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I use a ResMed Airsense 10 APAP which is 24vDC and supplied with a 240v to 24v converter, so I needed 240v onboard. My previous ResMed was an S8 CPAP which was 12vDC but you had to use their converter so you needed 240v onboard. I did manage to use it from a 12v socket through a 300 watt pure sine wave inventer and then through their converter, but the cabling had to be kept very short or it tripped out. I believe that in between those machines the S9 CPAP was 10-28v DC. So three changes of required power supply in consecutive machines from the same manufacturer. As you can see each time you have to have a new machine (can be as often as 7 or 8 years), any convertors or invertors you may have can become not fit for purpose. Neither of my machines would work with anything but a pure sine wave inverter.

Not had any outages but have to sign in every time I log in even though I have the 'remember me' box ticked. I'm using Safari on a MacBook Pro.

Neil, point taken about the age of the boats, faulty memory, but I was just trying to get over that all three boats we were allocated on the Sun deal were definitely fit for purpose. Much more so than the two Pennant boats we hired two or three years earlier. If I'd had service like yours at Summercraft I definitely would have remembered it. Can't remember much about Willow cruiser except when we returned the boat they seemed happy to show us round one of their other craft. I'm sure Swancraft treated us like any other hire and at Richardson's the lady in the office apologised for having to change our boat and while we were boarding a second mechanic came aboard to check if some repairs had been done.

The Sun holidays on the Broads were never as cheap as £10 per head. Just looked at the Invoices for three that I went on in the mid 90s with my wife. They were short breaks; either weekend or midweek and you had to pay for a minimum of four people. The boats were allocated by Hoseasons but you could put a choice to which part of the Broads you would prefer to start from. We did midweek breaks and the invoice in each case was £110 plus £15 non-refundable damage waiver plus fuel. We weren't new to the Broads and while on one of the breaks we went into Brister's and booked a boat for the next week. All the boats we were given were in good to excellent condition: Autumn Willow (lovely boat), Swan Roamer {older but well looked after); next one should have been San Rafael from Richardson's but previous hirer had removed the sliding roof on a bridge so they gave us a DC30 (Saucy Gem 4) which was quite old but very clean and everything worked fine.

Notice on window of local chippy yesterday: "Staff wanted, apply within with your CV".

With a draft (their spelling) of 8ft 2in I think they may run aground occasionally.

Quite a few years ago now I was about half an hour behind my friend at Lynn. He took the A47 and I used the B1145 and arrived in Wroxham nearly an hour before him. Mind you it was a summer holidays late Saturday morning.

With fuel prices rising daily at present shouldn't a hirer pay the price that the fuel was when they took over the boat (or even less as some of the fuel could have been in the tank from a previous hire), as that was the price of the fuel they actually used. While there possibly wouldn't have been more than a few pounds difference on Broads01's hire, anybody being out for a fortnight on a Brooms boat and coming back to £2.35 a litre would probably have been paying significantly more than they expected.

My first two were Astra Zeneca; first booster was Pfizer; went for second booster today to be told they are only using Moderna. Had very little side effect from the first three so hopefully same with this one.

Most hire companies in France offer bicycle hire with their craft, particularly on the Canal du Midi which has a very good towpath throughout. Bicycles are very handy for collecting the morning croissants and possibly the odd bottle of wine.

Tongue & groove definitely looks better inside a boat rather than outside.

I found a local history article, originally written in 1955, mentioning that corn was transported at one time from Burgh St Peter Staithe and also Burgh Wherry Dyke. Can't copy and paste it here as it is copywrighted, but I found the article by googling "Public Staithe Burgh St Peter". It was an article entitled: "THE TRIANGLE, THE HISTORY OF ALDEBY, WHEATACRE & BURGH ST PETER." Although WRC's address is Staithe Rd, Staithe Rd doesn't presently reach the river - it joins Church Lane which runs down through WRC to the river. I suppose that originally the dyke from the river could possibly have been longer and reached Staithe Road. Re the ferry, this is an extract from an application to BA in March 2012 to reopen a ferry service at Burgh St Peter: "A public footpath which connects to the Angles Way (450m upstream) runs up to the river’s edge on the bank opposite the Waveney River Centre. Historically, a passenger ferry service bought people from the footpath across the river onto the bank where the Waveney River Centre is located. The ferry operated from the early 20th Century until 1950 when the use was abandoned."

Here she is on the Ant in August 82.

Think it was one of Chumley & Hawke's Caravelles - built in the early/mid 60s.

Possibly not. Stonegate have nearly 5,000 pubs under several different brands.

Brundall History website has a picture of the pub with vacant moorings.

I presume it was them who changed the name back to The Yare when they bought it. For a short period in the 1970s it was the Queen Elizabeth (possibly renamed for the Silver Jubilee?). Pic is an advert from 1978 "What to do on the Norfolk Broads". The 1981 issue has the pub as The Yare. You could dine until midnight in those days.

I had a Sunbeam Stiletto (Imp variant) for about 10 years and remember having the overheating problem with the blocked radiator core. Apart from that I can't remember having any trouble with that engine. The engines mentioned in the Seamaster advert are probably KF4s.

This is advertised on Boatscrapyard. Seamaster 30 £5,000 6 berth in 3 cabins 2 stroke Diesel Coventry climax twin engines, ex naval K4s. Galley recently refurbished. Heads partly refurbished, needs completion. 1 owner for over 30 years. Only for sale due to health reasons. In need of TLC and boat safety certificate. Engines and systems all in good working order. Built in wheel house model, only 6 made. Nice project for someone. Offers welcome.

From Hoseasons 1972

1972 Hoseasons has Barracuda from Classic Cruisers - a wooden sedan superstructure on a grp hull. Was this the same model that JanetAnne mentioned?

Interesting that Nanni are still working with Farymann as they started their business in 1952 by marinizing Farymann industrial engines.

Originally an Italian company, after it passed into French ownership they bought Renault Marine, who were pulling out of the marine market. They have had (still have?) partnerships with Kubota, Man, Toyota, John Deere and Scania. I don't suppose there will be any boats on the Broads with engines based on the latter two as they are a little on the large size. Unless commercial traffic returns to the Yare

Have Broom's stopped giving the 10% fuel discount to their moorers?

Here's Lady Brenda in 1994 at St Olaves (possibly at Albatross Marine's yard). According to Craig's lists Lady Brenda was the first one built in 1937 and was 'lost' or broken up by 1995. Coincidentally a chap I worked with had a week's holiday in the 60s on Lady Brenda.