Colvic

Thanks John, what I need to be able to do is to support the boat horizontally when the tide drops to enable me to work on it for a few weeks. I own the mooring and slip so I do not want to move my boat, I also have friends who would find some arrangement useful for work on their boats. I think a system of telegraph pole piles, strops and winches may be my best option

It has just occured to me that 'yacht legs' are to balance the boat to stop it falling over - not to support the weight. When the tide on the River Yare drops it would leave the front of the boat on the concrete slip and the aft end would drop with the tide - still in the water. I need to keep her level.

Thank you very much - I had never thought about yacht legs even though my boat once had them fitted. The only problem I can see is that the 'river end' of my slip is very deep soft mud, and I cannot get the boat far enough up the concrete slip to avoid it

Hello all, I am wondering if anyone has any ideas about how to moor a 7 ton yacht with a four and a half foot keel in my slipway? I am considering a few ideas, like cutting a trench up the middle, constructing a few fixed winch with strops (to hold the boat up when the tide is out) or building a cradle. The 'strop' idea is attractive to me because it would enable me to work on the hull without having to race against the tide. Any ever done something similar?

Is anyone at a 'loose end' and fancy helping with the restoration of a 30 foot Colvic ketch near Norwich? It is a project which has foundered due to the death of one owner and lack of motivation by myself - and a jealous wife ! The boat was stripped internal for a complete refit but never got replaced. Nothing too technical - carpentry mainly. Cannot pay much but would suit someone retired like myself

Is it just me or is this NDR the worst designed road in the UK? I have driven most of them over the last 50 years. I cannot believe the designer has ever driven a car, as already mentioned, the cambers are wrong, the roundabouts themselves are like ring-roads, far too big with no ‘natural line’ when trying to keep within lanes on roundabouts. AND who on earth decided to close the east-bound slip that allowed traffic to get to Thorpe St Andrew from the A47 and creating a major detour ?

I have a slip-way on my mooring that I need to get my Elysian 27 into and keep afloat. The problem is at low tides there is not enough water. Can anyone suggest a digger driver who can dig it a bit deeper. The draft I believe is 30 inches. Another thought I had was a homemade boat-lift but I was told the Elysian weight 4 tons which seems a bit high to me. Any bright ideas anyone? I’m at NR7 Thorpe

Hello, does anyone have a boat trailer to take a 20 foot boat for sale or hire? Any condition considered, even if it needs to be taken away on another trailer. Nothing fancy, I only need to use it a few times