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KaptinKev
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On 19/10/2019 at 23:20, dnks34 said:
IMO Buying new isn't cost effective when you consider depreciation over the first few years
Sorry but I have to disagree with you here. I have known friends of mine to buy second hand vehicles and basically buy something that has been thrashed. They look good from the outside but the heart of the vehicle really needs TLC and the cost of it always comes to the 2nd hand buyer. I'm not saying all 2nd hand commercials are bad, but just be careful.
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On 19/10/2019 at 23:17, OldBerkshireBoy said:
Come again?
(Take your time, I`ll read it tomorrow)
Really in this day and age, you think to achieve this mileage will be a basic oil change and replacement of glow plugs?
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15 hours ago, grendel said:
they generally get the boats returned in better condition than when we take them over.
Not a very good advert for Herbert Woods!
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On 18/10/2019 at 22:36, BroadAmbition said:
Is that Robin, being Robin in a Knights outfit but without Batman?
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In the years of my job, I have found that a lot of dogs are cleaner than their owners. The boatyards know that a lot of dog owners will pay those extra bucks to have their lovable dogs along with them. Their cleaners have the same job whether it be animal or human!
There is no difference.
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7 minutes ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:
It`s not unusual for a Vito with FSH to easily do +250k miles.
So what would the work history and cost be to fulfil this?
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8 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:
Mercedes Vito, 2008, 127k miles and good for another 127k,
It's the inbetween that would worry anyone. Cost wise in my personal opinion it would be better to buy a new van. Because of technology involved with vans and especially cars, I have a few customers who change their cars because of this every 3 years!
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On 17/10/2019 at 10:51, snunn said:
I will try this time to make the tale a little less boring but I cannot promise!
I have photos but no idea how they get from camera to blog !
Susan
Sorry Susan but for me, photos make up 75% of someone's holiday blog!
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On 15/10/2019 at 08:30, MauriceMynah said:
It's a funny old thing but when I click on any link to articles in the EDP, my laptop takes an age to load it, and even has been known to crash. At best it slows the machine down to the speed of an arthritic Galapagos tortoise. I wonder if others have this problem or is it just that this laptop is a little old. For me it's just the EDP and another of Archant's publications (I don't remember what it's called).
I hope you realise MM, Windows 96 has been upgraded!
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I do sometimes wonder that some fisherman think that if they put bait on a hook they will catch something, if they don't, there is something wrong with the river. Fish are not stupid, wind, temperature and time of the year will effect how a fish feeds amongst other affects on them of our river system.
I have learned this from a seasoned fisherman, that some can't simply adapt to the thought that fish have a brain of sorts!!!!!
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4 minutes ago, SwanR said:
Wrong! We always report things in the hope the yard will sort them out. After all we would also hope that the previous hirers would have done the same for our benefit.
I'm not wrong SwanR and I'm sure you would complain about certain things on your boat, but can you speak for the hirers before you?
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2 minutes ago, grendel said:
i certainly dont have shares, but i do believe in praising good service. and i like their boats.
Now I do agree that on a forum like this, if you do get good service with a boatyard it's nice to promote, but I believe in the past that people who have had niggles and want to give a bad review with certain boat yards their comments have been edited or removed. Can you please tell me what the give and takes there are on here?
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24 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said:
Couldn't agree more
Surely not someone else who has shares in Marthams!
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37 minutes ago, grendel said:
most boatyards worth their salt will actually ask if there were any problems, and have a space on the return paperwork.
i agree most hirers wont know one end of an engine from the other, but if the engine is wet from oil then its obvious something is wrong, yes the yard should also check when the boat returns.
replacing good batteries because they are a certain age is pointless, i guess you would expect to pay more to hire a boat if they kept changing things because they might fail next month - next year - never.
so if hirers dont report things like lets say the shower pump doesnt work, but it does drain eventually, how does the yard know, do they have time to check every little thing.
I hired a boat fresh in the water, there was nothing that stopped me enjoying my holiday, but maybe the little snags i reported had been missed in the two hours between getting the boat back into the water, cleaning it and handing it over, the engine had been test run, but a slight leak on the injector probably didnt become apparent until after a few hours cruising. the alternator nut may have been missed when they tightened it.
i do know some yards advise no maintenance is needed on the engines, but marthams still advise checking the oil, water level and weed filter daily, and the water level was dropping on a flat out run across Breydon (it was fine the rest of the time).
Sharing these little things has given me a closer relationship with the boatyard, and i think they trust me as a hirer more too, i do like the attention these small family yards give to their hirers.
The boats I have been on the yards have never asked if I had any problems, only HB gave me a sheet to report on anything and the queries I had and at the end of the day, I got nothing back from them.
