MBA Marine

the permission to increase the number of boats was revoked, therefor it should revert to its previous allocation not go to zero. I may see Roger tomorrow I have some jobs to do over there if he is about I shall ask.

Illegal is not the correct term here, my personal feeling aside the basin had permission for 13 (it think 13 but memory fails a little 13 give or take one either way), permission was granted for more boats as the letter states but then permission has been rescinded due to the perceived breaches, this would mean that there is still permission for the original number, who is to say that Brandon's is not one of those?

How about some pictures?

Having just been invaded by Halloween did you have to bring up Christmas? I have reclaimed the walls from plastic I now have a brief few weeks to enjoy home how it should be before the family fill it with more plastic and lights again.

Do think about the ability to tilt the outboard, bolting it to a fabricated bracket is easy, but it does need to be far enough off the transom to tilt and near enough to be able to reach the engine from the cockpit to tilt it. It will look a bit daft if you need an extra long shaft (sail boat style) with engine bolted high for it to operate as it should.

Im up to speed now, I read through too quickly and missed that.

I would ask just how knackerd is your engine, tired but working? plumes of black smoke and a bag of nails rattling round inside? or dead? Do you really need the expense of changing now? If it were mine and its still doing its job I would change oil and filters regularly and run it until it lives no more! pig to start? well it may be frowned upon but a wiff of easy start to get her running can give a engine years more life when a rebuild is not economic. Lastly if you choose to remove and go outboard I would be happy to talk advise and quote you.

It shouldnt be too difficult to gain sufficient vision to see the filler pipe, vent pipe and fuel line. the tricky part comes when things need to be rectified, being petrol the requirements are greater, the filler and vent hose will need to be ISO7840 where as a diesel the requirement is that the hose be in good condition (except for hire craft they must also be piped in ISO7840). The sea toilet as already said is not a BSS fail just on a motor cruiser you are not permitted to use it (a rule that all adhere to, honestly they do! ).

Gonna have to argue that the ISO7840 does not have to be kept to short lengths and there is no requirement for the main run to be in copper. Every new boat I worked on and many boats that I have worked on since have long runs of 7840. some boats have had to have long runs of unmarked hose replaced with that that is marked.

I honestly hope that it will, I am for the BA as a concept just the realisation falls down, there is a growing discontent with how this organisation is run and the only way to change this is to show a willingness to listen, to take on board the thoughts of all they serve and to implement change. For me the BA has too much influence in too many area's, planning being my biggest niggle, my next issue would be their ability to go on to private property, if i had a private dyke of basin I would only want a ranger coming in for a chat and a cuppa not to moor up and walk round sticking notices on boats that have not moved for years but are required to pay on the basis that they're afloat. A sorn declaration like we have for cars is a much better way to go, people should not have to pay if they are not using the rivers.

I wonder how many people are permitted to be at this meeting? the skeptic in me says the meeting will be filled with the chosen 'yes men/women' but the optimist in me hopes this is a sign that people are waking up to the fact that reform is needed.

For the area you want to be in Summercraft might be a good place to start.

It is an interesting topic, I am still at a stage in my life where I can haul my body around fairly well and although I would not enjoy lugging my soaked self laden with wet clothes out of the water I could on most boats, some have very high sides the seamaster 30 im currently painting is like this and this boat could be quite the effort. The average body shape of people is changing and not in a good way, people are spreading and some are just huge, whist very buoyant with shape and fat percentage floating is not a problem (unlike myself, if i stop i sink! tested and proven) getting out the water would be very difficult without aid, some seem to struggle to ascend steps, I cant see these people getting up a boarding ladder rope or rigid.

All new builds have to have some form of emergency ladder. I was told this earlier this year, not something I knew already.

Totally depends where you are, personally I have a un-polished diamond at Mundesley that if I called him any time of day or night he would do his up most to help.

Not a question just a message. I have not been on the water as much as I would have liked but when I have I have more often than not I passed the broads beat launch or rib, I welcome their presence on the water as deterrent to the undesirables and I know it must be an expensive department to run but long may it continue.

If the majority of your travel is local then I would look for a service that is based fairly close. being in fairly rural north norfolk if I want rapid assistance its better for me to mates with a local garage owner than call a breakdown service that has to come from south of Norwich.

Layers, you varinsh without trying to apply 1/8" thinkness at a time, flat it back when hard and repeat over and over until you have a beautiful smooth mirror finish as pictured. it cannot be rushed, if you do you will **** it up.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Imperial-Allen-Keys-All-Sizes-Hex-Wrenches-/261288085977?var=&hash=item3cd5fbc9d9:m:mYbxJw4UfcfHhyA2TndsLwQ Try that one 5/8 in the drop down menu, bit pricey but if you say its for a boat then its justifiable!

My dad was getting close to being blind, specialist said one eye was beyond saving but the other was operated on, now although driving at night hurts and he avoids it, he has 80% back in one eye and with the aid of glasses that has the bottom of a pint glass or maybe its a telescope on the really bad side he does alright, restored a quality of life I know he was scared he had lost.

Im not that familiar with the great Ouse, does it have the level of hire craft that the broads has? and if so do they pay the multiplier that the broads hire craft do?

Broads edge stalham would be a good bet, not two far to walk from bus stop, or Porter and Haylet in Wroxham, then you could pop in on bus or train.

I find I'm using the facebook page's more than the forums, to a lot of people its like having many forums in the one place, just as Ebay and Amazon have done to the retail world, it will be interesting to see how all the forums fair, but i suspect participation is on the decline. This forum has also joined the facebook stage time will tell if its Facebook presence becomes bigger than the forum.

I stumbled across this you tube video.

Cloning cars used to be quite a big thing (maybe still is) copying the number plate of the same make model and colour, I would be amazed if a few boats have not had the same treatment and the toll plaques are fairly basic looking things and I would think one with better computing skills than I could make their own. Would be a very illegal practice and I strongly recommend that nobody tries it.