sanderling

All the crew looked a bit dodgy if you ask me

Many thanks to Jon and Teresa and all the lads at the yard who rushed to help me in my hour of need . This is the second heart attack l've had .....and the most painful. Lyn tells me Jon rushed on board and took over ....calming the situation and dealing with the 999 phone call that was in progress. I can't remember much about it but am so grateful to Jon and his wife Teresa for looking after Lyn ........ and then drove her all the way to hospital to see me.......... How lucky we are to have friends like this. Once again many thanks Russell and Lyn .PS Barney says thanks for looking after him as well x

So I can get rid of my 4x4 then John !!!!!

Wayford sorry not Watford Lyn

Hi John You do that at Watford don't you?.... we will want Sanderling tidied up later All the best Lyn

Alan I think it would be very tight at 9ft 4ins,,,, nice boat the seamaster30 Next time we go under I will see what clearance there is above us All the best Russell

Hi Alan Our air draft is 8ft4in with everything folded so no problem with Ludham all the best Russell

Hi all Just to say we had a couple of nice days cruising the broads last weekend We set off from johns boat yard at Wayford Friday and made our way down the ant ,turned hard to port and headed for gr Yarmouth ,we had to stop on the way to let barney wag his tail (good job we have plenty poo bags on board) then made our way under the bridges and out over Breydon At reedham the ferry was doing its thing so we had to navigate round the chains, it won't do your prop much good to get hooked up in that lot, we thought about going up the river to Norwich but decided to spend the night at Hadley cross on the new moorings. Saturday morning back to Reedham and up the new cut to make our way to Oulton broad. We chugged round Oulton and I suggested using the lock and taking the salty way back to Yarmouth but Lyn was none to keen on that idea, so we moored at the free moorings about a mile back down the river. Had some breakfast, met couple on another steel boat, had a nice chat with them about the pros and cons of steel boats, then we headed back to Yarmouth. After we had passed under the bridges we chugged up the river to slowly make our way back to our home port ,we had only done about a mile and half when down the river comes a 40ft broads cruiser two adults in the cockpit completely unaware that the kids out side were running up and down the roof with no life jackets on,,i guess some people think that they are on holiday and nothing bad can happen. We slipped under Ludham bridge to find total gridlock, someone in one of the big fancy rentals had decided to wedge it across the river between all the other moored boats, after about 20mins it started to look like the m25 at leaving off time. After awhile when things had cleared we pressed on up the river over Barton broad where we met two gentlemen in a vintage sailing boat, as we passed them one shouted "there are three boats in your mooring spot,i will move them when I get back from sailing". ok John see you in a while... When we got back to Wayford we spotted a gap between the boats moored on the river front, we stuck her in there bows first and tied up. From out of the darkness we heard chugging of a small engine and a voice "you can't leave that there with the **** sticking out I'll move them other boats" 20mins later we were moored in our usual spot.. So all in all we had a good trip out. Next time I will radio the harbour master and tell him we are on our way back ,,, John all the best. Lyn and Russell.

Hi all We tide up at hardley cross Friday night with 3 other boats,,,,, great place to moore

Hi Jan I don't think I would want to swim in the broads but I have seen people swimming at the coltishal end, but the water is a lot clearer down there and I thought I was illegal to have sea toilets fitted in broads boats unless you have another connected to a holding tank or chemical job,,, I may be wrong all the best Russell

Hi there Sorry I moved the pub from Watford.. got one of them new tablet things,, had a job to get the needles for my old puter,, touch screen big fingers typo all the best Russell

Hi all just like to say how much we are enjoying our time on the broads, after having to drive to Essex every time we wanted to get on board It is nice to be at the boat in 20 minutes. Watford bridge has got to be one of the nicest parts of the river ant, loads of wild life always on the move up and down the river... and the goose Ziggy who patrols the road way through John's boat yard Legend has it that if the goose is in a foul mood ,John can be found in the same frame of mind. They are nice people how own and work at the yard so we can put up with goose.... he seems ok once you get to know him. Had a meal in the Watford bridge pub , good grub can be found there so all we want now is the long hot summer they are predicting and all will be well All the best Lyn and Russell

HI all . we departed tichmarsh marina walton on the naze at 4.45am monday on the high tide and headed for Felixtowe then out to sea. made good time up the coast past Sizewell power station , all was well till we past Lowestoft then the sea got a bit rough we were glad to see the harbour entrance at Yarmouth but had to wait out side because of ship movements up the river finally got in at 3pm. chugged over breydon water and moored at the berny arms for the night. Tuesday morning back over breydon and under the bridges up to Johns boat yard at wayford bridge where we were made very welcome so thats where we will be moored , if we are on board the kettle will be on for a cuppa so if you passing give us a shout all the best Lyn and Russell

hi John the air draft is 8ft 4in , we are heading up to wayford bridge boat yard,, we will have to come in at yarmouth on the low tide i guess, we will leave Walton 2hrs before hw and catch the tide up to yarmouth but will have to wait for the low water to get under the bridges... many thanks Russell

Hi all we are bringing our boat up to norfolk next week from Walton on the Naze , and would like some advice on the best port to enter the broads, Lowerstoft or yarmouth?? many thanks Lyn and Russell