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  1. Hello everyone,

    been watching the write ups on Salhouse and very envious that we missed a good meet.

    To get to the point - have to fill up my gin palace to get her back north in next 6-8 weeks or so, therefore looking for best prices, we are in Brundall currently and I understand that Brooms are now over £2 a litre - when they have it - and that is somewhat scandalous. Will be looking for approx 600 litres so it will have to be somewhere with a big storage tank and on the south side as I cant get the boat under Yarmouth bridge!

     

    Appreciate any intelligence that members can feedback and indeed for the benefit of other members price of fuel in the north too - Boulters was always my goto yard, do miss 'em.

     

    thanks in advance, have a great season and most of all stay safe.

    cheers

    Trev

  2. Thanks everyone for your replies, the way to go is flogas methinks.  Trouble is I am also struggling to track down flogas 4.5 kg and my lockers will not accommodate anything bigger. As a last resort Have e mailed flogas, will see what they say.

    Cheers

    Trev.

  3. Hello everyone and happy easter.

    Need help, desperately trying to track down a 4.5 kg blue calor butane gas bottle. Does anyone know where there are any please? Even a similar size flowgas or other brand would do as I can get an adapter to suit.

    Thanks in advance

    Trev

  4. On 10/04/2022 at 12:47, BroadAmbition said:

    What a day yesterday was.
     

    daytime - a reception then tour of the dockyard and onboard the new HMS Glasgow in build

    There was around 120 of us at The Crown Plaza hotel last night for a reception dinner with guest speakers and honoured guests. Again hosted by BAE systems. 1st Sea Lord full Admiral, Rear Admiral Hoddinot, skipper of HMS Glasgow during the Falklands. Lots of photos, a great day and evening had by all

    Griff

     

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    I am so green with envy Griff, good on yer, hope you enjoyed it.

    Cheers

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  5. 18 hours ago, Vaughan said:

    You would still have to think about earthing the 240v circuit, as you would not be plugged into shore power.

    Point well made Vaughan. I used to make a thin copper brush that earthed to the prop shaft.

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  6. One other alternative is to install a triple A rated domestic fridge, powered from an inverter, the inverter size would depend on the fridge start up load. Site inverter near batteries, run standard 240v 3 core flex to fridge, job done and usually for a lot less than a 12v compressor fridge. It does work as I have done it a couple of times.

    Trev.

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  7. May appear a bit black and white, oversimplified or I am missing something ? As anyone who served in the armed forces will tell you, there are rules clearly set down. You cross the line and break them and you most certainly did face the consequences and how! Why is this principle not applied to these half witted vandalistic hooligans. It makes me weep that we served in conflicts upholding the principles and morals of our country and we have to put up with this - no no no no no!

    It is not right and it is not fair on 99.9 percent of the population.

    Rant Over.

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  8. On 16/03/2022 at 15:49, BroadAmbition said:

    Chuffin Eck :default_icon_e_surprised:

    Anyone would think you lot are trying to get rid of me. :default_sad:

    Boston, Trent, Humber, Hull, Witham, Fosdyke, Wells, Lincoln, Gt Ouse, York, Kings Lynn, Ely, St Ives, Cambridge

    Am I tempted?

    Hmmmm, Maybe but not this year, too much on in both our social and 'B.A's diary

    Griff

    And if you do Griff, dont forget to visit us on the ancholme, got a great clubhouse, bbq's oh!  and a bar too. 🍻

    Trev

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  9. Cheers Griff me old mobster. Already pouring lots into it and no sign of it filling yet.. ha ha ha, did I say yet?

    Hope you are ok matey ans still keeping BA shipshape and shiny.

    You will have to come for a call round when she is ready and before we head north, or even a days sea fishing as we are mooring her on the Ancholme at Brigg, not a million miles from griff land.

    Cheers

    T

  10. Hello forumites. Not been on here for a few years now, not since selling Giddy Kipper at any rate. Big wave to all acquaintances and friends of old:default_icon_bowdown:. Got to meet some smashing people on here and at various moorings and meets. In fact my last boat became accommodation ship for the crew of BA during the winter 2016 assisted maintenance period, a true bunch of gentlemen indeed.

    Temporarily back on the broads as just bought a seagoing cruiser, bought in Brundall, so we are keeping her down there for a few months whilst we get her ready to sail north.  Not able to go far as she is very difficult to get under yarmouth bridge with an airdraft of over 11 feet with the radar arch removed! So will be confined to southern waters, which is a shame as we love the north and the Ant in particular.

    Hope to see some of you about, look out for a fairline 36T gin palace called Paradise. Lots of work to do to her, needs a bit of rewiring, nav aids updating, fuel system is a disaster, port engine doesnt run, eberspacher doesnt work, need to fit a VHF to the flybridge and of course the 100's of little jobs you have to do when you get a new boat. No doubt have lots of questions to re acquaint myself with things and do a fuel pricewatch particularly...... 1000 litres of tanks to fill aaarrrggghhhh!!!

