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    Any Excuse

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    I wonder if you`d think the same of that statement if i came past you on a motorway at 120plus mph on my bike.

    Thats 2nd gear still on your bike you still have 4 more.

    Also 120mph or flat out about 168mph on the 955i is a bit more than 19 mph dont you think even though its on water.

    Any Excuse

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    I am guessing that video footage like that will provide evidence that Breydon needs speed control?

    All seems a bit "hooray Henry" to me! :pirate

    hyb,

    Because I was on one engine I could only do 11 knots with the tide and look at the size or the wash large I would say.

    Had I had both engines I would have been doing 20+ knots with far less wash and still not as fast as a reidential area on the road so plenty of time to look at whats ahead.

    In fact if my boat did 50 knots (I wish) there would be very little wash as there would not be much hull in the water and probably less than some of the river boats around as they come past my moorings flat out and i mean some not all.

    I cannot see a reason for speed control on breydon waters unless of coarse your names victor meldrew or somthing like that

    Gel coat repairs

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Hi Mark

    When my boat got hit by a Herbert Woods craft last summer they came out and repaired my gel coat and fixed my davits and I must say the repair was perfect (maybe they do private work) and a world apart from the repair i had done by a local reputible company which I can still see the colour miss match now so if you want to know who it was pm me and I will let you know.

    cheersbar Barry

    Journey Completed

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Glad it all went well, not one picture of a pub either. :naughty:

    Baz, does osprey always look to be sitting that low in the water?

    It looks fine dont make me panic as i left the engine raw water stop cocks open

    Fuel consumption.

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Who told you that Baz, the tooth fairy?

    Think it is optimistic for your boat mate, would guess 1 mpg or with you at the helm about 2 gallons to the mile,

    Is it true that you have replaced the throttles with an on off switch? :naughty::naughty:

    sorry it came from mbm i think and yes the bit in the middle of the throttles i thought was just the play in the linkages :grin:

    Fuel consumption.

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Hello we have a fairline turbo 36 with tamd 60b 235hp engines

    I have been told that I should get about 1.5mpg at about 16 knots.

    Does anyone have any knowlege on this hull and engine set up to confirm this. The waterline hull length is 36ft and 13.4 beam planing hull and weighs around 11 tonnes when loaded.

    cheers Barry

    Prefilters

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    Hi all

    I am going to move my pre-filters to a more accessible location so that has given me the opportunity to think about sea safety. I have two choices - I can run a share pipe between outlets of the two so if one blocks I can simply open a valve to let both engines run off one filter, or for the little additional cost I can install two pre-filters per engine with valves to select which one I want to use.

    I am erring towards the twin filter set up but as explained to me before can see the benefits in a simple share pipe.

    I would be interested to know how others have filters set up for the "just in case" situation.

    rgds

    Wayne

    Just leave it as it is mate, you only need to change them once every 3 1/2 years mate :lol::lol:

    Salty Bottom's 2011

    in The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast

    Posted

    The cold weather is now here so to help us through the winter Is it now time to organise next years Salty Bottom Cruisers.

    Easter is probably best kept simple as a chance to blow away the cobwebs and for any new non members to salt their bottoms.

    Whitsun and Luke is leading a Sealine cruise to Wells, with limited moorings probable not enough room for the SB'S as well. Whitsun usually has changeable weather and with possibly new boaters joining us a turn to Starboard and the more sheltered waters may be the one.

    Summer and destination London a return visit for some with some different stops en-route.

    Please add any ideas

    Jonathan

    Sharron said what about Denmark :lol::lol:

    Salty Bottom's 2011

    in The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast

    Posted

    Holland?

    Holland would be good but it does worry me a little having a 27 year old boat and engines. I know the boat would make it and im sure the engines would be fine but I would be a bit twitchy being 50 miles from land. But I still want to do it somtime

    I would love to coast hop round to the solent but would need a big weather window and lots and lots of fuel.

    A trip to harwich would be good for a long weekend?

    cheersbar Barry

    Birchwood 330 challenger

    in The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast

    Posted

    Hi Baz - and greetings from my sunny winter retreat

    The guy who owns that boat is called Tony and he kept it down on the medway and apart from minor bits and bobs that popped up from time to time, had no major dramas with it. The black window striping needs re-spraying in and as far as Im aware its pretty much a similar designed hull to mine. The flybridge is alot more rromy thanthe equivalent sealine 330, but, do you really want to change what you have? :grin:

    Hi Gav hope all is well.

    It's not foor me as you can see. but we were looking at a sealine 330 and the birchwood and im know expert but the birchwood was a thousand time's better . It had a lot more space you could sit around the table without banging you head (not like the sealine) the sides of the superstructure did not push in and out when pushing it with your fingers as on the sealine (whats that all about) and in the sealine when i stood on it well it nearly fell over :o .

    cheersbar see you soon enough Barry

    Birchwood 330 challenger

    in The Norfolk and Suffolk Coast

    Posted

    I was with some friends at the weekend on a fishing trip (sort of :) ) when we thought we would have a look around NYA at Brundall.

    We had a look at some nice boats but a Birchwood 330 challenger caught our eye so we decided to have a look around the boat.

    Once on board I could not believe how much room there was for a 33ft boat ?. It had A full size or maybe even bigger master bed in the bow with reasonable storage, a very good size bathroom, a double mid cabin, a decent galley, comfortable seating for 6 in the saloon, a good size cockpit and a good size flybridge.

    The boat has Yammar 230hp diesels with a top speed of 28 knots.

    As we looked around the other boats of the same sort of size, it looked to me that this boat was light years ahead of the others.

    Does anyone have any knowlege of owning one of these boats or know someone who has as I would like to know if they have any downsides.

    cheers Barry

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