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And this time we braved a Breydon crossing - and survived
Sat 6th April - picked up Sapphire Emblem from Horning Ferry Marina, our 2nd boat from them as they are very efficient and we like their boats too ! Lisa & Pete helped us plan our Breydon crossing for the next day then we set off for Ranworth Broad for an afternoon cuppa stop, then onto Stokesby to moor overnight.
Sun 7th April - Well shocked when we woke up to find ice on the inside of our windows and thick fog and heavy frost outside ! Then by 9:30am it had all cleared and the sun was out so we pootled off down to moor at the Yacht Station at Great Yarmouth and popped into town for some provisions, back to the Sapphire for lunch onboard before going under the bridges and crossing Breydon at around 3pm. It was much easier than we had been expecting albeit very slow as we were going against the tide, went straight down to Oulton Broad for a moor and a look around then back up to Oulton Dyke to moor overnight.
Mon 8th April - After a very quiet night at the pontoon we went up to Somerleyton then across the New Cut to Reedham. Quick mention for the lovely family that have just opened up the Reedham Stores again 4 weeks ago (it had apparently been closed for 2 years). They are continuing to build up their stock and their alcohol licence should be through in a few weeks... Hope lots of Boaters use this store as the new family are really lovely and so keen to please ! We moored overnight at Loddon Basin.
Tues 9th April - Left Loddon and went past the Reedham Chain Ferry - never seen one of those before - then stopped at the Berney Arms for lunch and after we crossed Breydon again about 3pm. This time we were going with the tide but it was REALLY, REALLY CHOPPY and quite hairy in places when the water was coming up over the top of the Sapphire front windows :S After safely crossing Breydon and negotiating all the traffic at the Yacht Station we passed through and moored at Acle Bridge for the night and had a really lovely meal in the Bridge Inn...
Weds 10th April - Made our way up to Potter Heigham for the obligatory wander around Lathams and Herbert Woods yard etc... we decided to moor overnight in the HW yard as it was really quiet, but they did have loads of boats in.
Thurs 11th April - After breakfast we got underway and decided to make our way back to Ferry Marina as the deisel guage was showing in the red
Got as far as St Benets Abbey and then we were stopped by the BA Radar check, telling us we were doing 6.6 in a 5mph. Our 16 yr old Son who does most of the driving was gutted as we had seen the BA guys and we weren't concerned as we were only doing about 4mph or so we thought (we were doing 1200rpm and our boat states that 1200rpm = 4mph so we didn't go over that - except over Breydon!) They gave us a written warning... We then went over to Ludham Bridge but couldn't get under as we were 8' 3" and it was only showing 8'. So we decided to cruise up to Wroxham passing the webcam at Barnes and waving like crazies whilst talking to Nan & Grandad on the Mobile ! Yes they could see us :S We moored overnight in the NBD yard...Fri 12th April - After breakfast and wandering around Wroxham and all the 'Roys' we went over to Horning Staithe, moored and bought some preserves @ chutney from the little shop in Horning (can't remember the name sorry...) Then we had a wonderful lunch in the Swan - I can thoroughly recommend the Lamb, Redcurrant & Rosemary Meatballs sitting on Mashed Potatoes with Baby Spinach followed by the Churro's Sundae ! After this we waddled back to Sapphire and made our way over to Ranworth Broad for a walk around the Nature Reserve to hopefully walk off some of that lunch ! We left Ranworth about 5pm and went back up to moor overnight at Horning Ferry Marina for our last night onboard Sapphire.
Thoroughly enjoyed our week on the Southern & Northern Broads even though it was VERY cold all week... We did the same time last year, but we noticed that this year was a lot quieter, not as many boats out on the rivers and broads as last year...
Our aim is to try to fit in a week's hol on the Broads in some nice warm weather !!!
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Hi James!
Yay we are coming back to the beautiful Broads because we all loved the area ! We went over to Ferry Marina a few weeks ago to have a look at 3 of their boats. Our original choice was the Platinum Emblem after seeing it online, but in the flesh it felt very cramped, we chose the Golden Emblem because it felt very spacious and open even tho at 35ft long it is the same size as the Platinum - but felt much bigger. I had told 'Linda' at Ferry about our problems last year and she assured me that we won't be cold on the Golden as their heaters are very effective - we shall see.... Also if we were to have any 'issues' whilst we are out on any of their boats, then we just have to call them and things will be sorted - again we shall see.....
