List of Boats that can get under Cookham footbridge

[alan-w]

The river levels will vary, however, I know a Fairline Turbo A/C, with GRP arch will just creep under at
plus four inches on the Lock cut gauge.
You would need everything folded down, leaving the standard helm seat as the high point.

Hope this is helpful , however all boats vary, fuel,water, number of crew, so check on every occasion before transit.

We did look at a Fairline Turbo A/C. Its a nice boat, but not the easiest to get the dog aboard.

I'm going to start eating more, as it sounds like the extra weight is a good thing.

 

[Cashbuyer]

Many thanks for the info. I did see the Phantom 38 and Harleyford, but it was own the the sales walkway at the time. It stood out, as just about everything else up there is a Broom ( is someone collecting them?)
Its an eye opener that you needed to take down your ensign pole!

Broom - v easy handling on the river, good for the coast, and everything folds down = popular

That pole was up on the aft deck and competing in height with the canopy, which also had to come down, even in the rain...

 

[boatingdave]

Old Princess 415 will go under with the arch folded. New(er) Fairline S43, not a hope without getting the arch modified! Having it delivered on Tuesday, will measure the air draft manually and will be looking to modify the arch. :-(

 

[Trogboater]

My Fairline Phantom 42 1998 goes under With no arch modification, just lights and radar mounted on a hinge plate such that they invert leaving on average 3" clearance under the bridge.

 

[boatingdave]

My Fairline Phantom 42 1998 goes under With no arch modification, just lights and radar mounted on a hinge plate such that they invert leaving on average 3" clearance under the bridge.

Wouldn't mind seeing a picture of that! I'd rather not touch the arch on my squadron. The spec sheet says 12' airdraft, I assume that means to the top of the arch and doesn't include anything above so if I hinge everything above the arch I may get away with it?

 

[Trogboater]

It's basically 2 stainless plates with a piano hinge at the back.
The lower plate is fixed to the radar mounting holes and the upper plate holds the lighting mast and radar. This plate is bolted to the existing mast mounts ( threaded stubs x3 each side) when erected. When folded, I rest the inverted lights&radar on 2 tubes which fasten to the threaded rods. No additional drilling or bolting - just using the existing mounts for everything.
Mmm would be easier explained in a photo of I had one, but the end result is air draught of no more than 25mm above the fibreglass of the arch.
My initial problem was that the arch on the P. 42 is so swept back that hinging it would not reduce the air draught as the front would rise higher than the back will lower ( if that makes sense)

 

[boatingdave]

It's basically 2 stainless plates with a piano hinge at the back.
The lower plate is fixed to the radar mounting holes and the upper plate holds the lighting mast and radar. This plate is bolted to the existing mast mounts ( threaded stubs x3 each side) when erected. When folded, I rest the inverted lights&radar on 2 tubes which fasten to the threaded rods. No additional drilling or bolting - just using the existing mounts for everything.
Mmm would be easier explained in a photo of I had one, but the end result is air draught of no more than 25mm above the fibreglass of the arch.
My initial problem was that the arch on the P. 42 is so swept back that hinging it would not reduce the air draught as the front would rise higher than the back will lower ( if that makes sense)

There is a P42 moored just behind us with what look like hinges and I think we will have a similar set up. I'll post what we find when the boat is eventually delivered and I decide what we need to do to get under the bridge!

 

[oldgit]

Next door to my mate in Bray is a Phantom 43 with hinged radar arch.
Whatever plans you have for robustness of hinge and fixtures to glass fibre,including ram sizes.....double it

 

[alan-w]

My Fairline Phantom 42 1998 goes under With no arch modification, just lights and radar mounted on a hinge plate such that they invert leaving on average 3" clearance under the bridge.

Thats good to know. I will add it to the list.
My friends squadron 42 doesn't make it. It all seems to come down to inches either way.

 

[Elza_Skip]

Our boat was just delivered to Penton hook today up from the south coast so very interested in the air draft discussions

It is a Fairline Corniche 31 with the GRP arch. Had to remove the arch for transport so looking to get it modified for hinging before putting it back up. It's about 4M air draft arch up so hoping we should easily be able to get below the 12 foot for Cookham but we will see. I had not thought about rams etc but can understand the thinking, its a bit of a beast and with the weight of lights and radar could be too heavy to lower and raise.

 

[LimL]

The air draught of my Linssen 299 Sedan with the mast up is 3.70 metres, 12' 2". With low or average river levels I can just squeeze under Cookham Lock Cut footbridge with about 10cm spare but of course it's only the mast so I can position this in the centre of the arch, with care. However when going downstream I nearly always lower the mast above Cookham road bridge (where the river is wide and I don't cause any obstruction), or in the lock if heading upstream. It's just too tight for comfort and awkward if you meet other vessels either side of the bridge.

It would be really useful if there was a gauge by the bridge and you could instantly see, from previous experience with your boat, if you can get under or not....

 

[Chill]

If you ask the Lock keeper he will be able to tell you what level the river is running at. Or you can look on the EA website which shows the levels for the lock.