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I don't think it matters to all, but it matters to quite a lot of seasoned boaters and they're the folks who keep coming back. Look at the RC45's - 7 years since the first one launched and you still can't get one at anything like short notice. And that's with 15 of them in the fleet.
It's no different to ugly cars - They'll still sell, but a pretty one sells way better because people want to be seen in it.
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3 hours ago, grendel said:
my house currently runs at just over 1kW (400W of this are computers I use as servers) then there are fridges and freezers.
Pete if you're using 400W on servers, then you'd definitely benefit from a NAS appliance.
People often look at the relatively high initial cost of the hardware as a reason to not get one, but with that usage you'd be ahead within a year vs running old PC's.
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Cover Girl and Moneypenny are lovely boats - Not cheap but to a high standard and having been next to one earlier in the season I can say they're immaculate and properly look like a high-end private boat.
I'd be happy with something like a Melody or Major Gem and then eat out every night, but as Mouldy says, each to their own.
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44 minutes ago, marshman said:
The fact that these boats, which incidentally do go under Ludham Bridge normally, let well is sufficient indication to the yards concerned that they are doing the right thing. There is inevitably always going to be some disconnect between the eyes of some of you, and what makes economic sense to them!!
Here's the thing. They don't let badly when they're fairly new and have nice interiors... You've just got to photograph the interior well and show off with lots of Tweets on FaceTube about how comfortable they are - look at the shower cubicle on the Ferry Marina ones, they're huge.
BUT no other yard is going to be biting their arm off to have a secondhand one in their fleet, and what do you do with them when they're 15 years old and looking a bit shabby and ugly? I don't doubt it's possible to make money on them, but the point is that it's possible to make a lot more.
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No I mean there is a market for them, but there would be much more of a market for them if they were prettier.
Every yard wants a set of Broadsman moulds, but I doubt many are too fussed about having one of these creations.
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34 minutes ago, Markw said:
Agreed...... although we do like / appreciate modern day luxuries when we are on the river - still want the boat to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye....
I think the bottom line is that pretty boats let more easily, so boatyards who defend ugly creations are just in denial...
Some people will hire anything, but you don't make a £150K investment based on a business case of 'well someone might hire it'.
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I've always assumed the styling was based on one of these..
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That is one of the Funnell boats.... And after Haines have tried to make it a bit less ugly.And there was me thinking that Funnels new boats were the ugliest (IMHO) , not a pleasing design at all
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Just now, colino said:
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Nice boat.
I heard a rumour that Jonathan Greenway actually borrowed the Alpha mould tools and laid their boats up himself. I have no idea how true that is, though.
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3 minutes ago, gancanny said:
most of the hulls on alphacraft boats came from a design by f b wilds of horning
John Moxham was the architect they used for the more recent stuff, and I guess perhaps the 80's boats too?
The Bermuda hull was the basis for them all, though, just with the length altered and the gunwales built up a bit.
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1 hour ago, colino said:
RIP and thank you for designing my alpha 35 one of the last moulds made fitted out by greenways in 1996
Is that the one which recently came back from the Thames?
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54 minutes ago, ChrisB said:
Did the purchase by NYA of the Alphacaft site and renaming to Langford Harbour go through? Also there was talk of boat building resuming.
Yes, NYA have the site and are leasing the workshops to Vogue Marine which is the boatbuilding arm of the Broads Boating Company.
https://www.nya.co.uk/vogue-marine-move-brundall/
The boats will be new designs based on Funnell hulls, as most of the Alpha mould tools were sold to Brinks.
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If you haven't already got the mobile app then you may find that handy for uploading pictures snapped on your phone.
Simply search for 'Norfolk Broads Network' in either Google Play or the iOS App Store.
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I think they are considered to be fairly solidly built, yeah.
If you're looking to remove much of the internal structure, remember that it is the bulkheads which give the boat its stiffness and stop the roof from sagging etc. Where strength is being removed then it needs to be added back in.
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There are a few jobs on the list which I think the tech team will be doing in the next few months when things are a bit less hectic.
The app can't really be changed, though, so there is a limit to what can be achieved. Any changes need to be made on this side.
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12 hours ago, Broads01 said:
Coincedentally I have sister ship Contessa from Richardsons a week on Saturday but I'll certainly consider this one for the future.
You and me both!
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1 hour ago, grendel said:
I am back up and running, however a local it recycling firm say they can do me a server with prices starting at £40, so I will be visiting them tomorrow to see what they can offer, as my existing machine is getting on for 13 years old, so even though I have spare parts enough for 3 machines, I am starting to run out of those.
Unless you need REALLY high network performance, I'd suggest looking at a dedicated NAS appliance from Synology or QNAP.
All configuration is done through a browser and they can automatically backup to cloud accounts while you sleep and generally use so little power that they pay for themselves over a couple of years. There's a ton of media and sharing functionality too but I sense you are just after the basics.
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10 minutes ago, grendel said:
I am busy diagnosing a dead file server at the moment, its just not firing up.
Dare I ask why a file server is running a desktop OS?
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11 minutes ago, jimbob88 said:
Can you recall what boat this was can’t think of any lowliner with upper steering on opposite side.
Would it be the wierd dual-steer sedan thing they did?
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24 minutes ago, charlesa said:
Glittering Light Specification & Floor Plan
Length: 38ft (11.58m) Width: 12ft (3.66m)
Cabins: 4 Bathrooms: 2
Bridge Clearance - 6 ft 8 ins. Will not pass under Beccles Old or Potter Heigham bridges. Will pass under Ludham, Wayford and Wroxham bridges subject to weather and tide conditions with the windscreen lowered. (Bridge pilot service must be used when passing under Wroxham bridge)
Hence I think one could be forgiven for an earlier post ¬!
Yeah, that's just the boatyard stating what they allow.
I think there was an incident in the summer of '98 where a lot of boats got stuck the wrong side.
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1 hour ago, expilot said:
Always keen to replace opinion by fact. The Lowliners were designed to 'fit' Potter Bridge perfectly - probably the first to be so designed. The arch was the first line to be drawn on the designer's drawing board - and fit they most certainly still do.
They sure were. Out of interest, do you know who designed them for Faircraft?
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Ah, the Jaguars... If Coltishall were very lucky, several of them would run at the same time
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6 hours ago, vanessan said:
Any photos to help explain what you mean? It always seems to me that something ‘rounded’ would be more spacious than something ‘angular’.
Compare this https://www.richardsonsboatingholidays.co.uk/boats/viscount/
with https://www.richardsonsboatingholidays.co.uk/boats/swan-renown/
But basically as Jimbob88 has shown above. The old angular design was totally reworked to improve the aesthetics, but the angles were what gave such impressive interior space.
Also take a look at https://www.richardsonsboatingholidays.co.uk/boats/highland-gem/ - Unlikely to win any beauty contests, but massive inside for a 38ft boat.
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Synology do have cheaper models! They start at about £150 brand new IIRC.
All config is done through your browser and is way less painful than managing old kit.
https://www.synology.com/en-uk/products/DS218j
Under the hood they run Linux but you never see that unless you want to. The architecture is either ARM or x86 depending on the model.
One of the consumer models and a BIG pair of drives to run in RAID1 for redundancy will probably cost you £350-400. Less than a year's electric bill on the current setup and power consumption is from 20W depending on the model.
And you can set it to sync everything with Google Drive, Dropbox, S3, Glacier etc overnight.
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