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Smoggy
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It was the BA moorings I was meaning.
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It can on big springs but most of the time it's ok, I've been aground there but only the once, I need about the same as you, it's my normal jump off point for an early yarmouth exit.
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Both problems at once say battery problems to me or wiring to them, I'd hold back on running off to a dealer and prod around with a multimeter first, needs to be done with start attempts happening or there won't be enough load for the volts to drop.
Or sleep inside the fridge as you'll be well insulated from the cold.
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8 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:
I hope to visit both Peachments and Brian Wards this year,
I take it you are planning on breaking things, which bits do you plan to break and how are you thinking of going about it? We may be able to give advice on how to break them better and make it more expensive for you.
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3 hours ago, 40something said:
there is no way I am buying any boat without seeing the underside and stern gear.
With or without survey I'm with you on that one, no brainer really.
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I've stopped beside brooms fuel stage before and nipped up to brian wards for some bsp fittings, the guy there was happy enough for me to do it, on a sunday when the marina is quiet I've moored by the travelling crane and nipped to the pub before now too, had to climb a fence though, that pub so much needs a visitor mooring.
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At 20 knots if you don't like the conditions out of yarmouth lowestoft is still only half hour away and you won't know the sea state properly till you get out into the deeper channels (don't hug the coast yarmouth to lowestoft especially after recent storms, your charts will be useless) as it's always choppy in the entrance.
Moorings wise burgh castle has an electric post and isn't that much further away from breydon and you can walk to the fishermans if you fancy an early night or up to the kings head if you like a proper pub.
For making a holiday of it southwold is a must and woodbridge is very nice although it does add a bit of time, the deben is much prettier than most of the broads (am I allowed to say that here?) .
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If not familiar with the thames estuary get the book "crossing the thames estuary", it's aimed at raggies up to 7 knots but full of good info none the less.
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Waiting around for the lock and bridges at lowestoft is more of a pain I recon plus it costs you for the lock, I've never had an issue at yarmouth and I would hope the indy thing has made them a bit better, assuming a well powered boat it's a lot quicker to run down the outside than it is poodling down the new cut towards oulton broad and if breydon is clear you can nip across there pretty quickly too.
If you are not local to the area a stopover at southwold is well worth it but check with the harbour master first as the entrance may have changed a bit with the beast from the east, the last few years has been ok at all tides as long as you approach at 310-320 degrees (T).
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Yarmouth is easy enough as long as you book bridge lifts at least the day before, if you head out shortly after the tide starts building you should get an extra shove down towards harwich, shotley is a good place to stop over as there is all tide access via the lock, The rose in the village is a good friendly pub.
On the way out through yarmouth make sure you call in by the lifeboat shed for clearance or they get upset.
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My answer was fairly high up on the stupidometer.
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14 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:
What's the difference between a duck?
The quack!
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11 minutes ago, ranworthbreeze said:17 hours ago, psychicsurveyor said:
A garage isn't for a car it's for sundry boat bits.
I thought that a garage was just for storing bits of wood
Regards
Alan
A garage is for motorcycles!
Oh yeah and boaty junk.
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No question is stupid if you don't know the answer, to act without asking the question can be pretty stupid, and some of the answers can be really stupid but most will be somewhere near useful.
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If sticking to the northern rivers I'd say make stokesby your southern limit as it's a good friendly pub there and not much further down than acle.
All the best folk are on the southern rivers of course.....
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I wonder how often osmosis is caused by water inside rather than from outside, there's more chance of having exposed fibres to wick on the inside and some bilges are constanly awash, no point in standing on the hard to dry if the bilge is still full.
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When are you fitting the twin warp drives and how many dilithium crystals will you be aiming to have on board?
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I'd be more alarmed if an older boat didn't have osmosis as you don't know what has been done to cover it up, I know of a guy who found lots of blisters under his boat so sanded them all flat and painted over them with antifoul to seal them, antifoul that well know porous paint that is designed to erode, It's still afloat 10 years on.....(same guy overheated so layed over the filler cap and undid it to top up, then waited for an ambulance while his face fell off)
Get a discount if you can but if you like the boat and price ignore the osmosis.
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Wether to survey or not surely just boils down to your own level of risk and what figure you consider too much to take a chance on, everyone has differing ideas on both and differing levels of wealth, at £30k I wouldn't have the balls to do it without a survey of some sort but would accept a recent one done for someone else.
Give Robin a break, we have to sell our lemons to someone....
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49 minutes ago, High6 said:
Or use it neat if you want whiskey and dry.
Sent from my Nexus 9 using Tapatalk
But would you use fresh ice or the frozen stuff?
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I Am Now Officially On Holiday
I am now at work officially jealous!
Enjoy!
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44 minutes ago, TheQ said:
The last type shown in the video has a great similarity to the fireproof jet engine bay stuff I have..
It's the lead loaded barrier that does most of the work for deep diesel engine rumbles, the thin layer is to stop it transmitting straight through and the thicker foam takes out mostly higher frequencies.
I have quietlife under my engine boards and it does do a good job till the turbos spool up, I dread to think what it would be like without.
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On 3/10/2018 at 21:03, LondonRascal said:
There should not usually be a need to bleed a fuel system unless there has suddenly been a big issue when underway and air had got into it, like needing to suddenly change one of the racor fuel filter elements. However the engines have a very easy to use and locate manual fuel prime pump to make getting air out of the fuel system easier than some engines.
That is usually the most likely cause of problems at sea and happens to the best maintained boats at times, if you make an adaptor for the last bleed screw in the system you can save a lot of pumping and mess by using an oil extractor to bleed the system, just hook it up and suck the fuel through.
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How about a car air-con service place? I'm sure my isotherm fridge had a regular re-gassing valve on the system.
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You'd sink up to your neck in mud and drown probably, that's best left to firm sandy bottoms.