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Mouldy
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On 03/11/2023 at 15:34, Bikertov said:
42 horses - sheer luxury !
I only have 37 horses, and that was when new. And most of those horses seem to be eating hay and pooping, from the performance I seem to get. In fact, it is probably down to below 30 now, seeing as the engine is over 27 years old.
Only 37? Really? Norfolk Lady, like most of the ex Emerald Star/LeBoat Broom 29 Sedans were fitted with a 50hp Nanni. Fairly certain that I mentioned to you that we re-propped NL over last winter as she was fitted with an 18x10 when we bought her and now has an 18x13, which has made a significant difference to her performance.
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3 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said:
For the condensation , we find a “Karcher” window vac is an essential tool
https://www.toolstation.com/wessex-cordless-window-vacuum/p96553
seems to be the same thing for a far better price
I bought a Karcher Professional Window Vac. It works really well, including upside down, which is essential for getting to the bottom of the windows. It wasn’t easy to find and wasn’t from Amazon, but was worth paying a bit extra for.
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48 minutes ago, kpnut said:
Ludham Bridge, one hour before high water today.
Both gauges reading the same on approach, heading downstream.
Sorry the photos are a bit dark, taken right into the sun.
Better?
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15 minutes ago, kpnut said:
Thinking of you Mouldy!!!!
It’s the getting started that I hate. It’s always worse in my head than the actual doing.I don’t like getting started and I don’t like doing! Just getting the boxes of necessary tools out of the garage gives me palpitations! I’d love to meet the bloody cowboys who decorated our living room last time. Undoing their shortcuts has taken far too long! That and filling where the electrician chased the walls out to install additional sockets . Still, I reckon another fortnight should do it . . . . . . but I’m already two weeks in! 🤨
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19 hours ago, kpnut said:
Ah, but not when they are floating ON the quay heading!
Good point, well made. I’ll shut up and return to my decorating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . have I mentioned that I hate decorating?
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44 minutes ago, Bluebell said:
Regarding the fenders not working in the high water levels, I keep a couple of spares on long lines with weights on the bottom to stop them floating too high…😎
I have a couple of spare fenders, but when the river levels are high, I allow them to float horizontally at the water level when deployed. That way, they prevent the hull from hitting the quay heading.
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2 hours ago, kpnut said:
I don’t agree with his statement that owners pay less than 10% of their boating costs in the toll.
It says the info came from a boat owners survey. Would be nice to see the data.Hmmm! A survey suggested . . . . . Is there an owner on here who has either completed a survey or even been asked a question regarding how much they spend on maintaining their boat annually and what percentage of that amount do the tolls represent?
I know I haven’t and unless I have additional works carried out, my toll charge far exceeds 10% of my annual costs.
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Just seen an advert on FB offering up to 20% off Le Boat boating holidays in 2024. Seems a novel concept - wonder if it will catch on over here?
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20 minutes ago, Bikertov said:
I will check that out on Sunday.
I'm sure it will be the cheapest thing I pay for this weekend there
Careful. It’s difficult to pass a chandlers without buying something when you’ve just bought your first boat!
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52 minutes ago, dom said:
. . . . . . . . Can't help but wonder how low a bid they might accept though.
Might be stating the obvious, but there’s only one way to find out! 😁
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3 hours ago, Gracie said:
They can deny no more. They can be Scrooges and say bah humbug all the day long but it's official ( I know because Carole said) Christmas is on it's way. Yes I said the C word, I said Christmas Christmas Christmas, so there
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Sorry Gracie. It’s still October and I don’t care if the lights are up in every ruddy town in the country, it’s still more than two months to 25th December, so forgive me, but I will give no thought to the Yo-Ho-Ho until December arrives.
In the meantime, I shall consider any mention of the C word as abusive language! 😉😁
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I couldn’t hire it even if I could afford it. The Ant and The Chet are two of my favourite rivers. I know sometimes that we cannot pass under Ludham Bridge in Norfolk Lady if the river levels are too high, but we can still access everywhere else that the airdraft allows, including Rockland, Surlingham and the others that are prohibited due to the beam of some boats.
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16 minutes ago, Bikertov said:
Some of you might have wondered why I went quiet on this thread ...
