Thames advice

[Sixpence]

I've just got off the phone after a chat with a very good friend who has his boat moored in the Sunbury area in the middle of the Thames . The river is in full flood flow and he hasn't seen it as bad as this in over thirty years . Where she's moored she should be able to rise and fall with the flow but she has a fair quantity of petrol aboard .
The main problem seems to be that the stuff floating down river is going through like torpedos
Any helpful advice appreciated
It's not safe to try and get to her without a steel hulled boat with a pretty powerful engine so all I've been able to say is just hope that anything going through will follow the waters flow around the bows and at worse , scrape the sides
Any other offerings ?

 

[hlb]

Duck. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Sixpence]

Yeh right , I know , bugger all anyone can do but you could make an effort /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Woodlouse]

Good weather for 'em! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Sixpence]

Erm , nope , normally it would be but the current flow is too strong even for them so they've moved ashore and wait for the flow to subside

 

[stevebirch2002]

What you looking for, miracles? As you know the only thing you can do is wait for the water to subside. I went to Tewkesbury to help a mte yesterday and we waded up to our waist but five boats had sunk, three others broke moorings, one of far side of the field across the other side of the river!

ONly thing they can do is wait....

 

[Athene V30]

Don't see there is a lot more that can be done other than wait and check the insurance policy.

After all it is only a boat (did I really type that - but you know what I mean). No point risking life and limb and further stretching the emergency services.

 

[alistairedw]

The advice from the Environment Agency is that nobody should be navigating on the non tidal Thames in the current dangerous conditions. There is a lot of stuff in the river so I would be concerned about the risk of propwrap.

I nipped over to my mooring at Twickenham on Tuesday when the incoming tide was taking the edge off the flow. I used a dory with a fairly powerful outboard so it only took
about 30 seconds to get across to my boat but, I found conditions very unnerving.

Hopefully the worst of the heavy flow will soon be over, but I would still be inclined to stay on shore until the E.A advise that conditions are safe.

 

[boatone]

Surprised you didnt post this on the Thames Forum, Dave /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Better still, get your friend to sign up /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Sixpence]

Last time I posted in there I got totally ignored , even by people that knew the answer to my question /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif so I keep out of there /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif as for my friend joining in , look at some of the first replies /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif need I say more /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif