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39 minutes ago, Londonlad1985 said:
Happened to me my 1st time on the broads 1 May Bank holiday weekend in 2016 at Gayes Staithe. Us and another boat untied we noticed and chucked the mud weight over. The others realised at breakfast when they wanted to to get some water. Almost put me off - but was a blip I hope.
To be honest I've been boating on The Broads in total for 17 years and never been untied, or heard of any neighbours being untied. You hear through forums that it does happen and it is that, that has made me take precautions in certain places, but then you only hear of the few per year that may get untied and you have to compare that to the hundreds of thousands of boats moored per year that are never interfered with. I guess sensible precautions in certain places are not to be discouraged, but it is so unlikely to happen, not worth loosing sleep over.
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At the busy times it pays to be a little out of kilter with what the others are doing. So get up in the morning and cruise straight away and plan to have breakfast a little later when you arrive at your next mooring, as people who have had breakfast are just thinking about moving on. Works well for places such as Ranworth. Then take it easy and have an early lunch in the pub and leave early to get to your next mooring early while others are still having a late lunch. Enjoy an early evening meal and a pint or two and then cast off and moor in a wild mooring, or mud weight away from the madding crowd. Have a really good nights sleep ready to cast of early again and look again for your first mooring just after others are departing after breakfast.
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I believe it is a bow roller, or anchor roller. Designed to keep the mudweight out a little from the bow as you lift it so it doesn't come into contact with the bow. People have mixed feelings about them on The Broads because if bow to bow or bow to stern with a boat that has one it can be difficult to protect from damage being caused by them. They also tend to be the first thing that makes contact if someone comes in a little "hot" and doesn't quite stop in time.
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Never had it happen to us yet, but I have two long padlocks and when ever mooring in an area where there is previous I usually tie the boat and end up with the loose ends back on the boat, with the padlocks through the loop in the rope and then padlocked to a hand rail in full view. At Norwich with the loops very secure, at places with just posts I look for a safety chain or side of a ladder to take a rope through first. Never been untied, but then never woken the next morning to find any of our neighbours have had problems either, so cannot really say whether our precautions have worked.
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8 hours ago, grendel said:
Well you could have knocked me sideways, apparently even though it was a clean install, windows has activated itself, reading online it says it can remember the motherboard, and activate the licence based on that being the same - durned clever these machines.
That's sort of what I was expecting if it was a digital license. With the introduction of Windows 10 you get the ongoing free upgrades as there will be no more major releases of Windows, as in Windows 11 or 12 etc. It will only be Windows 10 with ongoing feature and maintenance upgrades.
Windows 10 is licensed to the PC for the life of the PC. To stop a "Triggers new broom" scenario I think it is linked to the CPU serial number. Therefore if it has been legally installed or re-installed on the same PC it will automatically re-activate, but you could not transfer that license to another new PC. At least you only need to buy the OS once when you buy the PC.
You can actually download the Microsoft Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's website which will allow you to create Windows 10 media, all flavours on DVD or bootable USB. You can replace a hard disk and then use the media creation tool to create the correct set of media for the OS that was originally licensed and then once it is installed and rebooted it will automatically re-activate as yours did.
My new Dell laptop doesn't even have the Windows sticker or license code anywhere on the machine, as it is digitally licensed.
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If it was a digital license then Windows 10 will automatically reactivate once it is re-installed providing it is the same version as was originally installed. During the reinstallation, if you asked to enter the product key, you can skip this step. Windows 10 will then automatically activate online after the installation is complete.
If you got Windows 10 as part of their free first year upgrade from qualifying OS's then you will have a digital license. Lots of OEM PCs also now come with a digital license.
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Just now, psychicsurveyor said:
My brain hurts most days, you are not helping,
I might read the jokes instead.
Trust me, that won't help since I started posting a few
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2 minutes ago, Maxwellian said:
Ok what is all the fuss about nothing :P
I blame Rightsaidfred for nothing
Even if he is too sexy for himself 
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4 minutes ago, Londonlad1985 said:1 minute ago, Jayfire said:
It's so simple you wouldn't think anyone could struggle to work it out
Space the final frontier!!!!
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1 minute ago, psychicsurveyor said:
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I thought you'd missed the point, then I saw it
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How can nothing be so amusing?
Double points for the person who posts a nothing emoji
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1 minute ago, Jayfire said:
You appear to have created a purer form of nothing than me and Charlie!
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The secret is ours Charlie
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Same Here
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Thought I might have sussed it, but the system was cleverer. Just tried creating a post, and then using edit to remove the content, but it won't let you post an empty edit. There's "nothing" this system cannot do.
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13 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
Exactly. Best to change the so - called "joker" valve as well.
Even better fit the joker valve from an RM69 toilet. Much more reliable although harder to find. The joker valve only has a single split across it, whereas the Jabsco one has a three way split and seems to leak far more easier. Part number 518 on following site,
Got my last two from a chandlers in Holland when visiting a friend.
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Sept 2001 in it's Anchorcraft days. You can just see the Blue before it changed to Yellow probably around 2005 or 2006?
Hunsett Mill in the background for the nostalgic amongst us, pre it's modernisation.
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Pre Bridgecraft days on route to The Locks Inn. Sept 2002
Not much has changed along that stretch.
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14 minutes ago, Broads01 said:
I love the design of the low level dual steers, having hired Soprano from Richardsons and loved it. They're low enough to fit under Wroxham and Beccles in the right conditions and yet you have that fantastic outside helm, brilliant.
Had Fourth Bridge 2 up to both Coltishall and The Locks Inn at Geldeston in the same week. I need to check my pictures, but I think we even had it through Potter Bridge one year!
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One thing that has always struck me as a little odd, is that Fourth Bridge 2 has the inside helm on the normal port side, whereas Fourth Bridge 1 has the inside helm on the Startboard side!
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2 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
I have just realised what thread this is on. I hope you don't intend cooking in the toilet bowl?
There is a picture somewhere off me and a friend eating off a Jabsco toilet
I would like to point out that the toilet in question was one of two brand new ones purchased from Norfolk Marine and had yet to be fitted. Looking at the user name of the OP it would appear he hasn't hung around long enough to read the responses
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Fourth Bridge 2, I would assume 1 is similar, has the engine in a compartment alongside the galley, in the centre of the boat and under the outside helm area. There is a couple of doors in the galley that allow access to the engine for reed filter checks etc. From memory is was very quiet from the outside apart from the occasional splash and burble from the exhaust which was along the port side just below the outside helm position.
Cannot really remember what the noise was like inside as we always cruised it from outside even in a slight downpour. We just put rain coats on and got on with it. One downside of the centre cockpit sliding roof boats is that you have to put the roof up to stop furnishings from getting wet and then it can feel warm and claustrophobic.
I assume Fourth Bridge 1 and 2 are similar although Fourth Bridge 2 joined Bridgecraft later as it came from the neighbouring yard Anchor craft when they retired from hiring boats.
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4 minutes ago, Londonlad1985 said:
That made me LOL a lot.
It's obviously a Picnic
Getting back on Topic, did you know they were removed from boxes of Celebrations in 2006!
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2 minutes ago, Londonlad1985 said:
I think I've strayed off topic!!
"A hazelnut in every bite" What's your preference now then?
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Even if he is too sexy for himself 
It's obviously a Picnic
Somerleyton Bridge Not Operational
in Broads Authority Notices
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Looking at the forecast for the week ahead I would predict there to be problems with the bridge opening all week! Probably won't be long before we hear that Reedham is also not opening!