More of Eems Servant resting on the sandbanks

[@davidtaylor8458]

Thank you for the update on another nice day. MarineTraffic shows her as docked at 05.07 7/03/2024 she must have freed herself on the early morning tide. Free at last😀

[@Gintonics2]

Yes she sneaked in while I was asleep 😞 glad she’s safe and sound 😊

[@TheByard]

I could not make out the country-of-origin flag colours, but the Union Flag is flying as a curtesy flag. Great attention is needed sailing on the Severn with all the mud banks, it's a real zig zag course with markers on the Beachley shore to aim for. The Severn has the second highest/fastest rise and fall of tide in the world. I used to watch the string of barges being towed up from Bristol carrying timber to Lydney Plywood, the last barge of the string would be abreast the barge in the shape of a horseshoe as they raced upriver with an incoming tide. I used to water ski off the Severn Ferry slip way that's between the first bridge and the Ferry Boat Inn. Great fun on the water but a quick pick up was needed if you fell off. I did once coming into land on the slip way and on an outgoing tide at dusk. Luckily the boat found me with the lights from the bridge. A team of us would ski on Boxing Day only to get a free large brandy at the Inn afterwards. We would draw quite a crowd at the bar watching to see who would fall off into the freezing water. Thanks for posting and stay clear of the waters edge.

[@Gintonics2]

Thank you for your informative comment. Sounds like you had fun. I would be way too scared to go near this river as it is so lethal. I’m surprised that there aren’t more incidents. I guess the pilots know their onions. ☺️

[@Gintonics2]

On Marine Traffic she’s listed to Netherlands flag

[@TheByard]

Thanks for that.@@Gintonics2

[@TheByard]

I was employed constructing a cable tunnel for the National Grid from Aust to Beachley Point and onto NewHouse on the Welsh side of the Wye River. It was wet down there 1800 gals per min inflow, but we got it down to 25 gal per week.@@Gintonics2

[@Gintonics2]

Sounds like a skilled bit of engineering!

[@gmeredith8834]

Are you on Facebook?

[@Gintonics2]

Yes is short answer but I don’t use it for anything apart from some local groups and supporting my sister’s business page.

[@robertbate5790]

👍👍👍

[@thelatemickb6927]

Balls up ..

[@benjaminsmith-haddon7316]

Stuck.