Princess 41 went over in the Desborough cut?

[h4nym]

Hi Guys

As I was going through Teddington Lock yesterday, the keeper and I had a long chat about a Princess 41 that had apparently "swerved to avoid something" and ended up doing 120 yards of the bank at the Desborough cut just upstream of Shepperton before turning over into the water. Apparently they're trying to get a crane out to her, but it's too soft underfoot.

Anyone shed any light?

H

Oh - and just for the record... Molesey lock to St Katherines - 12.5 nm and 4 hours with the tides timed perfectly... for depth downstream of Richmond and not punching the tide for too long in London.

 

[Richard Shead]

Sure you dont mean the Fairline that tried to mow the grass a few weeks back?

 

[h4nym]

I was told it was a Princess... am I that far behind? Are the lock-keepers at Teddington that far behind? ;-) Is there a big conversation about it on here that I can look up?

H

 

[Richard Shead]

It was a targa of some sort, spanked it round the bend (allegedly) hit the grass and came to rest about 100 feet later. We reported on it the Aug issue of MBM. Boat is / was in Shepperton Marina and I understand the owner will be spoken to by the EA. All allegedly as I did not see it... May be a friend of some forum member here, anyhow amazing how far you can get up the bank at 5 knots that is of course if we are talking the same boat

 

[Doolittle]

Probably this.

Absolute bedlam ensued when pulling her off the bank. One yacht badly damaged, commodore knocked in the water.

 

[h4nym]

Looks like that was the one... my instinct is that they were suffering from "it's got a steering wheel it must be a car" syndrome... throttles that - in a car - revert to idle when you take the pressure off stay on when they're on a boat!

Can't imagine that even at 25 knots, they'd have been able to run up the bank for that long unless the power was maintained on.

 

[Chris_d]

It was a Targa 38/39 called Two Rebels, currenty on the hard in Shepperton marina, had a look around it the other week, remarkably little damage considering it must have gone off at about 30knts /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[teddington_lock]

We aren't that far behind , it was me you spoke to , i mixed up Princess and Fairline ( both look like jelly moulds so an easy mistake to make /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

It was 120 <u>ft</u> not yds , i said as well , i've told you a million times not to exaggerate ! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

I also said it was the old river , <u>by</u> the Desborough cut , just <u>downstream</u> of Shepperton Lock , other than that , a very accurate repeat of the conversation.

Glad you had a good trip . See you again soon.

H

 

[h4nym]

Ouch! Now I don't know whether to react about the Jellymould comment, feel peeved as a Fairline owner or merely to say "at that time of a Sunday morning, I'm proud to have remembered anything!"

It was a great little trip - irritating showers of rain notwithstanding; oh - and rowers ignoring the fact that cruisers with legs need the channel depth more than they do!

See you next Sunday when Cinnamon returns from her annual week in London!

 

[teddington_lock]

No , your era of boat are the ones i like .

Nice angled edges , thats what a boat should be like.

Princess 435's , Broom Europeans , the old Ocean 42's , stuff like that , proper boats

See you on the way back.

 

[h4nym]

Actually, I can only agree... not sure about these teardrop side windows, and definately unpersuaded by these cockpits with just one side of seating... ok you may have to 'climb' rather than 'step' aboard, but it's much more spacious once you get there!

We agree!

 

[Ramage]

[ QUOTE ]
No , your era of boat are the ones i like .

Nice angled edges , thats what a boat should be like.

Princess 435's , Broom Europeans , the old Ocean 42's , stuff like that , proper boats

See you on the way back.

[/ QUOTE ]

You missed out Birchwood 25 from your list!

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[teddington_lock]

I thought that was a given , i didn't think i needed to mention it /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

The classic lines of the B25

 

[No Regrets]

We'll call 'The boys' off then..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

As much as I love the new shape Brooms, I think the more conservative lines of the last generation ones please me more.
The cats-eye windows don't quite match.

Still, wouldn't turn one down as a prize, you know.... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Just look at the lines and proportions eh?

 

[Ramage]

Nearly as nice looking as this:

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[teddington_lock]

 

[azman]

which in turn, is almost as nice as this....

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Crumbs, you must have been hammering it a bit to get that far up the bank. Lucky there was a trailer so conveniently parked

 

[byron]

And.... why weren't you at the Seamaster Club rally at Ashmount house a few weeks back?

 

[azman]

I wasn't invited .... I'm not a member of the club, yet.

Although this is on my things to do list they were very very helpful when i was buying.