We hope that we have made a good choice of boat & boatyard this year. Either way, we are really looking forward to cruising around the Broads over Easter - and we shall be doing lots of waving too !!!
Thank you for your good wishes, Hub & Son are both good !!! (Our niece won't be coming with us this trip...)
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So after our 'interesting' first ever week last October on the Broads, on Fair President 3 (please see Holday Tales for the story) - we have decided to give it another go...
This time we have booked Golden Emblem from Horning Ferry Marina for a week over Easter.
I would be most interested to hear your thoughts, advice or tips on this boat !
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Here is an update on my letter - now that I have received a reply...
"At Norfolk Broads Direct we pride ourselves on our levels of service and support and I am sorry that you felt that the boat you hired was not to the standard you expected."
"We have, after your holiday, tried to replicate the problem with the engine.... but cannot identify any fault as yet to enable us to diagnose if there is a problem, but we shall keep on trying."
"You also state that the air from the heater in the bedrooms was "cold". We have investigated the heater and found it to be in full working order. However the heating system, as used in the boating world, does work on the principle of blowing hot air along pipes from a central location out through ducts at various points. Therefore the air coming out of the last vent will inevitably be cooler than from the vent nearest the heater. Closing one or two vents along the way should ensure a better distribution, however the system has a 5KW output so should be adequate within a boat the size of the Fair President and I am sorry that you felt it was not so."
(N.B. We shut the vent in the central cabin to try to generate some heat towards the other 2 vents in the front & aft bedrooms - made no difference at all !!!)
"I am sorry that having attracted a new customer both to us and the Broads that you felt we did not give you either good service or good value from Norfolk Broads Direct."
"Ordinarily, as a gesture of goodwill in a situation such as this I would offer a disappointed customer a discount against a future holiday with us. However in this situation, and having already had what I believe to be the biggest and best we can offer, I am under the impression from your letter that this would be neither relevant nor appreciated. I therefore enclose without prejudice a cheque for £100 and in full and final settlement of the matter which I hope you will find acceptable."
Well, I suppose that £100 is better than a slap in the face with a wet fish, however we won't be hiring from NBD again next year... and neither will our friends (family of 7) that were on a Fair Emporer the same time as us...
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We were the first hirers on Fair President 3 in April this year - I can recognise the problems with the heating .... I had the aft cabin and it was freezing on a night. We didnt experience any engine problems until we were heading back to the yard late on the Friday evening, when she did start losing revs - we mentioned it before we left but we thought it was just teething problems ... maybe it was a problem that was never sorted out all season?????
Oh dear Sunnysunlight - sorry to hear that you experienced the same problems on the FP3 - I wonder how many other hirers had the same issues as us?
I wonder how many reported it to NBD?
If anyone else did report these problems to NBD - did you do it verbally (as we did) and by letter (as we have done) ???
Did you get any response from NBD ?
I wrote to the owner of NBD last week - and am currently being ignored
No acknowledgement of my letter - Nothing - Nada !!!
This is not good business practice NBD - Not good at all !!!!
I think we paid a considerable amount of money to hire the FP3 for the week - £1450 - the very least I expected was to receive a reply from them - or am I expecting too much ???
I have my own business and if I ever ignored any of my clients/customers requests or comments - then I wouldn't deserve to keep them as customers or clients !!!
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Thank you all so much for your input and for all your advice, tips & opinions since I posted my trip report... Even though most of the 'technical stuff (volumetric calculation ?!?) has wizzed right over the top of my head
It's great to know that there are people on forums like this that are willing to help out first timers !!!
Thanks again everyone
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Hi Kugababe, welcome to the forum.
I would totally agree with that, and i`ve never even been with them. However, we did stay overnight in their yard in June, and they were very obliging and accomodating to us. A really nice family run yard with some excellent boats.
