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    Herring Bridge

    in Broads Chat

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    If you are struggling to read the EDP because of the firewall then just delete your cookies in the browser settings menu.  It then becomes free again for a few weeks!

    Balmy

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

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    1 hour ago, NorfolkNog said:

    For anyone who is interested Ludham showing barely 7 feet 3 inch 

    Good job it's an Alphacraft! :default_biggrin:

    Just saw you going past near Stalham Staithe,  sorry about the bacon fumes!!

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    Brooms Up For Sale

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    5 minutes ago, dom said:

    They're not in a great position themselves. They went into administration in 2015. The current company lost around £18m last financial year. Sunseeker were always struggling for cash and Princess make huge losses. Sadly, our luxury yacht industry is in a pretty sad state.

    Fairline had a checkered re start but they are on the up and on a recruitment drive, give them a year or so.  They have 2 new boat models selling really well, one of which is an addition to the range and there's probably more to come.

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    Brooms Up For Sale

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    45 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:

    It’s a shame someone such as Fairline can’t be persuaded to buy it , much more sensible than their Oundle base which means boats have to be transported by road 

    Their smallest boat is the new Targa 40, the site would require flattening and redeveloping to be of any use, plus lorry access is poor and they already have a test / commissioning facility in Ipswich. 

    They also have a large site in Hythe right on the waterfront.

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    Herring Bridge

    in Broads Chat

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    I was going to attend but thought it would be a tad busy so watched on Facebook with a takeaway and couple of beers!

    Towards the end someone did point out the lower Bure used to be dredged regularly and there was never an issue so what's changed with dredging now?  Sadly it was overlooked and no one responded.

    Someone did mention the amount of water flowing through Horstead Mill as apparently it is measured, some on the top table seemed a little surprised by this.

    There was lots of waffle and not much action promised, Duncan Baker was pushing for the planned modeling to be carried out as soon as possible.  Not sure who's carrying this out but I hope they are truly independent and not leaning towards giving the EA the answer they want.....

    Henry Cator was quite impressive and a big advocate for dredging. 

    There will be minutes available at some point, meeting was over 3 hours and a lot was discussed so may take a while to compile.

     

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    Herring Bridge

    in Broads Chat

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    Looks like a member of the Broads Society took his own vessel to investigate the new de-masting pontoons by the Herring Bridge.

    Modern sonar systems are very good and I'm sure the author is very experienced but this does not appear to be an official report by a commercial operation?

    Haven Bridge has been there for a long time, we've not had much rain the past week or so yet water levels are still high over 2 months after the original floods.  We've had wet periods before but I cannot remember it taking so long to drain away.

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    Wild Mooring South?

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    There's a stretch of bank about 15 mins past the Waveney River Centre on the starboard bank which is safe.  There's also a couple above Beccles bridge, not sure about the Yare though.

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    Bk Windows.

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    BK were the third company I called requesting a quote, the 1st was honest and said unless I took the windows to him he wasn't really interested as too busy - quite a character although I won't repeat his advice on life after divorce!! :default_shocked1animated:   The 2nd was hard to get hold of, tried to arrange a couple of dates but never returned calls so I gave up.

    Paul from BK replied pretty much straightaway, visited the boat and gave a reasonable quote.  My boat is actually the first one in the our work section where he rebuilt my 2 skylights, currently waiting for the saloon windows to be replaced with new as they are in a sorry state.

    They have been in regular contact throughout and so far the work and advice has been excellent so I can recommend them. 

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    Ice Heads-up 2024

    in Broads Chat

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    4 hours ago, Gracie said:

    Well at least MM won't run out of ice for his libations :default_biggrin: x

    Thank you for that, it looks so so pretty. No snow where I am yet but it's ruddy freezing x

    This made me chuckle as I can remember giving MM a bowl of ice for his libations at the meet last year!

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    Springer’s Retreat On The Rivers

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

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    1 hour ago, kpnut said:

     

    The main issue is the recoding.  My controller has no visible means of finding the error code so I need the reader. I  thinking of changing it to one that does.
     

    I changed the controller on my Eberspacher to one that shows the error codes, main reason was it's also a 7 day timer so I don't have to get out of bed to turn the heater on - luxury!

    Oddly enough I have a fault on mine where it will not start unless the batteries are virtually fully charged or on shore power / engine running.  The Webasto seems to fire up at virtually any state of change and I've checked all battery connections etc so I'll strip mine down when the warmer weather arrives.  I only really use it as a back up and booster when the boats really cold to the Webasto wet system.

    Lifting Mud Weights

    in Broads Chat

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    1 hour ago, dom said:

    The only concern I have is that one of the engineers from Barnes has commented to a family member on several occasions that it's their number one cause of callouts these days when motors fail or similar. I've often wondered how easy it'd be to self rescue if one fails on you on a privately owned boat. I don't particularly fancy the idea of hauling a decent sized mudweight up on a chain by hand.

    Mine was supplied with a hand crank to use if the motor fails although I've not actually tried it yet, have to find it first as I've put it in a "safe" place!!

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    Richardsons

    in Broads Chat

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    I think Clive took most of the boat building team with him to Horning.  The smaller sheds on Swan quay never seem to be opened much and one has the half finished sedan boat sat inside gathering dust, what looks like a day cruiser hull in the other.

    I guess with less painted boats in the fleet now the newer ones just require a few gel repairs and a polish which could be done outside, the shed space reserved for the painted boats.

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    Car Talk

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    Nothing really exciting, not included the family people carrier as my wife drove that most of the time.  Ford Escort Mk2 1.3GL, Opel Kadett 1.3S, Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 1.8i GLS, Vauxhall Carlton 2.0CD, Vauxhall Cavalier Mk3 2.0CD, Saab 9000 CSE mapped 2.3 turbo - 2nd fastest car owned, 50 to 70 in the blink of an eye!  Astra Mk 2 GTE (8 valve), Citroen AX GTI ( go cart!)  Ford Fiesta Mk4 1.3, Fiat Punto 1.3, Ford Fiesta Mk5 Zetec 1.4, Ford Mondeo 2.0.  Following are company cars so not actually owned - Volvo S60 D5 (nearly as quick as the Saab!), Volvo XC60 D5 R Design, Volvo XC60 D4.  Currently driving a brand new V60 T6 recharge for the next 4 years.  

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