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they must already have their quota of nail salons, hair dressers and coffee shops- that seems to be how all high streets are devolving nowadays. how useful any of those are to the elderly or the boating community is left to be judged.
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my daughter had started her law degree before she found out she was dyslexic, all it gained her was some extra time in exams. and she got her law degree.
I have never been diagnosed dyslexic, but some of the signs were there I now recognise, the essays at school that missed out great chunks- that were still there when I read it through- they just never made it onto the paper, yet it was masked by the fact I was a voracious reader, averaging about 12 books a week.
I dont think it really held back either of us.
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1 hour ago, TheQ said:
Ps remember the air navigation regulations are not the same as sailing regulations
we had a British pilot in Saudi who caused chaos during sailing by using the wrong set of rules!!!
was he trying to use tallest boat has right of way?
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according to google earth the river is 150 ft wide at that location, so you could almost moor a 24' boat stern on to a 12' boat side on and still only just take up 25% of the width of the river.
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North cove was full, when I passed, with 3 yachts, all sporting oversized solar panels, propped against their cabin sides.
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32 minutes ago, SwanR said:
Have I missed something? I’m still none the wiser as to this reference to Easter Island figures. Can anyone explain please?
there is a wild mooring about a mile upstream from the Waveney River Centre, a 40 foot length of quay heading, there used to be carved wooden heads reminiscent of the easter island heads, but over the years, first one, then it now appears the other have vanished, I still know it as the easter island mooring though
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personally, considering my last week I consider any mooring good even if I swim from it.
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shopping- why does an asda cottage pie for one- 400g cost £3.25, while a cottage pie for 2 (800g) cost only £3.80, guess what I am hungry tonight.
and so to todays tale- I woke early, i had hung up on the nuts protruding from the quay heading last night, and needed to refit a few screws onthe metal trim, no big deal, but I wanted to catch it near high tide, so when I woke to the sunrise at about 5am, that was an ideal time as the affected part was a nice distance above the water to be able to easily get to, new screws were added. then a leisurely breakfast as I wanted to depart around low water, as it happened I followed low water all the way to beccles.
todays excitement- well it nearly involved swimming again- on the way up river i happened to go over a patch of reeds in the water- there was a horrible noise from the prop, and when I looked back there was some sort of a board floating in the water. now here is where imagination comes into play, i could have sworn the boat was slower after the encounter- was something wrapped around the prop- it seemed to be reacting to throttle properly, but just not going as fast- anyway, dave is going to check it out while he has her down at oulton broad to hopefully fix some of the small leaks when it rains, I have narrowed down the sources, I think we need to reseal some of the quadrant beading that trims between deck and side and roof and side.
apart from that excitement I nearly offered to swim and inspect the prop while I was at beccles, but having only just managed to dry the wet clothing from the previous immersion, i was a bit loath to repeat that.
the drive home went well- all the way down the A12, until I got to 1 mile from the M25, I couldnt fathom what was happening as the traffic on the M25 was moving nicely, it took a fair while to get to the roundabout, and then i caught a glimpse they appeared to have shut the sliproad to the motorway- not I know the backroads around that area and i know warley road would take me down a junction to the A127 , so I shot back towards brentwood and took the back roads rejoining at the A127 and then a nice trip home- that mile cost me over an hour.
safe home now after a wonderful few days- the weather this morning was perfect, yesterday was sunny but windy, and the other days generally wet.
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8 hours ago, Gracie said:
I'd just like to point out to Grendel the No Swimming bit
Grace x
ok i wont swim, i will walk on the bottom. just arrived home, car to be emptied, shopping to be done and then i will write up todays excitement.
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11 hours ago, FairTmiddlin said:
The other YT channel to check out is "Acorn to Arabella" a guy building a two mast seagoing wooden boat, made from mostly wood from his granddad's farm.
Also now afloat.
Two more I watch are sailing yaba, who have also just launched, and project btupeg, who launched last year, both still have ongoing work required before sailing off to adventure.
