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Sazzajn
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Have fun boys! Have enjoyed following your “Lads” week
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Thank you all for the advice / hints and tips.
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Hi Sazzigin you wont need tube heaters until after the season say Jan/Feb just ventilation and conkers to drive away the spiders, so if you are winterizing at end of season you don't need anything just lots of ventilation to stop damp whilst on the hard standing,the heaters are only to stop water freezing up in the system ,winterizing will drain/remove all water that could freeze up,tube heaters wont stop damp.John
Conkers??! Not heard of that before!
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As the colder weather starts to set in, I’ve started to think about the best ways to make sure that our boat stays in tip top shape. The marina where she is moored offer winterisation options which we will be utilising, however up until we fully winterise at the end of “our season” we are looking at tube heaters. As first time boat owners, was wondering how much power they draw down when plugged in....ie how much ££ would we expect to have to put into the marina’s power towers if we were to say leave the boat for 2 weeks? We would be looking to have 2-3 tube heaters. Any advice from experience greatly appreciated as always! Thank you.
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So once you pass your test Robin, what car will you be driving??
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Robin, you have never driven until you have driven an Austin Allegro
Lol....a white Austin Allegro estate with brown velour, seats was the first car I drove after I passed my driving test!!! Brings back memories!
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Thank you all for the help and advice...much appreciated as always!
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Hi fellow boaters.....looking for some advice....our bilge pump has all of a sudden started to overrun slightly ie once the water has finished being pumped out, rather than stopping (as it used to do), it now carry’s on for a little longer....why / what would cause this to happen??
Thanks in advance for any insightful help.
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Hey Robin...ironically we are up this week (as from tomorrow) and would have jumped at the chance to help you....but typically we’ve invited my parents to come up and join us for a few days as they’ve not seen Second Chance yet, so can’t really leave them on their own....but would have loved to help...hopefully next time the stars will align!! Hope all goes well for you, Griff and crew and I look forward to reading / seeing how Indy gets on.
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I love my coffee and invested in one of these two years ago and never regretted it. Illy are my favourite beans! Whilst on our boat I use a thermos cafetière with Lazy Sundays coffee from Taylor’s.
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Just an update as to things - we are almost there but just been on the phone to Shaun and been given some news that I am pleased he had found out. We are not too sure if the battery charger and shore power system was installed by a professional or the last owner of the boat on a DIY basis, but suffice to say some of the wiring is not the best - 13Amp sockets fed with standard 13Amp flex tied up on hoses to keep it out the bilge with string suggests it was not a professional install.
When I bought my new Inverter (yet to be installed) I went for 32Amp (4mm) flex to take the 240v output from the Inverter to the consumer unit. This all seems a bit silly now, as once it leaves the consumer unit it is down to 13Amp (1.5mm) flex to the sockets. Also the battery charger rather than being hard wired with its own breaker is wired to a 13Amp plug. I will re-wire this down the road and upgrade the wiring and maybe place the sockets in more desirable locations. For the time being mental note has been made not
It has also been found the charger, a Sterling model that outputs up to 20Amps, has had some tinkering done and the incorrect fuses used resulting in some connectors down the line melting the plastic surrounds. It beggars belief sometimes what happens over the life a of a boat and 'tinkering types' - fuses are there for a reason and their value also is very important!
At this point I am thinking to myself, how is it that so much focus is put on to gas and fuel lines as part of the Boat Safety Scheme but so little focus on electrical wiring which, can be just as prone to setting light to things in fault conditions. It might not be practical for a BSS Examiner to be up to date with all the writing regulations, but perhaps something is needed where if you have any electrical works down ( especially for mains voltages/installs) it has to come with a certificate of compliance.
Tomorrow a Victron smart battery combiner is going in along with an additional battery. This will mean I have 3x domestic and 1x cranking battery - the smart system will fool the the Alternator to see a single battery bank and the Victron unit will then decide which bank gets the amps to re-charge. There was I wanting to keep Trixie relativity simple with her batteries but at least this will put the issues to bed for once and for all and I have an extra bit of capacity too.
