JennyMorgan

Polyfiller doesn't rot boat covers!

Bats too. Bat turd is a total offspring of unmarried parents!

By the way, in a vague, tenuous way, she's also a slither of Rock and Roll history! Once owned by Rod Clark, another blue plaque candidate although perhaps not quite another Edward Woodward. http://www.themoodyblues.co.uk/page46.htm

I would have replied earlier but have been offline whilst we had a new telegraph post installed. I too have looked at the Little Ships website, I was hoping to find more pictures. She has had a few name changes but if I see the owner, Rod Clark, who's dad started the Norfolk Wherry Trust, I'll ask him. She moored less than a hundred yards from my dyke. Rod has certainly cared for her whilst in his ownership. She is double diag but no apparent lifting or curling planks. I'd be seriously tempted but anno dominie very firmly says no.

Go on, Griff, you know that you want to! https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/3468/sarah-ann-austin I believe that she's also a Dunkirk Little Ship.

If anyone wants an eye-catching boat then this might be the one for you! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/365149661333483 If only I were younger!

Satchmo. one thing that has not been mentioned is that of brass fastenings in old boats. Regretfully they can and do erode and waste away, especially if poorly earthed boats are moored nearby. I have a forty year old boat & I have had to replace all the brass fastenings in recent years. I was amazed at the state of some of them, frightening. Brass, water and poorly installed/earthed mains electricity don't make for a good mix. I think that your decision to abandon any thoughts of major restoration is sound, especially if things are tight. Some boats are well worth restoring, I'm not sure that a knackered old Dawncraft is one of them! My guess, for what it's worth, is that you need to have your boat slipped and all its through hull fastenings checked and probably replaced.

Not directly but the inches of rain that we have had recently might be enough to submerge a skin fitting that is normally well above the waterline. We might not have had four feet but I had the best part of a foot of water in my rowing boat!

I have seen the damage done by HIABs to several boats that had been delivered to a Lowestoft boatyard. Okay when a boat is sound but in one instance a bulkhead had unwisely been removed and the boat was badly nipped on lifting with damage to gunwhales and cabin sides. On another the prop shaft was badly distorted. That is just two instances! Granted that neither boat was sound, one had suffered open planning whilst the other had soft floors and the bottom edges of the bulkheads had lost their integrity due to constantly sitting in bilge water over many years, a problem in many early Caribbeans. By the sound of it Satchmo's boat is not of recent build. Just preaching caution.

Not strictly Broads, rather it concerns anglers everywhere. https://www.angling-international.com/uk-fishing-magazine-set-to-close-after-56-years/

There is mention of Harleston, Harleston being on the River Waveney, bit like Somerleyton is. The Waveney goes to sea. Clue?

There might be some clues here: https://www.norfolkmag.co.uk/out-about/places/norfolk-mayflower-400-anniversary-celebrations-2020-2021-1-6801482

Does an Horizon 35 have twin trapezes and a top speed of about 30 kts?

Satchmo, if any of your boat's bulkheads are soft/rotten then a HIAB might not be a good idea as the hull would be at risk of distortion when lifted, be wary.

Has the Salhouse 2021 meet been penciled in yet?

A regular occurrence during my misspent youth!

Re car access to the riverbank, a whole new topic methinks. Meantime makes a valid comment re the gentleman and his wife who just like to sit on the riverbank. As a society we owe it to the less able to provide access, if only for their mental health.

As an ex professional photographer I had to be aware of what I could and could not do and that included what I could and could not publish. Provided an event took place in public, and was photographed from a public vantage point, then no law was broken. A photograph should not misrepresent reality and basically that is it. If the event happened in a public place, was photographed from a public place and the photographer does not misrepresent reality then there is no reason why that photograph should not be published without restriction. What we do in public is open to the public gaze and comment.

When we see such behaviour then it is inevitable that we question it. It raises a number of issues mainly because it involved repeat ramming by one boat of another, it was clearly not accidental. We have discussed the obvious issues previously but we probably have new members since back then. I go back to Jimmy Hoseason and his agency in Oulton Broad. He was a great believer in demographics and in that respect was remarkably adept at matching clients to a hire yards requirements. Alec Hampton at Safari Cruisers was justly proud of his boats and understandably protective of his investment. Very few 'undesirables' infiltrated Hoseason's vetting system and those that did had a fair old indoctrination by Alec. Other yards were less possessive of their boats, indeed some simply grabbed any customer that came their way, as many still do. Many years later & I still question those who seemingly, in my eyes, condone anti social boating.

Hopefully not being squeezed between two boats like their namesakes should have been!

It's when the dog is on one of those useless extending lead things and the owners stand there and watch their beloveds peeing on mooring ropes and more especially on water hoses that I seriously question their right to own a dog.

Got to say it, Alan, but I really don't see the justification for that. However, it's out there for all to see, just visit YouTube and search for Norfolk Broads Ludham Bridge Boat Crash. It wasn't an accident, it was wanton, thoughtless damage and deserves to be highlighted. No faces to embarrass, no need to remove, in my opinion. It is relevant to a discussion started by Bluesman where he stated that he would not be returning to the Broads because of such appalling boat handling. Such behaviour is unacceptable by any reasonable standard. Imagine had it been a forum member's boat on the receiving end. Should we really be brushing such incidents under the carpet? It is relevant to all forum boat owners and some ongoing discussions.

Most of us have the decorations that we had last year, the year before and even the year before. Do we need more? Our houses are already full to overflowing with tat. Do we need more? I'm sure that there will be people who will rush off to B&M and QD with empty trollies to fill but equally there has to be a limit as to what we can cram into our already bursting at the seams houses. We've spent lockdown de-junking our homes, why reverse the process? On balance I think that manufacturers and importers are wise to cut back.

Perhaps we are fast approaching this point in the discussion which is to be regretted.

I can cope with that, it's when they pee on the end of the water hose that I see red, or is it yellow?