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  1. Hi all I'm looking for a 4G router to use on my boat moored at Brundall Bay. Anyone any experience of Three/Smarty in this area? Thanks
  2. God Bless Alan. A truly gentle, kind man. He was so helpful to us during our brief period as members of the Ranworth Breeze syndicate.
  3. Thank you @PaulN After doing a bit of measuring and comparing it with the shape of our boat, I've concluded that, where it is to be positioned on our boat, the 4' pole would look slightly tall and the flag might be a little large. I've gone with a slightly smaller kit of a 1m pole and 1 yd flag. Thank you for your help
  4. Sounds like she might want to see her doc. I'd guess honeymoonitis aka Cystitis might be the culprit if she was doing this whenever they stopped Seriously, being a lady she was probably just having a wee which shouldn't be an issue though maybe some grass rather than paper would be a lot better. I'm with the overnight anglers theory. I used to be an angler and honestly, the behaviour of many of my peers regularly disgusted me
  5. I am not a Royalist but she was an astonishing woman in every sense. As the Queen, her sense of public duty was impeccable. It was a rare, beautiful and inspiring thing in this world where anything goes and so many feel no obligation to any other than themselves, living for their own selfish pleasure. In her personal life it seems to me that she had many troubles dealing with the peronal attributes and behaviour of her children, grandchildren and their partners. Nontheless, despite living in the glare of the public eye and viewed through tabloid culture, throughout it all, she kept her silent dignity as a loyal mother and grandmother. In her spiritual life she, was a humble beacon of Faith and a true inspiration to Christians everywhere. I'm quite sure it was in her religious beliefs that she found her strength of character, guidance and peace through her long and challenging life. She is with God now and in my mind's eye I can see Him welcoming her as His "good and faithful servant".
  6. Surely all these are rules specifically for military, diplomatic and some other governmental areas and don't appy to old men like me mucking about on a boat? I just like a bit of a flag flapping around because it looks nice. @PaulN please could you tell me how long your flagpole is? I'm guessing 125cm but just to be sure. Thanks
  7. I have a feeling I'm making too much of this. I'm sure the 1 1/4 will be fine for my purposes though the 125cm pole seems a bit unweildy
  8. Surely it's a cuboid. It has some depth . Although re-reading your post, I'm clearly wrong. Oh dear!
  9. Thanks for the replies folks. I'm not really bothered about legislation or anything but as I'm mail ordering the flag and pole I can't really try it out for size and wondered if you agreed that the rule of thumb a 125cm and 11/4yd flag would be about right for me. Thanks and sorry to ask what might seem to be such a vague question but a rough idea would be great.
  10. Greetings folks, I'm putting a flag up on the rear of my boat. The boat is 37ft and according to one site I looked on it suggestesd the correct size ensign was 1 1/4 yd which I assume is 45" long. This seems pretty big to me. I'm worried it'll be touching the water ! I can buy a kit with a pole of 125cm so maybe it would be fine. Would you suggest this size or something a little smaller? Thanks all
  11. Hi, We've just bought a new boat, an Aquafibre 37, and it doesn't have any way to get back aboard if you fall into the water. I thought I'd get an emergency rope ladder withplastic steps that stays rolled up until you want to deploy it. The only thing is most of these seem designed to fit via nylon loops onto the pushpit. My problem is that my boat doesn't have a pushpit. It does have two separate rails at the stern but these are vertical to support an elevated handrail and this only leaves two vertical stainless columns, about 24 inches apart, to attach a ladder to and I'm not sure how to do this.I suppose I could use a couple of metal carbine type hooks but I'm not that mad keen to have them scratching away at the gelcoat. I'm wondering what the best way to attach this would be. It would need to be kind to the boat yet also be safe and secure? Maybe some sort of cable or something? It would need to be strong enough to support me weighing in at 16 stones in my underpants, and no doubt a fair bit more fully clothed and wet. Thank you
  12. Thank you very much. We’ve only got 3 paper ones but I’m very glad the plastic ones don’t expire because I’ve got about 18 of them in all 3 designs
  13. Hi all, I seem to have collected a number of electricity cards over the years. Here's a picture of them. Please can you tell me if there is a time limit on these and which of these ones would still be current? Thank you