LOL....we know all to well with Second Chance what “tinkering” previous owners can do!! Every time we go up we find something new...and boy oh boy did he “tinker”. Shaun and team has been an amazing help to us too. Everyday is a school day!!
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And relax!
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Synchronised Sailing!
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Approach to Ranworth Island
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Ranworth Island
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Donation made. I look forward to meeting everyone at next years meet (unfortunately can’t make the one in August).
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Welcome aboard, Sazzajn.
The next one is at Beccles over the late August Bank Holiday:
Thanks! Looks like I’m definitely going to have to wait for next years dates, as the weekend of the autumn meet is the same weekend as my parents 40th wedding anniversary!!
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I’m so disappointed that I’m unable to come to the meet this weekend in Salhouse (love that Broad....and two weeks ago tomorrow was where I showed the whole Broad how not to get into a kayak from the back of a boat, by spectacularly falling in!). So my question is are there any other meets planned this year? For those at Salhouse, I hope you have a fabulous weekend and I look forward to all the posts and updates!
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It looks pretty original, nothing fancy at all - but original gel coat, a small 9.9Hp 4 stroke (no sliding canopy). Recent work has been done on her, polished, outboard service, anti fouled and comes with trailer too. Nice little package:
I know you can only use one thing at one time, but you can also use one thing on one day and another on another day - some have a collection of motorbikes others cars neither are my cup of tea, but boats? Yes they are.
What began wondering and then looking at this was popping out last weekend looking for a day boat to hire - then finding they were all booked up (of course they would be, it was a hot bank holiday weekend). The RIB on Indy was a freebie with the boat and is proving annoying. Not only the engine situation but the launching and recovery needs a lot of time, care and the canopy sides all taking up on the sun deck and whatever you do having to repeat the whole exercise afterwards. It also is very tiny indeed and has a number of impracticalities - take a passenger and where do you put the mooring lines? They don't show any of this in the sale brochures!
Lets face it the sole purpose of the Williams is to have some fun in a nice sheltered Cove somewhere at anchor on a summers day, or get to shore and back to the 'mother ship' - even better if you have a large boat with a crew who can sort all the faffing about out and put it in the garage. Using it on the Broads it is like going on a long distance journey on a sports motorbike - doable, fast too but no doubt a right back ache inducing annoying ride after a couple of hours.
So, I looked at small day boats - there not that cheap for something about as attractive as slab sided block of flats. There is a Rapier mind you in Horning, complete with two beds, a sink and hob (you kneel down to use) and a porta-poti that has been up for sale for months. If you want super super small weekender this might be the ticket.
I could get something like a small Shetland, a Bayliner or even a Glastron - complete with a massive inboard petrol engine offering bonkers speeds but boy would that bring headaches on a number of levels not least they are fast and fun but not small and lightweight.
What if you just wanted to pootle along the river to a pub? Or drop a mud weight on a Broad and have a little picnic on the boat, sit down after without a care in the world and read a book as you gently pivot at anchor in the breeze. I can see that being possible in the Scorpio. It does not get much more basic of a boat unless you get a dinghy with an outboard on the back, and is this particular one is not going to need me to strip layers of old paint, re-line the interior with carpet and flooring and then source a outboard. It seems to have it all there and ready to go in a pretty original form.
I have to say it feels really tempting and also really stupid all in equal measure and this is the problem - its not owning it so much, using it and so on it is what the hell do I do about keeping it. I am not sure my poor mother is going to fancy it being kept on their driveway - I already have my car I can't drive kept there. But as of 30th May I will have a lot more time on my hands as I am giving up the job and can mess about in boats a bit more so this 'pre-midlife crisis' I seem to be going through seems to be moving to new levels.
Pre-midlife crisis, or living the dream?!!! Messing about with boats definitely sounds like living the dream....enjoy!
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Following this post / thread with keen interest as someone who has just put the wheels in motion to move to Norfolk! Interesting to read varying views on being close to your boat an well as Norfolk life!
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