[How Many Boats?]

A warm to the NBN Bill the bus from me and The Wench (some call her Inge) Charlie

[Dream Time]

Locked until tomorrow morning so everyone can calm dowm.

[Help Required For Volvo Penta Aq115]

Boat engines are much easier sorted than Your plumbing, take care get well soon.

[England V Tunisia]

All done Sue

[Fishing]

A warm to the NBN mgillett88 from me and the Wench (some call her Inge). I have done quite well in Rockland Broad.

Tight lines

Charlie

[Acle Bridge Vanity Project]

11 minutes ago, TheQ said:

 

Bloody hell its been a while since I last heard that ..........................

[Somerleyton Bridge Not Operational]

4 minutes ago, Philosophical said:

My point being that had I been aware of these issues with the aforementioned bridges then my decision to select Brundall would have been made with all the relevant limitations in respect of bridge passages.  

Theres always Ipswich as an alternative then.

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3 minutes ago, Ricardo said:

if your not happy then take it up with those causing the problem and in this case that is not BA .

It Used to be

The General Manager , Eastern Region, Harwich House, Liverpool Street, London EC2.

Sadly my father is long retired, about 35 years, and deceased 15 years, so he can no longer help out here.

So that used to be the contact person.

[Nav Lights Not Working]

4 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

On my Elysian, the fuse box is behind the helm in a cubby hole accessed from the heads if that helps

And mine behind the helm undo 6 screws and you can get into it.

[A Serious Question]

1 hour ago, Philosophical said:

I believe I read somewhere that with different metal grain compositions resulting from modified forming and rolling processes, it is possible to get long sections of steel to expand somewhat width ways rather than predominantly length ways.

Has this said steel passed the tests of of the Ministry of transport???????????????????? if it had im sure it wouild be use in all places on the railways system where expansion was a problem.

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47 minutes ago, Philosophical said:

Given those answers our investigation would initially focus on what has changed since there were no issues, to establish the root cause of the current issues, rather that look to modify the design or operating practices.

First off this is now getting tiresome. Have any of you ever worked hands on, on the railway. Rail expansion is a far bigger problem than most give it credit. mechanical switches (POINTS) had in fact still will have on mechanical signaling, commentators on rodding runs to counter the expansion and contraction problems. There is no safe way to do such with rails. A shorter rail is just laughable. Who pay the wages of a Pway gang to keep changing them dawn n dusk.  Plus most of those staff will be out on heat patrol any way.

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1 hour ago, grendel said:

the volunteers would get the bridges working by maybe replacing the summer rails twice a year as it used to work

what the flip are summer rails, a rail is a rail, they all expend and contract. no such thing sorry

[A Serious Question]

1 hour ago, Maxwellian said:

Well Charlie at least you got one scientific answer.

But from a practical response it was well out, as I have known rails so hot, sausages have been cooked on them, that are in direct sunshine.

Back to the question, how do two get to expand less than the other two.

[A Serious Question]

Strange isnt it, that every one bar one assumes I was talking about railway track.

[A Serious Question]

I have 4 by 60ft lengths of steel, that weight in at just over a ton each, all 4 have 2 by 7/8in diameter holes in each end.

The serious question here is how do I stop 2 of them expanding in 70f temperatures more than the other 2?

No silly replies like paint the ends white, or spray with water, as that's not an option. Scientific replies please.

[Summer/autumn Gathering August 2018]

If your coming we need your names etc soon, we also need the length of your boat for the harbourmaster

 

list so far

Forum Name.          Boat Name.   Number of crew  Friday. Y/n. Saturday.y/n. Sunday . Y/n

Bound2Please          Bound 2Please          2 poss 4      Fri / Sat / Sun      27ft             

Maurice Mynah,       Nyx                              1                     Fri, Sat, Sun        27ft     

Socrates                    Broadland Grebe     4                      Fri/Sat/Sun         32ft

Retired                       Respite                      2                       Fri/Sat/Sun        37ft

Polly                           Brilliant                      2   Or 4            Fri /Sat /Sun

DaveB                        Rosalind                    2 crew             Sat/,Sun 

PastorsDayOff.       Sovereign Grace.      2 plus dog.        Fri/Sat

Elisamoose             The Cats Whiskers with Mark and Elisa

Castaway                  Simon, Castaway     4                        sat/sun              35 ft.

