[Beccles Yacht Station]

Hello all,

We are planning on visiting Beccles Lido on Monday 17th August and intend mooring at the Yacht Station. How busy is it likely to be? I don't really want to reserve a mooring because if the weather is rubbish the plan will change.

We cannot get under the bridge, is the Yacht Station our only option or are there others moorings elsewhere?

Thanks.

[Photos of Boats]

Great video, thanks for sharing it ☺

[Charging Points at 24hr moorings]

Find a pub. Order a meal and a few beers, ask if you plug said device in.

 

If not, have another beer and forget about the phone!

 

Hope you have a great holiday and good luck with the charging.

excellent advice, thanks!!!

[Spring lines]

Clear as the mud at the bottom of Breydon lol

[Berney Arms]

Wow!! Didn't think I'd ever see that pub open again. Gives me an extra mooring option when i head north, low tide at GY being early morning when I'm next afloat.

[Spring lines]

Forgive me if this is a silly question. If the spring line ropes are sufficiently tight to stop the boat moving outwards, will they not inhibit the boat's ability to fall with the tide?

[Passage through Yarmouth]

Thanks for the advice, just need to get under Ludham Bridge now and I'm sorted!!

[Charging Points at 24hr moorings]

Yes the lead isn't too long. I do have a usb device (allows me to charge 2 things at once), figured the 240v option might be quicker.

[Passage through Yarmouth]

Oops i meant the 17th.

[Charging Points at 24hr moorings]

i have one of these

[Charging Points at 24hr moorings]

What will you be running off it?

I'm assuming I'll be able to plug in my hook up on the quayside and then just plug in my phone/tablet etc as normal?

[Passage through Yarmouth]

Thanks LadyPatricia,

I'm passing through on the morning of the 18th (slack 7.11 I believe) so my 8am arrival should be ideal.

[Charging Points at 24hr moorings]

Hi all,

the boat I'm hiring doesn't have 240v so im taking my camping electric hook up thingy to use if and when we moor near an electric point. My question. If i say get a £1 card, how long will this last?

Thanks.

[Passage through Yarmouth]

Afternoon all,

Picking up Contessa from Richardsons on August 15th, cannot wait. The day i wish to pass through Yarmouth, low tide is 06.11. The plan is to overnight at Acle and set off at 6am. That makes my arrival at GY about 8am. I'm hoping the tide won't have risen too much by this time and there is sufficient clearance under the bridges. My height above water is 8ft 4in.

What do you guys think?

[Trivia - feel free to add to this thread]

Why is there a 'd' in fridge, but not in refrigerator?

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I'll keep it short and sweet. Hate it.

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I'm pretty certain the knot I use is one I've created but it works for me. If I'm assisted by someone who's knot looks professional I usually leave it. I'm a bit OCD with mooring ropes not being used though, I coil them neatly as messy ropes wind me right up!

[how does it work]

Very interesting question........and certainly one I can't answer. I'll look forward to the responses.

[It's All Gone Hybrid! - Brinks Rhapsody, The Blog]

Great blog as ever Robin. Well done!!!

[Coltishall Lock to Geldeston Lock]

I reckon in excess of 50 miles!

[Location, Location, Location]

Hypothetical question. You're on a weeks holiday, out of season (so mooring isn't an issue). You have to cover both northern and southern Broads, where do you moor overnight?

Here's mine (I'm starting from Stalham)

Ranworth

Oulton Broad

Loddon

Rockland Staithe

Acle

Horning

Sutton Staithe

Interesting to see if I stick to this when I come next.

[Quite a high tide on Monday]

This a question to Mr Clive Ricko, just WHY are many of the double berths so narrow? Or is it as the years have passed folks today are bigger boned? I know I have struggled in a so called double and ended up sleeping in the saloon berth.

 

 

Iain.

I completely agree. To the point where it's almost false advertising. I think the 'double' cabins in the older boats should be advertised as singles.

[Quite a high tide on Monday]

Hi David,

one final point, the 'double cabins' on Mercury are very tight. I was ok as I had the forward one to myself. The couple who should have been sleeping in the aft cabin decided to use the settee double instead.

[Brinks Rhapsody - The Review]

I have to agree with everyone else, the blogs are massively enjoyable, informative and entertaining. My favourite bits being the can opener saga and the way Robin pronounces Lathams (Letharms!).

I will certainly be watching them again over the winter.

[Quite a high tide on Monday]

Interesting to see Broadland Mercury, we have hired this for next September

David

We found Broadland Mercury to be a "you get what you pay for" boat. Nothing spectacular but it was ideal for us and everything we needed. This was 5 years ago however.