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@cutekatie1990 We can confirm that Police attended a potential firearms incident in the Smallburgh area. Found this on twitter. Doug.

Hi Alan, I never heard of this company or it's products so will be it a lot of thought. Many thanks for the update. Doug.

I wonder if it's anything to do with the stolen outboard that happened recently. Doug.

Great Yarmouth to Beccles Not currently available on BBC iPlayer Series 3 Episode 1 of 25 DURATION: 30 MINUTES Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook. In a series of five epic journeys, Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country to see how the railways changed us, and what of Bradshaw's Britain remains. Following the route of the Great Eastern Line, which ventures from the edge of England to the centre of the country's financial capital, London, Michael discovers the grave robbing history of Great Yarmouth, tries his hand at working a Victorian swing bridge in Reedham, and takes to the air to discover how a Victorian rail guidebook helped aviators in the Second World War.  Doug.

The shop was /is indeed up for sale but at £650,000 I think it will take a while to sell, I believe the shop is now responsible for all the moorings now instead of half and half with the Tapas bar. Doug.

He has already been to Great Yarmouth, and very interesting it was too. The trains use to take dead bodies to London for research this area has quite a gruesome past. Doug.

Alan, The water tanks are in the engine bay and the stb one is the one with a hole, I don't think it has contributed to the rot but cannot be certain. Yes the bottom of the hull in the area under the shower also needs replacing, someone has done a temp repair using epoxy in the past but I think around 5 planks will be replaced this will also remove some of the short ones and nemerous but pads which I dislike. The bulkheads are all solid mahogany tounge and grove. The lower parts of the shower will be covered in Formica so will proberly be replaced with ply as it won't be seen from either side. The rest be be re- varnished. Doug.

After finding the port engine bearer suffering from a few soft places I decided a more closer inspection was required. This involved removing the shower tray not a difficult job in itself but this is a Broom.. All the screws fixing it down were rusted and refused to come out, no problem just pull a bit harder and take half the structure with it. Every part of the shower room has rot to varying degrees, all the ribs and frames will need replacing as well as repairs to both the fwd and aft bulkheads. Once the area was cleared the full extent of the engine bearer problems were clearly seen, the bearer was made of soft wood to my surprise and was hollow inside but bearing in mind it's over 50 years old and has spent most of its time wet from shower water hasn't done to bad. The new bearer was to be made from oak, the bearer is over 4m long and the aft end was in good condition so a decision on where to join it was made to take advantage of the bolts that go through the hull. The bolts are made from copper but the nuts had long since corroded away so the bearer was not actually secured properly. A half lap joint was cut across one of the bolts and the new bearer cut to shape and a trial fit carried out. I will fit this permanently once all the frames are in. The new bolts are going to be stainless steel coach bolts with threaded bar used were it does not pass through the hull. All this talk from Alan about nice shiny things for the inside got me thinking about the water system, the old tanks are passed their best so SWMBO has declared it must all be replaced. Two new stainless tanks have been ordered from a company in Northampton along with a surecal calorifier and water pump. I will report on the tanks once I receive them. Doug .

My wife at the time got a new job in Oxford with Halls brewery company. The job came with a company car( our first). Great I thought until she came home from work in a brown Austin Montego.1.3. How disappointed was I. The first time I drove it I quickly noticed things where not good. Back to the garage where it had a new engine, new gearbox, four new tyres and new brakes, it was still crap to drive but she was then told it was being returned to the lease company in two weeks as her new car had arrived. A blue Vauxhall Caviller 1.8. Result !!!! Doug.

If the dinghy's are from the " liveaboards"on the island then they should not return within 24 hrs unless it's to a dinghy only spot, or have I got that wrong ?? When we passed about a month goo the height under the bridge was 5.6 n/e and around 5.11 s/e , this would prevent all but the smallest boats to pass under and enjoy the green. Doug.

I recently hired a transit van, I had only got about 2 miles when it broke down managed to limp it back to the hire yard and explained what had happened. The guy insisted on taking it for a drive as he did not believe me only to return to say "yes your right". A quick swap to another van and off I went. The petrol gauge was about quarter full so I pulled into the nearest garage to get some fuel only to find I didn't have the key for the fuel cap. Back to the hire yard again to collect the correct key and off I went again, back to the petrol station now with the fuel cap key separate from the ignition key, out I got and removed the fuel cap. While I was filling it with fuel I heard the door lock go. Yes it had locked itself. Rang the hire yard to be told yes that's why the fuel cap key had been removed from the bunch and he had given me the wrong key as this one had a habit of doing just that. 30 mins later he arrived with the correct key. All went well for the first hour as I was travelling down to Kent to collect a motorbike, then the van started cutting out and then restarting on its own. I carried on as I was well behind schedule by now. I think I counted at least 15 times it cut out on the way there and back but we did make it back ok. I returned the van while the yard was closed and put the keys through the letter box, I then had a quick look through the window only to find the motorcycle keys were laying on the passenger seat. I manage to retrieve these the following day but it was a definite do not use this company again even if they were cheap !!! Doug.

