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The problem is finding out whether the uruguayan company has got itself permission to insure in the UK (it might have if they do big ships). When they used a greek company that wasn't problem.

opps the link went missing.. www.hse.gov.uk/consult/disdocs/dde14a.pdf

Considering I used to change 1000psi Gas pipes safely at Bacton, 30mbar is not a problem..

You really must stop quoting inaccuracies, I suggest you read this document from the HSE, page 5. (yes it's old quoting Corgi not gas safe). you are allowed to diy yourself

Noting of course, that Edward william is not an insurance company, it is a brokers, it is based in Spain, but the insurance company they use at the moment is in uruguay. They have in the past used a greek insurer. Depending where you go some are brokers, some are insurance companies. My sailing boat used to be insured through St Margarets a brokers, Noble marine are a broker, Navigators and General are part of Zurich insurance. Same with cars, Saga are not an insurance company, neither are Arian Flux, but with both you could end up with LV, my landrover insurance from Adrian Flux says Highway, but thats part of the Liverpool and Victoria group.

1 That's a code of practice not law, 2 The gas safe regulations (or what ever they want to call them) are for people working on other peoples property, as put out by Capita a company with a poor reputation running the Gas safe register to make money. 3 if you seriously think every engineer with his apprentice /s is going to do all the work himself with them just watching, you are very misguided..

Run by the Worstead Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, Woolly Worstead, is coming up on 15th and 16th of June 10am- 4pm. At Dilham, NR28 9PT, their hall is on the recreation ground. A display and demonstrations of all things woolly. There are tea / coffee and cakes, and on Saturday "The Occasional Ceilidh Band" I'd Like to be there supporting SWMBO, but I'm told I'm on Dog sitting Duties.. The above is probably why I found six sheep had been in the tin shed, How do I know they had been in there? They left their coats behind...

There were 4 way traffic lights outside the Pheonix Swan yesterday as they repaired the road. They were gone this morning, but the roads close to the swan are marked up for further repairs..

Please don't blame Horning for a company based in birmingham. Company address: Vintage Inns Mitchells & Butlers plc 27 Fleet Street Birmingham B3 1JP UK

Yep you only need the 1 gas safe qualified man, the rest don't have to be, he just supervises.

Only for commercial boats is it a law, and it doesn't say a "gas safe registered person", The law says a competent person. Even then the company could be "gas safe registered" but the person not. It is perfectly legal to do you own gas work on your own house or boat, however if you are not competent, you are even more liable.. and even more of an idiot..

Boat under another... Technically it looks like the red sailed 95, is in the wrong, and is coming into contact with the punt going away from the camera, the boat with sail number 87 is clear of the action, coming this way. The general rules of sailing, trying to keep it simple, with out too much jargon.. Starboard = right hand side facing forward (but it stays starboard if you face aft) Port = left hand side facing forward. tack = one set of wind directions with wind one side, To tack = change sides with the wind passing round the front of the boat. To Gybe, change direction with the wind passing behind the boat. A sailing boat with the wind coming from it's right hand side has right of way over a boat with the wind coming over it's left hand side. the boat with the right of way will shout "Starboard!!!" if two boats are on the same tack, the one nearer where the wind is coming from has to keep clear of the other one. the leeward boat will shout "windward boat" If two boats are approaching the bank or an obstruction (a motor cruiser), the inner boat calls for "water" or "room to tack", the outer one has to tack and give him room. There are more rules and refinements but the basics cover most situations We sail on the broads often less than 6 inches apart, looking several boats ahead choosing a route between the traffic. Those used to wide open spaces, sail several feet apart, and choose their route depending on the wind. We have a guardship debriefing on the event on Friday, I will bring up the info on boats claiming not to know where the turning point is. Though the competitors are told, what a guardship looks like and where the turning points are, so they should keep sailing on until till they see the guardship sign, and with the big orange banner on it's side. (flashing orange light at night) Technically anyone replying " it's up there", means the boat receiving the information, is disqualified for "Outside Assistance" great photos by the way.

IIRC The A Rater that retired at Ludham was due to a torn mail sail, I guessing the shortend rig is to below the tear. It was the first over the water in the race last year.. I put warnings on this and another web site about the race, all the boat yards know it's on. yet some people claim they didn't know about it...

I got bored and looked up the tide table for 2020.. Low water at Acle (12:41) a little earlier for The Stracy arms... just as the the last boats are starting. it is however near enough neep tides.. Everyone to Hickling first in 2020?

I suspect many of those stuck around the Lower Bure bouy had planned their route before hand and the 55 minute delay caught them out. Missing out the Ant and South Walsham on the way out they may have still made it in time. Also the forecast was for a steadily increasing wind, which didn't happen. Although the wind kept going, it went very light during darkness.

There are traffic lights and single lane working just the wroxham side of the cafe at Rackheath. looks like an inspection cover replacement. The final barriers around the buildings at the Ingham Swan corner have been removed.

I think this closes the thread, I've seen over the last few days a lady sorting out the roses and flowers around the house/s next door to the cremated Pheonix Ingham Swan. This morning the remaining barriers around the site were gone. The old shop used as an art gallery has piles of personal property in it. So I guess the owners are moving back in..

I thought that would make you sit up...

