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If you have a dog on board make sure it is under control when mooring. The results of not doing this can be tragic.

Ok, so to pick up on Robin's dippy idea a headlight for those not well blessed in night vision, that conforms to regs and does not dazzle other boaters. I'm posting this for stinkies as they are the ones who typically point their boats in the direction they want to go in and are less interested in the view elsewhere. Due to healing this would not be suitable on a sailing boat. Bylaw 35: Power-driven 35 Vessels Underway (1) Subject to paragraph (2) the master of a power-driven vessel underway shall cause to be exhibited: (a) a masthead light; (b ) a second masthead light abaft of and higher than that in (a) except that a master of a vessel less than 50 metres (164 feet) in length shall not be obliged to exhibit such light but may do so; © sidelights; (d) a sternlight. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1): (a) the master of a power-driven vessel less than 12 metres (39 feet 4 inches) in length may cause to be exhibited in lieu of the lights prescribed in paragraph (1) an all-round white light and sidelights, and (b ) the master of a power-driven vessel less than 7 metres (23 feet) in length may cause to be exhibited in lieu of the lights prescribed in paragraph (1) of this Byelaw an all- round white light and shall, if practicable, also cause to be exhibited sidelights. “Masthead light” means a white light placed over or as near as practicable over the fore and aft centre line of the vessel showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 225 degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on either side of the vessel. In the regs you can have a masthead light. If it had a well designed pattern it could give reasonable light in a wide arc around the boat and attenuate down to reasonable levels above the dip.

Yes no idea what happened there perhaps modded to repeat the main info?

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Where is Paladine when you need him? I think that these are the current rules here (I may be wrong): http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/399230/Navigation_Byelaws_1995-1.pdf 33 onwards (part 2). Peter points out that with the lights on the boat in his picture you can't see their navigation lights as they are drowned out by the heavy 'headlights' so the side lights are not visible from one or two miles (which ever is applicable to the boat). I would also point out reg 80 that bans bright lights on shore - I think written under the mistaken belief that this would not also be a problem on the water... Regardless there is a 'common law' - if you like - that you should not be spoiling other navigators night vision. Your eyes need maybe 20 to 30 minutes without being exposed to bright light for you to be able to see properly at night. The main point of lights on a boat are to be seen rather than to see with. There is a trap that you may be falling into; depending on a spot too much (or continuously) you lose your night vision so you can only see what is in the spot. This is rarely what you want to look at (you want to be able to see all around you). Sometimes under the trees you do need to flick the spot on for a moment to be certain of distance and so on but it should only be for a moment likewise identifying posts across hickling for instance you see something you think is a post, you flick the spot on it for a moment to confirm it is a post and that it's the colour you were expecting.

MM that is what I would call a spot. The OP is referring to lights of significantly higher output.

I understand that night vision gets worse with age. I don't understand that that is an excuse for disrespecting the rules, other navigators, people moored enjoying the night and using headlights - by which I mean the sort of thing you will normally find on the front of a car not on a miner's helmet. There are plenty of other nights where there is loads of light to see by. If the skipper doesn't think it is safe to navigate within the rules then it is the skipper's choice wait for one of those nights. It is not the skippers choice to strap on a bunch of mole risers and blind everyone else.

If you think you will need headlights to navigate at night you should not navigate that night. Headlights should not be used. They will blind anyone else who is attempting to navigate correctly. You can use a spot to check things like posts etc but headlights are the wrong way.

Mod bait? Ok I'll bite Do not lick this link. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e6/73/5c/e6735c80e46e36c4062b3096fabe6668.jpg

Bump This years Regatta starts on Saturday 1st of August 2015 which will be in the afternoon on Black horse Broad, so there will be a fleet of boats sailing up there around 1 till 2PM and returning around 4 depending on wind etc. On Sunday the 2nd of August, we will sail up to the broad at around 9 till 10 AM returning for lunch about 12 and back to the broad before 2pm Edited by Alan

It's different in my eyes. That's what I told the officer and then the judge but they said 160 was too much by anyone's eyes and put my lies in jail. I drive faster than most on the roads and most would think I was a little unhinged but unlike most I do under 30 in the village and know to quit an overtaking lane... It is both private and hire and maybe the roads are to blame but the real reason they go fast is the same as the road. Stress has been added. On the roads are the millions of cameras, the forest of signs, the miles of paint and the clock on the dash. On the water the tide, the numbers of people, playing some kind of game of musical chairs, they only play the music at dusk and dawn. If you don't want a wash then get a yacht, but if you don't want to stink then get a stinky bathtub.

Well done.

I think you have a reasonable expectation of a prop lasting longer than one year. Is this a work boat or your own? Did you fit it yourself according to their instructions? Got a tradesman to fit it?

Nor had I until I was asked not to on a hand over 4-5 years ago... I did suspect at the time it was because they had not put a sufficient length of line on the mud weight on that particular boat. But then someone else said they had been told not to mud weight by a different company... I did then hire another boat from yet another company who made no such request but they were more up-market...

Good luck with the weather

Unfortunately I have run out of likes for the day... I would say in the rangers defence that if they don't slap the notice on the boat then they have to endure some fairly bloody minded phone calls complaining about untaxed boats

And I thought I was a bit of a BA cynic. I see I have a lot to learn yet...

So this is why hire boat companies started asking people not to mud weight?

Surely these would not be the only moorings around the system that would be 'no fishing' and 'no barbecues'.

The old car tax disks used to have the same colour coding idea with two colours active at any given time. The rangers are used to the fact that they're going to have to check a list to see if things have been paid for as it can be months before an owner visits their boat. The cost would be either a radio call or a lookup on a computer. Compare that to the cost of printing and mailing all the confetti we have now! We should be pressing the BA to stop wasting money on the printing and the mailing and making everyone post ugly things on their pretty boats...

I think that tolling the boat is correct. However I do think that the owner of a boat should be able to reclaim the remainder subject to some admin fee when removing their boat from the broads. I also think that the toll should be valid for a year starting from when it is paid for. I fail to believe that this is more complicated. It would also (eventually) spread the administrative load out over the year. Thus it would be like road tax. This would not help the OP much who would still pay both amounts in full but would at least get a full year for his money on the new boat. That said surely the difference on the amount is not worth the aggro compared to shipping the boat over from Croatia?! It must be a drop in the ocean?

Cows are sacred to Hindus. Many hindus are vegetarian and this is generally the ideal. As with all religions things do vary but the no eating beef thing is in the modern era completely universal (there are arguments that this was not historically the case). So someone mooring up and flipping a couple of burgers on the barbie on or next to the temple grounds would be difficult to tolerate. Cooking other meats would likely be more tolerable but would still be a less than ideal situation.

For the 4:1 blocks I have actually gone for the shiniest however they are (relatively) cheap... My current problem is finding a pretty ratchet block as they are all without exception black plastic...