No wide beams getting to Warwick this morning

[matty40s]

They can make Kingswood junction and probably to the link lock, then reverse out again. 

[john6767]

18 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Aye, complain to CRT......

Yep definitely complain about those cowboys  Where is it BTW?

Just now, matty40s said:

They can make Kingswood junction and probably to the link lock, then reverse out again. 

Probably struggle down the link with boats moored both sides.  They could moor there and cause trouble though.

[furnessvale]

2 minutes ago, john6767 said:

Yep definitely complain about those cowboys  Where is it BTW?

And importantly when?

Perhaps the canal at that time had a stoppage on for.................

...................engineering work?

George

[Allan(nb Albert)]

At least a narrowboat can get through today ...

I was held up for two hours yesterday whilst Delta Marine launched one of those Wide Boats. (The one on the inside of your picture.)

 

[Flyboy]

4 hours ago, nicknorman said:

Send pics to CRT with complaint.

Yes, and a copy direct to Richard Parry.

[matty40s]

40 minutes ago, furnessvale said:

And importantly when?

Perhaps the canal at that time had a stoppage on for.................

...................engineering work?

George

Nope, they were moored there for well over a week. 

There were some works at Birstall Lock shortly after. 

CRT still permanently moor the 14ft x70ft workboat pictured closest to the bank on the inside of the bend the other side of the bridge from this. It is a struggle to get past in a deep drafted boat as the bankside has collapsed underwater in places.

[Dr Bob]

32 minutes ago, Flyboy said:

Yes, and a copy direct to Richard Parry.

What is Parry's email address?

[MtB]

5 hours ago, nicknorman said:

Why should they get away with it? It’s a wide beam canal.

 

Not up there according to Nicholsons IIRC. 

Perhaps the bloke has a bee in his bonnet about widebeams navigating where he thinks they shouldn't, so he set up the chicane. 

[john6767]

3 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Not up there according to Nicholsons IIRC. 

Perhaps the bloke has a bee in his bonnet about widebeams navigating where he thinks they shouldn't, so he set up the chicane. 

But they build widebeams

[MtB]

31 minutes ago, john6767 said:

But they build widebeams

 

Yes but they never go anywhere, in accordance with the unwritten rule. 

He is objecting to widebeams being moved, I reckon.

[Flyboy]

56 minutes ago, Dr Bob said:

What is Parry's email address?

richard.parry@canalrivertrust.org.uk

[MtB]

Just now, Flyboy said:

richard.parry@canalrivertrust.org.uk

 

I think anyone could have guessed that!

[Allan(nb Albert)]

16 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Not up there according to Nicholsons IIRC. 

Perhaps the bloke has a bee in his bonnet about widebeams navigating where he thinks they shouldn't, so he set up the chicane. 

Gary Ward (Delta Marine Services) regularly takes the barges/widebeams he builds from Warwick to the Thames via the GU. There is a story (probably untrue) that when he built his first 'dutch barge' to dimensions given to him by BW, he found it would not pass under the old 'Tesco' road bridge (I give the name 'Tesco' for those familiar with the area - in fact the bridge was largely rebuilt as part of the Tesco development). Mr Ward, it is claimed modified the bridge with an angle grinder ...

My guess is that, having managed to launch about ten meters of concrete wash wall capping as well as a widebeam yesterday, he has had to shuffle boats around so he can try and remove the capping now in the cut. Until he does so, part of his moorings are unusable. 





 

[mrsmelly]

4 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

I think anyone could have guessed that!

I couldn't

[MtB]

1 minute ago, mrsmelly said:

I couldn't

 

I won't tell anyone...

[Dr Bob]

1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

I think anyone could have guessed that!

...I'm not just anyone!

[MtB]

Just now, Dr Bob said:

...I'm not just anyone!

I am though....

[Allan(nb Albert)]

One of several videos taken yesterday when Delta Marines 'half-launch' of a widebeam blocked off the canal for two hours. Proprietor, Gary Ward is seated on the fork lift.

You can clearly see the collapse  of the wash wall capping which I suspect is the reason for current navigational difficulties.

[thebfg]

Maybe they should find a better way of launching their boats.

I'm not sure I would be impressed if that was my new build .

[roland elsdon]

Maybe they should find a better way of launching their boats.

skip lorry?

[nicknorman]

You wouldn’t want to be walking the towpath when a fat-boat’s worth of water was pushed onto the towpath!

[mark99]

Another beast is spawned.

[Dr Bob]

8 hours ago, Allan(nb Albert) said:

One of several videos taken yesterday when Delta Marines 'half-launch' of a widebeam blocked off the canal for two hours. Proprietor, Gary Ward is seated on the fork lift.

You can clearly see the collapse  of the wash wall capping which I suspect is the reason for current navigational difficulties.

I'd send that video off to HSE. Some dangerous practises there. Bet their risk assessment for the launch is interesting reading.

[MtB]

1 hour ago, Dr Bob said:

I'd send that video off to HSE. Some dangerous practises there. Bet their risk assessment for the launch is interesting reading.

 

From the video, it looks to me as though the plan was to steadily push the boat sideways over the wash wall and into the cut anyway. The wall collapsing meant one end of the boat went in too soon. 

Presumably CRT and hopefully the HSE will find out about this as the wash wall will need to be rebuilt, and a more suitable method of launching developed for the site. 

[Bewildered]

23 hours ago, Dr Bob said:

Talk about mobile chicanes. Not sure how mobile this one is. The guy at Delta marine didnt give the impression the two breasted WBs were moving anytime soon. On a wide canal? GU by Bridge 48. 

There is a Facebook group called Moored like a Twat, these photos should fit in nicely on that site