jamesbagnall

That's incredible! Pretty impressive for sure.

Wow, impressive video! Thanks for the info.

Ah, gotcha. So not much chance of aborting - a case of going for it!

Thanks for the advice John. I've watched the bridge pilots pretty much running through at full throttle (assume to maintain steerage). In guessing that approaching slowly will lead to trouble, but give a better chance of engaging astern for an abort!

Yes, I called them. They were really helpful and remembered the boat well, but since it's been a few years out of their ownership, they couldn't really tell me much. I'm optimistic, as their own brochure from 2007 says it will pass under Wroxham.

Morning folks. I'm sure that this subject has been done to death over the years! However, I have just bought ex Brinkcraft 'Rhapsody' (for those that know the boat, it's the very weird looking Czech built 'River Boat 26, so please don't judge me!). She will allegedly go under Wroxham according to the old Blake's brochure, but wonder what people's experience of taller but 'thin' boats are at getting under the bridge? I measured her with a full water tank (tank is at the front) and I make her to be 6ft 9in. Which if Wroxham is 7ft 3in, makes it rather a tight squeeze!! However, I wonder, if with her being fairly narrow beam (8ft 2in) if she'll likely be OK? Also, I understand that the Wroxham pilot will only take hire boats through, is this definitely the case? Cheers, James.