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All Kubota engines, though the markup on consumables looks to be slightly higher for the Blue variant, unless you shop around for suitable OEM parts, then there's not a lot to choose between them unless you have a preference for the colour Blue, or Red.
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One word Yikes! then I thought BSS, there is no doubt that would be a failure if ever it was spotted, but I don't think any BSS would ever go that deep or pick up that kind of thing. A lot to be said for low heat output LED lights though.
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Casting my mind back to my last trip 1200 rpm near Hardley Cross with the tide under me was 5mph. Going the other way earlier in the week against the tide and 1400 rpm was giving me about 4.5mph. I'm guessing that 2000rpm with slack water would give me close to 6.5 or 7mph, so I'm guessing the prop is significantly larger than Water Rail's. Also the gearbox ratios could be different. Mine's a PRM which I think is a 2:1
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I'm curious what engine is in Water Rail? and what's the maximum revs it's capable of?
It seems strange to hear you talking about struggling to keep at 2000RPM. I recently spent 6 days drifting up and down the Yare. My default from cold was 1000 RPM whilst it warmed up, then normally 1200 RPM with the occasional sort period of running at 1400 RPM in the more tidal sections down near Reedham.
My engines a Nanni 40HP and flat out across Breydon I've run it at 2700 RPM for short bursts, that speed is actually limited by the throttle **** hitting the bulkhead, I'm guessing there is still a few more revs available, but my normal maximum on the rivers is 1600 RPM with most cruising done at 1200 or 1400.
I guess ultimate river speed all comes down to gearbox and prop size etc. Being a centre cockpit boat and standing or sitting directly above the engine bay the engine noise becomes increasingly more intrusive at anything above 1400 RPM really, especially if the roof is up.
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1 minute ago, Hylander said:
With Covid all this linen on board would be going to a laundry anyway - used or not used.
Which is exactly my point, no point putting on board anything more than is actually needed by the hirer for that week otherwise it is creating extra unneccessary laundry.
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2 hours ago, Vaughan said:
I am sure you have heard of it.
It states that when you make a jam butty, but drop it before you can get it to your mouth, it will always land on the carpet jam side down!
That's where I've been going wrong. I always put my jam on the inside of a jam butty.
Now peanut butter on toast is guaranteed to fall peanut butter side down.
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4 minutes ago, Oddfellow said:
They should always put a flush of water into the pump-out to wash the blue in. Also, there should not be a U bend in your pump-out hose. Maybe a slight low point, but not a bend.
Putting it into the loo bowl directly is best, but have you ever tried to get that blue stain out of a carpet?Fortunately my carpets are Blue, but I know what you mean about the way it stains.
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1 minute ago, Cheesey69 said:
Nothing about going on holiday is environmentally friendly. But what I really meant is provide what is needed first time. Make up the beds and then leave enough linen for pull outs. Then it’s down to you to correct your mistake and not moan when you have to.
My point stands. I’m the customer, you’re the provider. I’ve paid for everything needed and expect to get it. Your job is to provide it.
Anything less is not good enough.I think I see why Andy retired now!
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Also when having your tank pumped out, it is well worth asking if rather than pouring the dose of Blue into the pumpout fitting, would they mind if you poured it down the toilet instead. Took me a while to realise that the pump out pipe goes into the bottom of the tank and when they pour the Blue in, it just sits in the u bend of the pipe. The next pump out and the first bit comes out Blue where it had never actually reached the tank. Pumping it in through the toilet ensures it gets to work straight away and is actually in the tank.
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2 minutes ago, Vaughan said:
That is probably the sump pump, for changing the oil.
That would be my guess as well. Follow the pipe back and see if one of them goes to the bottom of the sump. If it does, then it is a sump pump and I would recommend using it when changing the oil.
