Datchet - Full or Empty?

Grafham is pretty low too.  We just haven't had enough rain this 'summer', especially here in East Angular.  I think if they turn the taps on only dust will come out....

I joined Datchet for a winter season a while back but it was such a long trek to the water and the bank then was so steep as to make launching very tricky (if you were alone and let go of your trolley it would slide away very quickly), so it was hardly worth trying to sail.

Apparently at datchet if they empty it below the first levelled out section, the walls will collapse anyway, so i cant imagine its that empty, i remember a few years ago them having to do emergency structural work on the walls during a water shortage in order to enable them to empty it further. Have you checked the honda webcam? That usually gives it away.

As an X fast handicap captain at Datchet I can support Jim's view that the
walls will not cave in when the waters low. I have sailed when there have
been islands too. In fact when the water drops below the first level it makes
launching and recovery a lot easier as you can drive down to the second
shelf. When it is in between it is a right royal pain. Best to use the ramps on
either side.

Ah right my bad...Knew it was one of the 2!

if they did out the middle will the use it to build a proper slip way?  The current arrangement was a nightmare at the RS inlands there a few weeks ago trying to launch of a leeshore when you couldn;t touch the bottom but your rudder was still cracking into the concrete wall.