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Walking on sunshine.... Whoops crossed over with Chameleon there

Thanks Vaughan very interesting indeed and how boring must the 4107 have seemed in comparison(if a little easier to maintain perhaps?). By 'Blown air scavenging' are we talking proper supercharging with positive boost pressure or something a little more gentle? Having looked at the pics I can't quite decide exactly what is what. When she was up for sale recently she sat for quite some time slowly deteriorating(not seriously but varnishwork starting to dull etc) and I found myself getting drawn in closer n closer as the asking price slowly crept down(it didn't help that I could see her from my mooring), finally reaching almost affordable levels but in the end whilst many aspects of the re-fit would have been within my capabilities doing proper justice to any woodwork required would not and I feared that I would've ended up ruining her, so it was quite a relief to see her sell and some work begin although I'm not sure where she is now. Incidently when for sale she was listed with a new Nanni of some sort.

loving this Vaughan, thanks for sharing, can't wait for the engine room tour

On closer inspection, in the Broadland Memories pic there is a light section in the roof of the building seen above the cockpit area on Lady Edith, this section looks to be where the dorma is on the "same" buiding in MM's pic. I'm pretty sure that it is the correct location now.

I was having a quick google which led me to Broadland Memories where I found a photo of Allens yard which may confirm it as the location. Look at the second pic down, above Lady Edith's boom and you will see a very similar semi-circular roofed building with lattice-work supports and the layout would appear to be a good match with the pics in MM's original post. Also there are trees in the right place etc etc What do you think?? http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/hannafordcollection_page6.html Just noticed that in the same collection of pics are a few of Gleaner herself!

I know that King of Hearts is still about(although in a different form to that seen above) but I don't think I have ever seen any of the other Hearts boats of that era, does anyone know if any do still exist?

Seems like an Alphacraft to me, possibly Queen of Light?

I think I might know the answer but the port hole is confusing me......

Thanks for sharing that Vaughan, very interesting to see what happens in these type of situations.

I couldn't agree more, the only outlet that I pay any attention to is the daily press conference from Govt and one Instagram account called SimplePolitics(they boil down all the rubbish to facts without any political slant - I always refer to their content on any political matters). Oh and I look at the BBC online for stats/graphs etc. I can tell how much nonsense is being put out there by the tone of some questions fired at The Secretary of State this evening.

Is that a Hearts Cruiser I can see moored in front of the trees?

Well done to Alan, Grendel and everyone else taking part in this, great to see! I have slipped a donation into the pot, it's not huge but I hope it helps.

Seems to me that those who are being shielded who normally work should be placed on furlough automatically. Does the firm have to completley shut down to qualify for Gov funding? I am currently furloughed but I believe some of our garages are on call for things like emergency vehicles and such.(I am a vehicle technician working for a large dealer group).

Here they are in boat use...

This is how I did my(much smaller of course) Caddy.... The lights come as a string(I cut and extended the middle section) with each having an adhesive pad on the back along with a countersunk hole if you want to screw them on( I also used then as engine bay lights on my last boat). They weren't terribly expensive at the time but it has been about 4 years so couldn't say how much these days.

It will be even worse once you decide to actually buy one.........

https://norfolk.boatshed.com/ocean_30-boat-271243.html Have you seen this one? Apart from the stainless work and whatever that is on the roof it appears to tick many of your boxes... Viewing might pose an issue right now but perhaps you might be first in the queue once the we get the green light to travel again...?

The answer to line one is Brundall. Colin Chapman failed to start the French GP in Reims '56 after crashing his Vanwall in practice and I was shown his derelict house whilst viewing a boat For Sale around the Brundall Gardens area about 10 years ago. Robert Blake was one of Disraelis biographers and he too was from Brundall.

Yeah doesn't sound great but without seeing it it's hard to say, I'd carry on with the replacement but if you get stuck try having a word with your MOT station to see what they think, you never know it might go through. Although garages are allowed to remain open, the firm I work for have closed all our dealerships for the forseeable.

Passenger side is good, is it in the area swept by the wipers? and what can you see if you look through that part?

Yes very important I would say, when needing a better view for mooring up or what have you being able to stand is a big bonus. Also it's nice to be able to move around while on a longer cruise too. Oh and no the perfect boat doesn't exist, there will always be something that isn't ideal.

That was/is the case but now even if it does encroach on the swept area of the windscreen but you can only see the sky or bonnet(for example) through that part then it will get a Minor failure . Minor failures do not actually cause the test to be failed over all. DVSA updated the test in 2018 and there are now 3 catagories of failure -DANGEROUS, MAJOR and MINOR - any item in the first two will cause an overall fail but you can have as many Minors as you like and still pass. The old advisory notices are still there but only to be used if an appropriate Minor isn't available.

I was curious so had a quick google and apparently the home is where the most accidents occur according to ROSPA..... https://www.rospa.com/Home-Safety/Advice/General/Facts-and-Figures

Whereabouts/how big is the crack Grendel? The regs are quite a bit more relaxed these days, if it doesnt directly affect your view of the road it could pass with a minor. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/3-visibility Of course it will be down the individual tester to make the decision.

I got the Why Worry lyric early on so knew that would be the final destinstion but I didn't allow for the funny spelling so it got me nowhere.....