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the thick posts are to stop you being beached on a really high tide if the river level rises above the quay heading

this is the paddle board launch area at the end of the campsite

on the spur to rowancraft, there is geldeston staithe this is where I usually try to moor, there are 2 posts, but they are not great (but theres no flow to speak of) and there is the remains of a quay heading at that point, other than that we have moored 3 jewels and Broad Ambition on that section so there is room for 4 decent sized boats on the bank above the staithe, at the locks there are decent quay headings and posts, but if its warm there is usually a lot of noise from the kids throwing themselves in the river by the old lock. on the rowancraft spur, do be careful as you approach as the camp site has a canoe / paddle board launching area which can also get full of swimmers at the end of the camping field thats opposite, not too much noise from the campsite at night either. below pictures show the 'staithe' section

never had a problem myself, just head for the bridge, hit the horn and through

just what i was gong to say, with 1 pilot he knows that the other isnt piloting a boat through as he is trying to, i have known them just come alongside the next boat and step across and get them going, so he can manage virtually non stop.

probably because hydrogen is dangerous stuff when mixed with air - remember the hindenberg. OH to be serious now, there are trials under way to replace our current gas supply from natural gas over to hydrogen, the biggest stumbling block currently is making it a safe product in the home, ie safe flameout devices and safe procedures for startup. if we can get hydrogen from our regular household gas supply, then we can get it into our cars and vehicles and use hydrogen fuel cells, it is my belief that electric vehicles was only ever going to be the intermediate step, and the current battery systems will eventually be replaced with hydrogen fuel cells generating tthe power rather than batteries, this would then enable the fast top up, just pull in to the gas station and top up the tank style usage. I think that may be the ultimate goal. In the mean time the government is forcing greater reliance on an electrical infrastructure that is already on the verge of not being able to cope, we need new power generation, that takes time to build (more time than has been allowed to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles), we need new electrical infrastructure - new cables and substations, yet all this could well be redundant if we can get hydrogen fuel cells online and working, a hydrogen fuel cell could power a house, boat or car, which might then make the electricity supply into the home redundant, and put a greater reliance on the gas supply. Of course the government are encouraging new housing to be built electric only at the moment, a short sighted policy if you are looking to the longer term and hydrogen as a fuel source, some joined up thinking will be required to get this all sorted out and prepared for the future energy supply.

ohm y goodness what have you started MM

I just thought of a way to get electricity to the remote moorings, you could put a diesel genset at each one, this would mean boats wont have to run their engines at moorings.

Actually you will fall foul of the TOS, the mods just enforce those, There is a reason that politics and religion are banned on a vast majority of forums, as they are emotive subjects and people have firmly held beliefs on them, thus topics get heated and out of hand, thus the stance on them in the TOS, if we dontdiscuss them we wont get into arguments, and then the mods wont have to step in, its really simple really.

Actually you are both right and wrong here, the cables and trasformers for these pumping stations are tailored for the needed supply and are at the end of long cables (or overhead lines)so there isnt much spare capacity, take Berney Arms. this is stuck at the end of a 3km+ spur and the cable capacity is pretty much maxed out when you consider the pumps and properties at the end of the line, at Hardley cross there is a supply just a few hundred metres away, but the wrong side of the river chet, at each of these locations new cables and new substations would be required, just to buy a standard transformer nowadays we are into the tens of thousands, long cable routes can get into hundreds of thousands, and then we have to ask what is the return on the investment? those two examples are just the ones I have looked at, crossing rivers with cables is also an expensive operation and you would need to get heavy machinery to the bank at the location needed. you cant just stick a overhead cable in because of yachts. Pumping stations are also pretty unfriendly electrical neighbours, they can cause voltage fluctuation and spikes on startup,which doent make for a healthy supply to adjacent properties (or charging posts)

What a lovely idea

you also need to investigate the spare capacity on any local power supply, as each charging post effectively uses the same as a single house, so running 10 new charging posts may be beyond the capacity of the local electricity supply. similarly adding electric vehicle charging to every household has the same issue.

technically one end is fenced in, but at the other you can get in, or just climb through the fence in the middle.

it just seems its always against me no matter which way i go then

I seem to recall being told by someone who had similar issues that they had to replace the lift pump on their engine to get consistent running.

planning a passage through the new cut to make the best of the tides in both directions is always a tricky one, you can almost guarantee going against the tide going through the new cut as the rivers equalise, get to one end at the start of slack and you can have the tidal assistance down one river and up the other. have a good day Ynsmon

if the planning decision was made to weld it shut, it would create an awful precedent for national rail to follow suit with trowse bridge, reedham, somerleyton and the one at Oulton broad, thus it is only right for the Broads Authority to insist it be maintained in an openable state.

I dont think there is any traditionally male role that does not have a few examples of female workforce now, fully 1/3 of our engineers , both in design and construction in my workplace are female now, and every bit as good as the other designers/ engineers. then think back to the war where while the men were away in the army, women took over their roles in factories and machine shops throughout the country.

Yes, If we were to bring it back there would have to be some work done redefining the titles of the ranks, there is nothing worse than an american idea of what you need on the forum, what may suit youngsters and be what youngsters expect from a forum, is not what we really want or need.

Not having a lot of luck are you, still once its all sorted I am sure you will put all these little trials down to experience and just get on with enjoying yourselves.

Ah, so all the more reason to not turn the TV on for a few weeks then, thats fine by me.

you have lost me here, a member of the royal family (or not?) has played what well (or not?), no - really dont understand this sport stuff one bit.

we have turned it off now

since there is a general feeling that this is unnecessary we have turned the achievements off for the moment, so are once again rankless and badgeless, however should the majority feel it is necessary it can be turned on again in the future, really all it does is bloat the storage needed for the forum with its logs and records.

see, all the new feature does is make people competitive and try and gain more point with silly posts