NeilB

Have a look at some of the Irish brokers as there may be some Broom 30's over there.

Wait until you actually buy one! Worth it though.

Just paid by card for Rambling Rosie.

Found it! Not sure if it's working correctly when paying by card though as it's not showing any acknowledgement. I'll check my account and try again later.

I'm probably going blind, but where is the PayPal button please?

I was CORGI back in the day, each boat had a check sheet completely annually in addition to the BSS. Not sure who policed them as I was on the tools then and not an office wallah. There was some discussion at the time as some BSS examiners were passing comments on gas systems without them having been on any Corgi training. I spent 4 days, I think, training followed by an assessment. The also used to do on the spot checks. Think we became Corgi mid 90's, I remember mentioning it to a boat yard in Wroxham in passing and they looked at me like I had 2 heads !

£1.35 at Sutton Staithe on Friday, they also have a loyalty scheme for pump outs

Picked up the keys to my new boat today! Been doing lots of cleaning and more to do over the next few days as she’s been a tad neglected over the last couple of months. Popped to Neatishead and now in the White Horse I cannot spend every waking hour cleaning so will have another cruise tomorrow!

Rambling Rosie, probably just me

Just a couple of photos for now, sure there' be more as things progress.

After a few weeks of back and forth, survey etc I'm now the owner of an Alpha Craft 42 centre cockpit. Needs a few things doing so managed to knock a reasonable amount of the asking price but nothing major. Up on Thursday for a good rummage around and already planning on what else I can waste my money on boat wise.

As usual for a Monday it was a bit of a struggle to get out of bed but managed it in the end! Put kettle on, got dressed, fired up laptop in preparation for a day working from home, made some toast, bought a boat, etc, etc

Most engines of this size are batch tested so the first time it's fired up could be after it's installed. Modern engines are not so fussy on running in, as long as it's not run at full load for any more than a few minutes and it's not run at a constant speed for too long. After 10 to 15 hours or so just use as normal. Being a Broads boat it's very rarely going to run at full load, if at all, and as the speed limits vary it won't be at a constant rpm for very long either.

Rust on the other hand.....

That's been up for sale for quite a long time..... looks like two log burners, one of which is smoking via the engine exhaust....

I think these are Nanni's own design of pressure cap and the use of an expansion tank is optional. The outlet is just in a different position than the more traditional version.

I did hear from a resident via Facebook the residential moorings were 20% more expensive than standard moorings. I did ask if he knew why the moorings were being removed but he did'nt seem to know. I would have thought they were easy money.

So sorry to hear the news, they are just so loyal and a part of the family it's a huge shock when the time comes.

If your not sure it's for you there are a couple of firms who hire liveaboard narrowboats by the month, I'm sure Google can find them.

There's been some reorganisation at work which I won't bore you with but resulted a kick off meeting between the two marine departments on Tuesday. All done by 2pm so we headed off to my boss's house / country pile with about 7 acres. He has a couple of shotguns and his own clay machine so we had a couple of hours blasting away. I've not really shot for 25 years and then it was more pistol and air rifle but I managed to impress myself! I've a few life changes on the horizon which may result in a bit more shooting time, something to look forward to.

Boulter Marine Services used to hire day boats by the week

Have you seen this? - https://motorboats.apolloduck.com/boat/aquafibre-35-diamond-for-sale/684558

Nope, low alternator outputs for charging batteries as well.

Even if the signs were clear, I'm pretty sure he would have ignored them. He took a similar video at Sutton Staithe Boatyard and the signs there are crystal clear, I won't link the video and just took a partial screen shot.

Mrs Broom was fantastic, only had a couple of meetings there but were served home made cake and sandwiches with the crusts removed for lunch. All made by Mrs Broom!