Leicester Fisheagle Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 Found out yesterday morning that they have introduced a New Maintenance Lift Shedule.Some are only every two hours. 2018-37-Poole-Bridge-Lifting-Schedule.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 I got caught out on that yesterday also, along with 3 other boats ! Nice day so give boat a run I thought, checked lifting times day before and chose the 11.30 lift............wrong , no lift. To make matters worse the outgoing air draft sign was not illuminated so could not tell if safe to go under. Called bridge control , asked about air draft light and was told it was turned off for " SAFETY ISSUES "??? I asked if could be turned on for 15 minutes so we could gauge height to exit basin...........reply came back " NEGATIVE "!!!! So I sat it out for the 12.30 and went for a spin. Stupid thing is the incoming air draft light was working ! What is going on ??? Jim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Fisheagle Posted November 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 Strange, we left on the 7.30 am. The Operator could not have been more helpful. He asked us if we knew a about the New Shedule brought in on Saturday and offered to send it to my phone. When asked about the air draft indicator which was switched off, he gave me the hight showing in his hut over the radio so there must be a back up. These Bridges are proving to be a real pain. Allan. Jim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 He did give me the height after asking several times Allan, but no mention of bridge schedule change..........maybe a different person ? The changes started yesterday Leicester Fisheagle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw Posted November 28, 2018 Report Share Posted November 28, 2018 The last time I went out they forgot to change the the lights when I pointed it out they still waited at least ten mins to change them but if you go under on all red they would be on you like a shot mark Jim and sparky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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