Hockham Admiral

You might even be able to get one to order your beers for you, Col!

Nothing whatsoever to do with boats but it does prove that not only Jonny and Barry can "surf-up" some strange topics! http://www.theengineer.co.uk/1008104.ar ... true#video And something different for my 1300th!

I'll check a few more places, Mark and bring recent prices up in a new topic. Whatever, she certainly looks and sounds spot-on!

Biggles, Hi Don't know if your system is similar to ours but our two shower pumps are located together with the domestic water pump.

How does that compare with anywhere else you tried, Mark?

Biggles, Hi You might try Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure as a last resort before taking the windows out... http://www.captaintolley.com/ It works!

Quite correct, Neil. Mary-Jane has slapped my wrist on your behalf.....

They get as much as that, Mark??? More like 10 mins!

Wrong, Neil. WRC allowed my own engineers in recently, on two occasions, without even a whisper of complaint.

Neil, Hi I don't think that's quite fair as we researched several marinas when we moved earlier this year. The prices varied by up to £400/year and we chose the WRC, which was the most expensive, because of the ambience and facilities available. James even threw in a month's free mooring and offered us the choice of two moorings as of last Friday. We chose the one which suited us better! It is also of interest to read clause 10.1 of the Yacht Harbour Association's Code of practice: Clause 10.1: • This termination clause was drafted to comply with an Office of Fair Trading (OFT) requirement that berth holders who had paid in advance for annual contracts should be able to cancel their contracts on 16 weeks’ written notice and receive a refund of the fees already paid for the unspent part of the year. • This could have been abused by berth holders who could take unfair advantage of discounts which would not otherwise have been available to them for the period during which they stayed, or who could occupy the berth during the best months of the year, and then leave at the time when the berth would be difficult to re-let. This clause attempts to minimize the loss to the marina, whilst complying with the requirement of the OFT that contracts be terminable on 16 weeks’ notice. • Although a refund must be made, when calculating the sum that must be refunded, the marina is entitled to re-calculate the fee that would otherwise have been due for the period that the berth was occupied, taking into consideration the fact that the best months of the year are more expensive than the less popular months. I also can't agree that it's an " overpriced over developed blot on the riverside (as i`ve said before in other threads). Personally I like the place and find it much nicer now that those dratted geese have been "disappeared"!

Here's the Webasto manual which should help! http://www.webasto-marine.com/fileadmin ... ot_ENG.pdf

Adam, Hi Is that at St Olaves???

Well said, Neil. Mary-Jane's mother (87) broke her hip last week so we are spending lots of time with her... As you say, there's always another boat jumble.

Spot on, that lets us out, too...

Welcome to the forum, JS and thanks for a most informative first post!

Just how do we go about doing that, please?

So up to date???

We stayed in Lavenham (Suffolk) recently and spent drinking time in the Angel pub. They were also part of the Maypole group and the Manager/Chef told us that Marco was buying the group as an investment. NOT for him to cook in! (Sorry, Bill!) Still great news and good to know that we'll see Phil and Ness again in early May en-route Wroxham.

We've got two 12V batteries in series for 24V systems, a 12V Domestic and a 12V Starting battery. As David said, it's not a good idea to try to simultaneously charge different batteries, which in our case would not be possible. The starting and domestic batteries are totally different in characteristics and the 24V needs just that! So we bit the silver and bought 3 marine battery chargers whose leads are bolted (not with the crocodile clips!) directly to the batteries. The "Rolls Royce's" of battery chargers are Ctek, if you can afford them! However I would certainly buy a sealed unit type (similar to the Ctek in design) for permanent installation and screw/bolt it to a bulkhead.

Chris, Hi Welcome aboard! Howard, that sounds a nice itinerary. May I also suggest Womack Staithe for a meal in the Kings Arms? (Well worth a visit!) http://www.kingsarmsludham.co.uk/

Barry, Hi The excuses some folk will come up with for a pub cruise !!! But a very good idea!

What a lovely short story! Makes us all almost jealous that you are so near your boat and so happy!!! Enjoy the rest of the season!

Cormorant, Hi Where are your Broads stockists, please?

Barry, Hi Yes we had ours done last week and it didn't take long at all 'cos we've no gas onboard. Still it's nice to know that all is well!

David, come on, it's so simple that even I can do it without a comic description............