I have one on my engine and it has a bolt screwed into the output. When you change the oil you remove the bolt, put a rubber tube over the outlet and then pump the oil out into a handy container. A while back I got an oil extractor, one of those jobbies that you pump to create a vacuum and then stick a small pipe down the dipstick tube and let it extract the oil for you. Used it a couple of times and noticed that the oil seemed to get dirty quicker than the old method of changing the oil. Went back to using the sump pump and although it is slightly more effort is gets far more of the used oil out and well worth using.
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15 minutes ago, Cheesey69 said:
Just make up all the beds. All the time.
And what if they are not all needed, then there are the saloon settees that pull out into beds, do you leave bedding behind for them just in case, and then have to wash it all whether it was used or not! Not exactly environmentally friendly is it?
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Strange how things turn around. In Victorian times not having a tan was seen as a sign of wealth. It meant you had the money and time to stay in the shade rather than toiling for a living out in the sun and getting a tan at the same time!
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3 minutes ago, SwanR said:
I do like Wroxham Barns. Not that close to the moorings but worth a visit.
Good choice of DVD too IMHO.
It's also a very nice walk from the Coltishall moorings.
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2 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:
Which is absolutely correct , and also means that the said time of 3-5 weeks was allowed for the Norada to be re-assessed prior to the 1 been posted on the council site
The 3-5 weeks is to allow for an appeal, not necessarily a re-assessment! However a re-assessment may have taken place by now and a further 3 - 5 weeks will be needed before the result is published, in the meantime damage could be done to the business by highlighting what is in effect an out of date grading.
The policy was made to allow for a business to appeal in the case that they felt they really deserved a higher grading, The downside is that you can improve your grading, but it is still held back for 3-5 weeks in case you want to appeal. In the meantime internet media can freely cause damage to your business by highlighting what has now become an out of date grading. Doesn't seem fair, or what this forum should be about.
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Published ratings
After an inspection, the rating will be uploaded by the local authority so that it is published on the Food hygiene ratings website. Ratings of '5 - very good' will be published as soon as the information is uploaded by your local authority. Ratings of 0 – 4 will be published 3 – 5 weeks after the date of inspection to allow for an appeal to be submitted (see section on safeguards below).
The above is taken from www.food.gov.uk
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9 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:
however as it currently stands the official council rating for the business is a 1 and according to their site it was last updated on August 9th
I will keep an eye on the site and if the rating does indeed change I would be more than happy to post their new rating on here when it is achieved
The last update was Aug 9th, however just suppose a second inspection was completed on the 1st Aug, and it was less than a 5, it will be 3 - 5 weeks before it is published. So in reality the owner of Norada could have a rating of 4 by now.
What I don't fully understand though is why any ratings need to be "published" on here, updated or not. Surely the official sites exist for anyone to go and check at their leisure, without repeating information here.
Just suppose Norada does now have a rating of 4, as yet unpublished on North Norfolk Council's website, and people in 3 or 4 months time searching Norada stumble across this thread highlighting a rating of 1.
The potential for future and ongoing damage to a business could be perpetuated by threads such as this.
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1 minute ago, YnysMon said:
Anyone can check the Food Standards Agency's website. It clearly confirms what EDP reported is correct. I would have thought that the Agency would take care to publish the correct rating on their website, otherwise they would most likely be sued.
As I mentioned above a rating of 0-4 will not be published for 3-5 weeks to allow the owner of the business to appeal the result. Therefore it is entirely feasible that a second inspection has happened and although better, as it is not a rating of 5 it has not been published yet.
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2 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said:
Do as I did.Just look up scores or the doors Norfolk. I checked North Norfolk. Also available South Norfolk and indeed any part of the country.
Which is generally what I do, however although businesses are routinely checked the frequency will often increase dependent upon risk. It is also possible to ask for an earlier inspection if you have received a bad review and made the improvements required. If you like a wake up call, then improvements made and a reinspection carried out and a much better grade achieved.
Now this is entirely speculation, but I would not be surprised to see that Norada has made improvements and been inspected again and achieved a better result which has yet to have been published on the council website and thus updates have not made it through to scores on the doors yet.
