Golden Time
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Looking at the EA website the level has started to fall.
Let's hope for no more significant rain for the rest of the week.
It's a shame the marina didn't slacken the ropes on the boat that has sunk. Looking at the picture I think it is moored quite close to the marina office ?
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I really struggle to understand the EA website for river levels. For example it says that the river level on the 24th was 0.32m. How is that possible? No boat could go through with a river depth of 32cm?
It was strange to see all 3 sluice gates open and at the same time silence. Normally one gate is open about 6" and you get a thunderous roar of water going through.
I don't know the situation around the sunk boat - things began to get heated just after I had arrived to check on mine. But, the Harbourmaster appears to have slackened ropes throughout the Marina - mine were definitely more slack today than 2 days ago.
The boat in question I think is a live aboard and doesn't appear to have moved in a long time. I think the problem was compounded by the fact that that pontoon is the only one where you step down from the pavement and possibly because the Harbourmaster isn't there all the time and it was maybe expected that the guy was on board so would deal with it. I wish we could log in to see webcams for a glance at the conditions.