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The issue still remains that they measure from a water level, if the water levels rise, and the depth remains the same, then effectively the bottom has risen too, the effect this has is the water gradient is reduced ( basically that's the drop in water level as you get nearer the sea) if the bottom rises enough that there is no gradient, then the rivers can't flow, so if the bottom has risen at the bure hump ( no matter the depth) then it's acting like a dam and causing raised water levels upstream, the water still has to escape so the depth of water may stay the same, but the flow gradient has reduced, they not only need to relate the level to mean low water, but also to a fixed point on land to ensure that the river gradient is not being reduced too.
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3 hours ago, YnysMon said:
Is it just me being inattentive, or has the final ‘Easter island’ carving disappeared from that lovely wild mooring? There used to be a couple, there was only one there the last 18 months or so.
If it is still here it's under all the reeds growing on the bank, I did clear some of the reeds along the edge of the Quay heading. To make it safer for stepping ashore.
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Good to hear they have done the repairs, I guess safety still trumps other things.
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3 hours ago, Ray said:
I thought there was gravel/chippings along there now, am I thinking of the right place?
Washed away when it overtopped
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On 28/04/2024 at 18:30, ExSurveyor said:
I might have to change your name to Aquaman 😁
Glad you are ok.
I think as a monster that lives in acave under a lake, Grendel is quite adequate.
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It's the one just upstream of the waveney river centre on the right hand bank as you go upriver, it marks the start of the fishing pegs on that side.
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This morning, stepping ashore carefully after breakfast, I released the mooring lines and set off about 8.45, as the tide would turn at about 9.30, I deemed this a perfect time to get the tide down the yare, and catch it coming in up the waveney. I checked fuel before I left, deciding I had enough to get me to herringfleet, as the dipstick showed it on the lowest mark, by the time I got to herringfleet it was on the half, so I topped up with the 20 litre Jerry can I carry for thar purpose.
After adding 20 litres I was just a couple of gallons below full, so I cast off and headed upstream, finally deciding my destination to be the easter island figures mooring. Where I am now comfortably moored up.
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4 hours ago, Hylander said:
Good morning Grendel - how are you today? Please let us know you are ok?
I am fine today, within 20 minutes in the sleeping bag, I was almost too warm, and today is a lovely day.
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16 hours ago, NeilB said:
Glad you are ok!
Can I ask if you had some means of getting out of the water if there had been no safety ladders? I had a slip last year but fell away from the river and just got a muddy bottom! I'd been thinking about an emergency ladder of some sort and ended up with a folding ladder bolted to the stern, the boats stern, not mine!! There's one step on the water line and when unfolded another 2 below.
Generally, when entering the water of my own volition, I will place a rope ladder, either on the boat, or from the bank. However you can reach a rear mooring cleat from the water to grab a rope, and then water rail has some handy rubbing strakes about 12" apart at the stern which can be used as steps..
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They only measure the deep spots
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I agree Vaughan, it's pretty near the whole way from stokesby down that's shallow. The ba say that water depths have remained constant, but they don't account for the fact water levels have risen, so if the depth is the same, but the water is a foot higher, that means the bottom is a foot higher too, if the bottom is higher then there is more damming effect upstream, if I can see this how on earth have all their experts missed it?
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It's started getting colder now, so the oven is on for my dinner, which will warm things up a bit, then it will be an early night in my sleeping bag, which gets lovely and toasty.
Clothes are slowly drying, my big lament is that I was wearing my fleece and that is soaked, I think that might take a while to dry, as though I wrang it out, it's still dripping.
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I didn't have the rum until after, in my coffee.
I did report the broken chains to broads control, typically when I phoned, I was diverted to answering machine, I then backed that up with a email.
About an hour ago a ranger dropped in asking if I was ok, and getting pictures of the offending chains, one had taken the complete ring bolt out of the quay heading, (actually I think it rusted through).
She said it looked a pretty easy fix, which shows that safety at least is a concern.
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we had a British pilot in Saudi who caused chaos during sailing by using the wrong set of rules!!!
Somewhere To Watch The Euro 24 Football On The Broads, Who Has A Television?
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I would spend more time working out how i could avoid a pub showing the football to be honest- and no TV on the boat- bliss.