[Water Rail Out And About.]

Anyone know if Grendel is still dry?

[Springer’s Retreat On The Rivers]

1 hour ago, kpnut said:

 

Last year, I was worried about Finlay eating that stick on the Thursday and certainly not being himself all weekend till it finally came out on the Monday. With a call to the emergency vet early on the Sunday morning after he’d had two bouts of sickness during the night and a walk round Salhouse in pyjamas, wellies and raincoat.....

🤞🤞🤞

Finlay in pyjamas, wellies and raincoat?

Piccys please! 

[Nipper.]

3 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

A small amount of water in the bilge of a woody is to be expected and normal

Griff

Çare to comment Craig?

[Nipper.]

3 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

A small amount of water in the bilge of a woody is to be expected and normal

Griff

Care to comment Craig? 

[New Owner]

3 hours ago, Mwmartin said:

 

has anyone else converted to a composting loo, if so any advice?

Have had a composting loo for a few years and can't really fault it. Made by Separett (think the model is called 'villa'or 'vista', something like that) it's been easy to look after and only requires a few milliamps to run its internal fan. 

[Broads Cruiser Sports New British Racing Pink Antifoul]

Depends on whether it's the boat you think it is?

[Broads Cruiser Sports New British Racing Pink Antifoul]

1 hour ago, JanetAnne said:

Spotted today, pink Antifoul...

This is supposed to be "Shark Grey" 

There was supposed to be a piccy with that!

Technology eh

[Broads Cruiser Sports New British Racing Pink Antifoul]

Spotted today, pink Antifoul...

This is supposed to be "Shark Grey" 

[Water Rail Out And About.]

Any chance you could fall in at Somerleyton tomorrow mate? There are a couple of chains along there needing a service 

In the meantime, and with your current track record, we have started a crowdfunding page to buy you one of these

[The Bure Hump]

Are water depts measured at the middle of the river or across its whole width?

[Water Rail Out And About.]

14 hours ago, Tempest said:

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See you on the rivers soon

You'll need to be looking down...  in rather than on seems the norm!

[Water Rail Out And About.]

Does that man ever stay dry on his boating excursions? 

[Lady Ursula]

6 hours ago, sillybilly said:

To ExSurveyor

How do I use forum PM?

sorry I'v never entered a forum before

regards

sillybilly

Pm sent 

[Lady Ursula]

I have up to date contact details for Lady Helena's owner if it helps?

[Lady Ursula]

1 hour ago, sillybilly said:

Thanks for all the welcoming messages and NorfolkNog for the internal layout

I'm hoping that there are some former holiday snaps around to help with how the large stack of internal components, which I obtained with the stripped out hull, were fitted which will save a lot of guess work with re-assembly

 

 

 

 

 

49 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said:

Howard's picture shows Lady Helena, a close cousin to Lady Ursula but with a different internal layout. Lady Helena has her galley and toilet aft with a small double berth in the nose.

Thrilled to hear that Lady Ursula is out there somewhere. Is she still in Norfolk?

[Fire At Tingdene Oulton Broad Last Night]

Someone else said three as well but there is definitely only two on site and it ain't deep enough for the other to not be visible if it had gone down.

Maybe it was moved last night?

[Fire At Tingdene Oulton Broad Last Night]

It's also not very deep there....

[Fire At Tingdene Oulton Broad Last Night]

Oops

 

 

[Eberspacher 801]

Then he'll be full of fluid of some sort as well 

[River Toll - 2024 - 8:5% Increase]

Those were the days....

[Elysian 27.]

1 hour ago, BrundallNavy said:

 ...a pompous toilet...

I've gotta get me one of those 

[A New Build Wooden Broads Cruiser]

Next stage is to introduce more bracing to hold the frames as rigidly as possible. You don't want to be launching a boat that is longer one side than the other (and yes, there are a few out there!)

I may have likened our finished structure to the Gt Yarmouth wooden roller coaster we had so much wood inside 

I've also been asked about our overhead crane. It's an amazing piece of kit, one of four originally installed when the yard was built and kept going through a combination of parts raided from the other out of service cranes and Robins sheer determination. 

In its heyday there was a man in the cab full time but now it's operated remotely from the workshop floor. We'd be lost without it and......

three days ago....... Robin broke it 

Oops, can someone clever turn the first and third pictures the right way up please (Mr Grendel sir) 

[A New Build Wooden Broads Cruiser]

Frame No1, well frame A to be precise

Working backwards each frame is teased into position

And secured to our existing strong back framework

And the shape starts to appear

All the way to the transom

As each frame is positioned a careful eye is kept on our plumb-bobs to make sure nothing moves or twists out of alignment

So far so good!

[A New Build Wooden Broads Cruiser]

With our keel nicely held in all the right places and after a cuppa, to allow the stress levels to return to normal, it was time to move onto the next stage.

Wooden boats have frames stationed at intervals along their length. These frames dictate the shape of the hull.

First we draw out the frames, one by one, full size on our lofting boards and then construct each frame exactly to the full size drawing, laying each piece out to ensure accuracy.

Starting at the pointy end....

And then moving back one frame at a time

Getting near the transom now. You can see the way the hull shape changes as we go

The oak we have been supplied has been absolutely excellent but even then you still have to be aware of any bits not up to standard

Eventually we end up with a full set ready to be united with our suspended keel

Let the fun begin

[Flooding]

2 hours ago, Vaughan said:

Classic Broads River Cruisers such as Maidie, Ladybird and Raisena - among many others - draw 4' 6" or more.  These are traditional Broads boats built before the war.

The pleasure wherry Solace ran hard aground in the lower Bure on her way to Oulton regatta a couple of years ago.  A trading wherry such as Albion would draw 7ft when loaded and nowadays, I guess she draws around 5 feet.

Sorry, but if a Norfolk wherry can no longer make passage on the main rivers without grounding in the channel, then the BA are not fulfilling their obligation to maintain "The Navigation".

The last time we bought Raisena south she ran aground/hit something passing Yarmouth yacht station. That was 2022, she didn't come south last year.