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I'd rather stay out there for the rest of my days than make that call - I would never live it down!! There is going to be 4 of us, plus a dog! Don't anticipate space being an issue, but why don't Richardsons put more pictures of their boats online? And what is SWMBO?

Well I've finally done it, booked my first get-away on the Broads in early October, I have been thinking about doing it for a couple of years now. The wife is determined she will feel sea sick so just went for a long weekend rather than a week, and opted for a cheaper option (Silver Gem) in case we have to abandon ship in heavy weather (read : she actually does feel sick) Anyone have experience of this boat? She looks a little "retro" but seems to have a nice seating area at the bow (for red wine drinking & star gazing)

Isn't it Grammar? I didn't cook your herring, (I tend to burn food) but I would have served it to you

You have to get a good run-up To be fair to our press officer, he got home after 4am this morning and he wrote that just after 6am - but I will still have to rib him for it

Taken from official site: Monday 12th September 2016 Hemsby Broads Lifeboat paged by Humber Coastguard at 22:37hrs for immediate launch to assist a 60yr old casualty from a hire boat with a suspected heart attack. The Lifeboat launched at the Horning sailing club and located the cruiser east of Hoveton Little Broad. Lifeboat crew boarded the vessel along with a member of the Coastguard team to give first aid. The cruiser and casualty were then taken to Horning and transferred to a waiting Ambulance. All other persons on board were safe and well and the Broads Lifeboat was stood down by Humber Coastguard In attendance: Winterton Coastguard Teams, East of England Ambulance Service Hemsby Broads Lifeboat returned to station and were back on service at 03:15hrs

17 hours would put time of sinking at 2:30am... So fairly sure that's incorrect. with regards to false alarms, as long as they are reported with good intent it's not an issue to us - just part of the job (sometimes people get it wrong).

Where are you getting 17 hours from? I believe the boat went down late in the afternoon and we were paged just after 7pm... Also have no wish to argue, but we have to try to keep these things factual. With regards to the move from Yarmouth to Humber, there were a couple of teething errors to start with as you would expect, but they have been fairly good for the last year or so. People have a tendency of basing their judgement on half the story from poorly written articles, just gets a bit boring as I am sure you can appreciate!

Exactly, so hours rather than “several days”. And I also don’t recall us being called to any jobs where people were just lost? I think a tiny bit of embellishment may be going on…

I believe it was for a matter of hours, not several days...

On Saturday or Sunday? And when was this infamous call-out where the boat had been sunk for several days? I don't recall this one...?!

Not really sure where to begin with this as there are so many inaccuracies it’s embarrassing... Fairly sure the quote from Dan is false as we didn’t see any kiddies without lifejackets on. A few adults, but no kids. Also, we did find the offending boats (there were 2 separate parties, not 1 as mentioned in the article). And why they insist on using pictures of our ILB rather than Broads Lifeboat I have no idea… And goes without saying that it was a top job done by the team as per usual

I know this is an old post, but Hydramec in Great Yarmouth can fabricate using brass or stainless... Full turning/milling facilities

Ahh my wife's courgette plant stayed rooted, but that's because she forgot to check on them this week and they are now a similar size to her Fiat 500...

Rowed across? In that wind? Must have Jean Claude Van Dam as an employee

They had no phone signal so could not phone for a tow (just emergency signal for 999 etc) The vessel was at least 75m into the broad so communicating with another vessel would have been impossible (which would have probably ended up in us getting called anyway as any passing vessel wouldn't have known what the issue was). Can tow-tugs operate in such water (genuine question) and if not how would they have got them a tow line?. The water plants/greenery were literally a few centimetres from the surface, we had to stop a couple of times to lift our engine and cut ourselves free.

They had been blown a good 50-100m into the broad before they had a chance to get a mud weight down. Even our 40hp on semi-flat bottomed sea-strike struggled, we had to cut ourselves free from the reeds a couple of times. The reeds were literally 10cm from the surface so most vessels would struggle on there, especially in that wind...

Martham north broad to be exact

From the Facebook page: Saturday 20th August 2016 HEMSBY BROADS LIFEBOAT - callout Paged by Humber Coastguard at 12:40hrs to assist an 18 foot sail boat with a fouled-up engine on Martham Broad, on the River Thurne, three adults and two children onboard. The casualties were boarded onto the Broads Lifeboat in two passages and taken to West Somerton Staithe to waiting Coastguard teams. The Broads Lifeboat returned to the Casualty vessel and returned it to the same location under tow, much to the relief of the waiting family. Also in attendance: Winterton Coastguard Teams. Lifeboat returned to station and were back on service at 15:50hrs Don’t forget you can follow us on Twitter @Hemsby_Lifeboat

I doubt you could afford us...

I don't really understand all the BA bashing on here (Don't shoot me for that as I have no idea how BA is run but I have met many, many of the Rangers who all seem to be nice dedicated and professional). The BA are certainly not an emergency service... If it's an emergency call 999. If it's not, wait 30 minutes and call the BA control room... Don't really see what the fuss is about If it's not a 999 call but you don't feel like you can wait for the BA to finish their lunch then it's 101 through to Norfolk Police who will happily delegate to the appropriate authorities...

Thanks for the kind comments guys. with regards to funding, the crew are fairly proud of being independent and self funded. whilst we don't have funds for the mind-blowing equipment / training facilities that the RNLI provides, it does remove a fair amount of red tape that can sometimes hinder emergency services.

A busy weekend, 4 call outs, 2 fund raising events and a training session with the BA this morning on oil spill containment... Hopefully tonight will be quiet so the crew can have a well deserved night off!

I did sense that by all accounts the jib got caught on the starboard marker (which means nothing to me as I prefer petrol power to rag & stick)

I don't think it comes down to the speed of your boat and I'm fairly sure the BA are not a declared facility with the Coastguard . To my understanding, the BA's main remit on the Broads is wildlife conservation, promotion and maintenance of navigation (which includes tolls/speeding etc). Of course they will help if they are in the area, but it's unrealistic to expect them to hot-foot 20ish(?) miles from Breydon to Barton (pole bolting over 2 bridges enroute.

999 or 112 (see another thread about this going at the moment)