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As for the show I thought it went very well.
The sailing club I believe had over 100 takers for the try sailing, that's not including the accompanied children who went free..
Several people enquired about membership..
Our Tea bar did very well, twice a car had to go fetch more supplies..
I handed out around 200 radar station leaflets, and around 100 model Railway show leaflets which only went to those who expressed an interest.
Luckily no one got a picture of me in my kilt!! That got a few comments.. mostly from Scots..
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Stern on mooring is banned ( except for dayboats) at the Swan because it's on a bend and the river is only 108 ft wide there.
Also with the river narrowing there the tide can be quite strong up to 3 or 4 mph in either direction.. can you imagine a hirer in a 40footer with and hours experience coming down from Hoveton trying the manoeuvre? It's quite a comedy show watching the day boats attempt it..
With a boat moored parallel on the other side, you park a 45ft hire boat stern on from Swan green down to the far end of the parish Staithe , you've halved the width of the river.
Having seen Thomas the tank engine going round that corner yesterday he took a lot more than 50ft width in his drifting sideways turn.
The Swan Green is owned by the pub ( as is the parking) the loss of income to the pub from a 365 hire of the Southern comforts mooring will more than exceed the loss of a few dinners in the pub from more boats in the summer season.
As it is they don't seem to be in too much of a hurry to fix the pub frontage moorings. The southern comfort was moored there as the public aren't allowed to walk in the quay heading.
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At Broadland model Railway club, this morning, preparing to..
Fit a new sink !
This evening a briefing of Saturdays Horning Sailing club, for club members on duty at the boat show on Saturday.
Just polished my shoes for attendance at the radar museum tomorrow, and my boots for Saturday.. Don't I have an exciting life!!!
Anyone at the show I should be at HSC gates on car park duty.. say hello!!
Ps, our car park is club members, disabled and swan green exhibitors only. Parking for visitors is the Swan car park, the recreation ground car park, and bewilderwood car park. ( There is a shuttle bus to bewilderwood .)
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1 hour ago, grendel said:
was he trying to use tallest boat has right of way?
No he used both boats turn away to starboard when approaching head to head.. but both boats were sailing boats..
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59 minutes ago, TheQ said:
The Three Rivers Race 2024
There will be around 100 sailing boats starting in roughly ten boat Groups from 11:00 to 12:30 on the 1st June at Horning Sailing club, racing from there, to the furthest points shown below then back to Horning. The race lasts up to 24 hours for each boat.
For those who wish to Watch by foot or car, best viewing points are:
The Swan Green, at the start and any pub in Horning,
Ludham bridge, about a hour onwards after the first start,
St Benets Abbey,
Acle Bridge, and pub
Stokesby by the pub,
Thurne Lion Dyke, by the windpump.
And the popular one Heigham bridge, and the river banks either side of the Thurne there. I reckon in normal wind conditions 4 hours after the start onwards.
Low water is just about 2 hours after first start this year, I expect many to do the short legs first then head for Hickling broad next. But it always depends on wind strength.
Next posting, advice for those on the water..
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For those who wish to go through the race.
Note 1, helms cannot always tell you which way to go, they have a rope in one hand and the tiller in the other. If they do, they normally point at you and then the direction they want you to go.
Note 2, they will get very very close, 6 inches is a big gap sailing on the broads, their boats will turn away from the side of your boat, their sailing boats are a lot more fragile than any motorboat, they wish to finish the race.
On the 1st...
This is only hopefully helpful advice after 45 years of sailing and being involved with the race.. Advise, not the law, the law is here..
https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/navigating-the-broads/byelaws-and-speed-limits
If going down river at the start in Horning keep right, each start is at five minute intervals, follow through immediately after a start. Over take on the right when a gap appears.
If coming up river at the start, keep right, slow down, go forward when there is a gap, noting that a group will sail past you, but keep right and slow right down.
