JennyMorgan

Our boat sheds were in the farm behind the photographer!

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/coastguards_help_woman_with_leg_injury_on_boat_in_ludham_1_4629600

What a coincidence, I was based at Bosham in Chichester Harbour over forty years ago. Used to teach sailing and skipper charter boats including a gorgeous Sparkman & Stevens 44' yawl for a living.

My comment really concerned the well being of the sail, especially if the wind got up from an unfavorable quarter.

Chris, just curious, why would you loose the main sheet at sea if there is nothing to snarl it on?

Strategically flying right besides Brandy Wine, owned by the Admiral of that slightly lesser forum that we don't talk about! Nice one

Has one of those rum & coffee concoctions courtesy of John, Maurice Mynah, ace bloke, ace tipple, don't know why I had forgotten them.

Oulton Broad?

Great morning, as Griff says. Coincidently I was sat quietly fishing this morning when, from afar, I heard a certain, instantly recognisable Yorkshire voice cracking jokes, that was before I heard the engine and saw BA as she came into view, a full quarter of a mile away! By the way, Charlie, she looked to be at her magnificent best, no dangly bow fend-off, as ever a real pleasure to see. I note that you are located in 'God's Country' . . . . . . . . you are this morning!!

I would suggest that gay or lesbian couples phone and ask. I suspect that most of us know full well the intention of Summercraft's condition of hire and I'm confident that a reasonable and courteous approach would be respected, as it should be, by the yard in question. I am quite sure that discrimination is neither the issue nor the intention and any attempt to turn it into one is surely unwelcome.

Kadensa, I for one fully support Summercraft's stance on this one, I really do wish that other yards had the courage to follow their example. Illegal, are you sure? Would be if it were all male but not all female, in this case both sexes are being treated equally. Like Spider I too agree about their well turned out boats and I don't blame them one iota for wishing to protect their investment

As Poppy has said, having a stopper knot on the end of a mainsheet is madness. Same reason that it's non too wise having back splices, even tiddly tapered ones, or loops in the end of mooring ropes, sooner or later they will snarl or snag when it is vital that they can run as freely as possible.

Will the BA approve of her being on the Broads let alone extracting a nice, fat toll? Personally I reckon it's a great idea but I'm not so sure that that thought will be shared by those on high.

Personally, Polly, if there was no one frantically waving for help or laying face down in the water then I'd simply sail on. This is the Broads, not the open sea. Different matter down at Reedham, for example, where the tides race along but not on Barton. Lesson for both the BA & CG, let each other know when boats have sunk, shouldn't be that hard to do. I would have expected someone to have got their hair wet and to have let the sail down though.

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2016-07-21/lovingly-restored-broads-cruiser-given-royal-navy-escort-out-of-yarmouth/

its quite easy to sink a white boat, Hold the main too long, or it jam it. while close hauled and you'd definately get water over the side. Having managed to sail a Waveney under whilst on the run, despite having a crew member sat on the transom, I have to agree that it can be done. However hanging onto the main too long when close hauled is an idiotic thing to do at the best of times, pi*s poor seamanship, just free off, simple! Oh, it was in a jambing cleat, well, whose fault is that then? Can't get over the boat being on the bottom for fifteen hours before the lifeboat was called! Seems to me that Humber Coastguard needs to understand how things are on the Broads, like wot Gorleston Coastguard used to do.

If the hireboat companies are so worried about their boats clouting the underside of Yarmouth's bridges then perhaps they shouldn't build them so blessed high. Building boats to fit isn't such a silly idea! Perhaps banging home the mantra that passing through Yarmouth at low water is best wouldn't go amiss either.

It strikes me that the CG should liaise more with the Authority's 'Bridge Control'. Calling out the rescue services for a capsized or swamped sailing boat, especially when the crew are all accounted for and safe, is a waste of resources, Perhaps the BA should plaster 'Broads Authority Aware' stickers over all such sunken boats.

I don't think that she is intended to be a passenger ship, rather that she would be static. If she were to be a passenger carrying boat then I believe that she's have to have stability tests as well as being slipped every few years. She's being worked on on an industrial site where there are a number of engineering companies serving offshore companies as well as there being several time served boat & ship building companies in the close vicinity, in other words there is a great deal of expertise available. Does seem that I am not alone in following this saga with a degree of trepidation! I suspect that launching her will be easier than slipping her as and when for her DTI or whatever tests. As she sits on her wide, flat bottom I'm not too sure how they'll anti-foul her in the first place.

Like you, Chris, I think that the concept has legs, however I'm watching the creation with a degree of trepidation.

But then he doesn't have to pay for it!

I'm told that this eye-catching hundred footer is destined for the Broads. Apparently she's to have paddles on her sides. I'm told that she's eighteen feet wide but that excludes the paddles, another four or five feet wider with those in place? Built in sections on Ellough Airfield near Beccles the sections were then transported to Lake Lothing between Oulton Broad and Lowestoft where she's being assembled & fitted out. I'm told that she's built of thin, sheet steel on steel box sections by a house builder from Clacton and that she's to be launched on rollers before being towed from Lowestoft, by sea, to her proposed berth near Cantley, I wonder if the owner had originally intended to go through Mutford Lock. Seems that she's to have accommodation for her owner and to be a conference and wedding venue. Apparently a few years from completion she's already looking impressive, certainly an interesting project. I do hope that the owner has discussed his plans with the bods at Yare House though. Perhaps someone out there knows more about her?

If SOB were to actually save just one life then her purchase price would be justified. However I really do think that there are alternatives that offer far greater efficiency. I do question the need for SOB to be out cruising, surely just being on call, as is the Hemsby ILB, would make greater sense. An ILB would then be a sensible choice, in my opinion, but these already exist. Tow-boat services are also available on Breydon, do we really need the SOB?

My understanding is that the whole SOB concept was sold by the Authority officers to the Authority committees on the understanding that her duties were to patrol and to provide safety and rescue services, part of which was very clearly in being able to respond to requests from Humber Coast Guard. I've retired as an Auxiliary Coastguard now but if I were on duty I would have called out either Gorleston RNLI or Hemsby ILB, both services having craft far more suited to rescue on Breydon than ever is the SOB. The whole reason for the SOB's existence was to provide and improve safety facilities on Breydon, that mantra has been openly banged on about by the BA executive on more than one occasion. That outside agencies are relied upon to provide rescue facilities is excellent, and we must be grateful for them, but it then brings into question the very need for and the cost of the SOB. In my view her choice and subsequent purchase was a very poor judgement by those responsible.

Re the SOB http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21783000 Apparently she is able to respond to calls from the Coastguard, the BA says so! I quote: 'The authority's standard river launches are not fast enough to respond to emergency calls from the coastguard' so presumably the SOB is! However it is up to the CG to call out the most suitable response service or vessel.