ranworthbreeze Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Good morning all, Breydon Water is currently closed to hire craft due to adverse weather conditions. Please note that winds in excess of 50mph are forecast across the Broads, so please be aware of this whilst making plans to travel today. Kind regards, Tom Tom Waterfall Senior Communications Officer Broads Authority 01603 756034 Broads Authority, Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road. Norwich NR1 1RY 01603 610734 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Wonder how many hire craft will not be back at their home base tomorrow as a result. Not saying that closing it is wrong, but how many hirers have not taken the potential for closure into consideration when planning their trip. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Tomorrow is forecast to be bad too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 24 minutes ago, Mouldy said: Wonder how many hire craft will not be back at their home base tomorrow as a result. I wouldn't be suprised if it was quite a few. Given the number of newbies out this year they probably wouldn't realise unless someone warned them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 We crossed south to north on Monday and there were many northern based boats crossing to the south. With a midday slack water today, I think probably quite a few would have planned to return across today. Unless they paid attention to the weather warnings of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 8 minutes ago, vanessan said: We crossed south to north on Monday and there were many northern based boats crossing to the south. With a midday slack water today, I think probably quite a few would have planned to return across today. Unless they paid attention to the weather warnings of course. No doubt the boatyards will have contingencies in place for this and even the best can be caught out by the UK weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Mouldy said: Wonder how many hire craft will not be back at their home base tomorrow as a result. Not saying that closing it is wrong, but how many hirers have not taken the potential for closure into consideration when planning their trip. The yards must come across this all the time. I know we have cocked up before when we hired from Barnes and decided to moor the "wrong" side of the bridge for our last evening rather than in the yard. Of course come 8am when we set off to take the boat back the bridge gauge said no! Rang the yard up and they sent a lad down on his bike to have a look if we could in fact get back. He drove the boat (Joy) up to the bridge and then disappeared out of the front door. It was very close. So close that the lad and the OH walked it through rather than driving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I’m just glad we followed Malcolm’s example and came back south yesterday, not that we needed to as we are on Moonlight Shadow next week too. It is lovely to be sitting on our mooring today without having to worry about leaving one sheltered 24 mooring to find another. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 15 minutes ago, YnysMon said: without having to worry about leaving one sheltered 24 mooring to find another. I would have thought that the BA would take a sympathetic view to boats remaining on moorings in this weather rather than perhaps endangering themselves, and maybe others, by moving on. I would hope so anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Although it would appear that a large part of the mooring at The Berney Arms is still closed, according to the manager on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, EastCoastIPA said: Although it would appear that a large part of the mooring at The Berney Arms is still closed, according to the manager on Facebook. That will be the old pub moorings probably. The owner taped them off when he was refused planning permission. There is still a good expanse of BA 24 hour mooring there though and the Burgh Castle moorings too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadsAuthority Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, vanessan said: I would have thought that the BA would take a sympathetic view to boats remaining on moorings in this weather rather than perhaps endangering themselves, and maybe others, by moving on. I would hope so anyway. This is correct, our Rangers are understanding and won't be moving people on who are being sensible and remaining moored at our 24-hour moorings in the essence of safety :-) Rangers who are on launches today have reported it is very rough out there. Tom 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 It certainly is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 We are! It’s just that we have a good view of the river from our mooring. A surprising number of hirers still out on the river, probably looking in vain for a nice sheltered mooring. Hardly seem any private boats (not surprising), but did see a ranger go by earlier. Quite a few of Brooms own boats have been turning up over the course of the day. Wind and rain are unrelenting. It reminds me of the weather we get in Anglesey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesman54 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 6 hours ago, YnysMon said: I’m just glad we followed Malcolm’s example and came back south yesterday, not that we needed to as we are on Moonlight Shadow next week too. It is lovely to be sitting on our mooring today without having to worry about leaving one sheltered 24 mooring to find another. We too had planned a Friday return to the South but once we saw the forecast we moored up at Fleet Dyke on Wednesday afternoon and crossed Breydon on the Thursday midday tide and moored up at Pyes Mill before taking the boat back into Brooms on the Friday, I was told they’d had 3 other hirers return a day early as well, on the way up to to Brundall we saw several Northern based boats in what looked like a run down to Breydon, just a comment re’ newbies, whilst at Pyes Mill we spotted but only just as it was 19.00 and dark by then a rather large Richardsons bath tub trying in vain to find a mooring for the night, where he ended up I’ve no idea as Pyes Mill was chock a block. Oh and to end a week of numerous closes calls and one incident of being rammed whilst moored we obviously had to finish our holiday with a bang, so whilst on the fuel dock today at Brooms one of their hire boats still on hire got out of control narrowly missing us but crashing into the key heading, with regret I’ve made the decision that I won’t be returning to the Broads again, there are too many people on them with very little if any knowledge of what they are doing and who are in some circumstances positively dangerous. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Your last sentence is sadly so true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Bluesman, I am truly sorry that you well deserved holiday ended on such a low and I can appreciate your decision. I don't think that you will be alone in that. As I understand it the Broads has seen a huge number of first-time boaters this year, indeed there is talk of a 50% increase over recent years. Add to that the appalling weather of the moment, plus the shortening days and the Covid restrictions then it's no wonder that some folk have cut short their holidays, probably never to return. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I agree with Peter, very sorry that your time on the broads was spoilt. As he said this season due to Covad has been compacted, which may explain why so many accidents etc.Trust me it's not always like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Bluesman54 said: I’ve made the decision that I won’t be returning to the Broads again, there are too many people on them with very little if any knowledge of what they are doing and who are in some circumstances positively dangerous. It was ever thus I'm afraid but the same is true of our roads. I won't ever let a minority of muppets put me off the place I live for any more than I'd ever be put off using roads to travel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesey69 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 It’s the mooring situation that does me in. The lack of that sends people, at speed, trying to find a spot unless you moor at midday. old, old discussions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 It's not always like this, here's a picture of a previous late September, on Rockland. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesey69 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Stunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Taken just over a week ago. What a difference a week makes. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meantime Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Sunrise near Salhouse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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