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Mark!Really looking forward to it actually!
jane
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You did and that's probably the best newbie advice for sailing having seen people try to learn the hard way...
Yehbut...
The OH and i are on the southern broads for a week in September, and we're thinking about hiring a dingy; he can sail - and i'm a complete noob!
Advice? (apart from "wear a lifejacket" - he won't drag me onboard without one!) Where best to go?
in advance! dont be scared to ask, most people will only be to happy to offer advise and tips .
Bestest advice ever....
J x
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Hi Polly,
Sounds like you may have registry slowing your PC. I use iolo System Mechanic to keep me up to speed, but paid for that. You could try Malware bytes FREE edition. https://www.malwarebytes.org/ Hope that helps you.
Iain.Thanks for this link Iain - works really well!
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Hiya. It seems 6 feet everywhere. But you should really try and moor the bank closest to where the wind is blowing... (that way if the mud weight slips you have all the broad for it to restick but we've never had one slip) we are south shore near the houseboats and it seems a good spot...
Hi john.. extra strength repellant seemed to do the trick
Many thanks!
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Hi Jane,
What Canal are you going to have your live aboard on? or are you going to be touring the system?
Regards
Alan
Hi Alan,
It will be somewhere around the Midlands, we aim to do a little touring around that area first as we haven't yet decided! My aged folks live in Hinckley, luckily, so we have a large choice.. Including of course the lovely (and lock-free!) Ashby Canal! But as long as I could be within 30 mins drive from there... It may well depend on what work we can get!
!Jane x
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Sold! Which bit of Oulton broad is best for mudweighting plz Mr O? X
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Exactly Andy, glad to hear that you show hirers how to do this.
Me 2! Am very much looking forward to our handover from Andy in September!
As one or two of you know, we are going to be liveaboards in the not too distant.. Anyone who's willing to give up any amount of their time to improve my boat handling skills - well bring it on i say - bet you get bored afore i do!
Oh and BTW... "not too distant" just became "early next year" due to OH playing his cards just right at work.....
But even when we're living aboard on the canals, we both agreed that we'd still come back to the Broads on our hols - sad or wot?!
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Hi Jane,
Have you thought of hiring from Maffett's, Swallow is well regarded by regular customers.
http://www.maffett-cruisers.com/
Regards
Alan
Yep - she's on the "would love to hire" list - along with C'est La Vie from City
and most of the "Little Ships! *sigh*
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Hi Jane,
I am sure the double is the dinette; in the link it mentions a single under the canopy.
Regards
Alan
Alan! (I recon I'd still like a week aboard tho!)
So (pardon another silly question!) is she guaranteed to go under PH bridge? And one would use the pilot still?
I do think she's rather gorgeous!
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Jane
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Hi guys sorry im away on the boat struggling to get a signal and text and drive lol. At present you cant see submitted pics but ill do this when im home
bryan try again. I may have to help when im home though.Hey, no stress dude - we can wait until you're landlocked again - wouldn't want to detract for a second from your fun!
(Even tho I am green with jealousy that you have your OWN BOTE.. )
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Where can we see the entries? (Apologies - i seem to be having a day of being a bit t'ik!
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Hindu temple I thought? A very very different proposition indeed.
Many Hindu traditions are very water centric especially around rivers. So I can see this would probably be a really good location for a hindu temple. It would also be pretty cool to have a hindu temple on the broads (IMHO).
I have no idea what the concerns over traffic might be so my only concerns would be on the lines of:
That the site would be very unlikely to ever be repurposed again so this should not be looked at as a similar change of use as say switching from pub to restaurant, it should be looked at as something done forever.
Safety of any bathers - some steps could easily be inset from the main river.
Loss of moorings - I suspect the moorings would actually mostly stay given that it's intended as a place for cultural exchange...
Barbecues could lead to some unhappy 'cultural exchanges'...
Having traveled past many a Hindu temple in West London, the only problems i could see are the "offerings" to the river.. i.e. saris getting wrapped around the prop! (Happens in Brum and Leicester too) Our confusion was hilarious the first time we passed through the floating coconut shells at Diwali... I do think the whole "sacred river" thing is pretty cool tho.. I used to do lighting for a living so i tend to think Diwali is awesome - a festival to celebrate light - coolio!!
I totally fail to see the problem with barbies?
A sighn on the road "SLOW - concealed entrance" or summat?
As with all this cultural diversity stuff, the key seems to be COMMUNICATION. The more communication, the less issues.. imho...
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For forum members who have not seen Tumblehome here is a link to Martham Boats website:-
http://www.marthamboats.com/broads-cruisers-for-hire/tumblehome
Regards
Alan
Studied those pics hard - i still cant make out if the only double is the dinette or if there's one cunningly stashed in the bow.. i'm prolly being thik!
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We were looking at this boat ourselves - it looks gorgeous! However, with the OH at 6'2" i can't see it working... Is the only double berth the dinette conversion?
Do tell us how you got on!
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Jane
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Very sad to report that the lady in question did not make it....
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/grandmother_pulled_from_river_yare_has_died_1_4149455
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He certainly is, and I think hails from Canada?
IainThink he sait he was born in the uk but lives mostly in Canada? These videos were (along with the London Rascal) partly responsible for me and the OH deciding to try the broads.. love them - and love his funny accent!
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Hi Andy and welcome too from a relative newbie.
Tell you what, i ain't half jealous of you lot who's parents dragged you out on boating holidays (including the OH)! It must have been amazing as a kid.. (we just got years on end of Blakney Marshes and Wells-Next-the -Sea beaches.. (NOT knocking it though!)
See Robin? I recon you must be responsible for at least some of the congestion oop north!
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Well Andy that have given the chances of good weather the kiss of death.
I do hope you get a good season and all of the yards on the Broads.
Regards
Alan
Nobut..... Yerbut...
I recon the fact that WE are coming down the first week of September means that the weather will be FANTASTIC!! (obvs Andy knows this
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So happy for you Robin! Looking forward to many more blogs....
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Note to self......
Also we wanna pick up on time, so
to late return fees! 
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Most boatyards employ a late return charge.... Ours is £50 per hour.
Note to self......
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I agree Grace. MM's post deserves more than a "like" it demonstrates the core values of this forum.
Hear Hear
!I belong to a canal forum which "looks" very very similar to this one - BUT - i seldom if ever post to it as the risk of getting a good savaging for daring to have a differing view is very high, and then you're embroiled in a (usually pretty personal) spat that you just haven't got the time for! Poor newbies regularly get torn asunder for daring to ask questions (mainly about C&RT's ever more complex continual cruising rules, about which EVERYONE is currently confused!)..
(Altho i broke my own rule the other day and interjected on a post where some eejit stated that all women hated having a dedicated engine room on a narrowboat - wot bilge that was - Raaagh!
)From time to time folks will ask for heavier moderation on this canal forum, but the ones who love an argument and a good bullying session always moan that the site would become "bland" and "dumbed down". They always win!
THIS site is neither bland nor dumbed down - posters merely seem to have much more respect for each other's point of view here. Which is why, even though i've been a member of the canal forum for over THREE TIMES as long as i've been a member of this one, my post count here is over double what it is there!
IMHO this is down to the moderation here; so it's really a long-winded way of saying -
WELL DONE MODS!!
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Mark!
and most of the "Little Ships! 
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to late return fees! 
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