  14. Thank you. It appears to be working now. There's a ticking noise but plenty of heat so seems to be all right.
  15. Thank you chaps. I'm really rubbish at anything engineering - related and am always a bit uneasy when I make any changes based on my own deductions hence my desire to make sure
  16. Hello all, I have a recently installed Ebenspacher heater in my boat and when I tried to run it a little while ago, it didn't do much. I had a look at the engine compartment and saw the new-looking pipe indicated in the photos. Is this the diesel feed for the heater? When the heater runs there's a click, click click and I can feel it vibrate on that little pipe. This combined with it's new appearance suggests to me that it is. It disapears in the right general direction anyway though it's late and I'm tired and need to get to bed so I didn't investigate further. Anyway, the on/off valve indicated by the black arrow was at 90 degrees to the pipe and I assume this means off, so I turned it to the postion shown and now everything seems to be working. I thought I should ask you knowledgeable people if this seemed correct or was it a coincidence it started working after I turned the valve "on" (?) and have I done something incredibly stupid? Thank you for your help with this really simple question.
  17. Thank you all for this thread. It's been interesting for me. I guess the fact taht my diesels don't have turbos is a good thing. I tend to run on one engine alternately when I'm out and about which is economical. It's really handy to have both for manouevering though and also if we're pressing onwards against a tide or through Breydon. Alas, we're selling our boat though. She's lovely, handles well and in great condition all around and I love her, but we're looking for something that will allow us to bring our families on for a week now and again and sadly our lovely boat is really ideal for the two of us or a family with two kids. It's not great as I've spent a fortune on her getting her improved and now she's just right we decide to sell.......
  18. Thank you once again. I didn't know about hull speed. Out of curiousity what hp does Broad Ambition's engine have, and what would an average broads cruiser's approximate hull speed be, perhaps using, as an example Lightning, which, I believe, is a 42 ft Broom Commodore? Sorry if I seem like an annoying student here
  19. I'm a mechanical illiterate so it was possibly a naive question however, thank you all for your thought - provoking replies. I started trying to educate myself via google and ended up with more questions than answers I also started to wonder. How many horsepower do you need for the Broads. My boat has twin engines and they are rated at 50HP apiece (if I am right) they barely go above idling for 90% of the time. I'm sure this isn't good for them but that's what they do. IIRC when I had a share in Lightning ( a 42 ft cruiser ) it's engine was much less powerful. I seem to have an idea that it's pretty average for 42ft boats to have 40hp diesels in them and so I'm way overpowered. I have two questions from this. 1 what is the ideal size engine for a 42 ft boat. This might be another simplistic question so apologies if so. 2. is idling diesels constantly a bad thing. I'm sure I have had this disxussion before but would like to hear current hought on the subject. Thank you for my education
  20. Hi all, I'm a bit confused. I keep reading online that 1. Marine inboard diesels last up to around 8,000 hours - I'm imagining an ex-hire would easily run this up in 8 years. However, I know of plenty of boats whose engines are way, way older than this. 2. Older diesels like BMC or Perkins can be continually rebuilt so that very often they last for decades but this is not true for modern diesels, the likes of Nanni. I don't really undesrstand why this should be true. Is it bogus? 3. Engines that are not used frequently eg as liveaboards for a few years are likely to be in worse condition than those used daily for reasonable running times ( ie enough to get them warmed up) This makes sense I guess. The above would lead me to believe that buying an ex-hire boat with say a 10 year old Nanni would be a poorer bet than buying an old BMC diesel of 30 years old. Also, it would be better to avoid a privately owned boat that has been used only occasionally in favour of an ex-fleet example which has had a hard working life but been well-serviced unless it was a Nanni in which case the engine would have to be less than 8 years old. Is this actually likely to be true? Surely it is possible to rebuild modern Nannis etc just as easily as the old BMCs etc so this idea that modern diesels aren't as long-lasting as the old ones is not correct.
  21. It's not so much the accuracy I'm puzzled by, but what information the numbers in the tables re water levels are supposed to convey. That's really what I'm wondering about.
  22. So putting aside the questions of variability of weather, data collection etc, the theoretical approach I'm using is right? I understand that predictions are uncertain and there is a need for making sure the height is adequate on arrival etc but it's my understanding of the way that to read the tables that confuses me. What I can't get over is that I find it odd that these tables can be so far out, as on every occasion, they are predicting the rise and fall of water to be around so much more than the amount it actually is This is what makes me wonder if my understanding of how they work is wrong but everywhere I look the chart reading advice suggests I'm not.
  23. These were suggested by someone when I asked the question as part of another thread which got confused and I believe that's the case. I will be using these in future. It seems it's not me reading the BA tables wrongly, just that they are of little use for accurate water height prediction.
  24. Is that definitely the case, Alan? If so I don't understand why they give different numbers for each tide?
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