MBA Marine

I have worked on many a liveaboard boat, permanently static and constant cruisers, the basic set up is not hard, insulation is not hard but not cheap and time consuming, some stuff loft insulation everywhere, I cannot recommend this, retaining a ventilated space between the hull and cabin sides helps keep the living space warm and stops damp building and rotting the timbers, foil covered bubble insulation is superb for pinning across battens and bearers with your lining panels on top. Ability to pump out the black water tank is crucial, those that cruise can go to a pump out and those that are static need the means to pump out/porta potty cassette empty. From my side of the fence my biggest gripe is 'stuff' some liveaboards like a lot of stuff in a very small space, then they phone and ask you to fix something or add something, then I find a one hour job takes half a day but it's hard to charge half a day's money for a one hour job, I really like most of my customers and some are good friends but I am still waiting to find one that has cleared fully the space I need to work in.

Howard, if you know the site you will know there is a row of buildings behind the Bucks garden all with river view. A developer would find it difficult to get enough properties on the site to make it work. The Griffin however been closed for some time with a large site I suggest is a block of flats coming sometime soon.

It is a listed building but if it was not to be a pub/restaurant then the garden and car park could be built on, although the developer would need very deep pockets to find a way past local opposition. Price wise maybe not as eye watering as you might expect a figure given to me was £250k but that is pure local gossip. That London Rascal wanted to re-locate to Norfolk, Flat above Buck has river views and at £250k still cheaper than a london shoebox.

Paul, the current management told me Enterprise are to sell it but time will tell. EDP reporting was on top form as usual, they did manage to send a photographer for a couple of snaps but other than that they got their story from a phone call, content on website, inches filled, substance lacking.

I believe the freehold is to be sold.

The team are very close and are gutted but they intend to go out with a bang and staying positive the right buyer may step up and bring them all back and keep a good thing going but without enterprises shackles. I would be there on Sunday but Mrs A and I are orff down to that London to see a band so will sadly miss the last hurrah.

A Facebook announcement from the Buck As most of you would have heard by now this weekend will be our last at the Buck. We weren’t given a choice unfortunately and still no explanation has been given. Our last trading day will be Sunday ( not Saturday!) and we will be serving our fab roast dinners as per usual, with the adjusted time 12-4 with Luke at the helm! We will then be going with a theme of “drink the pub dry!” And TERRY ADAMS will be playing 5-7 And we may even have a special guest appearance before hand We have a fancy dress theme if anyone would like to partake, staff dressing as regulars and regulars dressing as staff ( or other regulars if you wish) All the staff at the Buck would like to thank you for all your custom over the years, and we hope you can make it!

It is strange how often as we try to further ourselves we end up with less. At 19yrs old having been at Landamores just six months I got my first Mortgage and bought a house, I rented my 2 spare rooms as well as worked full time, life was simple and I had few worries. Now I have so much more in some ways but with it no money and little social life. We people need to reassess our priorities i think.

Sorry I cannot join in, if I vent all my pent up steam in this little room then you good people will not see the light of day for some time!!! Breathe, smile and carry on. :)

Children should not be allowed in pubs is not a rule i could ever accept. Only ever been told children are not welcome once and that was this year, we were told we could use the courtyard, as a family we about turned and left. Not all children are loud badly behaved monsters, mine most certainly are not. Nobody is required to mind their language around my brood, they know all the words but know not to use them, they will sit with adults, be behaved and enjoy their evening, I will stand for nothing less and they know it. Once in a play area they can be and do what kids do. Educate manners and etiquette, not segregate so they never learn any.

The battery connector gets a big no from me. Like Vaughan says the only wires i like to see at the battery are the main battery cables, I personally like to isolate the positive line, on the permanent live side of the battery isolator i will run a feed for bilge pump and at times the memory feed line for a stereo (both with a form of protection), then the distribution feed off the switched side of the switch to feed distribution board and or starter motor. All negs terminate at a neg bus bar or common post then the main battery neg back to battery. Lastly very few boats have it but its really good practice to have a heavy duty master fuse close to the batteries in the Positive to isolator line. Not saying all other installation methods are wrong as there are a few ways to get a safe result but the above is my preference.

If anyone has a spare £50k under the mattress that they're itching to spend, I will happily set to making the MBA 21' picnic boat (sheerline 21 in its former life) the moulds sit there but I cannot afford to gear up, staff up and produce one.

I would be pretty sure it will invalidate your insurance, any excuse not to pay out tends to be the way they work. Dont be let down, Tim Waters is super reliable Alan May also comes recommended. If you need anything putting right for BSS it does not have to cost the earth, depending on the boat's location I will always help.

Weed cutter when through very recently, shouldn't take long to clear whats floating about.

Unless they have changed the signs again, then yes you can still moor, the signs that replaced the old BA signs were not clear, they have all the relevant info on them but in a way that only made sense to the person who designed the sign and with no regard to how much could be easily read from a boat. I must admit I am not fully up to speed with Thorpe Green affairs, I have not had a meeting with the town council for a few months now, but my understanding is that they were intending to keep the middle section of the green available for public mooring, I am not sure if they hope to charge for overnight in future or leave it free.

Shaft well out of line and rubbing on stern tube.

You can still moor at Thorpe River Green, as soon as the town council put up their new signs I had a moan to the town clerk as from the river your eyes are drawn to the largest most bold writing on the sign which reads No Mooring, read the sign fully and you will see you are still permitted to moor for 24hrs. I was told that the signs may well be changed.

Give me a shout and I will see you there.

The Buck, Thorpe st Andrew. Still a traditional pub with character and charm, where you can pop in for a pint but it has to be said that there food has changed big time and is now not just good value but outstanding quality. Yes I am biased as I freinds at the Buck but check out this review. http://theburgermannorwich.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/the-buck-on-green.html?m=1

do you want names if people are not afloat? or just those coming by boat?

I am not often the most sociable but 10 years is 10 years its a biggy, its also 10 years this December since I left employment and gave MBA Marine ago, I shall not book a berth as I doubt i can get on the water but I will hope to get down one eve with a few bangers and a beer (just the one, will be driving). be good to meet a face or two.

Do you have a Freeman?

We are all assuming that the 300w heater is being asked to heat the tank from cold, but what if you have a standard inboard engine and calorifier set up, a large domestic bank of batteries but either dont have shore power or access to it. A few hours chuggin gives a tank of hot water, well insulated this lasts well but does cool, so does this immersion just kick in at times keeping the tank above 50degs and the benefit of a nice warm shower in the morning without running the engine? Someone buy one at let us know how you get on!

Why not post the website link to the boat(s) you are looking at and let people on here say if they think its worth a look, some of us may have seen or know the boat and can offer advice.

Thanks people for adding the ebay link to my ad, GRP mud weight plinth always available, I try to keep one in white one ready on the shelf. Sorry cant help with a stainless one.