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18 hours ago, kpnut said:
When I press ‘follow’ it tracks my progress. Often it stops again a bit later, but that might be ‘cos I fiddle around with other distracting things while going along.
18 hours ago, kpnut said:When I press ‘follow’ it tracks my progress. Often it stops again a bit later, but that might be ‘cos I fiddle around with other distracting things while going along.
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.
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Have heard about the purchaser from 3 different sources now and if correct it's very good news for the Broads boating industry.
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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'.
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19 hours ago, kpnut said:
I don’t often get involved with discussion about ‘liveaboard’ boats, as I have a hankering to be one myself and I fully realise there are so many issues, both financial, practical and psychological surrounding the issue.
But today I went up the Ant and to Sutton staithe. And felt cross.
The Ant now has either 8 or 9 wild moorings taken up with boats that seem to go nowhere. (As a comparison, I think it was about 3 last summer season).In fact, there are now various structures built on the banks. I have a feeling quite a number of the boats are owned by just one person, but might be wrong.
In my book, taking up space like that and making it your home, building things, leaving junk on the bank etc is not on at all.
So that’s that number of moorings fewer for everyone else. I realise they are not BA moorings, so not part of our tolls, but it really does no good to the general feel of the area, especially for holidaymakers whom we all want to return to the benefit of the future of the Broads.I don’t know the answer other than to
1. provide proper facilities for those who would actually prefer it
2. enforce the legislation - tolls, insurance, BSS- have it - you can stay but please move around to give everyone a chance to use the environs, - don’t have it - you can’t keep a boat on the Broads. But then what can the BA do to enforce people who refuse to abide by the rules?
Then on the way up to Sutton staithe, there’s a group of three more on the right and one on the left as the moorings start, none of which have moved for ages. I fully agree with Gracie that Sutton staithe is just not inviting at all. I hate going up there and if weren’t for a good boatyard with fair prices at the top I’d never venture up.
I also visited Thorpe green in February and thought it was extremely uninviting.
It makes me feel very sad.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.
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39 minutes ago, ExSurveyor said:
Getting stuck in to sorting out the Sheerline 740. Now known as White Knight.
First question, any idea what this is for and can I get rid of it. It has a threaded cap with a large screw inside that wasn't fully tightened down causing a small leak from the outlet. It is a fairly basic water system. I need to replace the water pump as it is noisy and also leaking so can remove this at the same time.
My second problem is with the manual pump toilet. It pumps out ok but doesn't pump water in. It is river fed and I have opened the valve but no luck. Cooking oil has been flushed through.
Before I change the pump handle assembly is there anything else I should do.
Thanks.
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
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On 30/03/2024 at 18:40, YnysMon said:
We had to wait a bit before setting out, as the basin of HPC was a bit like Piccadilly Circus this morning. There was a lot of boat manoeuvring going on, presumably with hires due to go out. They were even moving two boats at a time. That takes some skill!
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.
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On 05/04/2024 at 12:45, dom said:
They give the largest tidal range, but the larger spring drop is coming at a time when average levels are remaining high, so it's not translating into a meaningful increase in air draft. I've yet to see much over 6'3" on the "new" gauge, which is nearly a foot off what a normal spring should look like. The more time passes, the more it feels like something is restricting the ebb.
The opposite is however happening - higher spring tidal flow on top of record levels seems to be resulting in ever lower clearance.
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!
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On 03/04/2024 at 12:40, dom said:
I think spring tides were last week, so possibly worse then. It should be nearer 7'3" (probably 7' on the "new" gauge). Something is making a big difference and rain levels have eased, so water recession is clearly being hindered somehow.
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.
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20 minutes ago, dom said:
Did you happen to see whether the fence/wall around the pergola had been removed?
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.
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Just now, dom said:
Playing devil's advocate, they could be new staff undergoing training. BA recruited new staff at Ranworth recently and you have to undergo "Working near water" training before you can start this type of work these days. I'd hope they undergo some sort of first aid and critical incident response training too.