Well - after having my original offer accepted back in May, after the Spring Meet, unfortunately the seller pulled out just before the survey was done.
A long story that I won't go into, but the boat came back on the market a few weeks later, but they wouldn't take my offer again.
Roll forward to the end of September, and with no-one else showing interest they eventually accepted my offer.
A tense few weeks followed, and with the survey completed and a little more negotiating, I finally completed the deal yesterday and picked up the keys
So I am now the proud owner of a Broom 29 "A Frayed Knot", on the River Great Ouse, and no longer feel a complete imposter on a boating forum (albeit I'm on the wrong river system)
Congratulations on joining the empty wallet club! I hope it brings you as much fun and pleasure as Norfolk Lady has brought us!
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Sorry to hear of your loss, Smoggy. I lost my mum last year and have yet to deal with some of the things we found amongst her possessions - they’re still in storage whilst I drum up the enthusiasm and frame of mind to tackle the task.
Maybe when I’ve finished decorating our living room . . . . . .
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1 hour ago, dom said:
I think Potter is too extreme a case to try and cater to these days (although perfectly feasible with small, 2 berth models). Wroxham is more sensible under normal conditions and doesn't take anything revolutionary.
Barnes redeveloped the Diamond 35 to become Serenade. They have a few and I see them frequently, but they must surely do their research before building other designs, like a flybridge that won’t pass under Wroxham Bridge. If folk wanted a low, sliding canopy style, would they not have built more and not invested in other flybridge designs. Why do we drive different designs of cars, hatchbacks, estates, SUV’s, 4x4’s, convertibles? Is that not choice?
1 hour ago, dom said:I think half the problem is boating holidays are being sold on luxury and facilities like home. I can't help but wonder if that's wrong and gives an an excessively sanitised experience, which people kind of enjoy, but don't have any great urge to return
Surely, this is about choice. Talking about what suited in the past, isn’t applicable in today’s society. We no longer wander along the garden path to the privy with a few sheet of torn up newspaper, or sit in front of a fire in a tin bath. Times change and with them, people’s expectations. Even glamping has gone upmarket, with sites opening all over the place - even at festivals like Glastonbury, where the expectation was to wallow in mud and queue for hours to use an over full portaloo!
1 hour ago, dom said:. . . . . . There's more scope than ever now for clever design solutions, as hybrid drives reduce the need for a big lump of steel in a central position.
Good idea, if the infrastructure for electric power was there and being developed. I sat at Ranworth a few weeks ago listening to generators running on two of the new Barnes Preludes and the noise was very distracting. Until proper facilities exist, The Broads are better off without this technology, unless something can be done to silence the generators.
1 hour ago, dom said:There are opportunties for hirers who know what they're doing, but do you really think it's practical for someone who, for example, just hired Bolero from Richardsons and headed straight to see Roys on their first holiday? Swinging 44ft of boat round in the river whilst competing with trip and day boats. The same 6 people on that boat could just as easily be on an Alpha 35 style boat, head under the bridge and use the staithe or viaduct moorings (actually 84 moorings!).
And, yes, there may be all those moorings the wrong side of Wroxham Bridge, but with high river levels happening so often through the year, how often would they prevent passage to access them even with boats like the Connoisseur range that were designed with that Bridge foremost in the mind of the builders. Even Ludham Bridge is becoming problematic for many, even craft based at the yard on the upper reaches of The Ant. I think we have to face the fact that unless something is done to control river levels, the situation will get worse.
Our tastes and habits have changed over the years. We generally expect certain levels of accommodation when we go on holiday and I believe the most of the yards try to fulfill the requirements of a broad spread of the holidaymaking public by offering many styles of boat at vastly differing prices. What they can’t do is offer catered, all inclusive packages with guaranteed sunshine that so many of us Brits now seem to crave.
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8 hours ago, dom said:
. . . . . . . . A lot of the new generation boats are also excessively high and wide. If we saw more updated traditional designs, more people could head upstream of Wroxham, easing pressure on moorings, giving better access to Hoveton and allowing them to enjoy one of the best bits of the northern broads. . . . . . . .
