ST Kats vs Limehouse.

alockie said:
*The only boats that park "free" are holders of British waterways licences, they park on the public visitors mooring
*The lockie does use the VHF on INTERNATIONAL channel 80
*You may use mobile phone IF you are less than 45 feet long, but radio is preferred
*Some of the "kit" is up ONE flight of stairs, but portable radios are also used
*The lockie(s) DO have licences
*The PLA has nothing to do with the Lock or visitors mooring (supplied and maintained by Britishwaterways) or the marina (BWML)
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I stand corrected - thank you very much for sticking up for BW!
Perhaps I should have wrapped my post in smilies to indicate that it was somewhat tongue in cheek.
(However it was substantially correct on my last visit - but that was some four years ago),

but I do apologise If I have caused offence.
As it happens it has prompted you (whoever you are) to update the position,
AND you are a new user - so Welcome, Welcome. This forum could do with more BW input.

Narrowboats get a bad press here (from time to time) and little emphasis is made on the connections to the Canals - Limehouse, Brentford and Oxford.
What is lost by not having acres of gleaming white superstructure (??) is easily made up by having such a huge cruising range (without having to go to sea).

You'd be very welcome to extol the advantages of your network to Thames folk - if you wish.

The Lea and to some extent the Grand Union - in parts, is navigable - with care- by some Thames cruisers, yet little is generally known.

Having grovelled somewhat, it's over to you!

ps. It wasn't so long ago that Limehouse was generrally rubbished on thes fora, which was a great shame, especially as folk have already listed some of the advantages of service, accessibility and cost.

Funny how the worm turns....

London is fabulous to visit by boat and if you want to explore the City's architecture / history, or go to a couple of Shows, then either St. Katts or Limehouse have good transport links to whatever. Limehouse is potentially a lot quieter for when you get back, well lubricated, from your evening's entertainment.
 
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" It wasn't so long ago that Limehouse was generrally rubbished on thes fora,"

Without doubt St Kats has the prime location but with normally an hours bounce on difficult to grab bouys,the free for all scrum lock system and virtually twice as expensive pricing,in the future Limehouse will have a lot going for it and can only get busier as time goes on.
 
we were at limehouse in june,locked out heading out to sea,very choppy conditions alarms,went off had to shut down one engine,call to limehouse ch 80,instant respones,within 15 min's were back through lock,they could not have been more helpfull.
It's a short walk to st,kats and some good pub's on the way
 
Week spent St K

Recently had Sunday to Friday in St K and still consider it primary boat posing spot, but each year it is less easy to justify;
appalling locking procedure
no water hoses
many elctricity towers are u/s and splitters now issued are totally inadequate at 6 amps per outlet.
pontoons are old
relatively expensive

I think the bottom line is that practically no money has been spent for years and it is starting to show.
 
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I think the bottom line is that practically no money has been spent for years and it is starting to show.
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Indeed, and how many times have the lock or lifting bridges failed in the last few years? Those few acres of water E and W would be worth a bob or two filled in for apartments and you could still have some very attractive boats in the centre dock for the tourists:-)
 
Indeed, and how many times have the lock or lifting bridges failed in the last few years?

H,mm forgotten about that, took blimming ages to get in a year or so ago cos the gate would not sink or something.Seem to remember that the place was shut while some repairs were supposed to have been carried out.
 
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