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df
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 Posted - 15 Jul 2011 : 13:54:22
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At low water the tidal witham is anything but attractive, full of sunken boats and all the usual trolleys/bikes/remains of old jetties, it's a complete sh*thole!
Steering seems to be hanging on so far, sitting by the tide gauge after the smoothest run we've ever had on the wash, we have 4 ouse valley river club boats acrossthe channel for company too, saw them on their way out about 6 weeks ago, just typical to meet up again at boston, maybe it was their vodka supply that went in smoke...
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adi-n-chez
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Posted - 15 Jul 2011 : 22:45:48
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Once again , Dave you have me jealous at yr Salty excursions !
Not worked it out if possible, but if you & Ali do have a 1 day Sea trip that is possible we would love to join you (Even contributing to fuel  ) would make our own way back to the car . Have to say I'm looking for a bigger rush than the Tidal thames thru London in a Sewer tube !
Adi n Chez
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df
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Jul 2011 : 10:39:19
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Hopefully going to wells again august bank holiday week Adi if you fancy a trip out, they have a coasthopper bus that goes to kings lynn where you can always get a train back to downham market (station has a nice bar ) and is a 40 minute walk down the flood bank to denver sluice (the starting point).
We saw about 9 sewer tubes crossing the wash, they had a pilot from wisbechistan to boston, a strange sight to see all in a row out at sea indeed, luckily for them it was flatter than a very flat thing, I think they wait around for the weather for quite long periods.
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adi-n-chez
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Posted - 16 Jul 2011 : 23:02:29
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Dave
Thats sounds fantastic - will have to look into the logistics of it all.
Chez is now scared I may get the Salty Stuff bug ! (I think she's more scared of the 40min walk personally )
Glad to here you made it back ok without any major probs , its a liitle different breaking down when you cant reach the bankside !
How long is the Sea trip to Wells ? Would we need to overnight in a B&B either side of the trip ?, its about a 2hr drive to Downham / Denver for us
Adi
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df
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Posted - 20 Jul 2011 : 20:24:42
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We'd be aiming to leave denver sunday 28th around 7.30-8.30am getting in to wells 5.00-5.30pm or monday 29th around 8.00-9.00am getting in to wells 5.30-6.00pm depending on weather conditions, I'm sure we could put you up for a night or two if needed, I'd offer for the trip back as well but we're not yet sure what we're up to yet, I fancy doing a night in either burnham or brancaster on the way back which will involve an anchor and sitting on the sand for part of the night (not done it before), I've put wheels on the dinghy so we can still get to the pub and back at low water without doing my back in dragging it across the beach or ripping the bottom out.
As long as he knows in advance the denver lockie is quite good about leaving cars in his carpark, it's a lot more secure than the public one.
The run back up the tidal gt.ouse will be a fast one as theres a 7.4 metre tidal range on the thursday, gotta be worth an extra 4+ knots
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df
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Posted - 23 Jul 2011 : 11:47:23
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This is all assuming Leo is up to the run, we took it out of the water yesterday to change the reversing catches and steering ball to find one swivel fork completely in two and the other badly cracked along with bent steering arms, it didn't feel like it took that much of a battering, had we known the extent of the fork damage we wouldn't have come back over the wash with it as the one in two bits was the one that still reversed It was very lucky that it was such a calm day.
I've got the report from the marina and it's looking like a £2k job to do it properly through insurance, they don't accept straightening stuff like normal people do they, once the claim is appoved it should only take a few hours to put it back together but can't order parts till they approve
The culprit!(click to enlarge)
We were told theres a washing machine down there too! I blame the duck(the ba5tard!).
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adi-n-chez
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Posted - 24 Jul 2011 : 15:46:35
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We'll await with baited breath !
Similar prob with a mates Binliner who trashed the sterndrive on a shopping trolley - Insurance paid out £800 for a £200 self repair.....
Adi
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Deano
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adi-n-chez
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Posted - 25 Jul 2011 : 16:52:09
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Originally posted by Deano
Legs eh? Who'd have em? Stupid place to keep a gearbox!!
Dean
Yeah , Much better to have to scuba dive to clear yr prop.......
Adi
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df
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Posted - 29 Jul 2011 : 17:25:33
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WooHoo! Insurance claim accepted and no waiting around for an assesor to look at it so once the parts arrive it'll be bobbing within a day, unfortunately I've only just got the go-ahead, if they'd contacted me before lunch time I could have ordered the bits for delivery tommorow guess it'll have to get done next weekend.
It's still £2000 I don't have to fork out...
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df
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Posted - 08 Aug 2011 : 20:07:32
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Well it floats again and made it to st.ives and back so looking good, starboard drive still lifts in reverse occaisionally but not sure why, may get a cable tie fix till winter layup and investigate further then.
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