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There are pictures of Somerleyton bridge with these shorter rails laid alongside the normal rails ready for use. I bet Jenny Morgan has some?

Now if it was rails we were talking about, though it seems we are possibly not, I would drill a cooling hole down the length of the two rails intended to remain to size and pump cooling water along the inside of said metal. If I was fortunate enough to have a local source of water like, for example, a river below and the water was not the wrong type of water then I could potentially keep my steel cool and to size.

Is this a modern problem? I cant remember whether the bridges were out of action in the summer of 1976.... must have been too busy bathing with a friend!

File the ends down on all four rails the relevant amount to compensate for the expansion when hot? When the rails are cool you will need to get all three passengers to jump as their carriage passes the gap. If that isn't enough get the driver to jump at the same time.

Alan and Barry need all the encouragement they can get. That old boat needs to be afloat in 8 weeks! It has a very very important event to attend.

Nope, it ain't me either

Perfect. I have your number Peter, will ring after the weekend. Cheers

Yes I know it's a strange request on a broads forum but I also know there are many on here with local knowledge and I live 160 miles away! I need to find a local gardener in Lowestoft who can look after my mums garden for her. Nothing too strenuous, just a lawn to cut, some borders to keep tidy and the occasional shrub to keep under control. It's not a big garden, probably 70ft x 35ft plus a little postage stamp size lawn out front. She is 86 now and it's become just too much for her. We reckon a day a fortnight but would be guided accordingly. So, does anyone know anyone?

Rumour has it that a repeat performance will be heard aboard (which means afloat) Royal Tudor in the summer. Ticket sales have been erm..... well..... let's just say that we have some left!

Is that still not in the water? Had a guided tour the other day, it's going to be quite a craft when completed. Perhaps you could keep this thread going Barry, she's a very interesting project.?

I thought short planks came in pairs... or so the saying goes

Tut tut My 53 year old car manages to get me the 160 miles from home to Oulton Broad on 5 gallons of unleaded. That's exactly the same amount as my euro5 six speed Mondeo. My 53 year old car has upgraded brakes etc to cope with modern traffic conditions as well If we are serious about pollution I would suggest we all stop buying new cars right now. The environmental impact of building new cars and recycling the ones they replace far far outweighs the actual pollution of driving them. My 53 year old car has enough parts in the garage to run it for the next 50 years. Those parts would have been thrown away, their environmental impact had already been spent in their manufacture, tooling costs etc and so using them up is zero cost to the planet. Now, regarding the MOT. After various studies and consultations the underlying decisions were based on two main factors. Firstly accident data showed that out of 5% of accidents involving cars over 40 years old less than 2% of that 5% were attributed to mechanical failure of the 40 year old car. This compared to a much higher percentage of newer vehicles. Secondly, as our MOT testers get younger (!) and these cars get older, there has been concerns that the ability to understand the systems used and therefore the knowledge to test these cars safely is being lost. There was also data analysed from the previous few years MOT failures on cars over 40 years old to establish possible areas of concern and this data showed the first time pass rate for these vehicles to be considerably above modern vehicles. In summary, that TR6 managing 20mpg is still more fuel efficient than a new Mustang and I don't see any complaints against the thousands of them in the road today.

So if we are a good sort and toll our boats accordingly it would seem that we can take up residency on the river bank as long as it's tidy? I'm off to b&q to buy a nice new super tidy shed and pop it on the bank next to my mooring. Some days I just can't believe my luck!

Because if they turf him off they make him homeless and have to house him (or so I was told when I asked the same question recently) though I thought it was a different collection of boats on the same mooring. We used to love overnighting there.

Careful now... too much beer and you could run aground under said bridge. That could be the only time you get to drink yourself out of trouble rather than into it!

WRC's pump out has been far better at pumping money into the till than effluent from boats for quite some time now. Topcraft's has been closed since end of 2016 season.

In which case replace the existing with new! From what I am seeing the concrete moorings that appear undesirable are staying and more space is being lost to additional capacity.

I use that part every time I am afloat. Tingdene's existing moorings are hardly at capacity with a dozen or so berths currently available. I would hope that a need is proven before we lose more navigation. As far as pump out facility goes, it would seem that the majority of the resident boats on OB can get by without one or there would be a constant trail to WRC. Badger builders are also supposed to be providing such a facility as part their development of Leo Robinson's site as well.

So, if I was lucky enough to own a riverside mooring, just how far out into the river can I build? Seems that just by owning the bank, some are able to make use of and money out of the areas withing the navigation as well. If I was to moor my boat side on at my mooring and then decide to raft up another boat alongside is that acceptable? How about I work out that I can get three or maybe four boats in if I stern moor them? Oh yes, I will also need a pontoon to save all those ropes needing adjusting so thats another 6 foot gained. Streets used to have (and maybe still do) a 'building line' so that everyone could build up to it but not beyond. Is there any such system for the rivers or can we just keep going till we have just a big enough gap to the other bank to not restrict navigation? I look forward to seeing the application for 'Morgans Marina'. Whats good for the goose etc...

Ahhh...I cant splice you see so lack understanding in these matters

I'd have thought two bow lines so that a second spring can be used when needed. I was always told to make the bow lines to end two foot short of the propeller so that, should the line fall in the water un-noticed when underway, it wont foul the prop.

Go on Doug, see if MB will entertain another one.. Selsie and me have some finishing off to do!

Three more sessions like that and it'd be well sorted. One more session would make the difference between it seeing the water this season or not. However, we were well aware that we did cause the other occupants of the shed some issues. The noise of a dozen or more people working on just one boat is quite something. The people on the boat next door almost abandoned their plans for the weekend with so many of us in the way! They were all very understanding though.

150 bacon rolls 30kgs cheese turned into lunch A tanker full of tea and coffee A beautiful arrangement of home made cakes easily devoured A kettle in need of a holiday And all of it served by the real stars of the weekend

We tend to have a separate 4 way permanently live fuse box for when the isolators are off. This runs bilge pumps (we are talking woodies here so bilge pumps can be your best friend) a switched cockpit entry light for late night arrivals and the last fuse runs the alarm as well as radio and clock memories. This fuse box is separate to the normal isolator controlled main.fuse panel and is marked as such