Yes the fastest boats that did Hickling first, did do well in the race, those not quite so quick on handicap or skill of the helm, did not then go on to reach the Lower Bure buoy in time, many gave up at that point. Although some moored up to wait for tide to change again and then finished.. Not just A raters and Punts did well doing Hickling first, the leading yeoman came our way and were 8th and 11th

The provisional results.. 2019 PROVISIONAL RESULTS.pdf

If your holiday includes the first week of August, keep an eye out for the thread I'll post on getting through Horning regatta. It will have the title "Navigating the northern rivers 3rd -9th August 2019" The regatta has up to 100 sail boats on the river at a time, from the Swan inn for 1.5 miles up river . So we do cause a lot of chaos to frighten the inexperienced. But it is easy to pass through safely if slow some times. If you put you dates of visit up I can post the dates of any other regattas on, that you may wish to watch / go through / avoid. There is more than one sailing event every single day of the school summer holidays.

Thanks for the pictures folks I failed on that aspect. So here's some words. My log of the night.. A few notes of the race as recorded at Hickling broad. As it turned out 108 boats had entered but 6 withdrew before the start. 10:30 Set up buoy and sat in rescue boat at Hickling broad buoy, closer to entrance than normal. Just near the end of the first island in Hickling Broad. 10:50 guardship arrives Janet 5 loaned by Martham boats, very nice it is too. 11:00 race starts 11:20 first 4 starts gone but some drifting back to start line, rest of starts postponed. Delay turns out to be 55 minutes.... 1 boat took an hour to cross the start line 13:20 Last start 13:43: first 5 boats at Ludham bridge check point. 13:45 A punt has a confidence crisis, persuaded to carry on at least till they’ve past the first check point. 14:00 very nice vegetable curry arrives from Hickling sailing club. 14:03 first boats at south walsham 14:05 DNS list 6 boats, 2 punts and 4 keelboats... 14:15 main fleets pouring round ludham buoy, Thames A rater retires torn mainsail last year’s winner!!! 14:20 first boats at Thurne mouth. Heading toward us.. 14:40 last start boats reach ludham . 15:00 first boats at Potter heigham bridge. 15:15 first boats at martham 15:37 first boats at hickling, A rater, some confusion two boat go past both of classes that are competing.. But they weren’t . 16:05 boat just leaving cockshoot broad 16::00 is boats coming through at more than 1 a minute. 16:38 punt retires too knackered to go on, it’s tacking all the way from thurne mouth to the lower bure buoy. 16:50 we’ve seen 1/3 of boats.. 17:00 it’s now gone quiet, the boats were taking 15 minutes to get here from martham, but 45 minutes to tack back. It appears that 1/3 of boats have chosen to fight the tide to get here, in the hope of doing a 3 tide race. The rest have gone to the lower bure buoy first which for them will be a 4 tide race. .17:00, 999 call to Acle , lady hit by dropping mast. Lady conscious glancing blow.. 17:00 punt lost its rudder, it been picked up by another boat, rescue boat try to catch up then going to tow punt. 17:54 wayfarer capsized, sorted themselves out, continuing in race. 18:06 another punt retired too knackered to carry on. 18:21, punt and rudder reunited, punt being towed back to base. 18:40, 26C we never saw it, it now getting very chilly especially as I’ve got to have the windward window open, to hear the competitors shout out their race numbers as they go past.. I’ve got my winter waterproofs on. 19:15 boats on their way back to Horning . 20:07 half the fleet seen. 20:22 Thames A rater Osprey ...first home they started at 12:55. 21:00 Star Class crew overboard at Acle bridge injured hand, lifejacket worked.. Bang.. Lent one to continue. 21:30 only 22 boats still running that we haven’t seen it looks like many of the boats that chose to do hickling have got caught by the tide at stokesby , quite a few retirements. 21:40 punt crew went for a swim at Acle, they are continuing. U 23:08 just 10 boats left to see 01:42 cramp.. Sat up with a start, glasses on top head hit underside of side deck, ex glasses.. Still boats retiring out there but they’re ones we’ve seen. 01:59 after 4 hours of light wind it’s definitely increasing maybe we’ll see some boats soon we’ve seen nothing since 23:54. 04:33 the sun is all but up. . Down to Six boats to see, because the others retired... No sails in sight. 07:20 they’re trying to persuade 4 of our boats not seen to retire, as they have no chance of finishing We can see one of the two that may finish. One of the slowest boats took 7 hours to reach Ludham from horning!!!!, I’ve done that in the past in one hour in a slowest handicap boat. 07:28 The second to last boat we’ll see just went past.. It has emblazoned on the sail... Sail fast. .. 07:46 Just one boat to see as all others have been here, or retired... 39 retirements this year, mostly from getting their choice of course wrong, against the tide. 08:02 our last boat... Time to go back to the club for breakfast 8:30 at hickling sailing club loading landrover 9:00 leave for Horning SC 11:30 landrover unloaded, breakfast had.. Time for bed and home.

Morning, went to the guard ship briefing last night, the club is surrounded by layers of boats, the car park was full. 08:00 I'll head to Hickling to get everything ready for the race, I have the buoy, radios , aerials, signs, lights, tally boards, and my instructions. Sadly the position I've been told to use is beyond Wi-Fi range of the club house. So no updates from me during the race. Though I'll try to get some pictures. But first, let the dog out, have breakfast, and the first of many coffees in the next 30 hours.

Get a proper broads sailing cruiser with a pop top, head room, sailing and you can easily get under all bridges..

If he dosn't get the top down, He'll need reverse at Potter.. we don't want him blocking the hole..