PaulN

I don't believe it has anything to do with The Royal Mail. The Post Office is Government owned, whereas the so called Royal Mail has nothing to do with The Crown, as it is Czech owned.

Thanks Kate You must have been sending me good vibes, because when we set off today the screen scrolled and the boat stayed in the centre of the screen. I hadn't seen the follow option, will have another look.

Have heard about the purchaser from 3 different sources now and if correct it's very good news for the Broads boating industry.

I have been using the Aweigh App recently which is very useful for all the tide HW and LW locations and yes, they are adjusted for BST. I also use the map section to keep track of where we are on the twisting rivers. However is it possible to get the screen to scroll automatically like a car GPS rather than having to move it manually to keep up with the boat? I also find it useful to see what the tide is doing by comparing speed over the ground (VMG) compared with speed through the water. It is also clever that it is giving speed over the actual boat track rather than 'as the crow flies'.

All very sad. We use to go to Sutton Staithe regularly but for over a year now it has been a no go area for us and these moorings are supposed to be BA 24 hour moorings for toll payers / holiday makers. Our costs go up and up and facilities down and down. Don't go to Ranworth anymore due to cost and principle and beyond Wroxham Bridge hasn't been possible this year.

I had a similar Jabsco toilet on a previous boat. From memory there is a flap weighted rubber valve inside the pump mechanism. A service kit consisting of these valve and gaskets can be purchased, which should solve the problem. Suggest you identify which Jabsco type it is and get the service kit. Hope this helps. https://www.asap-supplies.com/search?query=jabsco+toilet+service+kit

Yes that does take skill, I (Bon Bon) with a fouled prop, was tethered alongside Swiftway that was being manorverd to get me into the travel hoist, by non other that Master Boatman Clive Rico himself! We had just reversed into our mooring, when the prop fouled which turned out to be a large piece of black heavy gauge plastic wrapped tightly around the prop. This must have been just below the surface, as it wasn't visible when I came into the mooring. It was a very windy day and we are the first boat as you come into the marina entrance, so it must have been blown in. What also surprised me was that after 4 years in the water, the bottom of the boat was still clean and shining! Sorry we held you up. Amazingly, after the prop fouled, Clive had Bon Bon out he water and we were back on our mooring inside 30 mins.

Agree with what you say Dom. I looked just now, with 2½ hours to go to LW it's reading very slightly over 6' will try to remember to look later at LW, but I would guess about 6'3". Will also try to remember to look at 9:00 on my Birthday next Thursday which it's the next Spring. If it's 6'9" I will give it a go!

Spring tides should give a better air draft clearance, they produce the lowest low tides. There is no doubt in my mind that the clearance under Wroxham is getting worse year on year. Our air draft is only 6'2" and we are getting more and more limited.

Difficult to remember exactly but from from what I do recall there is a pergola with a walled off new seating area. The riverside garden looks pleasant and refreshed.

One would have thought staff training would be at Yare House. From the laid back posture there was no trainer nor training present at the Ranworth BA shop. No water height problem for the last 3 weeks and from another topic on this forum recently posted by Simon aka Cambridge Cabby the quay is now full except for the section still fenced off! I think you are being a bit too kind to our money grabbing Quango.

We went to The Kings Head the day after it re-opened. I must say, Green King have done a fantastic job with the refurbishment, creating a very nice atmosphere and still a proper pub. Was proving very popular even out of season. With the garden also refurbished, I can see it being a great place this summer.

We stopped at Ranworth last week but mooring charges were not being levied. I was amazed to find there were 3 people sitting in the BA office with door locked, so I couldn't get the electric cards I needed. There were 2 more outside wearing lifejackets and jackets saying 'National Park'. 2 rangers standing on the bank with their boat moored in the cut. Total 7 standing and sitting around doing nothing. Meanwhile a section of the front mooring on the green was taped and fenced off as the path had subsided a bit, behind the heading. However no work was going on, even though Easter was looming in a couple of days!. Yet here am I with a Toll bill to pay of £738.80 to finance that lot doing nothing.

