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That was wonderful to watch, so reminds me of my first taste of the broads in about 1974/75 on the aston cairn. The bermudas were causing quite a stir then as there were still an awful lot of traditional boats about, i seem to remember marmite syndrome with the bermudas, they were either loved or hated. The next boat we had was emerald from newsons in oulton broad. Thanks for posting that up, brought back some great memories of my first time.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/391299956323?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
try this one, ordered it about three days ago but not arrived yet so I cant comment what it is like.
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22 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:
Have the Hamptons in private hands grown bigger? I doubt it & they are still around.
What has happened, I think, is that the provision of private moorings has blossomed but the trouble is, unlike most of the the hire yards and their boats, private boats need two moorings, their home base mooring and one for wherever they choose to go. A hire boat base mooring becomes vacant and available to other hire boats. Where that fails is in the case of Richardsons, their seven hundred odd moorings might remain vacant as 700 odd boats from other yards don't visit Stalham. If the Waveney 24hr moorings are anything to go by then at weekends private boats rush off to their favourite mooring and hog that mooring all weekend rather than actually going boating/cruising meaning that hireboats are often excluded at the weekend hence their searching for moorings on their first night. I really do think that private boat mooring providers should accept visitors to vacant moorings, that simple solution would surely be in every one's best interests.
Actually JM has a very good point here. I was there on aug BH weekend this year and went up to Sutton Staithe in the hope of getting a mooring. No chance and more to the point it was probably full of 90 percent private boats firmly esconsed there for what appeared to be the weekend.
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On 12/09/2016 at 0:22 PM, Hylander said:
I know what you mean, a bit like these people who rock up to A & E with a cut finger looking for a plaster. When did we become a nation of people who have no common sense or aptitude. Emergency services are there in case of dire emergency not at everyone's beck and call whenever they feel the whim to dial them up.
When we became a nation ruled by the health and safety culture..........
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9 hours ago, Baitrunner said:
And to sort of contradict, well maybe not, but proves desiccants might not be the be all and end all:-
Brian Wards do one of each - http://www.brianwards.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=Dehumidifier
Desiccant - works 1-40C, 390-620W power consumption and 7l per day removal
Compressor - works 5-35c, 300W power consumption and 12l per day removal (if I have read this correctly).
So, take your pick folks - they both work some slightly better than others depending on temp but power consumption might be a decider?
The ultimate power consumption will depend in the duty cycle. i.e. how many minutes per hour the units run.
I am not familiar with the dessicant type so I dont know if they run constantly or cut in and out ( cycle ). The compressor type however, do cycle, so in theory a 50% duty cycle will only consume 150w of power per hour - bargain !!
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Thank you, an exemplary write up Jean, very entertaining.
I agree that it is a shame acle is closing this year, have had a few boats off them in the last 18 months and the service and attitude is second to none. It is almost criminal that a very small yet efficient and friendly team will be diluted amongst the many when they Move to Stalham.
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Always useful to know, thank you all.
Trev
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Thanks david, very useful.
Just put up a post asking what was on for new years eve, would be grateful if you could let me know if and what is happening.
Trev
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and dont forget. warships had them too..............
in the process of fitting one to mine and as Griff says, if moored stern on ( or mediterrainean mooring as the RN called it ) they are useful to see exactly where the rudder is positioned. Anyway I am an ex POMEM so I like gauges............
stay lucky everyone
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Thank you both Iain and Alan, most helpful and informative. You are now BOTH gentlemen and scholars....lol.
bye for now
trev
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Hello all,
this may seem a strange question but I notice some BA moorings now have electric hookups. I am assuming that they are fed by a card.
Where does one get these cards from, I have them for my mooring at ferry marina but suspect they would not work with the BA posts.
thanks in advance
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9 minutes ago, BroadScot said:
We have two certified "idiots" I believe, but I am sure they are both from well south of Yorkshire!
Iain
oh? please do tell........
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2 minutes ago, BroadScot said:
Oh dear
I await with interest, replies from certain members regarding that quote! Iain
yes indeed !! me too..........
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4 minutes ago, ZimbiIV said:
If the vents on Zimbi were big enough (5mm too narrow) I would fit 2 of these, 1 extracting 1 intake.
If someone can tell me how to enlarge the opening by 5/10mm please do a hole cutter will not work, tried it.
paul
Hi Paul,
I had one of these fitted to my last narrowboat and they are really good, very quiet and move a far bit of air over a 24 period considering that the fan only runs relatively slowly. Best suggestion for enlarging a hole by that much is make a card template to the size you need. use it to draw around the existing hole, then once you have the line, cut out very carefully and patiently with a fine small jigsaw blade in a fast running jigsaw.
hth
ttfn
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Thank you Gracie, John and Mary Jayne,
I feel at home already. Hoping to be back in the wet stuff in about a week and will be down on her again around wed 21st for hopefully a 4 night stay. Got a day or so alongside to do some more work ( mostly electrical ) then will be out and and about by the weekend, so if you see the Giddy Kipper - please do wave.
thanks
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I think this is the thread that I have been dreading. The boat I have just bought is called " Giddy Kipper". (previously brink of day when she was a hire boat 8 years ago )
now being the superstitious ex mariner that I am, I dont beleive in changing boat names so I am afraid she is stuck with it.