Hi Alan, Thanks for the interesting write up about your Sabre 28 restoration, all this talk about galleys, cookers and heaters is very interesting but sadly along way off for us. But nice to have a Guinea pig lol. I have been looking at water tanks and calorifier as I have been instructed to replace it all but her who must be obeyed. Good luck with the rest of your project . Doug.

The problem is I don't use a PC, I think I need to have a look on the App Store . Doug.

Many thanks for the reply, some pictures are taken with an iPhone some with an iPad and uploaded through the cloud. The big problem with iOS is you are very limited what you can do with editing pictures. Doug.

I have been uploading pictures from my I pad and some appear upside down, any idea why ?? Doug.

After finding the ends of the exposed ribs were in poor condition we decided that the engine tray and water tanks had to come out. The engine tray is around 6 ft long and screwed to the engine bearers on both sides. After much levering with a screwdriver it finally came out. Underneath the tray lay years of mud and an oily scum about 3 inches deep. When it was finally cleaned up we could see what the damage was, almost every rib and frame had seen better days so would need to be replaced, after the water tank was removed the support bearer was very loose and didn't take much to remove it. It too was very rot tern and again would need replacing. The replacement ribs were planned up to size and fitted quite easy, the frames were a little bit harder to fit as they pass under two bearers but did fit eventually While poking around in the engine bay the main engine bearer was soft in places and would need closer inspection, this is not something I wanted to replace if possible ( see the pic with the screw driver ) oh dear how wrong was I !!!.

Pauline. "Oh yes" The work on PL was mainly planking the Broom is turning into quite a project I'm half afraid to look too close in case I find some more rot. After much sucking of teeth we have decided to replace all the badly affected areas now that we have good access. This has put us back by around 6 months at least but better to do it now and not worry about pulling it apart again in a couple of years time. Grace, the avatar is of our two Bichon's the oldest being 6 years and the pup is 7 months. Both have taken to boating very well. Brundall Navy.

Many thanks for the kind replies, Alan no I don't have deep pockets which as Polly has said I am doing the work myself. One of the main problems she was letting in so much water is the chine rail has completely gone on the port side. This was to be replaced in oak, after much discussion about the best way to make it do it in one solid piece or laminated we went for a solid piece mainly due it's shape. An 8ft long piece of oak 3"x3" was cut to shape and placed in a steam box for around an hour, a former was made to the shape of the hull and once it was cooked it was clamped in place and allowed to cool down.. Before it was to be fitted we decided to check the floor bearers as it would be almost impossible to renew them without access through the area of the chine rail. This did not bode well as rot was found in almost all the floor bearers and ribs. Brundall Navy .

After a bit of prompting I have decided to share my restoration project. After many years of owning sailing boats both on the broads and in Corfu we decided we would like a bit more comfort. We were lucky enough to be offered a 1958 Broom Captain which was in need of a bit of TLC, the boat was floating but taking on quite a lot of water mainly due to poorly repaired planks under the waterline. After having the engine removed we had the boat lifted out so we could see the extent of what lie ahead. Boy were we in for a shock, the planks had been fitted using bathroom sealant which had given way. Work started in earnest stripping the paint from the port side, the planking is Mahogany which looked ok until the paint was removed revealing a lot of rot and brittle areas so we set about replanking around 70% of the port side. Brundall Navy.

Tim, I'm going to Timber haul on Monday to pick up some oak I will get a bit extra for you while I'm there, I need to steam in some ribs in the next couple of weeks so can do the frame at the same time, easy to make a former you just need to cut it to size. Brundall Navy.

"Blimey, can I have some of what 650xs is having lol, " I have had some, and it wasn't nice lol. Brundall navy

I am new to this forum, some members already know me but a lot don't. Thanks for the welcome Geoff. Given some spare time I might even do a write up on my current project. Brundall Navy.

Some ex Sailies are still know to zig zag, maybe their hat gets in the way of their eyes. Brundall Navy.

Welcome Polly, I heard the worst type of Sailies are ex Sailies !!! Brundall Navy.

Warp, I know a story about a sailie a mud weight and Salhouse Broad. ,!!! Brundall Navy.