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24 minutes ago, NeilB said:
We’ve hired the 45ft version previously, they are great boats just let down by lack of maintenance.
The engine is fairly quiet from the helm, it’s just loud for everyone behind you!! A private one passed my mooring a few days ago and the exhaust was very quiet so it can be done.
We hired a 45ft version back in 1995. I think they are great boats, but let down now by a lack of maintenance. I don’t mind the side door - it allows independent access to all of the other cabins, without passing through any. As Neil said, the engine is quiet at the helm, it’s just noisy to everyone following!
Have a great time!
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1 hour ago, PAULG said:
We were hoping to get up to Coltishall but the low water times don't look favourable.
Luckily the air draft is only 6f 5in so will give the bridge pilot a ring next weekend to see what are the earliest we mite be able to get under and back.
We’ve just had spring tides, so the river levels may settle down a bit by this weekend. Depends on the weather too, but don’t give up hope yet!
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1 hour ago, Broads01 said:
Bridgecraft were hard at work on Conway Bridge 2 at 4pm this afternoon, I assume an urgent repair was needed. In the foreground I think that's the boat they're going to fit out and add to the fleet.
That is indeed the boat that was seen and deemed to be fire damaged a few weeks ago. Not sure what the plan is - it hasn’t even been fitted with an engine!
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Sorry to have missed you again, Simon. We’re just heading back to the marina. It’s the Moonlight Shadow AGM tomorrow, so we need to be home to get ready for it. Thinking about staying overnight and trying The White Heron this evening and going home in the morning. Not sure yet.
Have a great week! Currently on spring tides - very high today. Just passing Cantley at 10:45 and the water has already overtopped, with 2.5 hours until high water!
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1 minute ago, NorfolkNog said:
Very low air draught too if memory serves. Probably one of the few that might get through Potter Heigham these days. Lovely boat. Enjoy!
Shame she doesn’t look like that these days. Along with Summercraft and one or two others, they certainly had a distinctive and easily recognisable livery, albeit one that’s not easy to disguise if the craft ever went into private ownership.
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1 hour ago, CeePee1952 said:
HW are having another Platinum (it’s in their shed at the moment) for 2024. Apparently this new one will not be a hybrid like the other two already in service but have a normal diesel engine.
Chris
Hybrid? Please don’t suggest more ruddy hybrids. We were sat at Ranworth yesterday (and yes, I grudgingly paid my £5). It was all quiet and peaceful, save for the thrumming of a not too quiet generator on one of the new Brinks Preludes.
If this is the future of boating, I don’t like it! 😡
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1 minute ago, Dan said:
Exciting. Did you get any piccies?
No, sadly. I was talking to Clive and thought it inappropriate. Externally, it looks exactly the same as the ‘private’ one he finished earlier in the year, with a grey hull and white superstructure. There are a few pictures on FB.
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18 minutes ago, Dan said:
Also, there will be Fleetline, Clive's new centre cockpit 46' from Horning Pleasurecraft (not on the website yet)
Are there any others?
Dan
I was at HPC yesterday and the first Fleetline has been launched, with some finishing to do. The next mould is already in the shed, being worked on.
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2 hours ago, Broads01 said:
. . . . . . I've booked a 4 berth boat in mid-September 2024 with a hire charge of around £1100. The same boat in school holidays is just under £2000.
And does make syndicate ownership even more attractive for a regular hirer. Based on our subs on Moonlight Shadow at £1800 per year, even including say £150 per week for fuel and pump outs on top, that still only equates to £600 per week including for the ones in peak season.
40 minutes ago, YnysMon said:. . . . . . . . . . . Besides, judging by the last few years, the weather is as hit and miss in July and August as in September.
The weather is fairly hit and miss at any time of the year. This is the UK after all.
We called into Horning Pleasurecraft yesterday to speak to the yard foreman about something on MS, but spoke to Clive instead. He showed me his empty hireboat quay, with all of his fleet out this week. Indeed, it seems to be as busy now as when we were here in mid July.
Sorry David - thread drift!
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Good to see that DHL are living up to their nickname - Drop it, Hide it, Lose it! 😉
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1 hour ago, addicted said:
Thanks so much for the response. Its got an eberspacher timer control but it doesn't seem to have shown any error code although I know it does have that feature. I must admit we haven't looked for one but have looked at the control when its malfunctioning so feel we would have noticed an emblem that isn't usually there
Carole
When we bought our boat, the Eberspacher heater could be heard, but it wouldn’t fire. When we arrived at Swancraft, I spoke to Paul about it and he suggested that it may be the fuel pump. He investigated and found the pump at the stern, near the heater, but he moved it to near the fuel tank, towards the bow and it worked perfectly. The pump pushes fuel more efficiently than sucks it. Might be worth seeing where your heater fuel pump is located in relation to the supply.
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1 hour ago, YnysMon said:
Fancy an addition to the flotilla?
I think MS may struggle to keep up . . . . . . . . although the new prop may help! 😁
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Just now, gancanny said:
have you got that right, it is usually 2 jewels, ?
