Hockham Admiral

Bilgerat, Hi Welcome aboard from us! Sounds like you had a good first!!!

Depends on how many beers IMV consume per hour, David... Nick and Kathy manage two pints per hour each!

Wow, Barry, that could have been downright dangerous in that sea if they'd both cut out............. or at least a "Pan". What have NYA to say for themselves???

Paul, Hi Well, after Saturday, Sunday could only be regarded as a "walk in the park"!!! It was a glorious Broads morning, sunshine, unlimited visibility and, initially, the river to ourselves! We'd had the obligatory mugs of tea/coffee and scrambled eggs on toast by 06.30..... (all cooked by YT) and decided to get on our way at 0645... Acle was packed! No room at the Bridge and wall to wall hire boats both sides of the river upstream of the bridge as far as the moorings go. We didn't see another boat underway until after Thurne Mouth and then only a few until Horning. Kathy was helming all the way and she was steering small in a very pleasing manner! (Her first experience of helming). Passing Salhouse Broad we looked in; it was quiet and peaceful! (unlike in ten days???) We finally moored up at Barnes Brinkcraft and the "crew" offered to clean all the salt off Friday Girl! Surprisingly I didn't refuse the offer! Kathy is on a month's holiday and she said that this was the highlight of her visit so far!

And they don't hang around, Mark! These can be seen doing a good 10kts anywhere in Holland! : : :

Yes, they do, Rod! But possibly only if driven by seamen (did I spell that correctly?)???

Welcome aboard from us, Caroline!

We left the WRC on Saturday at 12.15, waving goodbye to Rob on Relentless as we went, destination Wroxham, via overnight at Acle. Onboard were Kathy, Nick and self. Cruising down towards Somerleyton we saw several Marsh Harriers and a large Otter! A brilliant introduction to The Broads for Kathy and a great reminder for Nick who hasn't been here for over 20 years! Passing Burgh Castle and the wind was freshening significantly.... the forecast was for NE 27-44mph or inshore F5-7... (Breydon is orientated roughly NE-SW). Nick had attached the new forward canopy to hopefully keep water out of the forward well. It did so quite brilliantly though at times I did wonder if it would survive! The waves were by now about a metre and white-capping well. Friday Girl butted her way through and under them and it was quite exhilarating! We had a tide with us so I was able to set 1400rpm and maintain a GPS speed of about 5mph; though the occasional big "green 'un" slowed us down to 3mph or less! Another 'bathtub' ahead of us wasn't coping quite so well; maintaining about 3mph to avoid filling his well. I can imagine that he needed some large wheel inputs to maintain his course and he was veering 15-20 degrees about his mean heading, sometimes very close to the southern edge of the channel. We arrived at Gt Yarmouth Yacht Station at15.00 and moored up with some help from the Ranger, although I did ignore some of his hand signals... "£5, please" "We're waiting for the tide" "OK but you can't go into town" "We're not, we're going to that pub!" At 16.30, replenished, we left for Acle and arrived there on ETA of 18.30... now ready for much anticipated food and drink...Phil and his team didn't disappoint! (TBC)

PD, Hi ..... or not!

Probably beyond Meerkats' comprehension..............

What's the air height of that beauty?

Or even better, buy a Ramjet and get a PlayStation free!!

Rod, Hi I guess it'll be the same when we go across Breydon heading for Acle at 16.00 on Sat afternoon! An old sailing hand is coming with me but his lady-friend hasn't been on The Broads before............

Gio, Hi. Welcome aboard from us; you'll get plenty of useful advice!

Welcome aboard from us, hope to see you around!

Our slow cooker (at home) normally takes 5-6 hours to cook in it. This 12V one uses 80 watts or 7A so do you only use it on the move or when plugged in to shore-power?

What a lovely story, Martin! So sorry about your experience at the Ferry; whatever are they playing at? We crossed them off our list over a year ago after a disastrous rib-eye steak...........

Anjix, Hi Welcome aboard from us!

Rammy, can you please, please write in English! (are you foreign or something?). I just cannot fathom out the meanings of some of your "posts"...

Thanks, Paul! I'll be solo so a little "something" will be welcome! Signing off now

'Fraid so, Paul. We need to be home Tuesday but if you venture North I'll be at Acle on Saturday night.

Saturday morning and now it's Mark and Susan on one side and Rob and Rachael on the other! Thanks to Mark and Sue for the good time last night in The "Lady of the Lake"! Good to see a lady with a pint, Sue!!! Enjoy your trip to Southwold today

Here's an unusual sight! Luke up and about at 08.10 this morning! This man has serious stamina!

What does it do, Jonny, please?

Wow, Paul, that's some "mod" to do over Easter! I think Mark has pretty well covered it, though I always check out the caravan shops before buying from a chandlers! Gt Yarmouth Caravans isn't far from you and they have a very good shop: http://www.gtyarmouthcaravans.co.uk/