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    Whats Missing

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    5 hours ago, CaptinDread said:

    The dawncraft was taken to the broads yard and smashed to pieces, the sailing yacht was torched by someone.

    Wish I'd known about the dawncraft, would of been able to get some spare parts off it.

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    Auction Time.

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    2 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

    Sorry, didn't you have a poke around whilst you were there?

    Yeah had a good look around the museum, bought B.I.L a lifejacket and some mooring rope and got a dremel bench press for my brother.

     I imagined it would be like the irelands auctions in Wroxham so took plenty of cash. Atleast the missus will be happy I didn't spend more than a couple quid :)

    Back Again

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    7 hours ago, Poppy said:

    Its reputation for service is poor locally......

    I agree with Poppy on this one. I've been turned away when I tried to Moor there for lunch after it had its refit. I Was told "your not mooring here in that" ( refering to my boat). On a seperate occasion my mum and her staff were turned away when they tried to dine there on a charity walk they were doing.

    My regular haunts are surlingham ferry, lovely pub, great food and the friendliest staff and recently Coldham Hall. Both level ground with easy access.

    Best food I've had was at Reedham ferry. Ordered a rack of ribs and the waiter came to the table with a bowl of water with a lemon slice in. I drank the bowl of water, was very refreshing. Turns out it was put there to wash the ribs off fingers. Shows how cultured I am hahaha.

    Branden

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    Auction Time.

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    Does anyone know the latest time you can register? I'm not going to be able to get there till 9.15 don't mind missing the first few items aslong as I can bid on the rest. Branden

    Used Outboards In Norfolk And Suffolk?

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    18 minutes ago, VetChugger said:

    Interesting stuff Branden. You"ve not said yet how you are getting on with your shiney new engine!

     

    My apologies. 

    Having the electric start has been an absolute godsend, no more bruised elbows when pullstarting although it does pull extremely easily if needed.

    The outboard sits quite far back in the engine bay so I had to cut off some more fibreglass at the back so that it would fit. I have a fingers width of space between the outboard and the back of the engine bay.

     As far as engine with boat, the steering is greatly improved. The boat seems to love the outboard.

    The pee pipe unfortunately sprays into the engine bay when turning and some water goes into the gas locker which I'll have to address at some point.

    Otherwise I've been getting loads of use out of it so far so money well invested.

    Plus the wife now trusts the boat again so she's been coming out on it with the kids which has been amazing.

    Branden

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    Used Outboards In Norfolk And Suffolk?

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    2 hours ago, Pia said:

    I also have a Dawncraft Dandy and am looking for a new outboard.  My current one is a long shaft, so I am now concerned why you have a short shaft on yours???  Having researched it, I reckon a 9.9 would be sufficient for my needs.  The current one is 5.5 and does OK, but sluggish against the tide.  Would you mind me asking where you got your new engine from.  I have spent hours trawling the internet - can find much in Norfolk.

    Hi Pia, 9.9 will be perfect. Have you taken a measurement in your engine bay to double check what size shaft you need? I've seen dandys for sale with long shafts and I've run mine with one in the past but it is designed for a short shaft. 

     Underneath the boat in the centre is completely flat and with a short shaft the engine sits safely in this area so if you ground the boat the engine won't get damaged. The boat runs alot better with a short shaft.

     I got my outboard new from yatchshop but if you want new you can go to any dealer. The reason I ended up getting a new one is the real lack of affordable used short shafts in Norfolk.

    P.s I adapted my engine bay for a longshaft in the past as couldn't afford a short shaft. Only took 10minutes to cut and fit. Branden

    Fishing.

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    1 hour ago, Timbo said:

    On my water's the closed season not only covers the statutory closed season, first imposed in the 1878 Fish Preservation Bill, but will also extend at the whim of the bailiffs collectively... dependent upon water and fish condition, water temperature and when the spawn actually takes place. We constantly and actively monitor this.

    It's impossible to argue with that logic. If waiting longer for the fish to breed means more bigger healthy fish to catch later in the season then it's got to be worth the wait. Branden

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    Fishing.

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    2 hours ago, MauriceMynah said:

    Try River fishing when the weather is good, Sea fishing in the winter and fly fishing from April 1st to June 16th and no fishing between March 16th and April 1st. Just a fortnight (or you could go sea fishing then.)

    I've never tried fly fishing before but have plenty of books on it so may have to give that a go :-) branden

    Fishing.

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    I river fish when the weathers good, sea fish in winter and moan like s*** in the closed season as I absolutely hate lake fishing.

    It's easy enough to fish year round if your willing to travel. I agree somewhat about the closed season being silly but only on the basis that it doesn't seem to be in-line with the actual breeding time of the fish.

    Branden

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    Discarded Rubbish

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    2 hours ago, kfurbank said:

    I'm quessing, if he hadn't left his name lying about in fly tipped rubbish, it wouldn't have happened.

     

    3 hours ago, Poppy said:

    Well done Berney ! A little more 'name and shame ' wouldn't come amiss!!

    There was meant to be a wink at the end of my comment :grin:

    Branden

    Discarded Rubbish

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    39 minutes ago, bigbream said:

    Cant see how the hire company has anything to do with this at all yes they hired the boat out but that is all, we all see mcdonalds , kfc bags lying in the road but how many of you phone them up and tell them someone been flytipping their rubbish

    How many KFC or McDonald's keep a record of their customers and their vehicles. It's completely different.

     No one's saying it's the hire yards rubbish being dumped it's the hirers. The idea behind telling the yard is that they would have the details of the people who dumped the rubbish and would therefore be able to mention that a member of the public had reported them when they hand the keys back.

     If someone borrowed your car for a holiday drive and started using it to fly tip I'm sure you'd want to know.

    Branden

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