JanetAnne

Ah Peter, not only can we talk but our owners can hear us without all that flappy noise going on..

And yes ladies and gentlemen, what you are seeing here is a nice new shiny dayboat!!! Its not left the mooring in the last few days - the old ones have been going out instead - but perhaps a sign of things to come?

We all make mistakes no mater how experienced. Perhaps education rather than persecution?

I think clueless is closer this end Iain.

Thats funny, I posted to this thread just after Peter started it! Me and computers eh? Anyway, it seems to have been a long tradition for all boats in our family to carry a name from wives, daughters, nieces etc. the names always go with the boat so are never reused. I am Janet Anne after my owners mother in law. Can you imagine just how many brownie points that earnt him

There is nothing strange about that, trust me! And welcome by the way

I feel a song coming on...

Just to add my two penneth worth, fitting a little in line 12v pump in the flow pipe to the calorifier makes a huge difference to both speed of heating the water and the actual temperature itself meaning proper engine temp water much faster. Run it off the ignition circuit. Alternator speeds can be altered by changing the diameter of the alternator pulley so that they run a bit faster at lower engine speeds.

The cheap ones (standard glass rather than tinted and rubber buffers instead of oak etc) were fitted out on the Thames and financed by investment companies looking for a fast return. Those boats were hitting the water finished for under £25K (early 1980's). For that they were carpeted everywhere and used lots of furniture from MFI but they served their purpose well.

I never knew Jimmy that well personally, he was more dads friend but the one thing that struck me was his absolute total enthusiasm for whatever he was involved in.

You would have. There were quite a few based on the Calendonian Canal as well. The hull was far better suited to the scottish lochs and they were really popular. The french canals also saw quite a fleet

Oops.. I will try that again. The boat is Turkish Desire 1 built for Bill Stratford at Newson Boats. She was delivered in 1978. The whole concept came about because Jimmy wanted something different with which to replace the now aging fleets into which he was starting his proposed 20 year rule where he wanted all hire boats to be under 20 years old! Private look was the way forward and, over many beers in the Commodore, ideas were thrown about. Lancer Marine had folded and you could see the remains of mouldings across in the old Leo Robinson's site from the Commodore bar. And that's how the Ideal 40 came about. The chap on the right is Ivan Wooltorton my owners dad. He designed and built them. By the way, the first three hulls were deep v sea going versions! They all still exist. As an aside, if you look at the 1979 or 1980 hoseasons brochure, nearly all the photos in the front section have an Ideal 40 in them including the front cover. Let's just say Jimmy lost a bet!

I have also done time and fuel, and bid! The whole thing seems like eBay meets EastEnders!

Oh, I know this one Peter... lol

Oooh young Michael sir!

I had a recent conversation ref wakeboard boat wash after sustaining damage from same. I learnt that the maximum permitted wash is 12" across the board and that includes dredger's, cruisers, ski boats, yachts, rangers launches and even kayaks. Worth bearing in mind should you need such info And yes, I am a water skiier... well not this year yet but live in hope!

Meant to say, Brian Wards do a limited Faria range ref NBN discount

Have used Faria (through ASAP) many times and always been really pleased with them. They are American based and the units seem really good quality though can be a tad expensive. I'd go with Vaughan's advice ref ammeter v voltmeter. With modern alternators having very high outputs that's a lot of amps travelling up to the dashboard and back again to the battery bank. Most ammeters run up to 60 amps (see below) which means the more usual 75 amp alternator will have the needle banging on the stop when you start the engine until it all settles down. A voltmeter will still show when a charge is being generated (it will read about 14v when the engine is running).

It's nice to see that old vanessa still in the galley.. at the asking price maybe it's been gold plated?

Tut tut you lot Woodies are priceless And if anyone substitutes that for worthless I shall slap them with my fenders!

Happy to wait Must get up in the loft this winter, there are a number of Broads cruiser models lurking, none finished of course! You may have inspired some renewed enthusiasm old chap.

I really hope there will be the possibility to obtain a set of plans for BA after its all done? Just in case someone would like to add such a craft to their wish list?

That might not be wise. We could end up with a you said this and you said that scenario. The whole thing feels like it has been set up to devalue the assets as far as possible with poor information and high fees. You ain't going to pay a lot for the actual boats! The only consolation is the auction house will be paying tax on their profits...

I suspect the reason is right in front of you... The theory is great but we all want the others to join our team rather than we give up our little bit and join theirs!