    Stay safe y'all and have a great season

    Cheers

    Trev

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  11. Hello all,

     

    well regrettably the time has come to sell my boat as I need to cut expenses and raise some capital due to this lovely Covid :default_mellow:.

    Boat is currently moored in Brundall at Cove Marina. It is still winterised as we have not had the opportunity to get down to it since winterising in November. The marina owner is keeping an eye on her for us though.

    Brief boat description:

    Alphacraft lowliner 42 foot dual steer

    1991 build

    nanni 40hp engine serviced last year

    solar panels

    bowthruster with hand held radio control

    canopy over upper cockpit

    2 full bathrooms

    3 double cabins

    massive galley and saloon

    all batteries good.

    BSS new last year, full BA licence.

    I have owned her for 4 years now and spent over 10k on her. Generally in good condition, will probably need a thorough clean but that will be done prior to any sale. had a recent valuation done pre covid at it was valued at around 37-38k.  I am looking for a quick sale and will consider any sensible offers.

    For more info, please contact me by PM.

    Thanks in advance

    cheers

    Trev.

  12. 6 hours ago, Timbo said:

    You are all safe now! RT is back in the wet shed and thanks to all the chaps who turned up to peer into the engine well we got hot water from the hot tap and cold from the cold tap. Griff got a 'thingy' which I believe was attached to the doodah with a wotsit that sorted the oojimaflip and Bob's your Uncle!

    I am now enjoying a proper coffee, I only managed one proper coffee...thanks MM...in ten days so the caffeine levels will soon be back to normal.

    One final calamity to round off a superb eleven days of boats, friends and fun. I got stung. Again. A quick toilet stop before heading home lead to a condition known as 'Gnatted Undergonks'. Gnatted Undergonks is a severe condition where gnats or midges somehow invade the trousers and bite the living hell out of you on the three-hour drive home. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

    They were just having a ball........:default_party0018:

  13. On ‎08‎/‎08‎/‎2018 at 21:00, LondonRascal said:

    Currently sat in Osasis (Stalham) waiting for my Curry and reading up on here.

    I have been looking at the Stirling stuff today and it looks okay. I know their stuff works well but it always comes over from the design to the manual and how they are written as home brew kit that somehow is on the mass market. 

    Mastervolt do an all in one fancy Alternator with duel fans and a more compact overall size that has a charge booster unit all in. Of course this costs double the Stirling product but I guess you are getting a new Alternator with a big increase in capcity. ‭I’ve also had a look at some seriously cool water cooled Alternators usually found in high end cars. 

    Then I remembered this is meant to be budget boating.

    what puzzles me is how I will have a good amperage going in to the battery as expected after an evenings discharge but this seems to fall off pretty quickly because my voltage is rising too. By the time the battery has got to 13.2v the Alternator is in trickle charge mode. That is fine, but it gets to 13.2v in my view very quickly and so you think to yourself “maybe less amps were taken out the battery after all”.

    But after a short time of stopping the engine the battery voltage falls off - quickly falling to 12.6v - an hour or two later it will be at 12.4v and by morning 12.2v. This is why I find it surprising how rapidly it regains back to 13.v+ after I start the engine and the regulator steps in and eases down the amps going in to recharge.

    We are all different and want different things. I personally would not take a lead acid battery down below 50% depth of discharge, and would replace them every four years regardless because by then they will no longer be performing as well as when new. 

    It seems maybe I don’t have much of an actual issue just my expectations (Curry has arrived) are a little too high. I think I will just calm down a little and worry a little less. Forgive any spelling mistakes but was in an unusual setting to talk batteries lol  

     

     

    Hi Robin,

     

    was good to see you at horning last weekend.

    From what you describe above I dont really think you have an issue.

    The nominal voltage of a fully charged 12 volt battery is actually 12.2 volts no load. The alternator normally charges anywhere between 13 and 13.8 volts, some at 14.2.  If you are getting 12.2 in the morning with no load on the batteries, then there is still a lot of power left in them, worry if it drops to or below 12v. It is perfectly normal for the voltage to fall off over a couple of hours after stopping the engine and the readings you describe are perfectly within normal paramaters. An alternator is designed essentially for a lead acid starter battery and should blast high amps into the battery for a short time to replace the current used to start the engine, this then falls off very rapidly to just above a trickle charge to prevent battery damage.

    Leisure batteries are of course a slightly different matter as they dont like being boost charged and prefer a steady high trickle charge instead. So basically I wouldnt worry too much as long as your morning voltage is around the 12.2 mark, all is fine.

    cheers

    trev

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