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BuffaloBill
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Hi Paul
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And always carry a torch! It is really dark down there when the sky is clouded over.
It's a good idea to carry one whenever you go out at night on the Broads.
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There is plenty of mooring space up the other side of Potter bridge, and I think the boats air draft has been designed to have a good chance of getting there
Ours was designed to do that too, but thats a very rare occasion nowadays!!!
The BA have have now offially declared the height as being 2" lower now
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Clive, perhaps the extra river tolls could help get rid of that bridge at Potter?
Heavens, now Iv'e started something........
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She certainly looks good but..... When that moors up it will take up
nearly 2 ordinary size boat mooring spots! The other side of the coin
is it may well prove a job to find a mooring in most places during
the busier season.
Just my opinion, but that is too long for the amount of boats out
during said season.
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So, if we take Avalon there, does it mean we can get £80 worth
of fuel if we give them an Easter egg
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Hi Matt. You get everywhere don't you
If the tides allow at the time then yes I'll follow you through.
Will probably be about when you collect ES anyway.
The Wroxham gauge showed 7' 5" once last year but I couldn't
afford the time to go through.
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Just to clarify, the bridge pilot at Wroxham, they will only take craft from the hire fleets through!
I even offered to pay them but they said that Loynes (who now have control of the pilots)wouldn't
let them.
The gauge on Avalon says 6' 10", but I measured it at 6' 8", but would like someone with more
experience of our type of boat to take her through before I do it! The pilot says try it at 7' 2"
and she will go through ok. I need to go through as we do miss that stretch of river a lot.
We went under Beccles with the gauge reading 6' 10" and had at least 4" to spare and more like 6"
and it is common knowledge that the Wroxham gauge is about 3" short!
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Nice one Carol.
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What a thing to happen! When we visited our boat a few weeks ago we found the
domestic batteries flat! On checking it seems the float switch had gummed up
enough to keep it running too. Fortunately, there was little water in the bilge to
cause a problem.
I do know of one boat that had a similar problem but the stern gland was leaking
quite a bit. Trouble was that the bow drooped with the weight and they had
a Bow Thruster which was rendered useless by it and they had to have a new one.
Fortunately for us, the owner of the boat right next to us keeps an eye on her for
us as he visits every day! Thank heaven for friends!
Bill.
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Interesting photo that No4... The boat is overtaking the Cortina
Norfolk Boat Jumble
in Broads Chat
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Foresight is a wonderful thing........
Had mother-in-law over this weekend instead of
next so that we can go to the Jumble