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Didn’t think the latest from David Blake was his best but looking forward to Chris Crowther next book.
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15 hours ago, GES said:
Hi Everyone,
I'm new to this and hoping for some advice.
We're looking to hire a boat for a week in August for 2 kids and 2 adults.
We were looking at a 42 foot cruiser with bow thrusters (Rapide) (mainly for the space inside).
Does anyone think this could be a bit difficult for novices to manoeuvre?
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks
Geoff
Don’t forget this type of boat has a very high stern not great for getting off.
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A bit big for two. Remember only one person will be holding the ropes when you moor and it’s a heavy boat in a wind.
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It’s all go in Wroxham.
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9 hours ago, LizG said:
I assume the water levels are high ( I haven't looked) as there was almost nothing moored above Wroxham Bridge as I drove over earlier
It was 6-6” when we came through yesterday afternoon. Only one hire boat on the stern on moorings and none on the viaduct ones.
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1 hour ago, Paladin said:
Therefore, whether or not it is a historic boat is completely irrelevant. It is exempt simply because the bye laws regarding the discharge of "polluting matter" (in this case, human faeces and urine) don't apply to such vessels, no matter how old they are.
But thank you for providing that information. I wouldn't like to think that users of 'historic' motor cruisers might think they could just dump their dumps overboard, as your original post seemed to suggest.
I could name a few motor cruisers that don’t have waste tanks fitted.
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3 hours ago, Paladin said:
Really? So you discharge human waste into the Broads, and suggest you are exempt but can't substantiate that claim. Seem that you don't care, either, that you are causing such pollution (not as much as the water companies, but every little helps).
I believe it’s a EA rule nothing to do with the BA and if I remember right it’ only applies to yachts as they have limited space for a tank. Oh and it’s not a requirement for the BSS.
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A bit of cheating going on at Potter I see. Great video though.
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Mike AMiss signs in Norwich do vinyl and traditional sign writing.
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3 hours ago, mikeyboy1966 said:
This image was posted on BRAG,
Plus comments on how many boats moored up at the hire yards.
price hikes too much?
We went past Ferry boatyard yesterday and was surprised how many boats were still in. Over the weekend it seemed to be mostly Ricos and HW out.
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I was talking to someone recently about leasing a mooring to the BA they gave up in the end as the BA were to difficult to deal with. His words not mine I hasten to add.
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1 minute ago, Vaughan said:
Call me cynical if you like but I can't help reflecting, that paddle boards and canoes don't need made up moorings.
But most don’t pay tolls either.
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India back past Upton at 18-50.
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Breeze heading back to Thurne at 18-30.
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W3 and W5 heading back to Thurne at 17-50.
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Ladybird past Upton heading for Acle at 17-40
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India on her way to Acle past Upton at 17-00. Only 40 mins behind Breeze and she has done the short legs.
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Breeze 177 just past Upton heading for Acle at 16-20.
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I too had a rude awakening as one of Potter Heigham finest decided he needed to be back 2 hrs ago so went past at full throttle 6 ft from the boat. Lucky only one broken glass.
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Just moored up near the corner at St Benets. If the wind stays like this it should be a fast race.
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10 hours ago, kpnut said:
I’ve used so much of my monthly data I’ll look when I get home. The anticipation will be good for me!
Monday 29th May
It was distinctly chilly this morning, this north east wind is being unfriendly. It had been a very peaceful night at Coltishall lock. No music, in fact it had stopped soon after I mentioned it. Maybe it had been coming from somewhere other than Hoveton Hall after all.
I had a leisurely pootle back down to Wroxham, stopping to fill with water at Bridge Broad yard. It’s so handy to stop there. I then double tracked and moored up at the Hoveton viaduct moorings to take Finlay for a run in the rough field behind. Not so rough as it’s been mown in the past few days.
I swept the exterior of the boat to remove all the willow seeds stuck all over it from the trees at the lock. And then Finlay had to manage on his own for a bit while I went to do a food shop.
The bridge gauge was showing over 7’ as I went through, 2 hours before low tide, then it was just a matter of negotiating numerous dayboats etc on my way downstream. At one point I did have to do a quick reverse as a dayboat with a child driving decided to start weaving to and fro rather dramatically just as I was pulling out to overtake it. The adult supervising had a bit of a panic, as did the people relaxing at the back. I just waved nicely!!!Horning was very busy. I took a picture of a very strange looking boat, but was a bit late and it doesn’t look so odd from behind. It got the ranger excited, waving his ‘slow down’ board at it sped past Southgates and the New Inn.
Spying a space at Horning church mooring, I pulled in behind the other moored boat, had a bite to eat and braved the still chilly wind by walking over to Griff’s Corner above Ludham Bridge on the Ant. A very friendly couple with their dogs were moored there, their second holiday and they had certainly caught the bug for boating on the Broads, loving the quieter spots, wild moorings etc, and planning their next booking and looking on the boat sales sites already. They told me a load of cows had got out from the grazing marsh earlier and their dogs had been surprised by 19 cows staring through the window at them! So the mooring was slightly less pristine than normal underfoot!!
On my return I sat a while with a glass of wine on the bench, watching quite a few of the yachts returning from their weekend of racing at Thurne mouth.
As I returned to the boat, a hireboat came along, close, closer, closer until it gently kissed my boat. Why it had to do that when it had the whole river to itself is anyone’s guess but the man sitting in the aft well was certainly extremely alarmed and apologised profusely to me before disappearing inside, hopefully to give the helm an earful. No harm done whatsoever, but totally unnecessary and could have been an incident to report to the hire company and negotiate a repair.
The river is now totally peaceful and calm.The blue boat is the previous owner of Papaver’s new craft, it’s not much of a looker in my opinion but it is very nice inside, I suppose you don’t see the outside when you are sat onboard.
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14 minutes ago, WherryNice said:
Probably a daft question but where/who/what is 'Nearest and Dearest'?
Norfolk marine in Wroxham.
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BA Or Rspb
in Broads Chat
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But by mooring there the BA will have to go down the court route to move them on which takes months. They did this at Norwich a few years ago when bailiffs turned up most just moved a few hundred feet onto someone’ else land and have slowly migrated back to the original area. One even has a pass for the security gate.