Hi Trev
Heartily recommend Swancraft - fuel, pump outs and all Boatyard facilities
Did us a pumpout in February, very reasonable, not sure on current fuel prices but sure they will do a good deal. Forum sponsors too
Mmmmmm, it did cross my mind but I don't think it is, looks a bit posh for the Ram (although it must be a couple of years since I've been in)
But true, Jay may not have strayed far from Bramerton. Think, think, buzz whirrrr...........
Hi Jean
I think some yards err on the side of caution as they hate being called out for flat batteries!
In all my years of hire I've never had a flat battery
Swancraft were superb but most yards have reasonable batteries and charging systems
I've also never plugged in during many years of hire
It depends how you use them of course. If you sit on the boat with all lights blazing, TV on, inverter on, pumps running etc you will use more battery power. The trick is to remember that you are running off batteries and not the mains! It's worth running the engine while using a microwave for instance but not so you annoy others.
Best bet is to switch everything off and go to the pub
I heard from a couple of sources locally that they were running a pizza delivery service but for delivery only i.e. you couldn't collect.
But otherwise I can't confirm either way.
Arrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!
Fantastic photos again though JF, can't get over how blue the sky is, you've done very well with the weather. You don't see that many flappy things on the Yare either, particularly at this time of year.
I hope our Sussex Princess is looking in.
Keep up the good work
For anyone lucky enough to be on the rivers this weekend there's quite a bit going on at the Red Lion.
Including a beer festival and the excellent Evening With Bob
Well worth a look I think
Just a bit of a further update. The last few moulds were either sold off or cut up. They remaining ones included the Pearl 38 and an Ocean 31 and a Broom 29 as Clive mentioned. It is understood that a company in Ireland bought some of the moulds.
However the good news is that the Broom 29 moulds (which turned into a Haines 29) have been bought by Swancraft (Shadow) and they intend to produce these again.
So, if you are the market for a top quality build.........
(now where's that lottery ticket)
Yes, I think MM has summed it up very well, unfortunately. I believe the owners now are property developers and the only thing these kind of people are interested is making maximum profit regardless of the human or environmental cost. I think as others have said the hire boats are probably just a smoke screen, it would be easy to sell them off if needed I would imagine. Just think how many 'luxury apartments' they could cram into that river frontage.
I feel for the people losing their jobs and hope they can find something else.
Just thought this was a good follow up showing an actual launch
Acknowledgements to Hunters of course but as they published it in the public domain I hope they won't mind
As the title suggests. I nicked the picture from Twitter (sure Hunters won't mind)
So come on you saileys
I'm guessing it's some sort of wax or tallow concoction