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I forgot to mention Accompanied under 12s free entry. Concessions £2...

Looks like you won't have much trouble... from the NSBA Green book. The below is what I believe the clubs would like you to do, Please, if you see sailing boats. On Barton and Wroxham broads keep round the edges ( the deep water side of any marker posts) Horning keep right and slow through the sailing particularly the Thursday junior training. Hickling stick to the deep water channel most of the racing is outside that. The other places I don't know I ain't been there(for sailing) 19 Mon Aug *WOBYC - Oulton Week ........................................................Oulton Broad* NPC -Junior Week..................................................................Barton Broad sunrise 4:45 sunset 19:10 20 Tue Aug *WOBYC - Oulton Week .........................................................Oulton Broad* NPC -Junior Week..................................................................Barton Broad HBSC - T Sail 1700hrs ...........................................................Hickling Broad sunrise 4:47 sunset 19:08 21 Wed Aug *WOBYC - Oulton Week ...........................................................Oulton Broad* NBYC - Evening Sailing ............................................................Wroxham Broad NPC -Junior Week................................................................. .Barton Broad HBSC - Evening club racing-1915hrs start...............................Hickling Broad RBSC - Wednesday Evening Series.................. .........................Rollesby Broad sunrise 4:48 sunset 19:06 22 Thu Aug *WOBYC - Oulton Week ............................................................Oulton Broad* HSC -Evening training ...............................................................Horning NPC -Junior Week..................................................................Barton Broad sunrise 4:50 sunset 19:04 23 Fri Aug *WOBYC - Oulton Week .........................................................Oulton Broad* NPC -Junior Week..................................................................Barton Broad sunrise 4:52 sunset 19:02 Last Quarter 24 Sat Aug BASC - Series C Club Racing .................................................................................Beccles WOBYC - Summer Series racing - Programme A..............Oulton Broad NRSC - Regatta at NBYC .....................................................Wroxham Broad HSC - Sundown Series - river...............................................Horning *NPC - Open Regatta..........................................................Barton Broad* HBSC - Training Day...........................................................Hickling Broad RNSYC - Ribsters Day.........................................................Lowestoft sunrise 4:53 sunset 19:

Welcome to the site... My warning about Hickling is there are one or two places with a hard Bottom and the mud weight just doesn't stick in the bottom properly. One place is up toward the sailing club on their side of the channel. There is also a hard ridge running across the broad about half way up outside of channel on the opposite side of the broad.. PS if you are on the Broads 3rd to the 9th of August, That will be Horning Ragatta time. About a month before I'll post a guide to getting through with the least hassle..(called... Navigating the Northern Broads 3rd to 9th Aug 2019)

I probably passed you, as you were stuck there, we were in a Yeoman that year.. I've done the 3 rivers race in a bilge keel Lysander 17ft many times, only twice not getting round and one of those was with a broken tabernacle. The maximum handicap they'll give you on 3RR is 25% off your finishing time, a Lysanders true handicap is 35% off the finishing time. On true handicap one year I would have finished 16th. Sailing a bilge keeler can be quite very enjoyable, and if you go agound with a blige keeler it's almost always the bank side keel and heeling toward the middle of the river will normally clear it.. That being said there is something to be said for an hydrodynamic swing keel, you can have 5ft draft in the deep stuff and just lift it a bit if it gets shallow.

Traditional Broads boats were running agound in the centre of Heigham sound channel before they dredged it. Most of the Pegasuses Pegasusi? on the broads are Bilge keel and Draw 3ft 1 inch.. As for westerlies, there are about 60 different boats from Westerly, but, up to 30ft a bilge keeler would be OK. Some of the smaller boats up to 25ft would be around 4ft draft fin keel, OK on the main rivers but you'ld have to be careful elsewhere. I know I've had a "discussion" with a motor boat(private) that wouldn't keep to the bank.. He said he drew 2ft 6 inches. I tried to explain his 2ft 6 inches in the centre of his boat, that would be 6ft off the bank where as our dinghies and keel boats were racing with 3ft hanging beneath only 3 ft off the bank..

Watch for the kilt....

More pictures of the wreckage at the Market Deeping Show.. https://www.mdmrc.org/stamford-show-2019.html The 9 layouts that hadn't put their layouts in place overnight, will be greatly relieved..

In Horning the moorings at the Swan will almost certainly be booked up by the competitors and their supporters. The village green will also be jam packed Cockshoot dyke is a good one at the start, but taken unless you get there very early or the St Benets straight opposite the dyke to South Walsham if possible. Between the bridges at Potter is a good one, Most visitors won't get through and you can moor by the pub for some refreshment and wander over to the old bridge, to watch the usual panic of lowering masts and paddling through.

This sad news has been all over the Model railway forums, a just giving page was set up for uninsured losses by Market Deeping Model railway Club. and has raised £40,000 so far. Although I doubt that will pay for what has been lost. You don't get paid for the many thousands of hours hand making layouts, locomotives and rolling stock. The club it'self will have lost not only their model railways, but the loss of the event. Most clubs like Marklet Deeping or our own, Broadland Railway Model Railway club use their Shows as a Fundraiser to help pay for club expenses. Market deeping will still have to pay the travelling and hotel costs for exhibitors with no income from the show. In our case we Broadland Model Railway Club have permanently on hire an industrial unit in Catfield for our club room and our show profits pay around a tenth of the rental for that So ... Next Sunday is our open day, charging Just £3 to get in to cover our expenses in hiring Hoveton Village hall NR12 8DU 10:30-15:30 as we are more interested in recruiting more members. Note, there is a car Boot going on in the field Behind 11:00 onwards. The entrance for that is through the Hall car park, you'll have to say you going to the Model railway event to get to park in the Hall car Park.

