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    Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 2:21pm
any road bases kept in those dinghy parks will need a serious check...
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These pics were taken the morning after, the water level in the flooded areas was at least 0.5m higher at its peak (seaweed on the fence is a giveway).

The view from my lounge:



Looking back down the prom towards the Sailing Club:



Marauding beach huts kept out of the dinghy park by the fence:



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Originally posted by MikeBz

Dinghy park at Brightlingsea flooded to maybe 0.75m.  A lot of boats pulled their tie-downs out of the ground.  Clubhouse flooded but no serious damage.  Lots of beach huts moved, some missing. 
 
Hope your house is OK, Mike.
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Yes thanks Steve,  saved by the flood defence wall between us and the grassy car park/campsite area.
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West Kirby,

Somewhere out there under the 10' waves is the marine lake that the Wilson Trophy is sailed on. Last week it was cars which were sailing down the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVz7Nk3qSJI

Quite a bit of damage at the club itself, with some boats written off
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Family used to own a house on the water front not far from the West Kirby video, glad we don't anymore. The wall separating the lake from the sea is out there somewhere!

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Video footage of the Wells Lifeboat station after the crew decided to open the front and rear doors to let the water pass through to prevent further damage to the exterior. I gather there was approx 20 tons? of shingle deposited inside. They are still planning to hold their Annual Christmas Carol Service in there this coming Sunday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rBgVUaKQ7s
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Somewhere under that Brightlingsea water is the boating lake!
First place I ever sailed a boat back in the sixties when they had proper little sailing dinghies there - probably the ones now filled with flowers when you enter the town!
Good job they got rid of all the static caravans there too.
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They were proper traditional construction clinker dinghies with pram bows, a lug sail and a very shallow draft (lots of weed and not much depth of water).  A friend's Great Uncle ran the boating lake in the early 70s so a few of us spent our summer holidays sailing round the lake for free when it wasn't busy.  Not many people could do a lap of the lake in them, making any progress upwind was very specialised!  Happy days.
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Originally posted by The Moo

Thoughts are with everyone who might be effected by events taking place on the North Sea.

I suspect when we head off to Norfolk the weekend after next we might find ourselves minus one Sprint 15.


The boat survived. The compound it is in was only flooded by approx 18 inches. It floated away but was returned to its spot by a kind RIB owning Waterskier. No damage at all.

The beach at Wells where we sail has changed quite noticeably.
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