ManofKent

A friend took over his boat today and rang me to say he received a letter from the company when checking in stating that they advise hirers to stay north the entire week due to strong winds and spring tides. I understand where they are coming from to an extent but surely moorings are going to be like gold dust all week if every boat yard is giving out the same information to it's customers being a busy half term week!!

Thanks for the input. I would prefer not to be in the yard for the night so getting the map out to look at these suggestions

Morning I have just been checking the weather for the next week and have seen storm Brian has predicted winds of 45 mph in Norfolk tomorrow! Although I have good experience with boats I have never (luckily) had to deal with strong winds before and I assume that these winds will greatly affect the boat? So after we have done our hand over with Richardson's tomorrow would it be wise to ride it out in their marina for the night rather than try and go any where? This may seem obvious to some but I have never had bad weather before and any advice is appreciated

I tried this last year on the boat and will be doing so again next week Serves 4 4 cubed chicken breasts 1 pack of smoked lardons 2 sliced leeks 2 chopped cloves of garlic 2 tins of Condensed mushroom soup Water Seal the chicken in a pan with a little oil, add the leeks and garlic and cook for a few minutes until the leeks start to soften, add the lardons and continue cooking for a couple of minutes. Drain excess fat from the pan and add 2 tins of condensed mushroom soup then fill one of the empty soup tins with water and pour in, stir until you have an even consistency and heat for a further 10 minutes or until bubbling hot. We serve it with rice Also if you have left overs this makes a great pie filling

Hi Broads01, I did see your post on Commodore and agree it looks stunning, the reason I chose it this year was that it passed me on the river last year while I was at the helm of Fair Commissioner and thought wow although Commisioner was bearly 6 months old at that point (and very nice) Commodore just looked from an outside view to out class it and gave me boat envy for the first time Not that I'm a boat snob though as we are planning on hiring a bathtub next year so we can explore beyond the low bridges (and save some pennies)

Thanks for your warm welcomes. I will take some photos and do a little write up of our experience on Commodore as there seems to be very little out there on these craft. The plan is to be down on Oulton broad and then Reedham/loddon by the middle of our week, Tuesday is looking like the first decent low tide to get across so will aim for then. Looking forward to seeing what Richardson's have to offer as we have always been with NBD in previous years

Hi all I have been having a nose around for a couple of days and now feel it's time to say a big hello to you all. I am on Richardson's Commodore 3 this coming Saturday for a week and can't wait !