8/2/2023 0 Comments Thames slipways![]() Ask about short stay mooring availabilityĬall 03708 506 506 if you have any queries, including if you want to pre-book a short stay mooring. Signs will usually show any applicable conditions and charges payable. You may have to pay a fee at some sites, either for mooring at any time, or after an initial free period. Unless signs state otherwise, you are allowed to moor for up to 24 hours at Environment Agency short stay moorings. The Environment Agency are reviewing all aspects of our campsite management to ensure we have suitable arrangements in place to meet our statutory obligations and all other legal responsibilities for the sites. We are sorry to have to inform you that we have closed all Environment Agency campsites at our River Thames lock sites for the remainder of this year. Emergency contact details are displayed at each lock. In an emergency you should close all sluices before dealing with the situation. leave the lock empty and shut the gates after use - there is often a public right of way over the gates.close the lock gates properly before slowly opening the sluices to fill or empty the lock.stay close to the sluice controls while the sluices are in operation.Read the operating instructions before you operate the lock. Operating instructions are posted at locks. Teddington Lock has a 24 hour service all year.Īt all other locks, you need to operate the lock yourself when the blue ‘self service’ signs are displayed. Some locks have power, which makes them easier to operate.įull details of the service lock keepers offer on the River Thames are in the River Thames customer charter. When lock keepers are not available you may work the lock yourself, at your own risk. To find out whether there will be a lock keeper on duty at the lock you are visiting, check our River Thames lock keeper service page. If she's wooden then 'blacking' has misled my thoughts.Lock keepers work at Environment Agency locks to help boaters through the lock during their hours of duty. If the boat is steel then I wonder whether hull thickness could be measured from the inside. You've posted before on this general subject - methinks. ![]() Turns out they stopped the race at Reading.Īha! now I get the picture. I walked past the Thames on Good Friday, saw the speed of the water and thought 'record breaking year if the teams can keep the correct side pointed at the water!'. Devizes - Westminster was on my bucket list, and for a number of reasons, after beginning training, we did not go ahead this year. I paddle kayaks and canoes on it regularly. I would happily replate it and then park it for another ten years. And before I get into the re-working of the interior, i want to be sure the bottom is in shape. I have no reason to think anything bad about the bottom, other than the boat has sat at the same spot for ~10 years. It is a 72 foot butty, once paired up with whatever the engined boat that tows a butty is called. Given the amount I have to pay CRT for the right to the permanent mooring I bought with the boat, I will be very disappointed if they are not happy! What size is the boat and its type (NB cruiser etc)? ![]() The Thames is not a place to have a jury-rig or grossly underpowered boat - even in summer conditions. It's unusual that the boat bottom is in worse condition than the sides - I suspect you've looked at the inside and seen a helluva lot of rust? That's not unusual either.īlacking is not a matter of just slapping on some gunge, a powerful (commercial) pressure washer is needed first and ten mebe some remedial welding.ĬaRT won't be happy with you having no engine as boats are supposed to move - unless on an offside mooring. My reply to J6767 crossed your's and sets out what i need.Īs you're new to all this it might be worth mentioning . Onto more serious subjects - what do you reckon about Bill barber - was he the king of 'dives' ? Edited by Alan de Enfield There is no standard - that is all I was getting at, and it does help if your requirements can be outlined all 'in one go' rather than drip fed a bit at a time - it will ensure that you get more relevant answers. Not all yards have facilities to paint, black or weld, (so can do none, some or all of them)įew yards will allow DIY blaming H&S (there have been examples of DIYers falling of ladders and planks propped up on boats) and insurance cover issues.įew yards will allow outside contractors on site without approval - particularly if they are offering the same service that the yard can offer. It will be pulled up just above the water and the tractor parked up for a couple of hours whilst the surveyor does his 'stuff' then it is reversed back in and back onto its mooring. For a survey a narrowboat would (typically) be put on a trailer (more of a sledge on wheels) and pulled up the slipway / ramp by a tractor or fork-truck.
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