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[DogsBody]

Re: Red Boards

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Reds at Temple, Hurley, Sonning & Marlow.
Yellows to Boveney. Stream increasing. More rain on the way /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

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Just checked with a certain forumite who is travelling to the TVR today, apparently the downstream waiting zone for Bray lock is under water - who didn't make it high enough then when they rebuilt it last year?

 

[Geoffs]

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Bit concerned about all this talk of red boards. Do I continue on my journey to the Thames. Don't want to get to Teddington and find I can't get up the river. Whilst I have bags of power to punch any stream, I do know, from my old days on the Thames, that you just don't go out when red boards are up. Some of the wiers can be viscious. Penton Hook, I know, is a real killer, literally.

So want does everyone reckon, should I press on, hope to reach Teddington Tues or Weds.

 

[JKay]

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will be fun planing at 8knots SOG /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Cheers Joe

we may have similair on the Witham(I'm going.)

 

[teddington_lock]

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Will update when i get to work tonight ( 10pm ) , Teddington is yellow at the moment , but could potentially be red by tomorrow night.

 

[Richard Shead]

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Just been for a run up the Tedd / Kingston towpath, starting to run a bit (the river!) quite amusing watching the sailboats with no wind whatsoever trying to get back upstream and mostly ending up in the bush on the bank.

The tow path actually looks like a broom convention not sure where they are going

 

[Phill]

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I was at Bray Marina earlier today and was quite amused to see a couple of narrow boats whooshing past in the strong stream. Fastest NB's I've ever seen! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[rr_123]

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It is funny. I've seen them going downstream like a train. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[teddington_lock]

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Red Boards at Teddington now /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[rr_123]

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curious to know, is there a specific measure for reds, or is is it, to some degree, subjective?

 

[teddington_lock]

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Every lock has a 'trigger' point ...

Each lock has a 'pulling order' for the gates on the weir , and when the lock-keeper reaches a certain point in this order which equates to a set amount of gates , the yellow boards go out , when he opens a set amount more , then out go the reds.

 

[Doolittle]

I think my daughter was just fattening up her autograph book and thought you guys were worthy celebs!

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[teddington_lock]

Maybe one day !! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Captain Coochie]

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I would say Tower bridge at the full force of the tide going out is like red boards X10 . I have tried to punch the tide at Tower and no go , but have taken Cuchilo back to her mooring in full flood fairly easy . Red boards are easy compared to Tower ! The problem you will have is the wash you give off on the non tidal .

 

[teddington_lock]

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Well , it might be 10x when we first get onto red boards , but when we start really getting into red board territory and we start operating the roller sluices ( the big arches on the weir at Teddington ) then i'd wager that the weirstream here would be the scarier place to be /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Ramage]

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The tow path actually looks like a broom convention not sure where they are going

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Probably off to the TVR

 

[teddington_lock]

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Theres a nice cruiser on the lock moorings at the moment ...

The guy who owns it must also own a blue LED manufacturing company !! It looks like a little spaceship ...

 

[Captain Coochie]

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Yeah yeah , i used to play in that with seaspray /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Loved it when the river was angry /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif You need to get down to Tower bridge to really get a wash from the ferrys etc /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[teddington_lock]

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Years ago , i used to have a little speedboat at Teddington , and we used to wait until one of the London boats ( Connaught , Kingwood et al ) had gone downstream about 20 minutes before and then chase it down.

The London boats put up a hell of a groundswell behind them , and you could literally skip from swell to swell ( Miami Vice stylee ) , then when you came up behind it at about 30 knots , you line yourself up and have a big jump across its rear quarter and then past it ...

Used to scare the hell out of the passengers and make some of them quite wet !! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

The Merrie Thames was another good boat to chase too ....

 

[Geoffs]

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Any idea how long the red boards are likely to be out, given that the forecast seems to be for showers but not heavy prolonged rain. Got to make a decision whether to press on or not, weather in channel not fanastic either.

 

[Elessar]

I'll be at winsdor on sunday. I don't care what colour the boards are. I don't believe the nonsense about insurance. I'm insured for la cap de la hague at spring tides, that is definately worse than an eyot with a red board. 400+ hp will punch the steam.