Between there and Ant mouth, groups of boats will head down river, if going down river, keep right, go through within the speed limit when there is a gap.. if you are coming up river , come to near stop, let them go around you, ONLY if they are ALL on your side, go to the other the other side of the river to go through..
The River Ant to Ludham bridge, I really advise you not to go through between about 11:30 and 14:00.. but if you must..
Keep right, keep slow, let those coming towards you go around you. If going in the same direction as the boats , just keep right and follow, there just isn't enough room to get past and they probably will be tacking across the river in one direction..
For the rest of the course the boats will have mostly split up into small groups or be single.
Generally keep right,
if overtaking from astern while they are tacking always pass behind a boat as it leaves the bank.
If passing boat coming the other way, keep right, slow down, let them pass you, don't weave around. Only if there are no boats the other side and the boats coming towards you are steady on your side do you move to the other side safely..
Hopefully that'll cover all problems on the river..
Note 3, all boats, like yourselves, are required to have their own insurance therefore see Notes 4 and 5
Note 4, if somehow you are in an incident, make a note of the number on the sail and it's symbol if it is has one. Also note the boats registration number and name.
Note 5, Sailing boats can't or don't want to stop in a race, you may contact Horning Sailing club, https://www.horning-sailing.club/ but they cannot by law give you contact details , they can contact the other boat if you give them the details and then that boat contacts you to sort things out...
otherwise, just go out there and enjoy watching the race and the Norfolk broads.
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For those wishing to watch on the water.
Best viewing points,
Horning Staithe, and any pub moorings in Horning.
Cockshoot broad Dyke,
St BENETS Abbey straight,
Mud weighting on South Walsham broad, not too close to the turning bouy please.
Stokesby moorings,
Thurne Lion moorings,
Potter Heigham moorings.
For those wishing to avoid the race:
Through Horning go before, about 10:30 on the 1st June or after about 13:00.
Especially Avoid between the Ant between Ant mouth to Ludham bridge from 11:30 to 14:00 this will be very very crowded, and not for the feint hearted.
Potter Heigham bridge difficult to say an exact time as it depends on the wind. But they won't start getting there before 15:00ish .
Next posting for those who wish to get through the race...
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Yep it's that time again , a gentle warning for those on the rivers who wish to watch / avoid / get through.
The Three Rivers Race 2024
There will be around 100 sailing boats starting in roughly ten boat Groups from 11:00 to 12:30 on the 1st June at Horning Sailing club, racing from there, to the furthest points shown below then back to Horning. The race lasts up to 24 hours for each boat.
For those who wish to Watch by foot or car, best viewing points are:
The Swan Green, at the start and any pub in Horning,
Ludham bridge, about a hour onwards after the first start,
St Benets Abbey,
Acle Bridge, and pub
Stokesby by the pub,
Thurne Lion Dyke, by the windpump.
And the popular one Heigham bridge, and the river banks either side of the Thurne there. I reckon in normal wind conditions 4hours after the start onwards.
Low water is just about 2 hours after first start this year, I expect many to do the short legs first then head for Hickling broad next. But it always depends on wind strength.
Next posting, advice for those on the water..
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Welcome from someone who worked on the equipment that tracked you in the skies or later worked on / instructed on the equipment in your nose.. ( if you flew in an ADV).
https://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/
Ps remember the air navigation regulations are not the same as sailing regulations
we had a British pilot in Saudi who caused chaos during sailing by using the wrong set of rules!!!
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Next month and a bit very busy for me.
4th May, http://www.horningboatshow.com/
Then
Then the 3RR, https://www.3rr.uk/#:~:text=The committee are delighted to,- Sunday 2nd June%2C 2024!
Then 6th June, 80th anniversary of D-Day. https://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/
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And also the day of Shakespeare's death, possibly that of his birth, as he was baptised on the 26th.
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A great piece of work, downloaded for printing later
Thanks.
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On 16/04/2024 at 03:55, Vaughan said:
I can just remember the rationing and I have still got my ration card, somewhere in a box.
My mother kept 200 chickens in runs in the wood on the island, with a licence to sell the eggs to the "Min. of Ag. and Fish."