Re Dans point about not having to have a boat from a southern yard?, why hire a boat from a Northern yard and waste 2 days of a week heading down to the southern rivers and then back up North afterwards, when you can save on fuel and time, and enjoy more of the Southern rivers at a more leisurely pace. Yes, Breydon water is enjoyable, but only if the tide is in the right direction, whereas if the right tides are throughout the night, you`ll be forever punching the tides which increases the time needed to get there and back, and will also increase fuel. costs.
Re the heating problems in the cabins, the correct way to work out the correct size of heater is to work out the volume (cubic metres) of space in the cabins, and use the heater unit specified for the total space. If the total volume of all the cabins and other areas is too big for a specific heater, then as Antares says, they should have several heaters for individual areas, such as one for the fwd section and one for the aft, and one for the salloon. That way, when you`ve got the heater on for the salloon, you won`t be wasting fuel heating the cabins when they are`nt needed. All you would need to do is put the cabin heaters on 20 mins before you go to bed. The excuse about the heat going cold before warming the cabins is completely laughable, and is just a fob-off. Personally, i would write a letter of complaint stating all the faults with the boat, and asking for a partial refund.
Another question, did they explain and demonstrate to you and especially your children, how to correctly wear the bouyancy aids?.
It`s really great to hear it HAS`NT put you off the Broads, and hope that next time you come (on the southern side) you have a boat that works properly.
Thank you for your input & advice Daytona-Bill...
The answer to your question re the boyancy aids is "No explanation or demonstration" - after we had unpacked, the NBD guy came onboard carrying 4 x boyancy aids and handed them to me and just said "Here are your 4 life-jackets" I did think at the time that it was all a bit lightweight - however we are cruisers (the 4500-6000 passenger size of ships!) so we have worn life-jackets before - albeit only for the Muster Drills thankfully !!
Thank you also for your suggestion of a letter of complaint. I have this morning done this and called to get the name of the owner of NBD, and have posted the letter requesting partial refund to him. I will post again when (and if) I get a reply from him...
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Oh and I nearly forgot to mention, we did think it was a bit strange not to have any guages or meters or any way of knowing what the levels are like for the water, or the waste tanks - is this normal ?
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I think what is needed to fix the problem is known as 'Broadsman' ?
Erm.... What's a 'Broadsman' jonzo ???
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If you do decide to hire down South, IMHO its worth having a look at Swancraft in Brundall – superb boats and the maintenance is top notch – I know from personal experience!!
Thank you for this tip NorfoldNog - I shall definitely have a look at Swancraft !!!
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I'm gonna get a long lead which I can leave plugged in and spool out when I go anywhere!
Have you seen how suddenly the cost of BA electricity has risen - Reedham Quay 1 night, = £3 = three cards - WRC 1 night = 68p!!!!Good write up, just one thing bothers me;
This is a recurring theme on here.. can you tell us exactly what your tuition consisted of as we have really been trying to get to the bottom of this of late? Also were you sent a copy of the Broads Authority's Better Boating DVD?
As a first time hirer, it is fantastic that you have joined us on the forum, especially as you have put your thoughts down so constructively! Also it's fantastic that you want to come back - the Southern Broads are well worth a visit, but don't feel obliged to hire from a Southern Broads company as crossing Breydon can be a high point of a holiday too!
Welcome to the forum and welcome to the Broads!
Thank you for your comments and your kind welcome MY littleboat, the answer to your first question is "not a lot!" When we arrived at the NBD yard we were told to park by our FP3 and unload and let the guy know when we had finished, this we did and we were then told where to park our car. The guy then came onboard and gave us our life jackets, and told us what all the knobs & switches do. He then showed us the engine and told us that every day we had to dip the oil, check the filters (and clean if necc) and then he told my Hub to start the boat and drive out of the yard an onto the river which he did, after a few minutes (certainly no longer that 4-5) he made my Hub turn the boat around and go back into the yard to let him off, as he jumped off he told us if we needed anything that the number was in the blue skippers file... And that was the sum total of our instruction......
We did all discuss as we were leaving Wroxham, that the 'instruction' was a bit lightweight, but we took it as a compliment that he obviously thought we were sensible enough to cope with the boat - even though it was our first time !!!
