Is there still enough water below Richmond

[Captain Coochie]

Is there still enough water below Richmond to take a small cruiser into London ? . Only a few weeks ago i saw pictures of very little water around Isleworth area .

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

There was at the weekend

 

[Captain Coochie]

At low tide ? Im planning to go up 6 hours before high tide and come back with the tide .

 

[byron]

Depends on the tide

 

[boatone]

PLA notice

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Richmond locky will advise on depths if you ask him nicely. Note that there are now port hand cans below Richmond, they are not odd bits of litter!

If you go out of the barrier at Richmond at HW+2, just before it closes, you should get plenty of water in the river, plenty of ebb to get you down and the first few hours of the flood (strongest flow) to wash you back up.

How much water do you need?

 

[Captain Coochie]

Only 18 " so not a problem for me but from the picture i saw there was no clear way through , just a trickle of water .
I only want to go up for a few hours and come back with the incomming tide just to see how Cuchilo handles it . Used to go up there all the time on Seaspray , Its FUN ! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[chuckaduck]

shouldnt be a problem as long as you stay center stream but would advise to be in the richmond to chiswick stretch no longer than 3 hrs after high tide to be on safe side

 

[boatone]

heard that some guys from Weybridge did some serious damage to their boats recently by misjudging tide and depth at Isleworth.

 

[chuckaduck]

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heard that some guys from Weybridge did some serious damage to their boats recently by misjudging tide and depth at Isleworth.

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Isleworth is tricky especially by the ait