As for your reply concerning replacing good batteries I totally disagree with. Batteries have a certain life span and how many of us have put off replacing a battery because it's been in our car or van for a few years now, still turns that motor but a bit slower and the glow plug light stays on that little bit longer. Then comes winter...…….oh crap, nothing!
You Grendel might feel that closer relationship to the boatyards because that is your engineering thing, but other people will not take any notice on checking items concerning a boats operation because THEY ARE ON HOLIDAY, they have paid for a boat and maintenance is not on their agenda.
Only on my first 2 visits on the broads were we asked to check the filters, after that the boats we hired were regarded as fully operational and maintenance was not needed.
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On 08/10/2019 at 05:08, grendel said:
I will say again that the most important link in the maintenance chain is the previous customer reporting any issues, when i was the first hirer on Jayne 2 from marthams i left a snagging list as i handed back the paperwork at reception, they were all small things, the weed filter had stuck in place, and there was a fuel injector that always looked wet, plus the alternator bolt had dropped its nut into the engine oil tray (temporarily fixed by putting a cable tie on the thread to stop the bolt dropping out), bu the time i had walked from the office back to the boat to give it one last look they already had a team of people on board fixing the problems.
if every hirer reported all the little niggles like this when they got back, the yards would know what to check / fix, changeover time is quite rushed for most yards so spotting a problem that hasnt been reported must be tricky.
Sorry Grendel but I have to disagree with you here. I would presume most hirers don't have an engineering background to report on faults and lets face it, when their holiday has finished, I doubt very much they are going to worry about the next hirer.
The boatyard knows how long these batteries can last and when it comes towards the end of their lifetime, more checks and tests need to be made. I can appreciate that boatyards do like to get as much out of these batteries as they can because of costs, but sticking them on charge as much as they can and hoping that a customers river cruise will keep them topped up aswell as hoping for the best, really in my view isn't very professional.
Also after every hirer when the boat comes back, the filters, engine, boat fittings etc is the responsibility of the boatyard which should be checked and not rely on the customer.
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If the beer proves a success, are we going to see a bottle of it slammed into the side of BA with some ribbon and a note of " God bless those that sail on her and get drunk on this bloomin stuff".
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Personally exploring the upper reaches past the PH bridge on a "DAY BOAT" seem pretty boring to me. It's either "Will sleep 6 comfortably" or nothing.
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21 hours ago, vanessan said:
You don’t seem to have many supporters on this one speedtriple!!! 😄
I'm sticking up for ST on this one. I think that getting rid of that bridge and either diverting around or putting a bridge that has at least a 9ft air draft with 4ft at least draft below, would bring a beneficial income to the boating industry to the broads.
A lot of tourists have done the circuit on the broads and have their type of boat that they like to stick to and might not want to return for quite a while. Opening up parts of the broads that were not accessible before could bring a lot of them back and see bigger profits for PH businesses, as it can seem like PH is a dead end for most.
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On 25/09/2019 at 23:44, VetChugger said:
I miss Maplins!!!
So do I, "Hi de Hi.
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On 17/09/2019 at 16:59, EastCoastIPA said:
I can think of one or two contributors to the drone and dashcam threads that may not be so keen!! Perhaps we would need an etiquette. Fly one NBN burgee if you don't mind your picture taken, fly two if you do mind and don't want to end up pictured on the forum
So we would have to pay twice as much to keep from our boats being shown on NBN. That's bribery!
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I have to say the work involved looks very intricate and you are doing a fine job with the small detail. I just hope that after all the hard effort that you have put into her, she doesn't hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage.
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10 hours ago, Poppy said:
If you are genuinely angry because the RNLI have been spending a small proportion of their large income in preventing children from drowning because these were not in the UK, there s a massive void where your soul would normally be !
We are a small island compared to other countries on this planet and have enough problems of our own. We can't look out for everyone else outside of our borders.
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12 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:
(how can I retire from being a self employed failed antiques dealer? (Oh, I know... Stop loosing money!! )) :-)
Give Drew Pritchard a look!
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On 10/09/2019 at 23:32, CambridgeCabby said:
A couple of weeks ago a gentleman on the boat beside us was fishing and unexpectantly caught which to me looked a massive pike , he later stated it was about 12 to 14 pounds , in seconds he had freed the hook and lowered it into the water holding it for a good couple of minutes whilst it played possum till it finally with a trash of its tail swam away , I commented at the time how pleasant it was to see a fisherman with respect for the fish
It wasn't Matt Hayes by any chance?
Although sometimes with a few of these fishing programmes and I may be looking into it a bit much, when I think they may be having problems with getting the hook out, the filming stops!
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Mooring Collision
in Broads Chat
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Is it me, but Richardson's seem to top the list on this forum for hit or run's, or basically hits?