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Watch out for the depth of water outside the Donkey House , it's pretty shallow IIRC ... Used to be pretty rowdy that place , not sure what it's like now .... Are you exactly 13 feet , the bridge is listed as 13'2 , but that is taken from the headwater point, Romney IIRC runs usually at about 4 or 6 inches above headwater. I've seen quite large boats go under there , Broom Sedans and Europeans , and a fair number of Princesses ... When i was very young and we had a boat at PHYC , there was a legend about a chap there who used to approach the bridge with the engines quite hard astern and when halfway under , would give them a blast forward ... with the effect that the boat dipped under the bridge .... had it down to a tee ... couldn't tell you his name though .... ![]() It would be very close but probably worth a try , fill your tanks up , line yourself up nice and central and tiptoe through the daisies it's quite a flat wide arch .... might be surprised .... If you make it through , the world is your oyster for mooring , Bath Island , the Eton fields .... just pray it doesn't rain and the river comes up though , or you may be stuck ! We had a trawler yacht many moons ago , and regularly used to take her to Henley , never a problem with Windsor bridge .... Cookham was a different story though ... Here's our very own Richard Shead driving , i'm the good looking blonde one on the right !!
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