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The state of the weather is open to question at any time of the year. As Easter is relatively early this year anyway, the chances of it being good are probably a little less than usual. As for the forecast, they struggle to get it right for tomorrow, so predictions for what will happen in an eleven days time should probably be taken with a pinch of salt (whatever that means). We certainly hope to be afloat over the Bank Holiday. Certainly feeling deprived of opportunities over what has seemed such a long, wet winter.
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Prestige brand and prestige prices! Should be spelt Ow-di. Could be worse - could have a BMW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . oh, forgot, he has!
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Fishermen Without Boats Fishing On BA Moorings.
Mouldy replied to Breydon's topic in Fishing on The Broads
If you’re not match fishing, I always wonder why the need for a keep net. Surely, it’s best for the fish to be released as soon as possible. -
Maybe they’re turning over a new leaf: https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24188171.broads-authority-rethink-use-money-navigation/?fbclid=IwAR052vdmFCmdaCbn6H6ncTpmWxCkB5YzGg04eH-IWnzBoFYqrvivmB6xzzU
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Fishermen Without Boats Fishing On BA Moorings.
Mouldy replied to Breydon's topic in Fishing on The Broads
Thinking logically, if there are two cruisers with a 12ft beam moored opposite each other and there is room for another with a similar beam to pass (just), I’d guess at about 38 - 40ft, allowing a little extra for fenders etc.. -
Wouldn’t really be any good any other way!
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No. The original one was sold to a private buyer.
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Hmmm! Think yourselves lucky! I went to the bloody dentist on Tuesday for three fillings and came out suffering from serious GBH of the wallet. £670! Yep, £670! Unbebloodylievable! I should have guessed before I went in when I saw a stable outside with the horse’s name on the door - Black Bess! At least the toll isn’t as much. Just thankful that we have a more compact boat!
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Toilets, The Good, The Bad And The Smelly.
Mouldy replied to ExSurveyor's topic in General Discussion
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Just seen this on the BA website, stating that their yacht stations will be manned from 24th March. I guess that means that the mooring fees will be reintroduced a little earlier than expected at Ranworth, which may cause a few people to get caught out, thinking that they will be applicable from the beginning of April. https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/facilities/yacht-stations
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Moonlight Shadow has two Thunderbox loos, flushed with water pumped from the river. To be fair, I think they were fitted extensively to hirecraft, back in the day. They are generally reliable, don’t block easily and fairly cheap to maintain. The downside is sitting on top of a tank full of ‘slurry,’ but if you don’t look too closely and keep them maintained , they’re fine. We do find that they have an appetite for seals though, which we’ve found need changing annually. We used to have a manual Jabsco loo on Norfolk Lady, flushed with river water. It did use more water to flush than a Traveller loo, but depending on where one was on the system, the flushing water could sometimes be a little sour, leaving the loo a little whiffy. Our new macerating toilet is much cleaner, but I think uses even more water to flush than the Jabsco. Additional care has to be taken to avoid blocking it, though, which would be an issue when there’s only one toilet on the boat. Water usage on NL isn’t a problem. We have two large tanks and with normal usage will last us three or four days easily, including showering every day.
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Thanks on the tip. I do know that Paul at the yard adds an extra jug of blue when he does a pump out, because the tank is big, but even then it was becoming a bit noxious as it filled. We haven’t tried it with the filter fitted yet, but I’m hoping that it will help.
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Yeah, I think you mean you have a Jabsco manual flush loo and you possibly had a Traveller (Thunderbox) loo on Luna. Not sure if you’d be able to fit a Traveller toilet, as the holding tank is directly under the seat. You could convert to a macerating one, similar to the one Paul fitted in NL, but we find that they use more water than a manual flush. If conserving capacity in your black water tank is a priority, just remember Griff’s saying: if it’s yellow, let it mellow, but if it’s brown, flush it down! Fortunately, the waste tank on NL is massive - so much so that we’ve had to have a filter fitted on the tank vent, to try and stop the obnoxious odour that developed after a few days use.
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I guess that hiring the venue in the evening would (a) cost more and (b) attract the wrong audience. Isn’t it good to know that the future of The Broads and navigation in particular, is in such safe hands!
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You might like to look at this, then: https://www.broads-society.org/post/the-state-of-the-broads-in-the-family-of-national-parks Good to see that The Broads Society are promoting the Notional Park as a National Park.