Wow, that's expensive. We've been paying £1.45 for diesel and £12.75 for pump outs.

Local yobs! How many decent people on boats do you think support a football team? I look forward to watching Spurs there and I don't think Ranworth attracts yobs nor would Steve tolerate them. COYS

Agreed. The performance of the BA over the last few years has left me so sceptical that I don't believe their latest press release and suspect that these are just words to appease us. There is only one way to overcome this scepticism and that is to publish simple accounts showing how the Toll income and mooring income is spent, which should be solely on navigation issues and how other income i.e. government grants etc is spent.

Ah, yes I see. Personally I always look forward to the 3 months of closed season. I enjoy fishing but enjoy mooring up on BA moorings without having to get disgruntled fishermen to move; even more. I don't understand why fishermen think they have equal rights to use the few BA moorings we have, just because they pay for a rod license. My latest BA toll just received is for £738.80 wheres my rod license is £22!

Shouldn't be fishing today, the closed season started at midnight.

I was surprised that you had all received your Toll demands but I hadn't. So I looked at my email spam page just now and there it was. Obviously my computer and AVG antivirus sotware thought it was a scam!

Thank You. I have printed this off and will take it with me as we planned to make the most of Ranworth next week, having not gone there last year on principle.

I am sad to read the negative report in the EDP about Stalham. I'm not local so don't follow all the local news. However my wife and I do visit Stalham several times throughout the boating season, as we spend up to 20 weeks a year on our boat and Stalham is one of our favourite places to visit, particularly since Sutton Staithe has effectively become out of bounds having been virtually taken over by liveaboards. Our perception of Stalham is of a lovely place where my wife enjoys exploring the High Street shops and we both enjoy our visits to the Swan, one of our favourite pubs and award winning to boot! The article attempts to blame out of town supermarkets by referring to Tesco as being on the outskirts, which is totally untrue and must surely increase footfall to the High Street. For those not familiar, there is a connecting short alleyway from this big Tesco Store's entrance to the High Street and passes The Swan entrance and car park. Cheer up people of Stalham, you have a lovely town to be proud of.

I am fed up with hearing comparisons with the 1953 floods as an excuse, particularly from the EA to justify what is happening now, rather than the lack of dredging. People advocating this in my opinion are just grabbing a flood event out of our history, without bothering to find out what caused it. I live on Canvey Island where the floods are well documented as 58 people lost their lives in 1953. Last year the local BBC radio station broadcast details of these events all day, with various interviews, on the 70th anniversary. The 1953 floods were not caused by prolonged rainfall and the rivers being unable to cope with the run-off from surrounding fields. It was caused by an exceptional tidal surge from the sea. The prevailing south westerly winds were high, driving water across the atlantic to the north of Scotland, the winds on the north sea then went northerly and storm force, coinciding with high water on a big spring tide. An exceptional low pressure over the North Sea allowed sea levels to rise well above the spring tide predictions, as a tidal surge drove down the East Coast inundating the sea defences. What we have now is the rivers not flowing away fast enough into the North Sea to cope with the additional run-off from the land. In the last few years when moored on the River Bure, I have witnessed many times the tide turning at Low Water much later than predictions due to water still trying to escape from the upper reaches. Also when approaching Great Yarmouth to cross Breydon Water at low water, my echo sounder which is set to read depth under the boat has got close to zero, which can only be down to lack of dredging. In my opinion, if the water depth gets very shallow, the water will slow down and deposit more silt and hence the trapped water will spread out on the upper reaches. The shallow hump acts as a damn, similar to a weir on a canal. So in future, before am EA representative opens their mouth to justify the lack of dredging, I consider they should check their facts.

I agree with what you say about the awful consequences that some businesses may experience with these floods. However I don't understand why I have seen nothing in this debate from Richardson's CEO albeit he is part of the B.A. and on the Navigation Commitee, or have I missed something? Surely as the biggest hire boat operator they have some clout.

Should get worse, Spring Tides next Tuesday.

Thank you everyone for your replies, especially Mouldy for the photos which say it all. My boat is the furthest one in the second photo.