My great grandparents dads side, kept pigs, so whenever dad visited them ( 50 mile journey, one change of train) a large parcel would return with him to his parents house.
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If your use by date started before July 1958, then you have experienced rationing as the final WW2 rationed item was freed then , that was coal..
Until 4th July 1954 there was still meat rationing..
Until the 1980s cheese production was deliberately limited by HMG, but what was produced not rationed .
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I don't know if it's happening to everyone but if I attempt to go on the shorebase site I get error 404 site not found, but if I go in direct to http://www.norfolk-broads.org/tides/tide_report.asp it works ok.
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On 11/04/2024 at 18:06, LizG said:
Lazy jibs are lazy! Ideal for solo sailing but a p*g in light airs. Crewing my brother in Mayfly I would stand at the bows and back it to pull the boat around on a tack. Strong winds that isn't a problem though on this boat!
I have a club footed jib on my little sailing boat. I've added a pair of extra sheets to the fore end of the club, so while sitting in the cockpit I can goosewing or back the jib.
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As for cash it's a right pain paying in, first find a bank. For me that's a 40 mile round trip.
for a small business, for my model Railway club account that would be a £1.50 charge, plus 1.5% of the value, not too dissimilar to the cheque or paying in charges.
That's why I've just spent a couple of hours ordering a card reader for the club, there's a lot less hassle, the overall charges will be less as we have a lot of small transactions.
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23 hours ago, MargeandParge said:
Consider a flex account at Nationwide BS they have a no closure policy until 2028
They are always good to deal with either on line in branch post or phone
There is one in Beccles just the same service as the banks that ran away, only better.
They have branches all over the place their website will show your nearest
Kindest Regards Marge and Parge
Nationwide had their hands smacked for their current no closures adverts.. They started them immediately after having a round of closures.
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If she's one that's been retrofitted with an electric motor, then the control module and battery replacement is going to be expensive.
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We've just had the wettest month ever recorded and the wettest 18 months ever recorded. It's not surprising the water levels are high, even though the majority of effects are often to do with air pressure and wind direction.
That being said there have been more storms over this winter than in many years each bringing low air pressure and a raised north sea.
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Spent the day at the radar museum, 71 visitors today. Did a fair amount of modelling RAF Neatishead 1983 between the visitors.. planted 300 fence posts, have got about the same again to do...
Reminder folks Norwich model Railway show tomorrow,, details a few posts back.
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If you look at the NDR, it's taken much more land than it would in the past, precisely because of " green " measures. There are cycleways bridle ways, treed areas, and all sorts of land grabs that take more farm land.
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I first lived in Milton Keynes in 1975-6 in Bletchley Park, your description is quite accurate. There was a huge change when we moved there again in 1988 through to 1996 in Stantonbury. Much More crowded.
I was extremely happy to have moved to Norfolk, 20 houses in the village over 2 miles of road..
Problems? They've dug the road up so it's closed... Alternative routes?
A Boat, aka a Byway Open to All Traffic that is a mud road with potholes over a foot deep.
A restricted byway, that is soft mud 18 inch deep ruts filled with water.
A restricted byway , tarmac sort of , grass growing down the middle in places, sand covering in others, exceedingly narrow, ditches on both sides of the single track road in some places.
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It was going to a model Railway show and was asked. Are you a senior?.
I had had to stop and think... Oh yes I Am now.
Next Model Railway Show, Norwich , Hellesdon School, free parking, NR6 5SB Saturday 6th April, 10am to 4pm £6 accompanied under 16s free.
20 + layouts plus traders and demonstrations.
Broadland MRC will be there, but don't know if I'll be on duty with the layout or just a visitor.
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we had a British pilot in Saudi who caused chaos during sailing by using the wrong set of rules!!!
On The Northern Rivers 1st 2nd June 2024?
in Broads Chat
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The latest news is there are 118 entries. Ok there's normally a couple of late drop outs but it does look like a well attended year.