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    Is It Just Me? Broom Boats Videos

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    12 hours ago, diesel falcon said:

    I have been on that stretch of river in our boat.....flat out over 20 knots, and turned each end on full power, this was when we were on trial run before purchase ,from nya, NYA have trade plates to do this.

    It,s a long way to Braydon just for a sales run, and that strech of river looks really well, dispite it?

     

    so its ok to have a trial run flat out in a restricted area when buying a fast vehicle

    try telling that to plod when doing 70 in a 40 limit on your trial run in a ferrari

      speed limits are set for a reason ,exemptions for whatever reason is ridiculous

    these bylaws are set by someone with a financial interest usully.

    to paraphrase D F its a long way from the ferrrari dealership to a stretch of motorway even then

    you cannot open it up as these people do in a restricted area 70mph ceiling max

    is it necessary to show a boat at full speed?, we daily buy cars without trying full speed

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    What Happens Next?

    in General Discussion

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    2 hours ago, High6 said:

    You wake up in the early hours to the noise of wind, rain and water slapping. You stick your head outside and see by torchlight that your mooring lines and shore power cable are well under water. You can't see the quay heading.

    So what do you do next?

    get the crew out of bed to clamber ashore in the water and untie whie you fire up the engine ready for the off

    happened to me 1994 moored at reedham in a  hearts hire boat,woke to a violent banging(bows blowing on  to the quay)got my lad to cast off, upriver we went,got to brundall tide was so high it was flooding the little shop doorway and threatening the old lady's g&t carried on to thorpe no way back to base,moored at rowing club lucky me i had some wellies ,22 boats moored at rowing club all went downstream to maidencraft for serviving that weekend

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