JanetAnne

Happy to build a scale of 'that' bridge if Grendel lets me know the scale he is working in. And after manoeuvre's have been completed we could charge those that 'bought the wrong boat' a £1 a shot towards forum funds to blow it up!

And from the angle of this piccy we can see Grendel can also walk on water! A talent some boats can't even master...

Maybe, seeings as the boats have come from yards with a new build programme, these are now surplus boats rather than bad boats. They are all pretty run of the mill, maybe running more basic but tried and well tested systems. Well proven designs and, though I do say so myself, not a bad starting point for a fledgling company. B.A.'s planning dept do need to take a long serious look at themselves though. If the answer is always no why do we need a planning dept at all? We already know the answer!! And maybe someone could explain to me the difference between caravans on Hippersons boatyard in Beccles and camping pods on Horizon at Acle? I would be arguing that a precident has been set?

It was but a good effort Polly. Never got to say thanks in chat, the whole lot seemed to crash out at the end!

Eek!

Fowlers, Broadway's, Newson Boats (the Stratford's of course) the Darby's, Alec Hampton, Jimmy Toplis. This is one memory lane I am going to really enjoy! Shall we start a new thread for it Peter?

A full English and chocolate in the shop? Could be my new favourite place!

My thoughts were the vent. Every time you have a pump out you could be drawing the eggs/larvae into the tank

Wriggling out of it eh?

Don't knock the winter of 62/63.... if my parents had had a telly I would not be here!

I remember that Peter. You did look a picture! That would be the time you took the "Why did I buy a wooden boat?" photo.

If you need a big R's to stand on the bow I have someone in mind.

I once made a wayfarer sailor a cup of tea during racing at Beccles regatta. The whole fleet were becalmed and he ground to a halt right beside our cockpit. I passed a mug of tea over and by the time he had drunk it he had drifted maybe 6 foot. Then the tide turned and the rescue boat came and towed them all back as they were drifting backwards towards the bridge!

Wanna borrow a yacht Gracie?

Ah, you have a 60 mile head start on me (Buckinghamshire) though when we are up working on JA at Buntingford I think we may be pretty close to you.

'Watt' you all need to remember is that Griff spends a lot of time away from 'Ohm' which allows plenty of time to 'Amp'ly' regenerate his supply of witisism's.

Being three hours away means, like everyone else, I have to try and pre guess these things.

The whole area seems to now be under flood alert. What are members instincts on this one? Higher or lower than the 2013? Got an elderly mum in Lowestoft in the flood area....

And there are one or two on here that can remember back that far...

Thats how all wooden boat owners start, then, about half way through the 'project' they wish they had run a mile in the other direction!

Ah that explains it! Last week Spirit of Breydon was on Oulton Broad full of hi viz bods catching seagulls. They were then dipping their beaks in luminous paints and getting them to swim in lines. This must be one of the new eco friendly flight paths they are trialing to stop those deaf old residents in Romany Road complaining about light pollution

I know where you went wrong old chap. Your 6x4 trenches, while a tad small would eventually form into something the kids could swim in but a depth of 8ft? Hardly representative of the Broads is it!

That reminds me, criteria for subject matter ref 2018 calendar....

Just to add to Timbo's excellent advice. As well as Tink, mentioned elsewhere on here today, we have a bull dog and bull dogs can't swim, they are too heavy/dense and have no natural buoyancy. So as to not take any chances we contacted Crewsaver direct and they supplied a life jacket based on his size and weight. Bulldog and lifejacket were then presented to a swimming pool and yes he floated exactly as required. He also sulked for a week! Anyway the Crewsaver comes with a handle on the back and a ring for attaching a lead to or hooking the animal out of the water. You need the ring because the jacket will cover your dogs normal collar. Our ring failed. The stitching is weak in this area and when we talked to Crewsaver they told us the ring was for emergency use only even though the instructions with the jacket said differently. We replaced the jacket but, knowing the fault, have since seen a number of similar jackets out and about on the riverbanks with stitching coming undone and mentioned it to the owners. Crewsaver have since changed their instructions I believe. As an aside we had a border collie who loved water. He would fall in deliberately off boats, jetties and paths into rivers, broads, boating lakes, you name it you could not keep him out of it. When on board he always wore his life jacket and certainly tested it to the max! When he got tired, rather than come back to shore, he would just float about knowing full well we couldn't get to him. I wonder how many tides we missed or dinghy's we came close to turning over trying to round him up!