Just 12 days to go till the big race, another bump for those who may not have seen the notes. The forecast is just a 7 mph gusting 11mph northerly, at the start swinging round to a ignore that, it just changed.. As I was saying, 12mph North westerly gusting 27mph, thats about perfect for the start as in the sheltered river at Horning you won't get that much but it will blow everyone straight down the river, so no log jam.. Sunday staying North Westerly but dropping to 11 mph for the many tacks back to Horning..

Unfortunately the chip was in the passenger side top corner that progressed to a crack a foot long 45 degrees out from the corner, and then overnight has aquired a u bend at the end of the crack. Hence new windscreen required..

the above mentiond traffic lights on the Hoveton Stalham road have disappeared by this morning, so they weren't there long.. There were two lorry vacuum cleaners flying in close formation on the A149 hoovering up the excess on the repaired gravlly bit this morning, so it should be better by now.. Car booked in for windscreen replacement through insurers, next appointment available... next Wednesday..

The road outside Tescos Stalham, was gravelled today, they were finished before 06:10, when I went past. The disaster on the main road between the two entrances to Stalham on the A149 has been regravelled during the day. Lots of loose stuff around. A new set of traffic lights has appeared on the road north of Hoveton, just before the hill up past the round towered church. No idea why.. Many of the minor roads in around Stalham have been gravelled they've used tons of the stuff... I wonder why I've got a cracked windscreen...

Grendel just reported lots of room under Potter bridge..

Wow his boat can teleport!!! Queues before Potter heigham bridge and comes out the other side of Worxham Bridge...

It was on a Janet my previous tablet computer committed suicide, last year during the 3RR. The USB skt is in the cabin below the helm position. My extension cable just reached the top of the helm dashboard. The boat rocked and the tablet launched itself down the companionway. I've got a longer extension cable ready for 1st June this year. I'll be happy with being loaned a Janet from Martham boats again for this years 3RR, I was quite impressed with them.. It not the purchase of a woody that would be a problem, it's the maintenance, it needs to be almost continuous on a woody.

Remember the sink water goes straight into the river.. Beautiful pictures , that'll be a nice place to moor in 18 days timewatching the sailing boats drift by, all with a red and white tape hanging from their boom or back stay.

Just looked at the long range forecast for the start of the race, this means it's not very reliable yet and anything can change.. Temperature 17C not too hot or cold.. Wind North North Easterly, not too bad, perfect is North Westerly as it blows everyone down the street out of Horning. That amount of North in it could make it interesting trying to get up the Ant.. Wind speed, 4mph, gusting 11mph, lets hope for plenty of gusts.. Good job after the first hour the tide will be with you, it could be an interesting Log Jam in Horning for that first hour though. Overnight the wind switches to SW 8mph min temp 10C Sunset is 21:08 but there is only 4% moon showing so even if there is clear skies, it's going to be a dark night for the race. Sunday's wind NW 11 mph better, but tacking all the way back to Horning..

The competitors documentation has been sent out, if you haven't received it, then Email.. the3riversrace@gmail.com

it's a general principle of British law it can't be back dated, you can't be prosecuted under a modern law for something that wasn't law when the incident happened. So you may have "grandfathers rights". For instance my 1984 landrover does not have to meet the latest emmission regulations , and yes it has got a more modern but not latest engine in it..

The web cams on the Horning SC site are beginging to come back to life for the race, the Acle bridge one is now looking at the bridge and the Martham one appears to be in an office at the moment.. https://horning-sailing.club/webcams.php

Oh he's definately Loco ... He's hand building O gauge track for his own layout..

if it's a light wind race and there is a log jam of boats early on, it will really hit the hot rods.. if it's at least a reaomsonable wind they shouldn't have too much problem. The slow boats if they can make it to Ant mouth out of the trees before being overtaken will greatly benefit.

The tea bar or the non runner? Our loco expert has been very successful with people bringing along locos that for some reason don't work. There is no charge for this, but he hasn't got parts, but will tell you where to get whats failed, or adjust anything for free that he can. Our tea bars are normally quite popular and normally have cake available. I'll sneak in an advert anywhere I can, I've put stuff on various model ralway forums about events on the Norfolk broads, which reminds me.. Have I mentions the 3RR on, RMWEB, the N Gauge Forum and Your Model Railway this year..

OOOh I think the cat is among the pidgeons this year. Reading a note at the other place . For many years it's been A Raters Punts and fast keel boats have been in the first groups to start. With broads cruisers and production boats last.. It seems from the notes I've read the order has been reversed, many cruisers first, A Raters and punts near the back with more cruisers. it looks like it's slowest boats to start first and fastest boats to start last This could be interesting, lots of overtaking required by the hot rods...