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I use TT, never had an issue & much like Smoggy got a cracking deal at the last re-contract. However... .....a friend of mine had their entire account deleted/assigned to someone else and they have been unable to get it back. The only plus was free Broadband for a month or two whilst they failed to sort it out: eventually it just cut off and she gave up n got a 5g home hub instead.

Oooooh, thank you, always wondered n it turns out I use them often, lol

Probably a daft question but where/who/what is 'Nearest and Dearest'?

Those seals look very similar to the ones that were supplied to us in a 'Top end set' from parts4engines(for a 4108). It also came with the O rings. We fitted the lot but I was a bit unsure about the larger ones as they just seemed to sit on the valve with nothing to locate them properly but as the engines smoking habit was much reduced we left them fitted.

I saw a few buses running through La'Therms car park earlier, I take it they started doing so while the bridge was closed in order to turn around more easily?

It has indeed re-opened, I'm no expert but it looks a decent job:)

I was able to view it just now, thanks David

Fully agree with you there, my folks have an ex-Broom hire boat and the fit out was very much a factor in their decision to buy her. On the boat pictured it was the quality of the paint job that really threw us, it honestly looked like gel coat and it was only after close inspection once we were told she was painted that we spotted the odd speck of 'Broom Blue' where the canopy had rubbed.

That one was for sale last summer at NYA, we had a look, very nice boat! Didn't realize she was ex-hire until it was pointed out by the broker

Get a combi, I'm told that the air source heat pump stuff isnt really up to snuff, it gets less efficient the colder the weather gets and newer boilers are coming "ready for hydrogen blend" already so I guess that's where we are headed. I'm currently having boiler issues and luckily have mate of a mate who is of the repair rather than just replace ilk, although I'm happy enough if it does need replacing as it's been on the blink for years. Also, there really is no substitute for a mains fed shower heated by gas, I love mine!

I think 4 is the quantity and the diameter is unknown..

Ah, yes I have also had a 'wrong direction' moment after consulting Aweigh but assumed it was a one off.

I fused my starter cable when I re wired my boat as when I looked online it seemed to be the thing to do these days, from memory I used a 450amp Mega fuse which has never blown(BMC 1500D). Peak amperage when cranking is at zero RPM and drops rapidly once things get moving(if I remember my college lecturer correctly that is). I crimped my terminals, using one of the cheapy chinese hydraulic crimpers off ebay, bit of a faff to use but decent results. For charging I used a Sterling Alt to Batt charger and I have been very happy with the results and it was simple to install:)

If Trevor has a DPF then there won't be a lot of soot to get stuck to the back of him anyway, so might not be an issue:)

Just to bring it back to somewhere near 'boaty', I once tried to clean some fenders in my dishwasher......not terribly successful tbh;)

Were Bees Boats down that dyke too?

They could've removed the items before starting the test, there is even an 'advisory' notice for it on the system so I don't blame you for going elsewhere..

Breydon heading North from Burgh Castle at about 0530 in June......best ever morning for me....so far

Wayford marine have a temporary 24hr mooring which can be reserved and I have seen hire boats in the slipway area overnight so always worth an ask I'd say.

I belive originally the letters were indeed to do with location but then became just an alpha numerical sequence. You can roughly tell the year of reg retrospectively but it wasn't specific like car reg numbers and they just used up the numbers rather than move on like they do with cars. Also you get odd ones totally out of sequence. The database does cover it also. http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki2018/index.php?title=Registration_Number_History

Mine's a bit of a wreck but I wanted a project and it was the cheapest one I could find at the time, so not really sure what problems are common as such. There is a pretty decent looking owners club(I'm not a member) that appears to have lots of info so might be worth checking that out if you haven't already.

My Safari costs: Mooring 1470. Toll 331. Ins 164. Hope that helps:)

I noticed that pics now get put in the preview of the thread.....

When my folks bought their current boat(a Broom ex-hire)it had been on the Ouse for about 20 years. Using the Database and bits and pieces on board we were able to corrrectly identify her original Broads reg number and use it again once re-tolled.

That's really good to hear JA, I have been using the database since waaay before I discovered the forums and it is a fantastic resource for those of us with nerdy/geeky/boat spotter tendencies......(ahem) Will you be updating or just preserving it in current form?