Doolittle
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Reged: 13/04/2007
Posts: 290
Loc: Chertsey, Surrey, UK
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I think my daughter was just fattening up her autograph book and thought you guys were worthy celebs!
 
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teddington_lock
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Reged: 23/10/2007
Posts: 299
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Maybe one day !!
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Cuchilo
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Reged: 19/04/2003
Posts: 4769
Loc: London
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I would say Tower bridge at the full force of the tide going out is like red boards X10 . I have tried to punch the tide at Tower and no go , but have taken Cuchilo back to her mooring in full flood fairly easy . Red boards are easy compared to Tower ! The problem you will have is the wash you give off on the non tidal .
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teddington_lock
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Reged: 23/10/2007
Posts: 299
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Well , it might be 10x when we first get onto red boards , but when we start really getting into red board territory and we start operating the roller sluices ( the big arches on the weir at Teddington ) then i'd wager that the weirstream here would be the scarier place to be
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Ramage
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Reged: 09/07/2006
Posts: 575
Loc: Hampton Hill
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The tow path actually looks like a broom convention not sure where they are going
Probably off to the TVR
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http://www.braycruiserclub.co.uk/
http://www.birchwoodboats.aceboard.com/
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teddington_lock
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Reged: 23/10/2007
Posts: 299
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Theres a nice cruiser on the lock moorings at the moment ...
The guy who owns it must also own a blue LED manufacturing company !! It looks like a little spaceship ...
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Cuchilo
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Reged: 19/04/2003
Posts: 4769
Loc: London
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Yeah yeah , i used to play in that with seaspray Loved it when the river was angry  You need to get down to Tower bridge to really get a wash from the ferrys etc 
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teddington_lock
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Reged: 23/10/2007
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Years ago , i used to have a little speedboat at Teddington , and we used to wait until one of the London boats ( Connaught , Kingwood et al ) had gone downstream about 20 minutes before and then chase it down.
The London boats put up a hell of a groundswell behind them , and you could literally skip from swell to swell ( Miami Vice stylee ) , then when you came up behind it at about 30 knots , you line yourself up and have a big jump across its rear quarter and then past it ...
Used to scare the hell out of the passengers and make some of them quite wet !!
The Merrie Thames was another good boat to chase too ....
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Geoffs
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Reged: 15/06/2001
Posts: 1754
Loc: Wantage,Oxfordshire
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Any idea how long the red boards are likely to be out, given that the forecast seems to be for showers but not heavy prolonged rain. Got to make a decision whether to press on or not, weather in channel not fanastic either.
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Old Chinese proverb 'Man who sail boat into rice field, soon get into paddy'
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Elessar
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Reged: 10/07/2003
Posts: 391
Loc: Thames or nomadic south coast.
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I'll be at winsdor on sunday. I don't care what colour the boards are. I don't believe the nonsense about insurance. I'm insured for la cap de la hague at spring tides, that is definately worse than an eyot with a red board. 400+ hp will punch the steam.
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