Timothy
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Reged: 21/09/2005
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Hi everyone and hope you are enjoying the great British summer! A quick opinion on red boards. My wife and I usually cruise well into December and during 2007 experienced many red cards. Our boat is twin engined and has a substantial anchor. With 30 years of boating experience I feel that red boards and the conditions (within reasonable limits, forget last July) that they present are not a problem to us. However single engine boats should think carefully before venturing out, as it would take a damn good helmsman and crew to get their anchor out and secure the vessel before it hit a bank or other objects after an engine failure.
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angelaq
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Reged: 04/07/2007
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I agree and we are working on it, promise!
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Chris_d
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Reged: 15/06/2001
Posts: 1617
Loc: Oxfordshire
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Thats good to know that its being worked on, and if I can make a suggestion, what Boaters really need to know is the actual river height. The present "Flood warning" statement is not very helpfull, if an actual level above normal for a specific reach could be quoted and then the words rising or falling with it, this would be a lot more helpfull.
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Gavi
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Reged: 01/06/2006
Posts: 1577
Loc: Sunny Staines
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Seconded. If possible, this would be great to know!
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Andrew_Fanner
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Reged: 13/03/2002
Posts: 5558
Loc: ked into poverty by children
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/signed as well. River heights gives far more useful information than pretty much anything else. Having said that, some indication of flow relative to normal rates has its value but what I think of as "Fck me ragged its hammering through there" may be seen by an old timer as "marginally above normal yer wuss".
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boatone
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Reged: 29/07/2001
Posts: 6846
Loc: Surrey uk
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Is there anywhere on the EA website that explains the logic behind controlling the flow and levels of the river?
If not, is there any chance you could persuade one of your flood control peeps to come on here and give us all an insight?
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angelaq
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Reged: 04/07/2007
Posts: 102
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I'm not sure - I'll see if there's anything around and if not keep a note of another thing we need to put together and publish. I expect our flood people are busy right now but will ask them when things have quietened down.
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