The answer to your second question is "No"... No one mentioned the DVD to us. We actually drove over to the NBD yard in June for the day, to physically look at the boats, because it's quite difficult to gauge the actual sizes of the different boats from the website, and the amount of useable space that is on them. No-one mentioned the DVD to us then either, and that is when we paid the deposit in the office....
So Breydon can be a high point of a holiday ??? Sounds as though it could also be quite challenging too
Note to Self: More Research definitely needed......
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Am i to understand that BA moorings had reserved signs on the electric posts? If so, is this allowable? perhaps i'll have a couple of dozen made up, jump in the car and attach to all our favourite moorings. I thought it was as simple as "first come first served". Unless of course they were in private marinas (sorry diesel Falcon, Marineers)
I seem to remember that most of the 'reserved signs' were on posts at Acle, Horning & Great Yarmouth, however in quite a few places, we did find that boats were moored by hook-ups, but they weren't actually using the hook-ups..... Hmmmmmm... is that part of the Broads Etiquette ?
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"When we asked about the heating issue, they just said that because it is a big boat, the warm air in the pipes has to travel a long way to reach both front and rear bedrooms from the centre of the boat and there is nothing they can do about that. "
Oh, there's plenty they could do about that, like installing the correct system in the first place, I guess they could use some duct lagging now to improve it but they should have done that during the build. Far and away the best thing would have been to specify it properly in the first place, no boat at all, none, not any, is too big for a correctly specified & installed system to work properly."
Although we are first timers, those were our thoughts too Antares_9 !!! I wonder if NBD actually read my comments on their Feedback Form, and I wonder if they will act upon them - probably not I suppose..... Whilst we were looking at the boats at the Brinks yard and picking up a brochure, a lovely family of 7 came back in to the yard in a Melody (I think that is what it was called) and when they overheard us talking to the Brinks man about how cold we had been all week, they interrupted and asked if we would like to have a look on their boat, we did and it was like a furnace on it !!! They told us that they had hired from NBD last year and were also cold because none of the NBD boats had thermostats on them, so they did research other yards and found that Brinks does - they were very pleased with their Brinks boat and said that they would definitely be going back to them..... but not to NBD....
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Pleased you enjoyed it, not half bad really is it, well you obviously think so despite the minor glitches.
Really enjoyed it Antares_9 and we were not put off at all....
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Good holiday tale, many thanks for sharing with us.
Sorry you had some little niggles, may be that later on in the season Faircraft Loynes have some maintenance to catch up with! I don’t think I’ve hired a boat yet with a decent can opener – good tip is to bring your own!
Glad to hear that you will be back – the Southern Rivers are a bit quieter and it’s generally easier to get moored but plenty to see and do!
Don’t know if you’ve seen this but does give info on electricity points if you need this for another time.
http://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boat ... oints.html
Thank you for your comments Howard and yes next time I shall pack my own opener, as we had to buy one in Gt Yarmouth on the second day !!!
Thank you for the info about the electricity points, we did take this list with us, we just couldn't find any that weren't taken already, and we noticed that at some of the moorings, the electricity points had got 'reserved ' signs on them, so that's another tip for next time !!!
Think we are going to look at hiring a boat in the Southern Broads next time, seems like the sensible thing to do...
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I'm going to be a bit argumentative! What a surprise! Just had a look on the Faircraft site and this is a direct quote!
"New in 2010, this dual steering cruiser sets a new standard in space and quality. The largest craft in the fleet," which suggests its also their flagship! I'm, therefore, very much less than impressed with both the propulsion performance and heating problems! Bearing in mind the time of year any hirer would be expecting reasonable heating to combat Octobers lower temperatures. We all know how the damp chill on the water can invade our comfort zone nevermind that of a first time hirer! Consider a boat of this size that struggles to achieve 3mph and I suspect there would be some pretty hairy times in any but totally ideal tide conditions especially around Yarmouth and Breydon. This is a brand new crusier to all intents and purposes with modern engine and ancilliary equipment. Add the charging problems and non working radios/CD's and this is nothing short of crap maintainence! I can't believe that previous hirers did not mention any of these faults and they are not of the type that emerge overnight!
