boatone
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IWA Festival is to be at Beale Park again next year.
Stand by........
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teddington_lock
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Oh good !
Nine hundred million narrowboats coming through !!
Always a challenge to pack them in !
Nine hundred million narrowboats coming through !!
Always a challenge to pack them in !
jhr
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Oh good !
Nine hundred million narrowboats coming through !!
Always a challenge to pack them in !
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Space saving proposal?
Oh good !
Nine hundred million narrowboats coming through !!
Always a challenge to pack them in !
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Space saving proposal?
Ramage
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Don't be nasty. The kids had all the videos when they were little...
"Rosie & Jim, Rosie & Jim, chugging along on the old Rag Doll...."
They only came to life when the old boy was not looking and had been smoking his herbal cigarettes!
"Rosie & Jim, Rosie & Jim, chugging along on the old Rag Doll...."
They only came to life when the old boy was not looking and had been smoking his herbal cigarettes!
Chris_d
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Ohh gawd, might have to do one of my summers on the coast, will the EA give us a discount for the same period?
Actualy last time it was quite a spectacle with several hundred odd narrowboats all rafted up and various other boat clubs in attendance, just don't expect to able to moor anywhere for at least 2 weeks either side /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Actualy last time it was quite a spectacle with several hundred odd narrowboats all rafted up and various other boat clubs in attendance, just don't expect to able to moor anywhere for at least 2 weeks either side /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
teddington_lock
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They all had their length in the front windows for the lock staff ..
Surprisingly difficult to judge the length of a narrowboat looking at it head on ...
A couple of times i had a 50 foot gap and tried to put a 60 foot NB in it ..... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Surprisingly difficult to judge the length of a narrowboat looking at it head on ...
A couple of times i had a 50 foot gap and tried to put a 60 foot NB in it ..... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
No Regrets
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They stack well though.... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
Was that you passing under Hampton Court bridge about 1 today? I tried to throw something off but missed!!
teddington_lock
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Why weren't you at work Shed ?
No Regrets
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We'll be at Hampton Court next week.
I'll be watching out for ya! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I'll be watching out for ya! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
teddington_lock
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Are you coming down to Tedders or staying at HC ?
boatone
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Was that you passing under Hampton Court bridge about 1 today? I tried to throw something off but missed!!
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Not me ...been stuck indoors all say ! Good job you missed, eh? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Was that you passing under Hampton Court bridge about 1 today? I tried to throw something off but missed!!
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Not me ...been stuck indoors all say ! Good job you missed, eh? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
No Regrets
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We have guests on board who want to see HC, but depending on the tide, we may pop 'em down to Richmond before nightfall, and show them a good time!
I hope you get the place cleaned up a bit first /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I hope you get the place cleaned up a bit first /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Richard Shead
Slipped Anchor
Musical airports, folks to Gatwick then back to Heathrow for daughter, taken as holiday not working from home!
DWT
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We booked a mooring for the last festival and I have to say we had a great time. Part of the site was open in the evening for boaters only and the atmosphere was terrific.
It did seem to be almost entirely geared towards narrow boats though which was a bit odd because the publicity material had a photo of cruisers on it. We were stuck on a mooring at the very end of the site where there was barely enough depth. I recal though that the Seamaters owners club had several boats there all looking very shiny.
Perhaps we should put on a show of strength and book some moorings for the forum members to try and make it a proper river event rather than avoiding it like the plague.
I agree though that having so many NBs around for weeks before and after the event was a real pain
It did seem to be almost entirely geared towards narrow boats though which was a bit odd because the publicity material had a photo of cruisers on it. We were stuck on a mooring at the very end of the site where there was barely enough depth. I recal though that the Seamaters owners club had several boats there all looking very shiny.
Perhaps we should put on a show of strength and book some moorings for the forum members to try and make it a proper river event rather than avoiding it like the plague.
I agree though that having so many NBs around for weeks before and after the event was a real pain
Ramage
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It was a big tide tonight. At 6.30 pm it was half way up the Scout field in Petersham and the towpath was about 6 inches underwater.
teddington_lock
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I hope you get the place cleaned up a bit first /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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You wanna see it now .... it's perfect !!
Tides are ma-hoo-sive at the mo ...
Making 19 feet on the tail ...
I hope you get the place cleaned up a bit first /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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You wanna see it now .... it's perfect !!
