 Liverpool Lift Bridge.
Martin Clark wrote:
> Brian J Goggin wrote...
>> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:41:24 +0100, Martin Clark
>> <email.me@my.website> wrote:
>>
>>> What is that rope or chain thing dangling from the front of the
>>> middle boat?
>>
>> It seems to be connected to a nanker.
>>
>>> It looks like a clever device to snare the prop of any boat
>>> attempting to come alongside.
>>
>> Not that many boats would be coming alongside in the tidal conditions
>> shown.
>>
> Nobbutt... the boats were there (unattended) with the chain thingie in
> place when the tide was in and Neil came alongside. Lucky escape
> there, if you ask me!
This time there was hardly any fresh in the Nore, so arriving near HW we had
all the time in the world to check the state of the bottom with the pole,
miss the mud weight and rearrange the other boats mooring lines, so we could
get off (no one on them so obviously we left them as we found them.)
Uncle Mort (DK) was most impressed with the Boni-dry easi-steer cabinette on
the inner NB. Both these boats see to have been ex- Celtic Cruisers hire
boats.
It would appear that if a NB is just afloat, then there is at least 5ft of
water all the way down the dry-i-out section to the Red House.
--
Noel Earl Leige - NB EA RN est |