Viking23
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Don't do what I did and pass under Osney bridge with your canopy up! Spent the next day stitching it back together and it's never been the same since!
Osney Bridge headroom
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Chris_d
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Err... not sure I would have owned up to that
capnfishy
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Has anyone tried the Potter Higham approach? Not that I would recommend it.
Outinthedinghy
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It is the upstream gauge
https://www.riverlevels.uk/thames-botley-osney-lock#.V_ez1U1FDxk
Although I don't why everyone seems to prefer the third party websites rather than the official one to which the gauge is connected!
See here https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/7057?direction=u its also 2 hours more up to date
Thanks for that !
I didn't particularly prefer a 3rd party option but I just couldn't find the real thing. I previously was able to find it by doing a Google search for "Cookham lock stationid" (or any other lock but point being the web page had "stationid" in it which made it easily searchable). They seem to have changed it. Thanks for the link
Outinthedinghy
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Interestingly the flood-warning etc page says the measurement is unreliable due to low levels or technical issues.
Chris_d
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Yes the meters are unreliable and you often see that, means the lockie has found a problem, however third party sites might just repeat the last measurement.
Chris_d
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You mean throttle up to dip the stern, only works if the highest point is at the back !
Very specific to a certain boat on the broads I think, as you say I wouldn't try it myself.
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The first time I went through Potter, I got the pilot to do it.
I quizzed him on it, he said that as you went through the water was pushed out of the arch lowering the entire boat. The faster you go the more water you push out.
probably wouldn't work on a bridge as wide as Osney
teddington_lock
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All the lock staff use Gaugemap. By far the most accurate and easy to use.
Actionmat
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I managed to get under Osney with an inch to spare. What lurks up river is more of a challenge - Godstow bridge on a bend. That cost me a pane of glass and a cockpit roof repair! Heading upstream was okay, but coming back down after a few days of heavy rain and CRUNCH!
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Godstow is an odd un
Its not that it's on a bend, more that they chose to build it at an angle to the river :ambivalence:
It carries a lot of battle scars.
Its not that it's on a bend, more that they chose to build it at an angle to the river :ambivalence:
It carries a lot of battle scars.
capnfishy
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Bloody Romans, what did they ever do for us?
prof pat pending
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Built straight roads
Which when you look at it from above might explain the angle of the bridgeViking23
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Hmm, looking at Godstow road on a map I'd say the Romans had just stopped for a few pints of Hookey! ??
Chris_d
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Godstow is much worse than Osney for sure, people have been killed getting Godstow wrong
TrueBlue
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It would be helpful if the riparian owners ( ? the pub?) cut back the trees on either side of the offside bridge arch...
Steve Grubb
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Godstow is much worse than Osney for sure, people have been killed getting Godstow wrong
Blimey, I hope I don't get killed! Plan is to pass under both on Friday this week. Last time was about 30 years ago in 'Thames Capri' hired from Bridge Boats of Reading! I believe the boat was a Mayland Safari (possibly!) and just as we approached Godstow bridge the throttle cable snapped so we went under on tickover and moored on the bank on the left while we waited for the repair man to arrive - much to the anger of the resident geese!
Hoping it's less eventful this time.
Chris_d
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Was a few years ago now, but a hire boat was going through and someone popped their head out of a door/hatch at the wrong moment and was partially decapitated !
Viking23
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I had a friend on board who thought it would be funny to pop his head out as we were passing under Osney bridge. And that after I'd warned him to keep down. He missed the iron girders by about an inch! I was really cross and not amused!
I've survived Godstow many times though, the trick is to go really slow (wind, current and angry divers permitting of course)! ?
I've survived Godstow many times though, the trick is to go really slow (wind, current and angry divers permitting of course)! ?
Actionmat
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Going really slow and steering isn't an option with outdrives