Tides are ma-hoo-sive at the mo ...
Making 19 feet on the tail ...
TrueBlue
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We booked a mooring for the last festival and I have to say we had a great time. Part of the site was open in the evening for boaters only and the atmosphere was terrific.
It did seem to be almost entirely geared towards narrow boats though which was a bit odd because the publicity material had a photo of cruisers on it. We were stuck on a mooring at the very end of the site where there was barely enough depth. I recall though that the Seamaters owners club had several boats there all looking very shiny.
Perhaps we should put on a show of strength and book some moorings for the forum members to try and make it a proper river event rather than avoiding it like the plague.
I agree though that having so many NBs around for weeks before and after the event was a real pain
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Nice to see something positive regarding NBs for a change.
The IWA is focused principally on canals (both narrow and broad), and there are more NBs on them than any other type of craft; also NB owners are more active in long distance travel and other matters than the rest, and that is why you see such hordes of 'em.
IWA is aware of the Thames, and yes, it's worthwhile making an approach to it (www.Waterways.org.uk) and make a case for a group mooring. Having said that it's more difficult to do six abreast with a mix of craft than it is with NBs
Beale Park must be the best site for a large inland boaty non professional do. A mile or more of moorings, huge land site, good access by car, bus?, train?
Dear oh, dear, I'm seeming to be enthusiastic, but whatever your view of who should/should not be on the River, it's great to see the water being USED.
Just stay well away ith the week of the opening.
We booked a mooring for the last festival and I have to say we had a great time. Part of the site was open in the evening for boaters only and the atmosphere was terrific.
It did seem to be almost entirely geared towards narrow boats though which was a bit odd because the publicity material had a photo of cruisers on it. We were stuck on a mooring at the very end of the site where there was barely enough depth. I recall though that the Seamaters owners club had several boats there all looking very shiny.
Perhaps we should put on a show of strength and book some moorings for the forum members to try and make it a proper river event rather than avoiding it like the plague.
I agree though that having so many NBs around for weeks before and after the event was a real pain
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Nice to see something positive regarding NBs for a change.
The IWA is focused principally on canals (both narrow and broad), and there are more NBs on them than any other type of craft; also NB owners are more active in long distance travel and other matters than the rest, and that is why you see such hordes of 'em.
IWA is aware of the Thames, and yes, it's worthwhile making an approach to it (www.Waterways.org.uk) and make a case for a group mooring. Having said that it's more difficult to do six abreast with a mix of craft than it is with NBs
Beale Park must be the best site for a large inland boaty non professional do. A mile or more of moorings, huge land site, good access by car, bus?, train?
Dear oh, dear, I'm seeming to be enthusiastic, but whatever your view of who should/should not be on the River, it's great to see the water being USED.
Just stay well away ith the week of the opening.
boatone
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I wonder if it would be too much to expect the IWA to make a real effort to communicate to the NB fraternity the strains they will place on moooring space up and down the river for several weeks.
In return for the EA's generous gesture of a 33% discount on their visitors licence perhaps they would help the rest of us by rafting up as a matter of course?
I would actually support the idea of a Forum presence but they'd need to give us a spot with reasonable depth !
In return for the EA's generous gesture of a 33% discount on their visitors licence perhaps they would help the rest of us by rafting up as a matter of course?
I would actually support the idea of a Forum presence but they'd need to give us a spot with reasonable depth !
teddington_lock
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Without being too cynical ....
'IWA is equally delighted to announce that to support the festival the Environment Agency have kindly agreed to discount the two week or monthly Thames Licence by 33% for boaters making the journey to the festival'.
I suspect there will be an awful lot of visiting boats 'travelling to the festival' during those two weeks ...
Giant Princesses / Fairlines / Sealines / Brooms from the coast
Dutch barges
Sailing boats
Etc
How will we deduce who is actually going to the festival ? will people have to have a letter confirming a mooring ?
'IWA is equally delighted to announce that to support the festival the Environment Agency have kindly agreed to discount the two week or monthly Thames Licence by 33% for boaters making the journey to the festival'.
I suspect there will be an awful lot of visiting boats 'travelling to the festival' during those two weeks ...
Giant Princesses / Fairlines / Sealines / Brooms from the coast
Dutch barges
Sailing boats
Etc
How will we deduce who is actually going to the festival ? will people have to have a letter confirming a mooring ?
