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    Mooring

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Hi Lucy, you might try Wayford Marine as I believe they offer moorings on a shorter term basis. I cant comment on what they are like to moor with as I have no personal experience of them but the site has been transformed in recent months.

     

    Harvey Eastwood 37

    in Restoration Projects

    Posted

    Hello, sorry I don't know the answers to your questions but just wanted to say good luck with the resto, I really admire these craft so it's great to see her being taken on by someone.

    Will she be returning to the Broads or staying north of the border?

    All the best!

    My Day

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    5 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

    My milometer stopped working earlier this year, stuck on 199920. Is a stopped milo an MOT fail? if so I have two weeks to sort it.  

    No worries there MM it's isn't a testable item so no chance of a fail. Even if the speedo itself wasn't working we would have a job to notice it in most cases as a roadtest isnt a standard part of the test.

    Incidentally the Mot test manual is available for anyone to see online, should you wish to have a nosey. I tried to do a link but couldnt get it to work, sorry.

    Houseboats.

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    There are still a few Houseboats upstream of Wayford Bridge........

    Also we had a family holiday in one at Horning, where JB Boats are nowadays, I think it was called Silver Birches back then(1988), I was about 6 and had a great old time as I recall. We had a 22ft yacht and tender with us for trips out and such too.

     

    Wrong Name Right Address

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    1 hour ago, JanetAnne said:

    I once had a car cloned. It was the early 80's and I lived in Lowestoft whereas the duplicate car was somewhere around Southampton. I had probably 20 speeding tickets, enough parking tickets to wallpaper the loo and a failure to display a valid tax disc summons over the time. Anyway, the police had been and examined my car at my request to satisfy themselves it was the right one etc and to compare the gatso images which showed (luckily) enough differences to prove it was not my car involved.

    It got so bad that Southampton local council used to issue the ticket and the apology letter in the same envelope!

    I was advised to not use my car in the Southampton area though as they were on the look out for the clone and I would just muddy the waters

    Then it suddenly stopped. No idea whether they were caught, swapped the car for something else or whatever, was never told.

     

     

     

    This happened to a mate of mine, only difference was the bloke who did it lived in the same town and regularly used a particular car park at a particular time(as proved by the parking fines my mate recieved). Naturally it was reported to the police and dvla but even after providing them with an address the car seemed to be at regularly, nothing was done for months.

    So eventually a little visit was paid and my mate gained a spare set of plates for his car (no violence, just a cosy chat).

    I bet theres a hell of a lot more of this sort of thing going on than most would realise and I wonder how many victims just dont even realise whats going on.

     

    Old Broads Engines

    in The Historic Broads

    Posted

    41 minutes ago, eddybear said:

     What a brilliant article so much information Always wondered when the good old diesel engine stepped in to the equation, the first boat we hired had a Morris Vedette Engine which I seem to remember was actually a side valve and had just been rebuilt but unfortunately lost compression on one cylinder, after the mechanic had flushed it with red X it was back on four cylinders but I do remember seeing a flat cylinder head plugs on top, and he mentioned It was Similar to that used in the Morris 8 car of the thirties.

    As for memories coming from the sound of marine engines, I think the sound that brings back childhood memories to me is that of the good old British Seagull (not the sort that pinches your chips LOL)

    Or what about the Sea-Bee outboard, we had one of those and a Seagull when I was a kid........both VERY unreliable, although that may have been down to age/previous abuse...

    Old Broads Engines

    in The Historic Broads

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, LondonRascal said:

    Interesting reading this.  I have always wondered about mechanical engineering, but growing up was more into electrical stuff and later computers and so on but it did not stop me always wanting to look at the boats engines.

    It was often the case that on the first night moored up I would be down there looking about, inspecting, wondering what did what and the like. Way back then I had a preference, I preferred the BMC over the Perkins they ran smoother and did not seem so 'smelly'. 

    What is really rather amazing is while relativity few vehicles exist with these engines now, there are many many boats not just on the Broads who have these engines still going strong, some have been completed restored to as original condition by specialists and will probably outlive the boats they are installed in rather than die.

    One thing I have noticed is the sounds of engines have changed so much. Modern hire boats have modern engines, they run smoother and quieter and often also have more complex waterlocks to further reduce the noise coming out the exhaust. Since a great deal of new boats are run with hydraulic motors run off the engine you get a gentle whine as they pass, but every so often an older boat will come alone with an old Perkins or BMC with their distinct note - they may have passed you by any minutes ago but you will still hear the engine note change as they increase revs - that to me represents the sound of the Broads and boating and I while I may be all for modernity, frankly it would not be the same without those old exhaust notes out on the water.

    I heard Broadland Wave being given some proper welly whilst manouvering in HWs the other week, real old school exhaust bark, took me right back to my earliest broads memories, very nostalgic..,

    Old Broads Engines

    in The Historic Broads

    Posted

    I seem to recall that the 105E Anglia with the 1200 engine was actually known as a 123E. This is based on magazine reading rather than first hand knowledge though.

    Also am I correct in thinking that the Perkins 4.107 has wet liners and the 4.108 has dry?

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    When Did The First Grp Boats Arrive?.

    in The Historic Broads

    Posted

    My folks hired Countess of Thurne in 74, she was soft top back then though. She turned up at Wayford for sale with the sedan top recently, called Pasedena,

    Turnoar there are two Seacrete boats next door to my home yard at Wayford, my parents owned one for 15 odd years which is now visible from the inside lane going over Postwick viaduct on the A47 and some family friends still have the one they bought back in the 80's.

    The hulls are pretty bullet proof but various metal structures inside tend to rot away causing things to sag here n there.

    Many happy times spent on them though:default_biggrin:

    When Did The First Grp Boats Arrive?.

    in The Historic Broads

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Turnoar said:

    Picking up on some of the comments on here led me to disappear into the man cave and shoot an old advert board I’ve got with examples of soaring light, the seacrete aft cockpit and full top and bottom grp Woods fleet examples.

    I think this is early 70s, definitely before 77, and a former woods apprentice told me he was inducted into the fibreglass building section which my grandfather was heading up at the time. Can yer sail a boott was probably the interview question... any questions call Potter Heigham 265!

     

     

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    Hi Turnoar, are the reg numbers visible on the concrete wonders? I cant zoom my screen in with enough clarity to see for myself....ta

    Night Navigation.

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    I wholehearted agree with the 'use your night vision rather than spotlight' theory right up until the upper reaches of the Ant where the trees really close in, the river narrows with added sticky out bits and make an extra light scource very important. However I try to only use it when really needed, for as short a time as possible and not aimed at other boats...

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