Thames river levels

[MinorSwing]

Thanks. That explains the fluctuation nicely.

I have no problem navigating when the river's running fast, it's getting on to my home mooring that's the problem. Turning 90 degrees and aiming between two piles with a fast flow pushing me sideways downstream is challenging to say the least. Fortunately for me, on the one occasion I was caught out, Teddington Lock were very understanding and accommodating until the river calmed down.

Try not turning at 90 deg and slowly crab in at an angle against the flow instead.

 

[Actionmat]

Thanks very much for the advice

 

[Alan ashore]

Thanks very much for the advice

Your restraint is truly admirable (I know your mooring).

 

[MinorSwing]

Thanks very much for the advice

You're welcome . Do I detect that there's something about your mooring that makes that impractical? I have to crab into an entrance if the river is running fast, and my boat is 57 feet long.

 

[Actionmat]

I thnk I'd have to adapt the morning with plenty of old tyres but I have taken your suggestion on board. My biggest problem is avoiding the other boats, the submerged ramp and the risk of a scissor action between two piles if I get it wrong.

 

[MinorSwing]

I thnk I'd have to adapt the morning with plenty of old tyres but I have taken your suggestion on board. My biggest problem is avoiding the other boats, the submerged ramp and the risk of a scissor action between two piles if I get it wrong.

It sounds like a tricky one.

 

[Reptile Smile]

Hi all,

I'm not so much looking for clairvoyancy here, as hoping to make the most of your educated guesses and experience.

Being a teacher, I'm free for easter holidays starting the two weeks from 22nd March. I'm aiming to bring a boat along the Thames then, and assumed that easter was probably quite an important time for the hire industry, etc, and hopefully would be open.

That's 4 weeks away now, and I'm starting to get slightly twitchy. What are the chances of the river being 'open' in a month's time?

Hmm. I note with some alarm that the weather over the Thames valley seems to be showery next week. Should I be starting to worry?

 

[Chris_d]

Hmm. I note with some alarm that the weather over the Thames valley seems to be showery next week. Should I be starting to worry?

River is fairly benign at the moment I don't think a few showers will cause much of a problem. It has actually got no where near excessive all winter so unless we get some freak weather you should be ok.