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the costings they have placed on the electricity supply are all based on an existing supply to the site with sufficient capacity to expand. as soon as you try to put in electric points at the more remote moorings (and they are saying 2-4 hours cruising time apart) especially down south where the electrical infrastructure may be miles from a mooring, and you are then starting to talk serious money. then there is the 22kW per boat required at hire yards, say you have on turnaround day 100 boats to be charged, that is 2.2MW (2 and a bit substations) required, then you will need to obtain an additional 2.2 KW from the local electrical supplier (UKPN), all the while competing with everyone else who wants that capacity for electric car charging. in rural areas the spare capacity might well be more available than in the more congested (and power hungry) city centres. the costs for all these infrastructure upgrades will need to be met somewhere, upgrading for a trial may be possible using the current infrastructure, but the conversion of the entire broads to electric is going to be in 10's of millions, if not 100's of millions to achieve. the only bonus will be that the electric cars of the customers can be charged from the chargers at the boatyard while the customer is away. by staggering start days they may well be able to manage a bigger yard on a smaller number of charge points, but as they recover the installation costs and energy charges the yard will be facing, i dont see the cost of fuel changing in the downward direction.

the same way it normally happens, Bikertov-sub answered more questions correctly than anyone else.

well that went well, with a clear winner this week, Bikertov-sub won with a clear 16 1/2 points with SwanR second on 12

I have a portable solar generator that will be aboard, 600W max and it can recharge while in use at 100W (if its sunny) depends on the load as its only 600Wh (6 hours at 100W)(basically its a lithium battery with solar charge controller and inverter) I might be able to transport the gazebo as deck cargo on WR (bearing in mind I have to travel up from down south to get there (departing south on the 19th) and assistance loading / unloading

phew, I think thats the quickest I have thrown a quiz together, it still needs typing up, but the headings are- cryptic boroughs English inventors films break for half time Food and drink Anagrams and finally General Mayhem 8.30 as usual in the chat room

i know when we replaced the steering cable on royal tudor, the biggest issue was purely the number of joints, there were 11 separate pieces of cable, and it was the clamps hitting each other, or a rib that caused most problems, once the pulleys were oiled and the rudder shaft greased, and the cable replaced the whole lot was as smooth as butter.water rail has her cables running along the deck outside, and the pulleys need regular oiling.

i have had a butane bottle freeze in my camper van, there was snow on the ground

oh blimy, i just rememberd i volunteered for this friday, best get some questions ready.

the bike hire is cheap, the fuel deposit on the other hand......

There is a staithe there, about 30 foot of quay heading, just before the entrance to rowan craft, not sure visitors are allowed into their basin, or along the bank opposite the campsite, its a lovely spot there, and a short walk through rowancrafts yard to the pub. red is the moorings, blue the path to the pub

a lot will be dependent upon the boat you have, 85hp seems a bit overkill for most broads boats, ok if its seagoing but on the broads you will barely be using more than tickover and might struggle with the lower speed limits.

i did have a whoops moment removing the transom rubbing strip, when i found that the transom was coming off with the strip, however this turned out to be beneficial as rot was found in that plank of the transom, so it had to come out anyway.

breakfast at morrisons- not bad, roughly £4 a head, then down to work, becoming the grey ghost once again as sanding proceeded rough sanding done both sides, detailed sanding finished one side, feathering in the edges of the paint where the rubbing strakes had been. 1pm, departed for home, had a good run to kent arrived home 4pm, and asda had diesel so filled up again 333 miles, 32.85 litres, not much change out of £60.

It all depends on the oven, every one is slightly different.

Having nothing better to be doing and a full tank of fuel I decided to volunteer a day and a half of effort, so headed up Saturday afternoon, yesterday we all got stuck in and all the rubbing rails and toe rails were removed, then it was on to the hard graft of sanding the hull. By tea time I was covered in white dust and looking like a ghost. Then it was time to get changed into clean clothes and head to weatherspoons for food.

they never complete that list andrew, it grows as each item gets ticked off, however they will complete all those things on the list that need doing out of the water. Griff dont snuggle up too close to Lovejoy, you dont want to be catching anything from there.

if you look at the model boat world, some of the fastest model boats are all electric, this would scale up, for example to the speedboat racing in oulton broad, in fact some of the electric boats are faster than the old nitro engined ones, these new fangled brushless motors can chew through the power pretty quickly, and lithium batteries will deliver, hundreds of amps to enable this, the reverse side of the calculation is of course the duration at high performance.

i am wishing I were there too, but I did get to the beach for several hours

those barges were the ones that had been blocking the new cut, doing the piling work, I think they are due back there to close it again in a week or so, so I guess it was the lesser of two evils.

well since you have nabbed a spot, you will just have to stay 24 hours to make the most of it

i can remember walking past a low brick wall with half a dozen gents standing behind it, right out in the town square.

i do it by hand when on the boat, if it ends up like that the mix was probably too dry and maybe cooked too long, plus if its not doubled in size it really just needs longer, when the recipe says let it rise for 45 minutes, that can stretch to an hour- or 2 hours if necessary, depends on the weather and temperature. if you see me out and about I am happy to give bread making tips

Griff there was a good moon for night navving last night around 9pm, beautifully clear and bright, so evening sail might be better light wise than early morning, it was so bright i went for an evening walk and could clearly see everything. full moon is in 2 days time

I once baked several times a week, and wore out the breadmaker in just over a year, but though the bread tastes nicer, it was working out no cheaper than buying a loaf from the supermarket. what can make a great flavour difference is buying fresh yeast at the bakery counter of the supermarket (you will have to ask at the counter), it keeps quite well in the fridge and can even be frozen, you need a piece about 1/2 of a 1" cube for a loaf, and the flavour over dried yeast is a lot better, a 100g lump does quite a few loaves.

with a breadmaker, dont try anything fancy the first time, just try a sandwich loaf recipe out of the book and you should get an edible result.