I've queried the repair on the quay heading recently and it was suggested water height might have been an obstacle preventing progress. Whether that's genuinely been the case since last autumn is debatable. It's apparent they have some real funding issues, so I wonder if it's to push the expense into next financial year, which presumably starts now.
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.
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On 31/03/2024 at 21:34, SwanR said:
Paid a visit to the Kings Head in Hoveton today. The Sunday roast was fine. Other menu items were a little hit and miss. But it’s pub grub, less expensive than other places. The staff were very friendly. The service was good. And the refurbishment is looking lovely. I would go back if I want cheap and cheerful but possibly not for a special occasion.
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.
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On 13/03/2024 at 11:07, Mouldy said:
Just seen this on the BA website, stating that their yacht stations will be manned from 24th March. I guess that means that the mooring fees will be reintroduced a little earlier than expected at Ranworth, which may cause a few people to get caught out, thinking that they will be applicable from the beginning of April.
https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/facilities/yacht-stations
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.
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18 hours ago, Mouldy said:
We went past over the weekend and they are advertising diesel (£1.87/ litre), water and pump outs on their quay.
Wow, that's expensive. We've been paying £1.45 for diesel and £12.75 for pump outs.
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9 hours ago, eddybear said:
Very good news, the only bad bit is the Sky Sports, Most people and families quietly having a drink and a meal want to be able to talk above the cheering and jeering of local yobs watching a football match, just saying
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
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53 minutes ago, rightsaidfred said:
You couldn`t make it up, more twist and turns than a who dun it.
Fred
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.
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4 minutes ago, Meantime said:
He said he was fishing on Monday, though I did wonder why he waited until today to post his observation. Perhaps the boredom of the closed season has kicked in already!
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!
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Shouldn't be fishing today, the closed season started at midnight.
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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!
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On 13/03/2024 at 11:26, Meantime said:
A PDF print out of the page has been created and saved should anyone have the need to use it as supporting evidence!
It has the update at the top and the times of moorings fees being collected further down.
Being staffed does not necessarily mean being chargeable.
I note elsewhere on the page it states Ranworth is staffed from 9am to 6pm during the Summer months, which depending on your definition is the 1st June to the 1st September, or 21st June to 21st September.
Yacht stations and staffed moorings.pdf 397.86 kB · 23 downloads
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.
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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.
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On 25/02/2024 at 13:24, NeilB said:
If you not aware of the 1953 floods there's plenty of info online but Wussernames post gives a good idea, in Norfolk alone exactly 100 people died. My great aunt was rescued from the roof of her Sea Palling bungalow by the lifeboat in 1953, which she recalled frequently!
I don't know if anyone who read the minutes and attended the meeting picked up on this - "on the 21 st/22nd December we had one of the biggest surges we have seen on the Broads. We have been incredibly fortunate that it came on a low tide. There was a surge of over 1.5m to 2m in some places and that is what pushed all the up. This meant that the three top-end gauges on the rivers and they recorded their maximum heights all through this period on that time. Not only that but they were the highest heights recorded this century"
What's not shown in the minutes but can be heard in the recording, is the chap from the EA saying "Had this occurred on a high tide we'd be looking at a 1953 situation".........
Whatever the causes are, this is going to happen again so the authorities need to be planning for this eventuality.
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.
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On 26/02/2024 at 16:28, dom said:
What exactly did I say which is supposed to be aggressive?
I doubt the owners of Horning Ferry, The New Inn, Martham Boats, Ferry Marina, Richardsons, etc think there are silver linings in much right now. A poor season this year could prove to be a death knell for their businesses - particularly if an incoming Labour government chooses to rob funding or increase corporate taxes to address social issues.
Which part of Norfolk was it that you were born in?
Most things have been. Go take a look at the state of Hoveton around the Three Horseshoes moorings, then tell me why you think coming on here singing Packman's praises is justified from the standpoint of anyone who cares about Broadland.
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.
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2 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:
Its been worse many times.
Should get worse, Spring Tides next Tuesday.
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48 minutes ago, Mouldy said:
Photos taken last Friday. It was no different on Wednesday, but with recent rainfall (Wednesday and yesterday), could even be worse.
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.
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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.