say he should not have left it out suggests that each and every boat on the Thames needs to come out!

I work on a marina on the tidal Medway about 7 miles downstream from Allington where the non-tidal begins. I cannot even count the amount of owners I have turned away from upstream in the last 3 months who are desperate for yard storage or even to borrow trailers to get their boats out. We are full to overflowing with boats crammed into every space we can utilise and whilst this is nice for us, it doesn't help the people who are desperately trying to protect their boats. It really is quite an ignorant assumption that these people don't care (although there always will be a few who fall into that category) it may just simply be that there is nowhere they can get their boats out.

 

[Flynnbarr]

Prof.
I told you he was experienced

 

[Gavi]

I am very irritated by some views on this thread. I have 3 riverside moorings:

1 - very deep but no risers. Boat full in the river with no access even if there were risers
2 - landing stage with risers. Too shallow for our boat in normal water but I am lucky to have it. Moved Ex Libris there 2 days before flood. Pulpit rail too close to the footbridge she was partly under.... Scary dinghy adventure to rope her back was required
3 - newly built for the small Broom. Boat got caught up by debris and I had to go in and release her

Let's not even discuss next door's anchored boat that is now sunk.

Then there are the peeps with boats in good marinas who are having their own worries. At least I have been able to keep in regular touch with mine. Admittedly from the Virgin Islands. Oooooo, more rum....

 

[Gavi]

P.s. Chartered a boat and went to the Soggy Dollar Bar today. Great fun

 

[plumbob]

Why? On the coast, boats are either anchored up or tied up in a non tidal Marina generally.

It must be better to anchor up than tie a boat to a fixed bank...

Isnt hindsight the most wonderful thing ?? I have been on my present mooring for almost 30 years and this is by far the worst flooding I have seen there. I have been to the boat at least once a week and had to cut the spring with a saw as overnight it became too tight and was pulling her over. With 3 lines from the bow and 2 from the stern ,now all with a little play, she is happily wandering all over the bank, the water is that deep. She draws almost 3 feet. I also have 2 scaffold poles in the river bed so IF the levels ever drop hopefully she will go back in.
I doubt anyone on this forum is asking for sympathy but when floods strike in the rapid way they have now, the least we should be doing is maybe offering a little comfort or even ( heaven forbid) a sensible idea or 2, not gloating at the predicament some owners find themselves in.

 

[No Regrets]

No gloating from what I have seen!?

 

[Chris_d]

No gloating from what I have seen!?

Perhaps you should read your own posts then!

 

[CX54WEK]

No gloating from what I have seen!?

Do you not read your own posts?

 

[No Regrets]

Yes. I have never gloated. Look up 'Gloat' in a dictionary.

I would actually go so far to say 'get stuffed' to anybody who accuses me of gloating. It does hack me off when people can't read the news and take reasonable precautions with regard to their boats though. Sunken and Adrift boats are not good news for anybody.

 

[Chris_d]

Yes. I have never gloated. Look up 'Gloat' in a dictionary.

I would actually go so far to say 'get stuffed' to anybody who accuses me of gloating. It does hack me off when people can't read the news and take reasonable precautions with regard to their boats though. Sunken and Adrift boats are not good news for anybody.

/gləʊt/
verb: gloat; 3rd person present: gloats; past tense: gloated; past participle: gloated; gerund or present participle: gloating
1. Dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.

 

[Relax.A]

Yes. I have never gloated. Look up 'Gloat' in a dictionary.

I would actually go so far to say 'get stuffed' to anybody who accuses me of gloating. It does hack me off when people can't read the news and take reasonable precautions with regard to their boats though. Sunken and Adrift boats are not good news for anybody.

What a knob.

 

[Richard Shead]

Couple more sunk in Wargrave if you look at the daily mail today.

 

[cereal tiller]

What a knob.

Absolutely!

 

[Gavi]

Yes. I have never gloated. Look up 'Gloat' in a dictionary.

I would actually go so far to say 'get stuffed' to anybody who accuses me of gloating. It does hack me off when people can't read the news and take reasonable precautions with regard to their boats though. Sunken and Adrift boats are not good news for anybody.

By the time it hits the news it is too late. Our boats, which live on our property, have needed careful management since Christmas yet The Thames only really got newsworthy 2 weeks ago. There are issues with managing a boat on any mooring riverside. We judged the timing right to go from one to another this time. Others had neither that luck or luxury. The boats have been far too dangerous to access for over a month. Meanwhile we only have 10cm to go on our risers before it is game over anyway. Please have some consideration.

 

[funinthesun]

Yes. I have never gloated. Look up 'Gloat' in a dictionary.

I would actually go so far to say 'get stuffed' to anybody who accuses me of gloating. It does hack me off when people can't read the news and take reasonable precautions with regard to their boats though. Sunken and Adrift boats are not good news for anybody.

A gloating master class , gloating at its finest, quite simply premiership gloating

 

[Chill]

Guess we can all 'get stuffed' then!

 

[prof pat pending]

Sage and onion anyone?

 

[No Regrets]

/gləʊt/
verb: gloat; 3rd person present: gloats; past tense: gloated; past participle: gloated; gerund or present participle: gloating
1. Dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.

I didn't dwell on anything, nor gained any pleasure from hearing about any boat being harmed. This is a forum in which people discuss the matters in hand.

It's not my fault people are touchy about the whole terrible situation, but accusations like this aren't really fair are they!?

 

[Cliveshep]

Oh dear.........

I doubt there are many of these in the non tidal Thames

That's one hell of a sink plug. Maybe pulling a couple of those out of the Thames would allow all that water to drain away?

 

[CX54WEK]

Sage and onion anyone?

Portabello mushroom and balsamic vinegar for me please?