grendel

if you are going to do a lot of mudweighting you can request a second mudweight to deploy from the stern, the advantage is you dont swing, the disadvantage is that you can end up side on to the wind, which in some locations may cause you to drag anchor despite having 2 down.

that was the explanation I was given by Marthams when I hired from them. on water rail I have 2 14m ropes that I use as springs when needed

generally, the mooring lines are not long enough for the front lines to reach the prop if they fall in the water, I think that is the basis for most of the short ropes.

it looked better the other way up

so easy they can do it standing on their heads

I would spend more time working out how i could avoid a pub showing the football to be honest- and no TV on the boat- bliss.

they must already have their quota of nail salons, hair dressers and coffee shops- that seems to be how all high streets are devolving nowadays. how useful any of those are to the elderly or the boating community is left to be judged.

my daughter had started her law degree before she found out she was dyslexic, all it gained her was some extra time in exams. and she got her law degree. I have never been diagnosed dyslexic, but some of the signs were there I now recognise, the essays at school that missed out great chunks- that were still there when I read it through- they just never made it onto the paper, yet it was masked by the fact I was a voracious reader, averaging about 12 books a week. I dont think it really held back either of us.

was he trying to use tallest boat has right of way?

according to google earth the river is 150 ft wide at that location, so you could almost moor a 24' boat stern on to a 12' boat side on and still only just take up 25% of the width of the river.

North cove was full, when I passed, with 3 yachts, all sporting oversized solar panels, propped against their cabin sides.

there is a wild mooring about a mile upstream from the Waveney River Centre, a 40 foot length of quay heading, there used to be carved wooden heads reminiscent of the easter island heads, but over the years, first one, then it now appears the other have vanished, I still know it as the easter island mooring though

personally, considering my last week I consider any mooring good even if I swim from it.

shopping- why does an asda cottage pie for one- 400g cost £3.25, while a cottage pie for 2 (800g) cost only £3.80, guess what I am hungry tonight. and so to todays tale- I woke early, i had hung up on the nuts protruding from the quay heading last night, and needed to refit a few screws onthe metal trim, no big deal, but I wanted to catch it near high tide, so when I woke to the sunrise at about 5am, that was an ideal time as the affected part was a nice distance above the water to be able to easily get to, new screws were added. then a leisurely breakfast as I wanted to depart around low water, as it happened I followed low water all the way to beccles. todays excitement- well it nearly involved swimming again- on the way up river i happened to go over a patch of reeds in the water- there was a horrible noise from the prop, and when I looked back there was some sort of a board floating in the water. now here is where imagination comes into play, i could have sworn the boat was slower after the encounter- was something wrapped around the prop- it seemed to be reacting to throttle properly, but just not going as fast- anyway, dave is going to check it out while he has her down at oulton broad to hopefully fix some of the small leaks when it rains, I have narrowed down the sources, I think we need to reseal some of the quadrant beading that trims between deck and side and roof and side. apart from that excitement I nearly offered to swim and inspect the prop while I was at beccles, but having only just managed to dry the wet clothing from the previous immersion, i was a bit loath to repeat that. the drive home went well- all the way down the A12, until I got to 1 mile from the M25, I couldnt fathom what was happening as the traffic on the M25 was moving nicely, it took a fair while to get to the roundabout, and then i caught a glimpse they appeared to have shut the sliproad to the motorway- not I know the backroads around that area and i know warley road would take me down a junction to the A127 , so I shot back towards brentwood and took the back roads rejoining at the A127 and then a nice trip home- that mile cost me over an hour. safe home now after a wonderful few days- the weather this morning was perfect, yesterday was sunny but windy, and the other days generally wet.

ok i wont swim, i will walk on the bottom. just arrived home, car to be emptied, shopping to be done and then i will write up todays excitement.