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Smoggy

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  1. That's fair enough then.
  2. I emailed and not yet had a reply, must be a couple of weeks now, not a good response.
  3. Or of course just moor at GY yacht station, if options involve going into Norwich and back out it would be as quick especially if you time it to run with the tide.
  4. It wouldn't dare, especially if it still had wine in it!
  5. At least bikes tend to stop for other bikes at the side of the road still.
  6. You can practice during the winter months in your local pub, that way you won't stand out as an amateur when the boating starts. It's a fine line between being a boater with a drinking habit or a drinker with a boating habit, we take it in turns.
  7. We only ever used hoseasons once and it turned out to be a very expensive nightmare, the boating holiday bit was good but the week after I wound up buying a little boat on our local river after looking at day hire prices, from there it just snowballed! If I'd gone camping instead I'd now just have a slightly bigger tent collecting dust in the loft and a bank full of cash but instead I have to face the miseries of boat ownership and an alcohol problem (problem being too many riverside pubs closed).
  8. Unless horricks is having another rave at the beauchamps arms.
  9. Much the same I did, may depend on what browser you use, I use firefox.
  10. I don't think so , yet... (I'm sure it gets discussed a few times ) Although I think it's only around 50% (if that) of what I post to the jokes thread get allowed through. I did get banished a long time ago under a different name for daring to take the pee out of myself for getting told off, it was in no way a dig at the mods of the day (I won't mention names but believe one had a flounce and disappeared not long afterwards) but they got the hump and I got blocked, a lighter touch seems to be the order of these things these days.
  11. One pub always leads to another....
  12. I don't believe the speed limits apply to sailing craft as long as they are not using the engine at the time, generally sailies don't generate nearly as much wash as a cruiser. Although a sailboat with a running engine doesn't have any rights over a cruiser, it's just another motorboat.
  13. Ask, they will do a half size of quite a few of their options, last time there Ali had a half liver and bacon, they are very obliging and often off menu is no problem if they have it, I often go for bangers and mash when it's not on the menu, they do breakfasts so of course they have bangers. I agree with too full a plate being off putting. Good luck to the waters edge (and the ram as that's where the thread started), not being able to take the dog in has been my sticking point as we always have her with us on the boat, I don't know if that has changed at all with the new owners.
  14. Waters edge always welcomed boats but I think booked made the difference and a huge gin Palace from brundall generally trumped all. I'm not one for restaurants and prefer pubs that feed hence always the ferryhouse, if you expect fancy food and service you will be disappointed but if you want a good feed and a welcome you're in the right place. I recall a group the had stopped at waters edge the day before getting starters at the ferryhouse, I seem to recall the phrase "oh crap I've ordered a main too" if fairness that was previous management og waters edge so may have changed but never order food at the ferryhouse unless you are properly hungry. You can always get a doggy bag.... (and don't have to have a dog)
  15. Thank you for the compliment! I'm not the one that reposted a faceache post as if it was some sort of study.
  16. In fairness no one discredited the post, they merely pointed out it was not a scientific study but just a anecdotal post of experience/opinion as you have just said yourself, it was sort of shared as some kind of study. It's a text based forum, don't take it to heart as text never has the context to the reader as it does the poster. Thank you for your experience.
  17. https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24066426.happisburgh-shag-group-changes-name-rude-acronym/ Well it is norfolk....
  18. Wells is no problem (but it does have a bad reputation) just avoid any stong wind with a N or E, tide wise there's a 4 hour window, HW+-2 hours and you'd probably make the outer harbour outside those times too so plan your arrival for HW-2hrs and you have a 4 hour window to allow for any problems along the way, if you're early most of the fishing boats are happy for you to follow them in as they know the deepest places, go surprisingly close to the greens along the beach as the tide set will always hold you off them, the other side is where the problems lie (I know a guy that got neaped on bob halls sand for a good few weeks). If you are too early there's good anchoring in holkham bay and you can get fairly close in to the beach for a dinghy trip ashore or just take a cruise along the bay while you wait. Wells was my first trip on the salty stuff, I love the way the water comes alive as the tide rises and goes quiet as it falls. BTW the tide sets East around HW-2hrs so even more reason to aim for the early entrance and exit, give them a call and Bob will usually come out in the launch and guide you in if you ask. Me and a mate took a pair of oldies there in 2011, Leo was early 70's and Silver Gem was 1966.
  19. I had heard that, apparently it's to do with not keeping the mouth shut long enough to build up the required pressure......
  20. I found by cruising at around 16knots it worked quite well for getting under haven with headroom, having the tide pushing most of the way till past Cromer and arriving at the fairway about HW-2hrs spot on for early entry without having to hang around in the bay at anchor, it was a different matter when we still had Leo though going everywhere at 7 knots.
  21. You mean "emissions in someone elses back yard", sorry as much as it's a great idea on a sailboat for auxillary I still don't buy the zero emissions from leccy gospel, it's not a dig in any way as I have an E-propulsion for my tender. Besides when the sails are flapping and the hull is zigzagging there's enough emissions from Gracie as she dives for cover to make up for it...
  22. In a sailboat or stinkie? Have you seen me helm after a good lunchtime visit?
  23. And for those on board nylon mooring lines makes for a quieter night.
  24. There may not be many places to hire them but there's no shortage of them around and can be used anywhere on the broads. The hard bit is knowing where they're going.
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