Hockham Admiral

It would seem that the only solution is to remove your outboard for the Winter? two guns

What a really useful tip, thanks. I'll bookmark that one on my laptop for use this coming season. I did read a few bits and his "THE DIESEL SYSTEM" is just the sort of thing an owner could follow through. :clap

Hi, Jon Yes we do have a galvanic whatsit but no anodes as BB never fitted any. We are connected to shore power and when there isn't any BB put a lovely little 1.5L Kubota hooked up to a 10KW 230V genny in to supply all the cooking gear. She's even got an underwater exhaust to keep others happy at night.... :naughty: She's on the hard at Bells now and there seems little evidance of corrosion on the mild steel skeg/rudder... Other bits are stainless/bronze as you correctly suggest. We bought her 5 years ago and haven't seen any significant deteriation since. We'll be up your way in early May and will drop in to see you then.

No, Howard, but they did put an extra gelcoat layer on (quite thick)

Well, Alan, our boat was built by Barnes Brinkcraft on '96 and has never been antifouled. She has lived most of her life moored at Wroxham and now Brundall and I guess the water is pretty-well fresh that far upstream. If she does pick anything up then our regular runs via Reedham into salt-water will cancel each other out, I guess.

Yes, indeed... only a few more days!

You're a braver man than me if you moor up outside the Hotel Wroxham, Alan... we last did back in '07 and were hit twice within 20 minutes! :bow

if I go back to Dukinfield in 1945 I can just remember the old gas-lghter man coming round in the evenings. I got into a lot of aggravation with my Uncle and Aunt for prising the cat's eyes out of the street (Sandy Lane if it's still there!). I used them to glue to a mask I made of an old tin. I don't recall much else except a communal bog out back for the families of 5 or 6 terraced houses. Ooh, yes, and the newspaper loo roll!

You've got it in one!! :clap

Score 1 for PC and Zero for CS! :naughty:

Well I've read the lot and I can honestly say the when a 20-something person I thought it great! :clap

It's the early May bank holiday weekend, isn't it? So I guess a mooring will be nigh on impossible...

Que?

Not too much of a problem if you put an inverted V antenna, centre attached to a pole and ends to fore and aft of the boat. I've got one in the garage and I'll try to find it later to let you have the measurements.

For those of us unfortunate enough (!) not to get the EDP, here's a recent article for keen athletic types!

And how about a topic on "How to install an HF transceiver antenna on a bathtub?" I'd certainly subscribe to that, cos I haven't worked one out!

What's your callsign, Trevor? Mines G3SXP. :clap

That's a very generous offer. Many thanks on everyone's behalf and we wish you well with the sale!

I sense another epic coming up!

There are such things but since they finished with analogue and significantly boosted the digital signal you probably won't need one. (especially if you have a half decent aerial. There was a very long thread about this last Summer.

But if you drink the whole bottle yourself, Lori.............

And I'm somewhat dehydrated now! Anyway, may the year '14 bring you all that you may wish for! (That's the one, Paul)

Do you have our new address, Paul? Still not too far from the Hockham Eagle!

I think Mark's hit the nail on the head! "Best of all is under load of course." On a previous boat I did occasionally run the engine, in gear, at 1000rpm to heat it up quickly. (Tickover was nominally 6-700rpm).

Thanks, Martin. Now that really brings home the reality of flooding.......... :cry