donnygeoff

Put your river rods away. 11:59 and 59 seconds on March 14th and don't fish the rivers until June 16th 00:00 and 1 second. the fishing season is 16th June to 14th March Tight lines

Hi Simon, At least you are on the mend. Chin up and take care.

All the best from me for a speedy recovery Simon.

Dan, Thanks for putting that photo up, I have got San Rafael, same style, and now with that photo I can see the back, so I will now know how to get on (fall off). Sometimes I wish the brochure photos showed this as it would help in deciding which boat to hire if you have mobility problems.

Carry on Jupes. Nice pic with nav lights on by the way.

thats a behind the scene (bar) shot, nice and hard. 1979 Bernie arms. PS I got a question right about you in the quiz tonight Carol.

No it won't, had to put it down in pouring rain on San Pedro. A fantastic easy to handle boat

Your right Steve, And of course if mark is a fisherman, he might get lost in the tackle shop

Exactly Clive, Here is the last entry in my holiday tale, which includes all places visited and fuel used in the week Now back at the yard they started to fill San Pedro up with fuel to see if I got any of my £75.00 fuel deposit back. Not much will come back, I thought. Stalham-Horning-Ludham-Ranworth-Fishermans-Waveney Cntr-loddon-Rockland St Mary-Berney-Wayford-Sutton. Quite a trip in one week. Only used £45.65 worth of fuel.

I do not know one boat from another, still learning, but the first boat on the row behind with the canopy up looks familiar.

It was the flags for the year, but I am quite chuffed I got it first time

Last September, we picked the boat up at 1:30 ish and got to Horning with a staedy chug by 4:30. Speeding is naughty

Hi Mark, Even if you get to Richardsons 2 to 3 hours early, there are things to do. A visit to the Museum of the Broads,is worth it. It's on the Staithe. Last minute forgotten supplies from Tesco's, just up the road. A quick whet at the Wayford Bridge Hotel. And even a 5 min drive to Potter to pass the time. And of course a quick look at the other boats to see if any suit your needs better.

is it 1977, ferry horning,

thought it was

Hi Clive, Just come to this thread. She does look a beauty, bet she will be one of the nicest on the river when done. ps, is that San Pedro behind.

At least I am not the only cheeky one on here,

Is it the New Inn, Rockland st mary,

1985, Sutton Staithe Hotel. only posh place I can think of with bar that goes in L shape.

Hi Mark, Welcome to the site. There is definitley one person on here to answer any question about Richardsons boats. C.Rico, Clive. I am sure he will be answering soon. Again welcome, this site is full of helpfull people and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Donnygeoff

Clive, All I can say is that I am glad we hired from Richardsons last year. If all goes as well this time, and with your very kind offers, You could just have found another customer for life. Well done.

That will teach me to look at every boat and description. I could have saved £6 by booking Rio instead of Rafael, but then again with my mooring expertise, 5 foot is the difference of getting in or not.

Hi Smelly, I totally agree, but this getting stuck was nothing to do with the ropes. As when the boat nudged into me when they came to moore the tide must have been at exactly the right height, that the rubber tubing around the deck went over the concrete and just stayed there.

Hi Clive, I agree, great boat, and easy to handle, to see the fun we had have a look in the Holiday tales section, two adults, twokids a dog and a boat.

On the thread about the Fishermans Bar closing, I mentioned that we moored there for a night and had an experience, here it is Moored up about 6pm one night and went in for a couple of beers. At about 9pm I went to boat to check the ropes, as you all know the rise and fall of the tide is quite big. Re-tied and went back to pub. 10:30 ish went back to turn in for the night, tide just about highest level. Me, OH, Mother and three kids all on board getting ready for bed. The boat was from Herbert Woods, can't think of the name, (Dawn Waters, was the same style, we hired that from Freshwater Cruisers of Brundall before they stopped hiring). It was a high level steering cruiser. Out of the back patio door I noticed a boat coming towards us, no Nav lights and a voice shouting "there must be somewhere round here, I can see lights" I opened the doors and shouted, "can you hear me" I got a reply and quickly got our torch. "head towards this light, there is a place to moore behind me" "OK mate, thanks" was the reply. Maybe I should have told them to slow down as well, but hey, hind sight is great. They came steaming up and just in time put the engine into full reverse, they still managed to bump into us though. I got off and helped them moore up, 5 or 6 lads. After they were secure they asked if the pub was still open, it was about 10:45 so they had just made it, and off to the Fishermans they went. So I got back on board, told the crew that all was well and hoped that the lads would be quiet for the night when they got back. Now the story realy starts. 3:00am I am woken by laughing and singing from the boat behind, try to get back to sleep but can't. RIGHT THAT IS IT, get out of bed walk to back doors and see there boat at an angle, leaning in towards the moorings. I am now not bothered about them waking me up, but more concerned about their safety, I walk back to get dressed ready to help and fall over. When I get back up, I realise that it is not their boat on an angle, but mine. I get out of the boat and see that the rubber running strip around the deck is on the top of the moorings and the tide is going out, leaving me high and dry. I try to push the boat off the side but how can 1 person push a big boat. Voices from the lads, 3:30 now and thankfully they are still awake. I knock on their window, the conversation goes like this. Knock on window lad one "Here, their's someone at the door" lad two "Don't be stupid, the f&^%£%^ door is at the back on the river" lad one "Don't call me F&&^$& stupid, I just heard someone knock on the door" Me "I'm at your window" lad one "Told you someone was at the door" lad two "You're wrong, he said he is at the window" Me " For F*&*& sake stop arguing and please help me" To this one of the lads opened the curtains and asked if he could help. I explained the problem, and he said "How the f&^$&^$ did that happen" I didn't want to say that they could have caused it by pushing me up that way when they moored as I needed help. It is now about 3:45am five lads and me stood on the moorings of the Fishermanbs, pushing a boat sideways off of the moorings. All I could think of was not waking those on board so I asked the lads to be quiet while we pushed. After three, one two thre push, Well, if you have seen a boat launched sideways, the bloody wave it made must have reached the Berney Arms. But we had done it, I said goodnight to the lads and went back to bed. The next morning, when we were all up and having breakfast, my OH and mother comented on how quiet our young neighbours were, and that they never heard a murmer out of them all night. I did not tell them what had happened until we were on safe solid ground, I didn't want them to be worried about being on a boat.