Giddy kipper is apparently an expression used by Yorkshire folk as a generic term for a mild idiot ( probably fairly appropriate in my case ), now this gave me a dilemna - to change or not to change as to be honest, I didnt like the name. When I first took her out the amount of pointing and smiles the name raised made me re-think. Kids love the name, adults smile and wave so I thought - oh what the heck! So despite still not really liking the name, it is worth keeping to see the reaction it provokes, it gives one a feelgood factor
In summary giddy keeper she is and giddy kipper she is staying, it may even grow on me in time......
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Robin,
you can also get them with Black faces to give a total contrast to the ones shown.
Surprisingly, the backlight is changable between red / yellow, so can be backlit either colour depending on which wire you connect or by using a 3 pole switch you can have the choice depending on your mood.
they are actually quite good quality too. I have a voltmeter, rudder indicator and a tacho/hourmeter from them.
hth
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That was a great write up Mike, very entertaining and well written.
I am new here but have just bit the bullet and bought a boat, she will be moored in Horning when she comes out of dry dock - I cant wait to meet some of the characters that you describe - they sound class
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Glad you had a good time and I hope you have your calendar ready to tick off the days until you next get down. Thanks again for a great blog.
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Ahh now all becomes clear thank you for that clarification Iain.
Sadly I must now draw on my previous maritime experience on tankers and warn Gracie that red wine and high heels invokes
stability curves and metacentric heights ( a tanker loading thing ) and make aware of the dire consequences of keeling over !!!!
+ high heels = 
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2 hours ago, dnks34 said:
Thats exactly the product I described fitting to my boat earlier in the thread.
Ahhhh ha, well done that man, given my an idea how to mount it now so thanks for that. Good value for money aint they compared to the vetus offering and the sender unit is quite substantially built. Like you I have hydraulic steering and the reason that they never quite center again is because of fluid leakage past the pump in the wheel unit, quite normal. However on my baot it is dual steer so wherever the last used helm leaves the rudder, if you use a different helm position it picks up from where the last helm left off and therefore throws a centre marker on the wheel - out straight away
Turks heads were used on the sailing ships of old in the roayl navy to indicate midships position on the rudder as usually they were anything up to 15 full turns of the wheel hard over to hard over.
Rulan indicators are quite simple. You have a swinging counterweight not dissimilar to a self winding watch. When you turn the wheel the counterweight alwas stays at the bottom and a clever gear rack moves the pointer accordingly, no wigglies, no electric string,no batteries - just good old newtons law....lol.
here endeth the sermon
sorry if I am teaching people to suck eggs..........
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Trev
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2 hours ago, JanetAnne said:
There is nothing strange about that, trust me!
And welcome by the way
thank you.
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2 hours ago, BroadScot said:
See you lot, a Pesky that is a "scholar" SWMBO dropped a stitch in her knitting with the shock !
Thank you Trev for the kind words.
Iain
You are most welcome sir but just one thing - OK I give in, what is a " pesky" ????
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hello all,
yes lots of ventilation and an old but very cheap trick, bowls of table salt dotted around, it is amazing what that absorbs.
When I bought my first boat, a norman 23, I had terrible trouble with window condensation in the mornings, get a bag of cotton wool, tease it out into long strips and place it at the bottom of the windows either on the sills or wedged into the frame area, has to be done every night with fresh cotton wool but it does work and stops those annoying cold drips - oh!, and it's cheap
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Great posting Grace and so very true, we were there for a week on august bank holiday and I saw some horrendous things being done by the hire boats, namely speeding, but that said an awful lot of private boats were as guilty if the truth be known.
I tend to moor off the beaten track and lunatics rushing past at full throttle really wind me up, whats the rush - you are on holiday for goodness sake! As for day hire boats - dont get me started, I do wish the hire yards would emphasise that speed limits are in force and as such are there for a reason!
Agree with what a lot of posters have said, a little friendly help to newbies mooring for the first time, particularly when windy, often goes a long way and done the right way dont half cement friendships.
I love getting stuck behind sailing boats or heading towards one when they are tacking into the wind, they are so elegant and I really admire the skill and patience involved to handle on of these vessels.
just my tuppenceworth.
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I await with interest, replies from certain members regarding that quote! 
Rulan Rudder Indicator
in Technical Questions and Answers
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That is sheer genius - much respect.