 

John and Mary Jane    by car, boat or motor home!      Sat/Sun

Ian and Sara by car

[Somerleyton Bridge Not Operational]

4 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

Charlie, supa-doopa gin palaces in the numbers that we see to-day might be a relatively new phenomenom but the coasters and colliers that used to trade up to Norwich via Oulton Broad were hardly minimalist!

JM yes i regularly encountered them in the 60's 70's and 80's when in hire boats.  But the Yare let alone the Waveney is hardly a commercial water way these days, i cant also see that getting through mutford lock either, so somerleyton swing bridge is irrelevant

[The Sun Setting, But Where?]

With a bridge height gauge in  view?????

[Ranworth]

26 minutes ago, brundallNavy said:

Never been not able to moor at Ranworth, guess we are just lucky 

Snap

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10 minutes ago, SteveDuk said:

Had they maintained the bridges over the years we wouldn't be seeing this problem now

Who says that they haven't been maintained? do you know this for certain? The answer is plain and simple. Weld all bridges straight line track running. Then there is no longer a bridge opening problem. Or get a craft that is broads friendly design for passing under railway bridges. All these super dooper boats have only appeared in  recent times, even wherry's had masts that were tabernackled for passing under bridges.  This is like the couple who bought a cheap house next to a bust pub, then try n get the pub shut as its devaluing their cheap house.

Thats the last i'll say on this subject with my mods hat off.

Charlie

[Shoes]

16 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said:

Not Broads related but one for Grace possibly? 

We've devised some racks for Mrs Nog's shoes (and even some spare for future acquisitions)  

Howard get a grip man put your foot down, let Mrs N wear some of that lot out side before adding to them.

What ever happened to one white handbag and a pair of white stiletto's, ?

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9 hours ago, Philosophical said:

I think the question is: why has Railtrack failed to maintain the swing bridges that have been an integral part of the "local Norfolk rail service" since Edwardian times? 

Who says they dont maintain them?

[Barrytrodd]

A very warm to the NBN Barrytrodd from me and The Wench (some call her Inge) enjoy the forum, and we hope to see you out n about.

Charlie

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7 hours ago, Philosophical said:

Why can't they do whatever they did when the bridge opened and closed without problems throughout the year?

That would be easy, change all rails from terminus to terminus for 60ft's instead of the LWR bridge problem solved. But

(a)  would the passengers like the clippty clip for the whole journey

(b)  every 60 ft would be needed two track circuit bonds, which need a regular weekly walk through checking.

(c)  just imagine the out cry at the fair increase for all this old Victorian technology being reinstated.

So the most obvious solution to all this

(1)  Leave as is

(2)  Or the most logical, change the law weld the two bridges in the closed position, saves all those wages, as there is no longer commercial working ports on the Waveney or Yare problem solved. All broads friendly boats still able to navigate safely, problem solved and money saved.

(3)  Put a crowd funding up to raise a few million to have built a state of the art 21st century bridge built, no thinking more sensible it should be tens of million's to raise.

So all in all I recon its a case of put up with whats there, make do with it as it is a\ Victorian designed bridge that has worked for in excess of a 100 years, and should still be ok for an other 100 years at least. But make sure no water with the slightest chance of salinity in it gets near these historical works of art.

Charlie (mods hat clearly off)

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5 minutes ago, w-album said:

Surely isn't this the issue of not installing the summer rails which were laying beside the track? Unless they have been taken away for scrap? 

All rails expand and contract at the same bull head a little more than flat bottomed summer/winter the metal is of the same make up