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04 June 2020, 14:54
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lincolnshire
Boat name: Mousetrap
Make: Zodiac Cadet 310S
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 4 stroke 9.9
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 481
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Day on the Trent
A quiet chug up the Trent from Hazelford Ferry free slipway to Gunthorpe weir and back. Took it steady on the way up with the tiller locked and standing and steering by shifting my weight. Saw several little egrets and one kingfisher.
On the way back, I was starting to chill off, so I carved a nice white line down the centre of the river. At planing speeds, no wash reaches the bank. the river was deserted apart from one narrow boat and one open canoe (for which of course I slowed down as a courtesy).
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04 June 2020, 14:57
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lincolnshire
Boat name: Mousetrap
Make: Zodiac Cadet 310S
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 4 stroke 9.9
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 481
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Some photos.
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10 June 2020, 12:27
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Nottingham
Boat name: First Class Flyer
Make: AVON
Length: 5m +
Engine: 40hp
Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 10
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Hi Mike, sounds great where exactly is Hazelford free slipway? I have struggled to find it recently? Thanks Matt
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10 June 2020, 15:14
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Nr Dorchester
Boat name: Wavecrester
Make: Zodiac
Length: under 3m
Engine: Mercury 15
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikefule
A quiet chug up the Trent from Hazelford Ferry free slipway to Gunthorpe weir and back. Took it steady on the way up with the tiller locked and standing and steering by shifting my weight. Saw several little egrets and one kingfisher.
On the way back, I was starting to chill off, so I carved a nice white line down the centre of the river. At planing speeds, no wash reaches the bank. the river was deserted apart from one narrow boat and one open canoe (for which of course I slowed down as a courtesy).
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Sound idyllic. [emoji1303]
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10 June 2020, 17:57
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Nottinghamshire
Make: Ranieri 15
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DF50
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,281
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We love the Hazleford slip and have even stayed with boat and caravan on the local campsite at the top of the lane.
Unfortunately the area around the slip has been over-developed and pre-Covid there was often parked cars all around the turning circle. Nothing of this is seen using Google Earth because it's out of date. On one occasion I was peed off because I had to reverse the trailer a couple hundred yards from where I was able to turn. Also halfway up the slip (upstream side), the local boaters take their cars past to park somewhere. They are not too happy if they time it wrong and you make them wait.
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10 June 2020, 21:32
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Plymouth
Boat name: Sea Dragon
Make: Tornado Viking
Length: 6m +
Engine: 100 Yammy
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 380
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Nice! Lovely part of the world and was there only a year ago.
In the before times there were a few decent pubs as well on that stretch!
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11 June 2020, 13:03
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Heanor, Derbyshire
Boat name: Bob.
Make: Ex Vol390 + Van485
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki 2.5/9.9/20hp
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 92
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Great photos. Has given me a idea
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11 June 2020, 14:15
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Nottinghamshire
Make: Ranieri 15
Length: 4m +
Engine: Suzuki DF50
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 1,281
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikefule
A quiet chug up the Trent from Hazelford Ferry free slipway to Gunthorpe weir and back.
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These big locks like at Gunthorpe are a little intimidating at first but we soon had the hang of it even when the lock keeper has gone home. I stay in the boat while Mrs Limecc operates the lock controls.
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11 June 2020, 15:23
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Lincolnshire
Boat name: Mousetrap
Make: Zodiac Cadet 310S
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mariner 4 stroke 9.9
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 481
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Limecc
These big locks like at Gunthorpe are a little intimidating at first but we soon had the hang of it even when the lock keeper has gone home. I stay in the boat while Mrs Limecc operates the lock controls.
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I've been through conventional manually operated locks many times in inflatables. I've only ever "piggy backed" through with a bigger boat on the electrically operated ones.
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