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Bernard
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A bit further but worth it, all down very quiet back roads and footpaths.
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A great pub about 30 mins walk across the fields from Stalham is Lessingham star, great food and great beer, all social distancing in place, can not recommended highly enough.
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It seems on here the BA could offer 10 years free tolls and 2 gold bars each and someone would find fault!
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I'm not talking of legalities, I have seen the water below the freeboard of that vessel on more than 1 occasion, and when it is it would make refloating much easier.
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So is the water always this high then, check this page https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/6216?direction=u
You will see it rises and falls.
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1 hour ago, Vaughan said:
Away you go then! No-one's stopping you.
Just take another look at the photos, to see that the freeboard is underwater and there are no decks, as such.
And once you have done it, who is going to pay for your efforts?
I never said I had the funds or kit to do it, why the hostile response, just saying how it could be done, have seen it with low tides with the freeboard above the water, it's not an impossible job.
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7 hours ago, Vaughan said:
I am not sure I would like to be offered the job of re-floating that, in its present location!
Floating reed beds all around, no road access, no hardstanding for a crane, and water too shallow to approach with a barge or wherry. It would have to be done with divers building a plywood coffer-dam all round it, before pumping it out. That all assumes it hasn't got a hole in the bottom, or if it is indeed Seacrete, that the hull has not cracked apart at one of the corners. It has been known before!
And then what to do with it? I very much doubt that the slip at Sutton Staithe would handle it, so maybe Richardsons. Would they really want to be involved in a job like that?
The fact remains, it is not sunk in the navigation, so it is not a BA obligation. If the land-owner objects to its presence, they can pursue the boat owner through the courts. Which would be rather akin to tilting at windmills.
Anyone else got any good ideas?
Or on a low tide 2 or 3 high power fire pumps, board over any obvious holes, would soon rise, seen broads boats deeper than that raised using that method. Drag to Richardson's or sutton and crane out.
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The guy who owns it will do nothing, is known for leaving a mess wherever he goes. Do you have to tax a sunken vessel?
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Ha ha, surely whatever people think about miles that boat needs removing, or am I missing something?
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Why such an issue with someone trying to get the broads cleaned up?
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Hopefully pubs with large enough gardens where social distancing can be achieved will be able to open with restricted numbers.
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20 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:
So long as you maintain social distancing. Bit blessed cold at the moment though!
Cold doesn't matter, best time on the broads is December to February!🥶
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So can I drive my boat to a slipway to launch it and go out for a trip, I'm less than 10 minutes to my nearest one.
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So on June 16th can I go and launch my dinghy to go fishing on the broads?
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1 hour ago, Paul said:
I always thought Hardy's move away from the smaller boats which had an avid following would prove their downfall, their offerings have got bigger and bigger and more and more expensive moving them into a highly competitive and already over populated market sector.
But then again, I'm no boat builder ...
Sad days none the less, is there likely to be a saviour out there, come on Jenny, you know you want to ...
They couldn't build the 42 fast enough a few years ago, for the size probably the best sea going boat out there, the RNLI had 2 of them for training which says something. What changed?
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Oyster and windboats parted company about 7 years ago, that's when they took over hardy's after Mark Funnels death. Len does own the land in wroxham now after windboats moved to the more practical site in North Walsham in 2018!
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Yes, they bought Hardys after the unfortunate death of Mark Funnell, still launch all their boats at foxes in Ipswich, have a full order book at the moment!
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4 hours ago, SPEEDTRIPLE said:
Not rambling at all, very interesting to know some history. I did wonder how Windboats went from building in timber to Seacreat. Now of course, it`s GRP building Oyster yachts.
Windboats haven't built oysters for a few years now, they do Gunfleet, Hardys and Trustys now.
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All the liveaboards I know or know off do a great job of keeping their boats and surroundings in good order, apart from a well known one in the stalham/sutton area who treats it like a dump, don't think I need to say any more!