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    Televisions For Boats

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A smaller version could be interesting, cant see many people would need or want a 32" TV on a boat, or caravan


    Need? Absolutely not.
    Want? Abso bloody lutely
    We had a 32” tv in our caravan. It may well end up on a boat.


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    Floating Pontoons Or Not?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    My ski boat is on a floating pontoon and I like that a lot.
    I’m about to gain another mooring that will be fixed (hopefully).
    But the floating pontoon is at Burgh Castle with a huge tidal range and the fixed one will be at Potter with almost no tidal range.
    I think I’d hate a fixed one at Burgh Castle but a floating one would be wasted at Potter.
    Horses for courses I suppose.


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    Free Heat..?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Have Air Source Heat Pumps not made it into marine yet?
    I use one to heat my pond (yes, really) and with an ambient air temperature of around five degrees upwards I put in 1kw and get 7kw out.


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    Broad Ambition - The Model

    in Restoration Projects

    Posted

    I had the same problem,  except my drivers side door mirror was smashed to bits by a black van man who didn't stop,  I have his shiny black door mirror in my possession. 
    A replacement door mirror assembly for a Jeep Commander is eye watering. :default_2gunsfiring_v1:


    Mercedes wanted £300 for the glass only for mine.
    For a 14 year old car? I don’t think so!
    Original was self tinting (or whatever you call them). It now has a plain one (I think it was still around £60 for glass only!)


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    Community Speed Watch

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    I was quite amazed at exactly how many fatalities in accidents were caused by the pedestrian.


    Interesting stuff. I guess it’s more about the consequence of speeding (greater injuries) than who’s to blame.
    Similar point on motorbikes I’d say. Whilst I completely accept most bike accidents are not the fault of the biker in most cases I think the biker could have avoided the accident (I’ve been a biker for longer than I care to remember and I think I survive by assuming everyone is trying to kill me )


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    Community Speed Watch

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    Whilst I can agree with many of JohnK's points I would remind him that lines have to be drawn somewhere and that those lines are for all drivers alike. It cannot be thought a good enough defense in court to say "Yes, technically I was speeding, but I'm a better driver than most."


    I agree. I’m not trying to argue I should be allowed to speed. Just using that example of why the speed limits should be treated as guidance. I wouldn’t argue that any more than I’d try to argue that driving past a school bus that’s unloading at 29 mph is ok because I’m under the speed limit.


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    Community Speed Watch

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    I firmly believe speed limits are guidance.
    There are times where I don’t consider it appropriate to travel at or near the speed limit, a 50 in a built up area perhaps, so I don’t.
    Conversely at the end of a speed limit when you’ve passed the last house and can clearly see there is nobody there is it dangerous to accelerate out of the speed limit zone?
    I’d also make the point that a well trained driver with fast reactions in a well maintained vehicle travelling at slightly over the speed limit is much, much safer than an inexperienced driver or a driver with slow reactions or a driver with borderline eyesight or a badly maintained car travelling just below the speed limit.
    I like Clarkson’s view on the subject. If speed kills why do only a very small proportion of serious accidents happen on the fastest roads? It’s inappropriate speed that kills. Not speed.


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    Community Speed Watch

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    My ford has a speed limiter function but I only find its useful in built up areas keeping to 30/40. 
    I rarely use it to be honest. 


    We’ve got a fairly uninteresting Vauxhall Astra. That reads speed limit signs. Would be interesting to combine the two technologies and have an option to stick to speed limits. Used with adaptive cruise control that would be awesome in my opinion.


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    Community Speed Watch

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    I can see a situation where you are overtaking someone and they decide to suddenly speed up leaving you stranded alongside.
    Anyone who does that is an idiot, but sadly there are too many of them on the road. But what if the other car is faster than yours?, speed limiter or no speed limiter how do you continue to overtake? 


    If you continue to try isn’t that then racing?


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    Who’s Dropped What In The Broads ?

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    In the 50’s before I was born my mum and dad and another couple had a Broads boating holiday.
    Whilst trying to tow another boat my dad who couldn’t swim and wasn’t wearing a life jacket fell in and had to be dragged out and given CPR by my mum.
    So my entire existence very nearly dropped into and stayed in the Broads.


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    Bilge Pump Filters - Mandatory?

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    On Ranworth Breeze the moulding under the engine provides an inbuilt drip tray, it would take abut two feet of water in the bilges to get up above this level, it was taken into consideration in the BSS inspection we had in September so as above this must be new.
    Regards
    Alan 


    Mine was pre September so maybe the drip tray is enough.
    I think I have a link to the latest rules so I’ll see if I can find the wording.


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    Northern Vs Southern Broads

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    The 'Off' button is an incredibly useful facility!


    I’ll remember that.
    I’m loathe to admit this (especially here) but first time out on Breydon, Spirit of Breydon came alongside and called me on the radio.
    That’s odd I thought. They know I’m on Channel 12 and they used no normal VHF protocol. I answered them anyway.
    Yarmouth radio then told SoB and me to get off their working channel in no uncertain terms.
    Turns out SoB had called me on their tannoy not the radio.
    Very embarrassing!!!


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    Northern Vs Southern Broads

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Re loading boats with live otters in order to lower the air draft, kids on Oulton Broad the other day loaded a small dayboat with sandbags to the point that it actually sunk! It shouldn't have happened but it does show that where there is a will there is a way and also that an excess of otters might create problems!


    It would be self managing, as soon as the gunwales let water over the otters will swim off lightening the load.

    I think you’re right about Breydon. When heading out to sea GY port scares me a lot more than Breydon. Mainly because I don’t want the nasty men on the radio shouting at me


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    Northern Vs Southern Broads

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    I tend to think of the dividing line between north and south as the yellow post at Great Yarmouth. 
    A boat that goes under Potter? With water levels as they mostly are that'll be a sailing boat then, or possibly a Martham Boat. I hired a day cruiser for a few hours from Whispering Reeds at Hickling and that was brilliant. 


    I like the idea of the yellow post being the dividing line. I don’t like ambiguity

    It definitely won’t be a sailing boat! I’m about to gain a small day boat that I think will go under but I’m thinking of trading up to something we could sleep on ... there’s a discussion with some excellent ideas people have given me on here somewhere. If what I buy is too high I could load it to the gunwales with live otters then just throw them out when I’ve gone under the bridge (JOKE)


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