JennyMorgan Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/reedham-bridge-boats-holidaymakers-chaos-1-6749558 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 At least when sailing boats are tacking all over the place then they do tend to know what they are doing!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 This is presumably what Ian (Chelsea14Ian) met earlier today, he didn’t seem to think it was too much of a problem. Maybe the EDP is short of good stories so have to embellish what was probably a slight hiccup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Its not one way is it? 54' width enough for a boat each way and a couple of cyclists as well! They come round the bend and see people fighting for a place on the bank and think they would like to join them - shame there was not a privateer with enough gumption to just go on through, and like sheep they would then just follow and avoided the need for a silly picture! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 It was busy and pictures were taken as one boat was turning. Does that some it up? I love the phrase "stuck across the river". Are there any hire boats long enough to get stuck across the river? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Count the life jackets being worn by the crew of those boats navigating the bridge. Did they care, nope. Did they understand. Nope. If one or two of them fell in.......how would they get out. Who would get them out? Andrew. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 The fact was we got under the bridge being smaller. About seven very large gin Palaces all went through when the bridge opened. Going the other way heading up towards the cut,about six of seven mainly hire boats had to wait for Brundall navy to clear the bridge. Must admit was busy for about 10 minutes. Still.it made the EDP happy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, marshman said: Its not one way is it? 54' width enough for a boat each way and a couple of cyclists as well! They come round the bend and see people fighting for a place on the bank and think they would like to join them - shame there was not a privateer with enough gumption to just go on through, and like sheep they would then just follow and avoided the need for a silly picture! It was not a silly picture. One day there will be an incident at Reedham. I used to live at Reedham, I often visit Reedham. I have spoken to many of the residents of Reedham. I have over the years spoken to many of the quay attendant. All are of the same mind. The water can be very cold, bitterly cold. If you fall in wearing waterproof, warm layers of clothing and no life jacket you have little chance. Your first wave, of your three, is I am here. The second please help. The third......goodbye. We will wave back. Old Wussername 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I am sure all those boats wanting to could easily have got through and did not need to wait for the Navy to clear through! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 We passed about seven or eight 50plus footers traveling from Braydon towards Reedham and they were all centre channel (understandably) and all cruising at a sensible pace , yes there was a large wash but that is inevitable , had I encountered them coming through Reedham Bridge I would have thought twice due to the effect of the wash pushing you sideways 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersjoy Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said: We passed about seven or eight 50plus footers traveling from Braydon towards Reedham so were you speeding to pass so many I saw Them heading back to Brundall as we going the other way towards Reedham earlier today, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 32 minutes ago, marshman said: I am sure all those boats wanting to could easily have got through and did not need to wait for the Navy to clear through! So why did the hire boats consider it appropriate to hold and allow them to go through. What was the state of the tide? The positioning of some of the boats would suggest the tide was downstream. Was it windy, did that influence their decision. In conclusion MM. Were you there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I was there read my post.The Brundall navy once the bridge opened,all went through together, at times close together. The hire boats I think,just wanted them to clear and yes they went in the middle Private boats. Dont forget Reedham not the easiest of places for some inexperienced boaters.It was a matter of bad luck 6 or 7 large boats and the other side about the same amount of mainly hire boats. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 'Fraid I cannot answer that on their behalf - although I suspect if one doesn't want to do it, the others behind may well take a similar view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 1 hour ago, petersjoy said: so were you speeding to pass so many I saw Them heading back to Brundall as we going the other way towards Reedham earlier today, Ha ha ha we were going towards Gt Yarmouth they were on the way toward Reedham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Just to let you know they were with RYA on tour,think they wanted to get to the pub.Done all the G&T on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoggy Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Are they not allowed out on their own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helian Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Just to let you know they were with RYA on tour,think they wanted to get to the pub.Done all the G&T on board.RYA or NYA?We are heading through Reedham later Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 NYA should have said.Dont think there be out today.they have a group trip a few times a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatingman Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 This sort of sensational reporting does nothing for the Broads tourism industry, readers will form an opinion that all the broads are choke full of boats and think that's not for us. I visit Reedham on average once every ten days summer and winter and forty years have never seen anything like that photograph if you visited half an hour before or half an hour after all would have been calm Yes the tide does run fast through Reedham but with care and attention it is not a problem just think and act safely Ray i 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 19 minutes ago, Boatingman said: This sort of sensational reporting does nothing for the Broads tourism industry, readers will form an opinion that all the broads are choke full of boats and think that's not for us. Hear hear! This is no time at all to be going back to the days of "No lullaby for Broadland"! Cheap sensational press reporting was one of the main contributory factors to at least two big recessions on the Broads. Don't let's start all that again! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 22 minutes ago, Vaughan said: Hear hear! This is no time at all to be going back to the days of "No lullaby for Broadland"! Cheap sensational press reporting was one of the main contributory factors to at least two big recessions on the Broads. Don't let's start all that again! The above is perfectly true and nowadays we have the added, albeit sometimes very funny, addition of YouTube. The problem with YouTube is that it doesn't go away, indeed the often regrettable, damaging stuff is cumulative. Unfortunately much of this detritus stems from stag/hen parties and 'lads/ladetts afloat' videos, a damaging factor that the big yards tend to ignore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said: Unfortunately much of this detritus stems from stag/hen parties and 'lads/ladetts afloat' videos, a damaging factor that the big yards tend to ignore. This has perhaps expanded the subject a bit, but the big yards can't ignore them! You can't choose your customers in this business, especially not right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Just now, Vaughan said: You can't choose your customers in this business, We certainly did back in the 1970's. Jimmy Hoseason was remarkably adept at buttonholing potential customers to suit the various yard's specifications. Alec Hampton's preferred customer specifications were the most stringent of all the Oulton Broad yards and he probably had the longest season of any of us. Whilst I can see the need for just about any customer right now I have always regarded Alec's approach as being the right one in the long term. Competing with Faliraki or Benidorm, perhaps not! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 In fairness, I don't think Alec Hampton's boats would have attracted the kind of market that you refer to! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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