JennyMorgan

I well remember Harry Last at Coldham Hall announcing, with deep regret, that the new village Plod had yet to be educated thus he'd better lock the door. Plod's bike light had been seen, it was well past midnight!

It was 10.30 on Sundays on the Broads too. I suppose that they had earlier closing up North in order to control the ruffians and hullabaloos that couldn't hold their Newky Broons.

Fred, just a thought, the Broads has had eleven o'clock closing since at least the 1960's. I always remember going back to college at Lincoln and thinking that the 10.30 closing time there was at best archaic.

Fred, also with due respect, if someone objects to such behaviour, and I would, then don't moor there. Double mooring is almost mandatory outside some pubs. This is a topic that could run and run but the harsh reality is that there is a shortage of moorings at popular hotspots and we need to be able to share. After all, we might be the ones that are glad to moor alongside someone else. As far as insurance is concerned then provided folk have taken all reasonable precautions, especially in regard to trip hazards, then I doubt that there will be problems.

From a yard's perspective dinghies were a right pain in the wotsits. More than once we had to traipse over to Breydon to retrieve one from the tide line where it had drifted across the mud after not being tied up securely, that was provided that some unmentionable bit of scum hadn't whisked it away, along with the usual harvest of boathooks and mops, to have its identity changed ready for the autumn boat auction. Inevitably there would be the odd squashed dinghy, people reversing into a mooring and forgetting that the dinghy was there. Dinghies didn't tend to be profitable! As for those engines, Seagulls generally, very definitely female. Seagull outboards were great, in the hands of a man who actually understood their quirky ways. Exactly the same with a man and a woman. and how many men understand them? About as many as understood Seagull outboards!

He might with some but we have an emerging trend for boats to carry notices stating that they are unsociable people and don't want other folk mooring alongside despite it having long been the way of the Broads.

Perhaps not private boats but maybe the BA should reserve the right to insist that a private boat caught speeding three times should be subject to her engine/s being governed. or even removd. Either that or the owner being suspended by his unmentionables from Vauxhall Bridge.

Thank you, Keith, for that link. White lights on the bows of moored boats?? What world does the planning department live on? How many hireboats, and even private boats, carry a white 'anchor' light? Granted that the pub could have supplied them but then in the morning I suspect most boats would have driven off and forgotten them. It does seem to me that many of the points raised by objectors to the scheme subsequently proved to be absolutely right. In my opinion what has happened was entirely predictable. At least the bloke was given a chance by the BA but that is the only plus point to the whole saga.

Is there any relevance now? Fillery has a colourful and some would suggest questionable past however he's no longer at the Lion, the pub is for sale. That it is for sale is the only detail relevant to the Broads, surely that is 'end of'?

I see that the local EDP24 has already dropped this story, perhaps we should too.

The damaged barrier has been out of order for weeks. Suspect that if it had been cars that were held up then it would have been fixed in hours.

In this picture I feel certain that we can see that the weather has stripped the white finish off and that we can see matting on ply, typical of the era. The hull is also clearly of a chine construction which back then, with the technology of the day, would have been subject to flexing if it was grp only thus it was common practice to build composite hulls, ply for rigidity and glass for tying the whole thing together. We had a large catamaran built at the Waveney River Centre back in the '70's and that was exactly how she was built. http://gearpatrol.com/2015/05/08/the-teignmouth-electron/ Open this picture then click on it to enlarge, the cloth matting is entirely visible.

Oi, Fen tiger, wos that cackle about Gin Palace Breakers? I'll have you know we take great pride in our bowsprit and wouldn't wish to damage it by smacking acres of synthetic boat. It already has a perfectly acceptable roll in life, that of putting the fear of God into Mafi's of all sizes. In that roll I have no need to dig glass fragments out of it or constantly revarnish the sharp bit. Hi Wayne, welcome, I take it the limitations of the Halesworth Navigation are wearing a bit thin then. Re widths of plots and lengths of boats, moor stern on, problem solved. I said that to a friend on Oulton Broad and now his boat dwarfs both his garden & his house, and those of his neighbours too!

Back to the toll demand, mine arrived this morning. Whilst I went to the Broads Authority meeting that passed the rises for the 60% of boats I didn't realize the detail for the remaining 40%, those who would pay less. The toll on my 11', outboard powered dory has dropped appreciably to £64.00 but my single seater, paddle powered kayaks are £32.85 each. In comparison the difference is an illogical nonsense. I thought that the whole idea of the toll review was to create a more fair system and one that would encourage the smaller boats that are used by youngsters, such as kayaks. I am sorry, but I don't see many youngsters lashing out £32.00 when they can find so many waters in Norfolk & Suffolk that are free, no launching fee either. Personally I reckon Packman has pulled a fast one and got away with it. Next year's rise, if it's across the board, will be X% on top of this year's hike.

I know next to nothing about Hank but for his wife having to go back home to an empty house, so sad, I feel for her.

Good to see the steering wheel to port rather than the lubberish starboard now seen on quite a few modern boats.

This list might help track down any other Hearts boat that might still be afloat: http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki/index.php5?title=Boatyard_Details&YardId=66

The Beverley Sisters, that brings back memories! They used to have lunch at my father's restaurant. One of them was engaged to a footballer, can't remember which one, and dad had me take them for a trip up the river in his launch. The general consensus was that they were lovely people. Dad used to have a lot of the Yarmouth stars visit his restaurant back then. The one I liked least was a rather dour Yorkshireman called Wilfred Pickles, he told awful jokes too, whilst my favourite was Billy Fury. Good old days!

Coincidentally I have just re-read my previous link to the Crowhurst saga & I note that his hulls were built by Cox Marine, the only Cox Marine of those days that I recollect was down in Ipswich. I also note that the hulls and decks were clad with grp which suggests that they were plywood construction and possibly delivered to Eastwoods in sections which might also have been the case for Tresspasser at HW's. GRP clad ply was very much in Vogue for multihulls at that time, designers such as James Wharram with his Polynesian Cats & Charles Green at Bungay's Cruiser Kits also championing the cause.

If my memory is correct those earlier trimarans were cold molded ply, glass ones did eventually come along but I reckon 67/68 was before there was sufficient demand to build what was still quite a radical design in GRP. I can't see Trespasser not being built at HW's because I really can't see the logic of building elsewhere and just launching at Potter. Getting the hulls there via the roads of the time would have been no mean feat!

Thick skin is a first requirement of Broads fora, apart from this one!

http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki/index.php5?title=Hearts_Cruisers_of_Thorpe,_Norwich Good looking boats.

Barbed perhaps?

The anglers ask nicely! It only happens in the winter & I believe that it is for local elderly or disabled anglers, There is still plenty of space left for the few out of season boats..

If nothing else some memories for Vaughan: http://www.wayfordmarineservices.co.uk/product/hearts-wards-classic-broads-cruiser/ On the other hand a second home back home in England. How could the local council refuse her a mooring at Thorpe Green?