oldgregg

It's getting harder and harder to get under Wroxham... I've hired several centre-cockpit boats in recent years which used to go under Wroxham Bridge all day long and not been able to get them through. The other big indicator I would say is that a fleet you're fairly familiar with used to be based just the other side of Wroxham bridge, and in the last ten years that became completely unviable as they were having to weigh the boats down with oil drums full of water on deck, open the seacocks and all sorts in order to get them back in to the yard. We all know that river levels have risen, the bridges may be sinking etc etc but it seems quite a large shift in just twenty years when those bridges have been around for hundreds of years and used to fit wherries through easily just as they did in the nineties.

I'm definitely not qualified to speculate why, but certainly a lot more used to be able to regularly get under both of the troublesome tonnage bridges on the North and now no longer can.

Oh yeah they weren't building Alpha 35's in the 1960's! Just an unusual reg.

Yeah and I think this one does look nicer with the lighter laminates, too. A lot of yards were still using very dark stuff at the time (Alpha had previously) and it hasn't aged well.

I would guess they date from around 2002? That seems to be when she left the fleet. The reg is a bit confusing as a 'T' which was originally 1960's - But she was obviously built around the time the new system came in (circa 1993) when the BA were using up old unallocated numbers.

Here she is in 1996 in Alpha's livery...

Looks like she was built for the fleet, but has been private for a long time - She left the fleet long long before it all came off the rails. http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki/index.php5?title=Boat_Details&BoatId=7101&BoatHistory=54166

All of the examples in hire are for sale for the right price.

It's generally pretty quick, but the web server is in the USA while the photos and other pictures etc are here in blighty. If the internet is a bit congested then you can see problems.

Yeah, Full Members are set to unlimited disk space for attachments. Couldn't remember what I set them up as...

Do you mean attachments in PM's or in posts?

That was 1987, would you believe..

I remember it well from the time, so no digging. I think it's generally understood that McLaren advised Lewis to distance himself from his father as his way of doing things had begun to hold him back. Actually, I have often pointed out to critics of Lewis that he is a multiple world champion (and now into very exclusive territory) and that you don't get there with two different teams without some real talent. In fact I'd say that unlike the also pretty talented Vettel, his best may be yet to come. There are very few F1 drivers who have got all the way to a driver's championship without any real merit. Can you think of a journeyman pay driver who has managed it in modern F1? Probably the only contentious one in recent years was Raikkonen, but in reality he is also pretty quick when he can actually be bothered and ultimately he won because he'd earned enough points.

I wouldn't feel sorry for Anthony Hamilton... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/10502035/Anthony-Hamilton-admits-lying-to-drinks-company-about-Paul-di-Resta-sponsorship-deal.html I suspect Lewis will have been advised to get rid if he wanted a long career in F1. Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app

Yeah, shame as she's a great boat. Really spacious and sociable for a 37ft boat, and handles like a dream.

https://www.richardsonsboatingholidays.co.uk/boats/contessa/ She seems to be available for easter? It is a reasonable height from the stern though.

Yeah it is quite a difference. One thing to note on the Bounty 40's is that the single beds are usually pretty narrow. Shouldn't be an issue for younger kids, though.

Aha! Can I therefore suggest Serene Emblem from Ferry Marina https://www.ferry-marina.co.uk/stays-and-boat-hire/holiday-cruisers/ or Wroxham / Hoveton from Broads Boating Co https://www.thebroadsboatingco.co.uk/ Newer centre-cockpit boats, with an island double up front and two single cabins at the rear.

Corsair is quite cheap compared to other Bounty 40's, but is one of the oldest too having been built in 1987. Monte Carlo from Richardson's is circa 1997, and Silverline's are all quite a bit newer than 1987 (some having been built in the last few years). The two Jamaicas at Richardson's are a similar age, but they had a lot of interior work done when they came back to the Broads. I did look around Corsair a few years back and it looked a bit dated, but not horrendously so. I guess the real question is how many of you are there, and what are you looking for in a boat? We may be able to come up with other suggestions.

It has been suggested to them by people in the industry that they apply some black vinyl graphics to match the shape of the window on the other side as that does look a bit better, but it didn't get done for whatever reason...

The Handy Info section was done a while back, so might be worth checking that everything is still current.

We have the handy information section on the forum with all that stuff (in the menu at the top)...

I do love these scenes they build into the visualisations... Do they expect anyone to think it will look like anything other than this?

They don't, but then how much do the stag boats spend in the pubs and other local businesses?

I've said it many times, but it's the same with the stag boats as well.