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    My Day

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    Hells Bells Charlie.

    Have you walked under a black cat or something ?.

    Hope things get better for you mate and more importantly that the tiger comes off the critical list very soon. 

    Cheers

    Trev

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    Bow Thrusters

    in Technical Questions and Answers

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    Go for it Ray. I consider myself to be a fair boat handler and have been doing so for many years but I have a BT on my boat and I use it, I know exactly what you mean about getting that bit closer as I too have arthritis quite bad in my knees and ankles and it had proved an absolute godsend, particularly when reversing into tight spaces in a wind, I had to have a pump out over easter and the space was almost impossibly tight. Had I not had the BT I would not have attempted it or if I had would have done a fair amount of damage to both mine and other boats.

    Mine was fitted by ferry marina about 2 years ago, they did a fantastic job and it cost just over the 3 grand mark but that was for a radio control 75 kg thrust vetus one.

     

    hope that helps

    cheers

    trev

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    Spring Gathering May 2018 - Names here, please

    in Events & What's On

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    Hi All.

     

    Just want to say to everyone have a great time and I hope the weather is kind to you. We did the spring meet last year and it was ace, sadly cant make it this year for several reasons, so a tad disappointed.

     

    PS if braveheart or corsican are there, ask them if they can remember my recipie for sangria......actually on reflection, probably not as we consumed a 2 gallon bucket of the stuff between us last year and I dont think anyone remembers anything !!

     

    Have a wonderful one

    cheers

    trev

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    1 Week Today

    in Broads Chat

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    Hi simon.

    We have been moored at brundall for just over 3 weeks, prior to that we were at horning. Best move we could have made. I arrived down here about half an hour ago and am sat up on the bridge just chillng out after the drive, its a beautiful evening!!

    Good luck with the move

    Cheers

    Trev

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    Refit

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    KUS  marine gauges are very good and not silly prices either. I have used several of them, in fact have 2 rudder indicators and one sender spare if anyone wants them, i ended up using a davis rudder indicator, now they are brilliant.........

     

    Hello All

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    I thought my diesel was a bit low, saw some pikey swans in flat caps making a getaway on a reed island with a barrell under each wing. 

    Thanks everyone for the input, much appreciated. It was lovely to meet you both today ian. The covers over your windows came loose after you went, we have put them back up for you.

    Cheers

    Trev

    Hello All

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    And yet another PS. I know there is a section on this somewhere but i am darned if i can find it.

    Now i am a newbie moorer in the south, does anyone have any reccomendations for fuel and pump outs around brundall and ideas of costs. In the north i always used boulters - they were great always service with a smile and had a loyalty card for pump outs too. Any info gratefully received.

    Thanks in advance

    Trev

    Hello All

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    By the way. Now i have left ferry marina, i have about 9 unused electric cards. If anyone moors there and wants them , make me an offer as they are no use to me any more and i cant return them.

    cheers

    Trev

    Hello All

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    Hello everyone. Been away for a while due mainly to work and personal problems, so thought i would say hello again and update on whats been happening.

    Moved GK to her new home in Brundall last tuesday, its a bit of a contrast to Horning. Amazed at how few hireboats are out, it looks like silverline have the majority of theirs on the yard still. Passed their place today and i have to say their boats do look top notch.

    So here we are at our new home at cove marina. Loads of post winter jobs to do , not least of all a really good scrub and shampoo, thats if it ever stops raining of course!

    Hope to see you all around and about during the season.

    Cheers for now

    Trev.

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    Independence - Updates | Maintenance & Care

    in General Discussion

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    Greeting Robin, Griff and team Indy,

     

    Just caught up with this as been off site for a while. First of all good luck with the work weekend and Bon Voyage for your trip in Feb.

    Just had to put my tuppence worth in here regarding fuel and tanks. It is bad marine practice to take a vessel to sea with all tanks cross connected and open to each other. Strongly recommend that you use just one tank to feed everything i.e. center and top up off the others.

    I speak from bitter experience here, on a small coaster that I had just taken over on as chief engineer, the previous chief had left 2 bunker tanks cross connected and feeding the daily service tank via a transfer pump. We hit bad weather and water got into one of the bunker tanks. Sadly it was one of the cross connected ones so we ended up with 2 out of three bunker tanks contaminated as well as the daily service tank and the main engine and generator. Nett result = total power failure in a force 9 in the north sea, not an experience I care to repeat. Once I had figured out what had happened it took me 2 hours to restore power and a further 3 to restore propulsion. Needless to say it didnt do the fuel injection pumps and injectors much good either.

    Just a cautionary tale...

    hope all goes well and you all reach norfolk safely.

    cheers

    trev

     

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    Hello All

    in New Members Say Hi !

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    A good starting point is go for the biggest boat you can afford to purchase, moor, licence, like and most importantly handle. If you stick to that maxim you should end up with one that suits your needs. If you get one too small for you then it is a problem, on a boat you can never have too much space.

    Not the be all and end all by any means but it is a good starting point. I made the mistake when I bought  my first boat of going for one that turned out to be too small. 

    Hth

    Cheers

    Trev.

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    Independence - Updates | Maintenance & Care

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    11 hours ago, brundallNavy said:

    My friends boat had a “Day tank” fuel was pumped from the main tanks into the day tank and it was this tank that fed the engines and generator, could this be what you have.

    Doug.

    Doug has just hit the proverbial nail on the head here.  Standard marine practice be it ships or boats is to have what is called a daily service tank. In the case of your boat this would be the centre tank which would feed everything and all returns lead back to it. The port and stbd tanks would then effectively become bunker tanks that you fill the daily service tank from as required , alternating between port and stbd on every tramsfer. This would of course require a fuel transfer pump but the conversion would be relatively simple. It is also common practice to fit a filtration system into the transfer lines discharging to the DST. On big ships this is done using something called an alfa laval centrifugal separator. Obviously  not practical on a boat but a polishing system could be fitted in lieu.

    this method allows minimal cross contamination and the ability to control the trim.

    The last ship i was chief on had 7 bunker tanks and the DST had a capacity of 4500 litres which would keep the main engine going at full power for about 30 hours.

    Just an insight into how it is done at sea on both military and merchant ships and boats and may be a possible method to consider.

    Cheers

    Trev

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