Hi,
we went out on the boat at the weekend and had a great time, one event was a bit of a eye opener ,we were chugging down the chet to lodden when all of a sudden there was a bang then another bang ,then we ground to a halt!!, we had run aground ,so it was legs up to the limit and slowly forward, we managed to creep into the basin ,where we had to put the legs down to stern on moor,there was very little water ....and a lot of mud!.Moored up ok and had a pleasant evening in the local pubs ,with football for the boys ,and good company in the Angel for us.
The fun started the next morning ,we started the boat as normal and headed up the river,half way up the chet the port engine started to overheat ,so we shut her down before the alarm sounded, fine ,so we carried on on one engine ,but after 15 mins the starboard engine,s temp started to rise ,so creeped to the end of the chet and on to the Yare to more up on the bank were the two rivers meet....another problem....there are no posts there to moor up to so ended up tied to a ladder and an rsj.We cleaned out both weed filters which were full of Loddens finest mud ,toilet paper ,and gunge and went on our way to The Ferryhouse no problem.
So be carful out there ...with spring tides and lack of rainwater it,s shallow in places