An important point to note is that a rating of 5 will be published as soon as it is uploaded by the local authority. A rating of 0 - 4 will be published 3-5 weeks after inspection to allow for an appeal to be submitted by the business owner.
Therefore it is perfectly feasible that the owner of Norada is holding the results of a second inspection in which he was awarded a rating of 4, which has yet to be published on the council website. Which of course would make the comments on Facebook correct, but also make the EDP correct based upon what is currently published on North Norfolk Councils website and Scores on the Doors.
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People used to put things in capitals because it was an important message or meant to stand out and be read. Then along came the internet and anything put in capitals was the equivalent of shouting, which is fine, then people sometimes forget that they are not on the internet, but reading an important message that is meant to stand out and they feel they are being shouted at. I'm one of those annoying people who still use the full stop, even in text messages, apparently that is now seen as rude or abrupt in a text.
Pre Covid one of the things that used to annoy me was seeing a pub with all the tables laid out with cutlery, then along comes a family with a couple of kids who sit at the table and have a drink and the kids play with everything on the table and then they leave and the waiting staff come along and shuffle everything on the table back into place and the next unknowing customers come along and use that cutlery that has been previously man handled.
I'm guessing that if a hire yard filled an 8 berth boat with enough bedding for all the berths to be used, but only half of it was actually used, the whole lot would need to be taken off at the end of the week and laundered, which is a waste, likewise no one wants to leave with a lack of bedding, so bringing this important item to peoples attention seems absolutely the right thing to do. Making the message stand out also seems the right thing to do. It obviously did stand out enough to have become a topic on here anyway, so I guess it worked.
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It's all very confusing because this forum doesn't do naming and shaming, yet two contributors to this thread have named (the EDP) and shamed (for printing incorrect information and not fact checking) based upon assertions made by a couple of posters on a totally different platform Facebook. Now what if the EDP have got it right and published correct information from the body responsible for the inspections. Will there be an apology from this forum?
At the moment I really don't know whether to believe the posters on this thread, the EDP or Facebook because none have provided concrete proof yet.
So at present all we have is the speculation that this forum seems so keen to divorce itself from most of the time!
If I felt inclined to eat at The Norada, I think I would ask them to show me proof of their rating and then decide from there.
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At least it wasn't tied off to the ladder! However what isn't shown in my picture is that just downstream and under the bridge is the point where the Canoe Man has a base and is hiring canoes and paddle boards from. Plenty of novices out for the first time in a canoe, or paddle board, plus the usual comings and goings of boats from the yacht station. Seems the perfect place for a usable safety ladder!
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Without concrete evidence I doubt there is much the Police can do. It is also possibly a social services matter, but again without knowing who they are and where they live and therefore who the local social services are!, however safety on the water is very much within the BA's remit.
Broads Control is the point of contact for any incidents on the water, unless it involves immediate danger to life then dial 999.
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Not the best way to promote not mooring across safety ladders! Now it is possible that they use the ladder to step down onto the boat, but surely the boat could be moored away from the ladder and dragged to the ladder if needed? What kind of example does it set?
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It's all very well venting one's spleen and posting cryptic references to places names etc, but there is a very serious subject behind all this, the safety of a 2 or 3 year old.
IF I had witnessed such actions I would have made a note of the boat names and numbers and then called Broads control. I doubt very much if they could actually take official action, not without a video or concrete evidence, and that's not what I would want, but at the very least the BA could call the hire yard concerned and get them to ring the hirers to point out that their actions have been witnessed and what a dangerous thing it was to do, and highlight to them some of the unfortunate accidents that happened last year and how quickly such actions can result in death. Also if a launch was near by, they also could have a quiet word.
Currently the crews are potentially non the wiser to the stupidity of their actions, unless they happen to read this forum. Meanwhile the safety and welfare of a toddler is is in question!
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Now peanut butter on toast is guaranteed to fall peanut butter side down.
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What would you say is the average lifespan of the Nanni 4190? and what are the common issues?