JennyMorgan

Out of curiosity I had a peep at NBF & its back up and running . . . . . . . for now. Possibly the hamster was knackered!

Not just an Oulton Broad thing then!!

I've lost touch with both Richard & the NBF but Richard's home is about a mile from mine & I've had a fair bit of interruption to service recently so it might just be a local thing. Other than that I rather suspect that Griff might be barking up the right tree!

Well seen folks! At least one of the houses in the background hadn't been built at the time of the Caraliner.

Deffo the pits . . . . . .

Awful place, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRWV-I4Yd2s

Heaven only knows why stag & hen parties come here, all that peace and contentment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mark, Topliners are quirky rather than ugly! Strangely enough when members of the local sailing community hired off Jimmy T for accommodation at early season regattas it was nearly always the Topliners.

I see absolutely no reason why folk shouldn't have all the high-tech gizmos they want aboard, so long as it doesn't mean the anti-social running of the engine at moorings. However, does high-tech have to go hand in hand with aesthetically poor design, e.g. ugly boats?

Those Hardy's are amongst the best looking boats out there. Indeed some of them are already timeless classics. It can be done! Designing the accommodation first then fitting a box like hull around it isn't always such a success.

I do wonder at the fenestration of many new boats, those 'teardrop' windows do nothing for me but that aside I agree that Richardsons are producing some stunning looking boats and I'm sure that they'll find it's worth the effort. I don't, for one minute, think that Ferry will fail but I do wonder if their box boats will sell well at the end of their hire days.

Thankfully we don't see too many on Oulton Broad! I do wonder if some builders produce what the market actually wants or what they think that the market wants. There are some quite stunning looking boats on the market right now so I really don't see the need or excuse for these ugly box boats.

http://www.edp24.co.uk/business/horning_boat_firm_to_join_silent_revolution_1_4198972 Perhaps I'm being unfair on this unusual looking boat but my first impression is one of horror! No doubts in my mind that there is an increasing number of unquestionably ugly boats coming both onto the market and into the hire-fleets but why? I appreciate that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but some of the strange looking boats appearing on the Broads can surely only be called ugly. What do you reckon?

Thank to Google! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarette Really posh boats have a bucket & a live-aboard maid to chuck it for the owner.

In the lazarette? Just a thought, it could drive a bike dynamo!

Problem solved! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Treadle-Fretsaw-/321836322070?hash=item4aeef08d16

Lot to be said for not being shore power dependent!

Those high sides sound great for a family, especially from a safety point of view. However, as a boat for pike fishing I would suggest a lower freeboard would be more pike friendly. Personally I prefer to kneel and chin a pike, unhooking the fish in the water, can't do that from a high sided boat. All that aside, I reckon Andy has got it right.

Keith, I can find no suggestion that the Mill House people actually owned other than the Mill House moorings, but it is quite reasonable to accept that they leased on an annual basis, or at least had an agreement with the owners. Okay, so we probably have similar opinions on this one but we could both be wrong!

Some interesting history of swimming at Beccles to be found on this page: https://swimmingnews.wordpress.com/tag/england/

This time a vintage snap of the original Beccles swimming pool. The interesting boat on the left possibly worked off a local beach, probably for one of the 'beach companies'. Quite likely she would have taken pilots out to shipping, or been involved in rescues or salvage, a forerunner of the modern lifeboat.

Going back to being serious, for a moment, I now understand that the owners of Mill House leased land both sides of their property in order to extend the moorings. If we accept that, and it's perfectly reasonable, then they were entitled to make a charge for the use of the extended moorings. It will be interesting to see if anything comes of the proposed A47 dueling at that point, that has to be a consideration for any prospective purchaser.

It could be interesting! http://ec-dejavu.ru/c/cremation_7.html Will sailing boats have right of way over smoldering cadavers?

The Pontiac Roadhouse sold for rather less than half the asking price of the cafe, house & shop, ummm, food for thought! Keith, obviously you had a similar conversation regarding the moorings as I did.

If Toby is your yardstick then you are in for a treat, there are some very fine restaurants & carveries on the Broads!