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JamesLV

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  1. I think this is the thing with the 'agencies' such as Hoseasons etc, they have access to marketing knowledge, budget and clout that an independent yard might not have. Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click advertising are quite tricky things to master if you don't know what you're doing, and can be very costly if you get them wrong. Granted with Hoseasons you are sharing the marketplace with several other yards, but the market itself is much more visible, ergo larger.

    Beds On Board was something I was going to mention as well, a great idea, but the uptake has been pretty small, so it's actually quite tricky to find one where you want one.

  2. When I worked in a motor bike shop whilst at uni we used to get a lot of 16-17 year olds coming in, never wore gloves. I’d say to them “why don’t you run down the road, then fall over and put your hands out?” They’d always reply “because it would hurt” to which I’d make the comment “if it hurts at 6mph, what do you think it will do at 30mph? Now, go and buy some gloves...”

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  3. 1 hour ago, psychicsurveyor said:

    I would be more worried about getting a phone signal than the marina power going off :default_biggrin:

    I was amazed at how good the phone signal was this year, previously it’s been terrible, but I’m on o2, and had at least 3G pretty much everywhere on the Northern Broads, including previous black holes like Salhouse etc...

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  4. 7 hours ago, Gracie said:

    Personally I don't think there's any harm in having a drink on the boat. We always use the pubs at lunch time and then a couple of glasses of something nice in the evenings, best of both really. What is a tad annoying is people mooring at a pub and eating and drinking on board, if you're going to moor at a pub then use the pub :default_drinks:

    Grace

    Couldn’t agree more, when we were moored outside the Ferry at Stokesby back in October we went in and had a couple of beers, and even though it was very quiet on the rivers, we still double checked that they were happy for us to stay moored up to have showers etc

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  5. 9 hours ago, LondonRascal said:

    Hmm not even been officially launched and the tender names are coming in lol What have I begun here, mind you I like the maturity of the crowd here, no Boaty McBoaters here...

    When ringing up to pay the balance on Omega last year, Barnes asked Ems the name of the boat we’d booked, having paid little to no attention to such things she replied ‘I don’t know, Boaty McBoatface?’ Which wasn’t met with that much enthusiasm, I suspect the staff may have had the same answer on more than one occasion...

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