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10 hours ago, floydraser said:
Houses contain people who pay rates, eat and shop in the area. Cram in more people and more goes into the local economy.
True, to an extent. But a lot of that extra disappears into increased infrastructure, parking problems and things like doctors and schools.
That was the thinking behind a lot of huge estates and now known as dormitory towns.
Do people really use the local shops?to a degree but ask Tescos in Stalham or Lathams.
People usually travel for the big shop.
But I was talking from the boater point of view.My old bug bear Horning, just look how many boats just go by compared to those that stop. I bet if you had a hundred free moorings they would be filled. And it maybe summer trade but It’s a captive trade.
Instead, I know I can’t really stop at Horning or Wroxham on a guaranteed basis so I just restock in Stalham and at Tescos.
I use Beccles local shops because I know I can stop.
And I know I’m not the only one.
New model towns separated pedestrians from the traffic, sacrificing passing trade who where willing to pass onto the next stop and although the towns never died they suffered in the long run from lack of investment and people just going to work and back again.-
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It’s the music that does me. It can be so quiet once I heard a fly fart and I blamed the dog. And the dog still hasn’t forgiven me.
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I wouldn’t tie up to that pint if I was you😀Hello and welcome
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Buildings dedicated to support industries. May not look nice but provide services either to boaters or locals. Brings in business.
Houses and such looks nice but provide nothing for the reason the towns on the map in the first place.
no moorings, or mooring for visiting.
like say Horning. Very few spaces so it’s not a destination and we just motor by but it looks nice.
nice is a great word but I’d rather use practical. Norwich redevelopment for example. Don’t want you mooring there so it’s useless for us, a wasteland in effect.
slowly, very slowly we are losing facilities be it water points or moorings-
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So is foot in door development.
Get permission for a few dwellings then next time you apply for more new builds. The thinking is that it’s hard to say no once you said yes.
The point is you can’t roll back. Once the land is lost to development then it’s lost to the boating community.
Then another stretch of river has lost its character as well as refuelling, water etc.
someone gets a nice view and we lose moorings. To my mind a bit like Wroxham before the bridge. Looks nice but you really can’t moor if your private.
To me, vast stretches of town scape are not welcoming to the visiting boat person as there is little or no free mooring. See Barton turf.-
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Water point and moorings going back to parish control and they are going to charge a nominal amount to moor, so I’ve read.
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Other problems are growing, lack of staff amongst them.
Foreign nationals returning home, covid furlough staff who have found better paying jobs has had an effect in certain places.
But on the whole it feels back to normal including the dodgy summer sun.
Oh yes, more first timers out which is good to see -
True, that’s what hopefully the bug treatment I put in does (as recommended by griff)
just trying to remove the rubbish at bottom of any tank. Will look more carefully or at least think about getting a drain tap or plug put in.
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On 01/07/2021 at 16:47, vanessan said:
How does that actually work?
It’s used for mooring on a bouy where rubbing is a problem.
It’s basically a rope spliced into a 20 mm chain.
chain through loop and padlocked onto its self, rope end tight onto cleet.
sometimes used on canals as well when it loops through metal pile heads where there are holes.
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Not that I’m superstitious but on my last boat I removed everything with the boats name on, tipped a stiff drink over the side so the god of the seas liked his new vessel and still kept her original name.
must have worked because I didn’t sink.
not that I’m superstitious or anything-
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Hello and welcome from the crew of Forever Autumn.
welcome to that glow of “Ive got one” at the line of cars outside a boat yard -
Thanks all
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Hi all,
I've got the basics together to make a portable fuel polisher,
1 racor fuel filter
2 CAV type twin filter
3 Hand prime pump
4 12volt pump
I've gone with the racor first because the filters easy to change.
The problem is, there is no drain tap at the bottom of my tank (at least what I can see) and I was hoping to use this. I don't really want to put a take off point in what is now an air tight line so do you think I could get away with a long copper pipe into the bottom of the tank?
And some say chanel the cleaned fuel into jerry cans but 45 gallons is a lot of cans so is there anything wrong in recycling the flow? I know it might take longer but no damage?
silly questions I know but I'm determined to keep those break downs to a minimum.
thanks
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It has been reported the helm had a tick bite that was troubling him. Took his eyes off river and nosed into reeds. Low tide made it look worse
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Smart motorways (which I work on) was and is an attempt to save vast amount of money.
It cost around 9 billion to convert the M25 to (in sections) to all lane running. Triple that to run a hard shoulder plus extra land and infrastructure.
That's just for 110 miles.
And the road network is getting on in years.
The way I see it, forcing us to convert to electricity and charge times, will force us to drop those needless journeys just by the sheer inconvenience and cost thus reducing the load on the roads.
As does the encouragement to work from home, home deliveries etc
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Do you think anyone's going to push for other forms of power after the Nissan announcement and the undisclosed amount of public money used to get that plant built?
I suspect the proven Hydrogen aspect isn't being followed because it wont create a whole raft of new industries.
Many governments around the world are counting on a green revolution in new industries to mop up spare capacity due to automation of the workforce
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25 minutes ago, rightsaidfred said:
While I largely agree I have such a system but would not say there is no noise although quieter than an engine and you still get fumes, what is possible is to get several showers from one tank if you soap yourself first and just use the shower to rinse off, unfortunately most seem to think you can behave on a boat as you would at home.
Fred
Totally agree. When we broke down recently we had to stretch Autumns on board resources. The battery bank lasted with ease, and that’s running the fridge and tv the usual amount.
The hot water lasted as Fred said because we done exactly as he described.
Interestingly when we got back and plugged in the Victron charger, for 24 hours was only down 30 amps on a 110 amp battery.
my conclusion is that you could run much deeper than you think into stored amps and water -
Bio diesel will be the future fuel for boating. Electric power for boating is really a no go and it will consign many craft and owners to the tip.
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We carry a chain connected to a mooring rope legacy of our sailing days
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Until they carry a Stanley knife.
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Lack of information for the hirer.
Many companies make battery monitors to tell you the status of your battery bank and more importantly, how long until it’s discharged in hours.
mines made by NASA and it tells me the charge rate, discharge rate and how many hours left.
Next year I’m putting in solar panels enough to run the fridge.
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Well the on call boys swung into action and found a lose pipe from the lift pump and changed the fine filter seals.
Then cracked the injection nuts and she started like they all do at full throttle.
Did not like the alternator tension so that got done.
Noticed oil leak from filter so that got a new gasket.
Then around to swan quay for an engine bay clean.
Im well happy so here’s to starting in the morning-
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….and a no start again.
Really enjoying this two week holiday.
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8 hours ago, SteveO said:
I suspect that the extent of the country's dependence on cheap Eastern European labour is about to be exposed big time. It seems that not only fruit and veg picking and hospitality jobs have gone down this route but a large proportion of the HGV drivers who shift goods into and around the country have gone this way too as have the food processing and packing industries. I suspect that employers in a number of sectors are playing "who blinks first" with the government over the points-based immigration system, so brace yourselves for shortages and price hikes.
Correct.
Also explosion of warehouse jobs that pay way more than hospitality for those online deliveries.
We are a funny country that expects a lot for our money.
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Good point well made.
I just don’t want the river and it’s trade to become like a decorative ornament to whatever town.
I know it’s different on many levels but I was on the redevelopment of st Katherines dock and Surrey dock and the success they made of it compared to the mess some of the old London basins became. Houses with a view of an empty stretch of water that no one visits.
The marina at Surrey docks is council owned, makes money and is over subscribed. St kats is a rich play ground but it wasn’t at the beginning.
just floating ideas.
I’d love to see a public owned marina