Think the jewels may have lost their lustre last year! 😉
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46 minutes ago, grendel said:
how much extra are we willing to pay for our broads tolls to pay for extra moorings, is it just a case of the authority trying to be wise with a dwindling cash reserve, or something else, seriously we complain every year at the toll increases being above inflation, just ask yourself how much extra do we want to pay to give the authority the resources to pay for moorings (and their upkeep), at what point does it become financially non viable to keep doing so, I fear what we are seeing is this cutting edge of financial viability coming into effect.
Get that, but what else are they spending it on. Court cases chasing people for planning issues cost multiple thousands, but is that best use of the cash. Does that come from the navigation budget? Our tolls are rising in line with inflation, but it looks as if what they want to pay for leases for moorings isn’t. Now inflation has fallen again to less than 7%, I wonder what excuse they’ll come up with to justify a toll increase we’ll over the rate of inflation?
Are we, as toll payers, really getting value for money?
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4 hours ago, Bytheriver said:
Those toll payers & hirers may like to contemplate how many additional moorings are required & how much increase it toll would be tolerated to achieve this & we must bear in mind the principle that once higher lease payments are offered others could well want some more at next negotiations time?
Isn’t it likely that landowners will want higher payments as a matter of course anyway? If the BA maintain their current policy of looking for cheap leases, without contributing to the maintenance of the quay heading, how many more sites will be lost moving forward.
The quantity of moorings at the locations listed on their website aren’t accurate either. They state, for example, that Worlingham on the Waveney will accommodate six craft. Two is more like it, even double moored, say four, unless they’re moored stern on.
This is 2023. They need to adjust their thinking in line with the 21st century.
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12 hours ago, Lulu said:
…Not on my watch 😂
Not on my watch either, Sam - a fork or spoon, but not my watch! 😉. And yes, ignore the stories of sea monsters, the southern broads do exist and are worth coming down for!
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Boulters at Horning tend to be cheapest, unless you can get under Ludham Bridge, in which case Rob at Sutton Staithe is possibly a little cheaper.
If you use Boulters, you need to book in, du to the limited space at their yard.
Take care Jeff. We will catch up at some stage, I’m sure! 😁
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2 minutes ago, Jbx5 said:
Agree the upholstery is typical 1990s Brister craft so would be getting on 30 yers old. The damp water marks on the woodwork would put me off, I have seen quite a few like that recently as looking for a possible change of boat again!
John
I can’t see any way that the upholstery would last that long, especially in a hirecraft. It is, however, typical of the chintzy upholstery that featured in Summercraft’s fleet and does look in reasonable condition. I think it’s been reupholstered.
We did hire that same boat in 2005, but having checked, I don’t appear to have any photos of the interior.
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7 hours ago, 750XL said:
Don't suppose anyone has a few electric cards they aren't likely to be using again in the near future? Will obviously pay full price for them plus postage.
Looking at 2-3 probably, as we're only there a week.If not, hopefully Herby Woods have some.
thanks!They don’t expire, so will still be usable if you return to The Broads at a future date. The only difference maybe the amount of electricity they buy you.
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8 hours ago, Broads01 said:
The interior needs some work on the basis of those photos. It looks like it still has the original Brister Craft upholstery.
The saloon upholstery looks relatively new. But the mattresses may be original. The worst thing about the interior, to me, is the state of the doors on some cupboards and some internal doors, which appear to have been affected by damp and sun bleaching. Not a cheap fix, even if you can match the veneers.
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14 minutes ago, Matt said:
As one Diamond 35 joins a hirefleet is another Diamond 35 leaving a different hirefleet?
https://www.nya.co.uk/boats-for-sale/aquafibre-diamond-35-5/
Looks that way, sadly. I checked the Hoseasons website and there is only Gala Girl showing as available from Summercraft for next year. Given that the other Diamond 35 has been out of a fleet for a long time and the Summercraft livery would be hard to disguise, I feel the price may be a tad optimistic, but it have been well looked after.
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Phone numbers for both Somerleyton and Reedham bridges are listed on the BA website, too:
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There have been several posts on various FB Broads groups this morning, confirming that further talks regarding the renegotiation of the lease at Langley Dyke have now concluded, with no resolution and the moorings will remain closed. I guess that it’s no real surprise, with the apparent current attitude towards navigation and the dearth of moorings on the southern rivers. Granted, Cantley is relatively close, but they frequently overtop particularly during the winter months, leaving some distance between Rockland Short Dyke and Hardley Cross.
So far, there has been no communication, (that I’ve seen, at least) from the Broads Authority. Perhaps Tom @BroadsAuthority would like to confirm and whether alternatives are actively being sought.
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10 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said:
There still showing free moorings on Google maps.Dont know how often they update information.
It must be a couple of years since the Whittlingham moorings were lost, so not that often, apparently. 😉
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We took Moonlight Shadow down there when we were on board back in April. EW had a few boats in, but we spun MS round in the dyke and reversed in. We wanted to eat at The White Horse, but when I tried to book a table, it was quiz night and they were fully booked.
Got a table booked at The Lion instead, so sadly, we haven’t managed to eat at the Upton White Horse this year.