ChrisB

Certainly to take 2 months to inform someone that they are the subject of an enquiry or investigation would appear to be appalling personnel management. The more so if the alledged misdemeanour is of such a serious nature as to warrant dismissal/permanent stand down

When an employer calls an employee to a disciplinary hearing it is a mandatory requirement to offer the employee some form of representation. I say some form because who that person can be can form part of a contract of employment, ie a Union official may not be allowed if the employer does not recognise a particular Trade Union. Now how the law covers what in effect is an unpaid voluntary situation, a status that once covered most of the RNLI ? ? Traditionally very few crew, with the exception of Engineers and famously the Spurn Head crew were full emplyees. That has now changed dramatically with the greater remit of "Life Saving". It sounds to me to be a can of worms awaiting a tin opener if not correctly managed.

See what you mean. Just shows how closely I look!!

The ones at the Club House are working OK for me. Acle and Martham are only ever over the race days.

That narrows it down to about three marques then.

Terrific footage.

Just noticed this on Apollo Duck. Good price for a late-ish small Hillyard. I must not be tempted...I have given up boat ownership..... Sister to one of Arthur Ransome's last boats.

As long as it contains a live round.

I think my little silouette sailing cruiser was less than that!

I wonder what would happen if booze had not been discovered a few millenium ago? And now it suddenly bursts onto the "Night Out Scene" Given the social and financial problems it presents to huge numbers, what would happen? Well my guess is it would be classified as a Class A Drug.

Photos would be good.

I am feeling a little more to the right in my leanings this morning than Attila The Hun.

Single handed I like a warp on a central cleat. Whatever the wind or flow is doing once the boat is secured in the centre you have control. Also makes setting springs of the bow and stern warps easier when short handed.

If you will take to advice of an old man Robin, gentle your way into handling a boat of such short LOA mated to 100bhp. I speak as one who did a " Donald Campbell" in a Dell Quay Dory as a young man. The wrong combination of power. Wave type and wind on the bow and you need a Pilots Licence.

There should be a charge where any public service is used as a result of intoxication. Not just RNLI and Coastguard but the curse that causes so many problems for Police, Ambulance and A&E in our towns and cities up and down the country. And that charge should be proportional to a persons ability to pay so in all cases it hurts.

Also most props are far less efficient astern so you won't stop as well as you go forwards. Bow to the flow also provides a clean profile to the water, so in effect you may be at zero over the ground but are still able to manoeuvre as Peter describes. I learn't a valuable lesson mooring stern to the flow at Coltishall when next morning I discovered they had been weed cutting up stream. It was building round my outboard leg and against the transom faster than I could clear it. If I had been bow to flow most would have passed under the hull just leaving a bit to clear by tilting the outboard.

What I do think is sad is the number of Owners Clubs who's sites are now a shaddow of their former selves due in a large part to splinter Facebook groups.

Looks a very tidy craft. May I wish you well to sail her.

Totally agree. I am sure that their site used to have a photo of Tumblehome's interior but it is not there now. It is true of boats in general though. Not so true of inland waterways due to the benign conditions but in my many years seagoing as a family you can spent many days in harbour even in high summer and living accommodation is then very important. I have noticed builders, Cornish Crabbers being an example show far fewer interior shots than they once did. Unless it is a way to get you to look in person at an agent or boat show?

Very nice indeed

Sounds great, love to see it out on the water when it is ready.

Above you sleeping head position by 18 inches min.ceiling level in saloon where sitting and standing.

I was always under the impression that the Acid Rain that fell on Scandinavia was as a result of our coal fired power stations emmitting vast quantities of sulphur and nitrous oxides which was wind driven their way. When it combined readily with rain it fell as sulphuric and nitric H2SO4 and HNO3. In weak solution

Not trying to split hairs but that is The River Wensum. The Yare does it's own thing a fraction upstream from Whitlingham.

Sounds a bit like the International 2.4mR Always wanted to try one and an affordable racer. Probably because how can a boat so short look so good in the water?