Bridge bashing

[Wickham Green too]

No doubt the escort driver checked there was adequate height ...........

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, Reorte said:

A bash in a different direction to the usual:

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-30/motorist-captures-moment-yacht-gets-stuck-in-railway-arch

I am familiar with those arches as I drive through them several times a year. In fact the left hand arch is a couple of inches wider. Perhaps whoever planned the route wasn't aware of that fact and assumed the arches were equal.

18 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:

No doubt the escort driver checked there was adequate height ...........

The arches vary between 32 and 40 feet in height.

[F-UnitMad]

4 hours ago, Wickham Green too said:

No doubt the escort driver checked there was adequate height ...........

1. Route planning isn't the escort driver's job. It should be done well in advance.

2. It's quite obvious that the height is perfectly adequate. It's the width that's the problem.

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[The Stationmaster]

23 hours ago, Reorte said:

A bash in a different direction to the usual:

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-30/motorist-captures-moment-yacht-gets-stuck-in-railway-arch

I wonder how you let the tyres down on a boat?

[Damo666]

1 hour ago, The Stationmaster said:

I wonder how you let the tyres down on a boat?

Or pull the plug and let a little water out.

 

Oh wait ........ see what you mean.

[Wickham Green too]

2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

I wonder how you let the tyres down on a boat?

The tyres hanging off the side of a boat are usually let down already !

[PhilJ W]

On 04/05/2024 at 12:59, Reorte said:

A bash in a different direction to the usual:

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-30/motorist-captures-moment-yacht-gets-stuck-in-railway-arch

They got it out by tilting it a couple of degrees. 

[SM42]

I suspect that the load was measured across the stern ( as it's convenient) forgetting that it tends to be narrower than the bit in the middle. 

 

Pure conjecture ofcourse but may explain it along with the using the wrong arch theory.

 

Whatever happened, it's a rather expensive error. 

 

Andy

[Michael Hodgson]

15 minutes ago, SM42 said:

I suspect that the load was measured across the stern ( as it's convenient) forgetting that it tends to be narrower than the bit in the middle. 

 

Pure conjecture ofcourse but may explain it along with the using the wrong arch theory.

 

Whatever happened, it's a rather expensive error. 

 

Andy

Boats are even narrower at the sharp end.

[Michael Hodgson]

Perhaps it should gae been fitted with whiiskers, like a cat?

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, SM42 said:

I suspect that the load was measured across the stern ( as it's convenient) forgetting that it tends to be narrower than the bit in the middle. 

 

Pure conjecture of course but may explain it along with the using the wrong arch theory.

 

Whatever happened, it's a rather expensive error. 

 

Andy

I noticed that the boat had fenders all round at deck level and it was these that got stuck, not too expensive to repair.

10 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Perhaps it should gae been fitted with whiskers, like a cat?

Such loads often do, electronic ones. Many such transporter trucks are now fitted with warning devices in the cab to warn the driver. If they had one in this instance it was either not working or switched off or set incorrectly.

[SM42]

1 minute ago, PhilJ W said:

I noticed that the boat had fenders all round at deck level and it was these that got stuck, not too expensive to repair.

Such loads often do, electronic ones. Many such transporter trucks are now fitted with warning devices in the cab to warn the driver. If they had one in this instance it was either not working or switched off or set incorrectly.

 

It appears to be a fibreglass hull. 

 

If that's been damaged / crushed as a result , then very expensive.  

 

Andy

[Michael Hodgson]

59 minutes ago, SM42 said:

 

It appears to be a fibreglass hull. 

 

If that's been damaged / crushed as a result , then very expensive.  

 

Andy

You can get a fibreglass repair kit for about a tenner. 

 

Or if you use this stuff you can glue it to a brick viaduct

 

[SM42]

1 minute ago, Michael Hodgson said:

You can get a fibreglass repair kit for about a tenner. 

 

Or if you use this stuff you can glue it to a brick viaduct

 

 

But would you go to sea after using it?

 

Andy

[GrumpyPenguin]

On 04/05/2024 at 12:59, Reorte said:

A bash in a different direction to the usual:

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-30/motorist-captures-moment-yacht-gets-stuck-in-railway-arch

As an aside to this I often wonder why boats are not usually relocated using their natural habit (assuming that they are operational).

It could of course be cheaper in some circumstances, then again if you have a boat like that & have to count the pennies then you probably can't afford it anyway.

Edited May 6 by GrumpyPenguin

[Michael Hodgson]

11 minutes ago, GrumpyPenguin said:

As an aside to this I often wonder why boats are not usually relocated using their natural habit (assuming that they are operational).

It could of course be cheaper in some circumstances, then again if you have a boat like that & have to count the pennies then you probably can't afford it anyway.

 

Yes, they could have used the Chelmer to get through town, but it might have bashed this bridge instead

 

[GrumpyPenguin]

17 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

Yes, they could have used the Chelmer to get through town, but it might have bashed this bridge instead

 

Always one with a smart remark.

 

I should maybe have stated "natural navigable habitat for the size of the boat" instead of just "natural habitat".

[corneliuslundie]

It might not have improved the keel either.

J

[SM42]

51 minutes ago, GrumpyPenguin said:

As an aside to this I often wonder why boats are not usually relocated using their natural habit (assuming that they are operational).

It could of course be cheaper in some circumstances, then again if you have a boat like that & have to count the pennies then you probably can't afford it anyway.

 

There used to be a company that made such craft round here. 

 

We're at least 70 miles from the sea and the stuff they churned out wouldn't fit on the canal. 

 

It was not unusual to see a one or two  leaving the factory  the back of a low loader. 

 

It's also probably quicker and cheaper to move a boat by road than by water. 

 

Andy

[Hobby]

Yes, I remember them, shame when they shut down. I wonder if they sent some down the Severn as that was only a couple of miles away?!

[KingEdwardII]

2 hours ago, SM42 said:

It's also probably quicker and cheaper to move a boat by road than by water

My brother-in-law had a friend who bought a boat from a dealer on the Hamble in Hampshire and invited him to crew it home round the coast to Felixstowe.

 

Their first attempt made it as far as Brighton before bad weather forced them to take refuge in a marina there. They had to leave the boat there for a week and go home before returning to complete their journey. An expensive business, all told.

 

Yours, Mike.

[PhilJ W]

4 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:

 

Yes, they could have used the Chelmer to get through town, but it might have bashed this bridge instead

 

As well as having to shoot the 'rapids'.

 

[petethemole]

It's also probably quicker and cheaper to move a boat by road than by water. 

 

Definitely, if it's from an inland boat builder.  From coastal locations it's possibly cheaper to sail/motor, depending on distance.  There are professional crews available if you haven't got any sailing friends. 

[PhilJ W]

I notice that the low loader is German registered. If it was going to or from a port why what was it doing in Chelmsford?

[Wickham Green too]

5 hours ago, SM42 said:

But would you go to sea after using it? ...

Not if it's got a viaduct stuck to it ! ☹️