Can’t agree with excessively wide - let’s be fair, many boat classes have had a 12ft beam since the late sixties. As for height, maybe folk want to look over the reeds, rather than at them. A flybridge style cruiser offers the hirer superior views from the upper helm and still gives the weather protection afforded by a ‘bathtub’ in inclement weather.
As for boats being built to accommodate fewer people, if there wasn’t a demand, surely folk wouldn’t hire them. Agreed, folk hiring craft with a high airdraft are denied the access to the upper reaches of The Bure, The Ant, The Thurne and The Waveney, but that is surely a matter of choice.
There can be no denying that river levels have generally increased over the last few years. Even Connoisseur style cruisers that used to be based above Wroxham Bridge and were usually able to pass under it, are frequently unable to do so now. It does make me wonder what a new boat design would look like, if it were made to easily negotiate bridges at Wroxham and Potter.
There are mooring opportunities for hirers in Wroxham/Hoveton, it’s moorings for privateers that are sadly lacking.
The biggest factors affecting Broads holidays at the moment must surely be the cost, when compared to cheap foreign travel and the cost of living. Ferry’s ‘all inclusive’ pricing policy may be an issue, making a break on one of their boats look artificially expensive when compared to other yards. If I were still hiring, they wouldn’t even get consideration from me, because I like to pay for the fuel I use, not what I leave in the tank at the end of a holiday.
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2 hours ago, LizG said:
. . . . . . . . Haven't heard anything about how bad it might be down towards the Ferry though?
Saw some photos on FB and it was very damp - maybe 18” deep on the lane to the pub etc.
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19 minutes ago, NeilB said:
I have next week off so was going to head south Saturday or Sunday, may leave it a couple of days now to the levels to settle.
Looking at the weather, the wind direction isn’t forecast to change until Tuesday, so the river levels could increase yet. Just seen a post on FB stating that clearance at Ludham Bridge is just over 7ft (indicated) and the concrete sills are underwater, backed up with a photo.
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It’s not often that we find ourselves stepping up onto the bathing platform on the southern rivers, yet with over two hours until high tide at Bramerton Common, this is the river level.
Its cool, especially in the wind, but otherwise a lovely day, especially considering the torrential downpours last night.
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20 hours ago, Smoggy said:
Where's the next leccy post?
Irstead or Neatishead.
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1 hour ago, Troyboy said:
That's a rip off. You are spending your money locally so they should support the local businesses better by not charging for up to a couple of hours. NBD and Barnes Brinkcraft both allowed us to moor for nothing, when we had our own boat, in order to get some shopping.
NBD no longer allow private craft to moor there and Barnes make a charge. If I remember correctly, it’s £8 during the day and £15 overnight.
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Wasted a day of good weather yesterday, due to a pre-booked trip with the wife, to Milton Keynes. The time has come for me to start decorating our living room - a job I’ve been putting off for a few weeks, but really do need to crack on and get it done, so a visit to IKEA to organise some furniture was needed. Whilst in MK, we went to another furniture retailer to order two new sofas, so not a wasted day, but a waste of some unseasonably warm, sunny weather.
I rewarded myself with a trip out on the bike today and headed for Ranworth. I fancied a decent coffee at The Granary, watching the comings and goings on the broad. It was not to be, sadly - their coffee machine was out of order, so my plan dashed. I knew that the cafe at Acle Bridge was closed for the winter, so headed for Potter instead. A bag of chips from Nippy Chippy appealed, but they were closed when I arrived. A sign in the window said they were reopening on 12th October.
I did consider stopping in Hoveton, but the traffic was horrendous, with roadworks on Norwich Road causing huge issues in both directions. Fortunately, being on a bike, I was able to filter through, saving a lot of time.
Oh and my quest for a cup of coffee ended at the Golden Arches at Thickthorn Roundabout. The coffee wasn’t of the required standard, but my ride in the autumn sunshine was a real treat.
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8 hours ago, YnysMon said:
Err, you had me there…idyllic doggy scene until you got to the flatulates bit.
Accurate though.
You’ve met our dog then?
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I understand that repairs to the quay heading at Ranworth will entail digging up more of the moorings to repair the damage caused. Obviously, doing this now would further restrict available space, so the repairs are being held off until the end of the season.
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Gracie, let me just explain something to you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . There are twelve days of Christmas and none of them are in bloody November!!