Storm Surge
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Storm Surge
Posted By: The Moo
Subject: Storm Surge
Date Posted: 05 Dec 13 at 10:00pm
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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. 
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Posted By: timeintheboat
Date Posted: 07 Dec 13 at 9:49am
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Snetty SC had their dinghy park and generator container flooded, Brancaster SC was flooded so goodness know whet the dinghy park was like, I saw pictures from the Blakeney harbour webcam yesterday where all you could see looking out was sea. If there were boats in the dinghy park there, they might not be there now. ------------- Like some other things - sailing is more enjoyable when you do it with someone else |
Posted By: yellowwelly
Date Posted: 07 Dec 13 at 10:40am
| Dabchicks SC got flooded apparently |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 07 Dec 13 at 10:52am
Sounds as if West Kirby were badly affected according to their web site.
Best of luck to all affected sailors and clubs. Hope it doesn't turn out to be as bad as it sounds. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 07 Dec 13 at 11:50am
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Agree, best of luck. Suddenly, sailing so far from the sea seems wise...
------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: Blue One
Date Posted: 07 Dec 13 at 12:17pm
Very true, on the other hand after the strong winds on Thursday, it looks like I've got a a trip to lymington to get a boat repaired. But looking on the bright side, the boat is dry and still in the boat park and my house has not fallen into the sea.
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Posted By: Mister Nick
Date Posted: 07 Dec 13 at 6:10pm
I think you're probably right. I know quite a few people living on the island and they were posting pictures on Facebook of some very deep water, my mate reckoned it got chest deep along some parts of the road. There was even a video of a dory planing it's way down the road along the seafront.
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Posted By: RichTea
Date Posted: 07 Dec 13 at 9:29pm
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Brightlingsea dinghy park flooded too ------------- RS200 |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 08 Dec 13 at 2:50am
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Hit hard by the looks of it.
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Posted By: MikeBz
Date Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 1:25pm
| 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. |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 2:21pm
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any road bases kept in those dinghy parks will need a serious check... ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: MikeBz
Date Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 4:16pm
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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:  More beach hut mayhem:  |
Posted By: Steve411
Date Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 5:20pm
Hope your house is OK, Mike. ------------- Steve B RS300 411 https://www.facebook.com/groups/55859303803" rel="nofollow - RS300 page |
Posted By: MikeBz
Date Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 6:12pm
| Yes thanks Steve, saved by the flood defence wall between us and the grassy car park/campsite area. |
Posted By: Mark Antony
Date Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 6:34pm
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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 |
Posted By: RichTea
Date Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 8:31pm
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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! ------------- RS200 |
Posted By: The Moo
Date Posted: 09 Dec 13 at 10:35pm
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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.
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Posted By: patj
Date Posted: 10 Dec 13 at 2:30pm
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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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Posted By: MikeBz
Date Posted: 10 Dec 13 at 6:03pm
| 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. |
Posted By: The Moo
Date Posted: 13 Dec 13 at 9:58pm
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. |