ChrisB

You would have loved it yesterday. Rained virtually all day and 12C in August.

I think they may have a very long wait for their £615,000 even up here in North Norfolk where it is a tad dearer that money will buy you a very nice place. Perhaps as Peter has said they wish to divest themselves of it before it becomes blighted by A47 improvements. I am sure a detailed search would reveal what the medium term plan is for the road. A canal (a lock would be needed due to tidal flow difference) joining the Bure at that point with the Yare just east of Reedham would even up Broadlands own unique North South divide. And do a lot for the area. The road would be easy but the railway would be more difficult. Oh well dream on!

Sorry about the light reflections, but the varnish is like a mirror

I say very well because Mr Boardman being an Architect went for the aesthetic to please the Colemans. The interior finish is Sycamore! The very last wood you would use for boat building, hence the large number of woodworm holes. (hopefully well treated)

Very well indeed.

But the problem is the public don't use it, that is why it continues to fail. The success of this site was built on coach trade when Yarmouth was a booming destination. The Broads are a six month, at best, prospect. Three months of true volume. The average family with children just can not afford pub prices, especially having hired a decent boat. Like the day out at the sea coach trip, the traditional regional industries, coal, cotton, shipyards, the pub trade is shaking it's self out. Those with a good offering will survive, the average will go under. Good luck to the Temple, it gives the site an inspirational future.

Whispering Reeds little boat was called Bittern, not seen it this season though.

I suppose a boat is an easy target, not as secure as many trucks and a new method, not so likely to be checked. Apparently this was a customers new boat being used as a promotion for the opening of a new dealership in the La Rochelle area. Many builders offer very large discounts if you allow your boat to be used for show purposes before delivery and this one was on it's way to the Thames. I don't think under the circumstances, if it was mine, that I would now accept delivery. It will not effect their business as that is exporting boats, bringing this one back was a one off.

If PMR446 is satisfactory for your short range communication needs then it is possible to buy well made IP67 units from Icom and I am sure others also. Costing the same as a better quality VHF you just don't see them on Ebay but they are available and legal.

It must be secured so as not to move more than 10mm in any direction, I failed my last BSS on that last time, mine could move vertically! My old Seafarer echo sounder would take a 9v lantern battery, Navisafe make battery nav lights that last up to 50 hours. I would like to see more equipment for small boats that does not require hard wiring.

When handling any memory Eprom, Ram etc you should really do it wearing an earthed wrist strap on an antistatic mat. Should you pass a static spike into the chip it can appear perfectly normal for a while then completely fail for no apparent reason. These boards are assembled in antistatic clean environments so the dining table is not altogether a good idea.

Once you start appealing against a High Court decision then the Legal Profession are already the winners.

In life you have to weigh up risk and decide. The Broads have many sewage treatment works that outfall into them. This treated water has to be of a standard that will support aquatic flora and fauna but that is something like twenty times the WHA level of solids acceptable for consumption as bathing water.

I think most people would agree that both Suffolk and Norfolk have one hell of a lot to offer other than the Broads.

Perhaps it is time that the hire boat federation or whatever their club is called adopted the "Triangle of Risk" approach to gather information from all yards "incidents". I am sure you know the type of thing used by the airlines, chemical and petro industries. Incidents are plotted on a triangle where the bottom is a splinter in the finger and the point at the top is a death. The theory is by controlling the insignificant you dont get to the point at the top. At present the only thing that has been damaged is a bit of gelcoat and pride. However if these occurrences continue someone is going to get hurt.

I bought a new surface 3 two weeks ago and have struggled a bit with some panasonic lumix software but Windows 10 has cured it. I have only had it a couple of hours but it seems a great improvement.

Thinking about these boats their construction must fall under SOLAS regs. But to use one for a purpose other than that for which they were contructed??? Do you fall foul of RCD? Maybe that is why you see so many Ray. You can't buy a shed or a chicken house for £500 Need some paint though or the neighbours would complain and the chickens stop laying.

They clear alot at a yard at Stonehaven and they seem to go for between £3k to 6k. The engines must be worth a fair bit as they will have very few hours and must be well maintained.

I doubt you would get one of those for a Monkey. They are incredibly well built to stand the drop launches and I am sure there would be a refurb and export business for that type of kit.

The great benefit of a canister horn be it pump up or precharged is that it can be pointed at your desired target. Fixed horns will often be pointing in the wrong direction and direction makes a lot of difference to their effectiveness.

If you go on the Norfolk Live web cam page and then the Salthouse Hotel (Ipswich). A certain lady called Debbie is asking if hire boats are allowed to moor there!!!!

Now it is used exclusively in top range outboards and saildrives below water. I moved out of that branch of engineering some ten years later so what has changed I wonder.

Looks a really good job. I am constantly amazed how practice changes. Back in the late 60s as a Mechanical Engineering Student we were lectured at length in metallurgy. Stainless below the waterline (especially in fresh water which is prone to stagnation) was an absolute design non starter due to : "Oxygen Starvation" we were told, except in the case of shafts where numerous other trace elements were added to enable a relatively small diameter to cope with the torque.

The name sent me into a colds sweat. I had a new Dolomite Sprint in the 70s. It was one of the fastest thing about at the time. Unfortunately it worked about 2 days in 365

I stand corrected Simon, if a boat is not restored to its original design above and below then it does not matter. I was under the false impression that it was.