The response from the yard leaves a lot to be desired as well. That was clearly an effort to dodge having to fix it and "persuade" Kugababe to carry on and put up with it. For just short of £1200 I think this is unacceptable!
The other interesting thing to note is if you do a search for any NBD boats you now end up on the Hoseasons website. Does this mean no Blakes brochure for 2012???
Just relieved that Kugababe may well return and hope they will find a yard with much better service.
Trevor
Thank you for your comments Trevor ! Just to clarify - we had the Fair President 3 which was brand new in early summer and we paid £1415 for it for the week, including the £100 fuel deposit... When we booked it in June we were told it was the Newest, Biggest & Best boat that NBD had on their fleet, so yes we were disappointed with its performance, we were however more concerned about the lack of heating in the bedrooms, good job we took hot water bottles, extra blankets and thick PJ's ! (we are ex caravanners so we understand about the cold this time of year!)
When we handed over the keys on Sat morning we were told by a couple of the NBD guys that they had a problem with this particular boat in the Summer and found that it was some bits of copper wire in the fuel tank which they sorted, and they thought that this had solved the problem, apparently no-one else has complained about this boat since then... But because of our complaint they are now going to de-commission it for the winter, strip it down and really find out what is causing the problem. When we asked about the heating issue, they just said that because it is a big boat, the warm air in the pipes has to travel a long way to reach both front and rear bedrooms from the centre of the boat and there is nothing they can do about that. We suggested maybe a bigger heater motor or a re-design, they didn't comment on that... As I reported earlier, our friends were on a Fair Emperor and they loved it and said it was always hot on their boat, however there were 7 of them and the Emporor has a lot more smaller rooms than our President 3. Their only gripe is that they couldn't all sit together 'up top outside' as there were no seats except the outside driving position... So I suppose that there are positives & negatives to all the hire boats - next time we just have to find one which is more suitable for us...
We really didn't let these niggles spoil our enjoyment of last week, and we shall definitely be coming back to the Broads again next year, however we shall be more picky about the boat that we hire and we shall do a lot more research next time.
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As this was our first ever time on the Broads, I kept notes throughout the week and the following is how we felt about our week... Have to say that the opinions stated are just our personal opinions and observations.....
Sat 22nd – After a 3 hour drive we arrived at Norfolk Broads Direct in Wroxham at 11am (NBD had phoned me yesterday – Fri 21st – to let me know that our Fair President 3 would be ready for us at 11am) and we got straight on the FP3 and were very impressed. All very clean with front & rear beds made up and bedding for the centre sofa bed folded on top of the rear bed. We unpacked, had our initial tuition session, took the boat out onto the river with the NBD man, and then after 5 mins brought him back into the boatyard, dropped him off and then we were away ! We had no idea where we were making for so we just kept going on the river. We had a look at Malthouse Broad at Ranworth, but there were no moorings available, so we just kept going and eventually we ended up mooring at the Mill House overnight (the last moorings before Gt Yarmouth it said on the sign) There were no electric hook-ups, but it was very quiet so it suited us.
Sun 23rd – left the Mill House and sailed to Great Yarmouth, managed to get a mooring at the Yacht Station, but again no hook-up available. Walked into the town and then up the beach, had some lunch and then left Gt Yarmouth at 3pm, then sailed back up river ... (NB – the boat seems to have developed either a fuel starvation or misfire problem as it is really struggling to do even 3 mph this morning. Also there is only cold air blowing out of the blowers in both the front & rear cabins, can’t get them warm...) to moor at Acle outside the pub. This was not so quiet ! We were on the end of the row and the water kept ‘banging ‘ up against the boat all night, so not much sleep that night unfortunately...
Mon 24th – left Acle and sailed up the river and went to have a look at Potter Heigham (we knew we couldn’t get under the Bridge, we just went to have a look!) We stopped for lunch at St Benets Abbey, and called NBD about the poor performance of the boat and the cold air in the bedrooms, they sent out Simon to see us who said that if we take it back to their yard they will have a look at it but we could be there a while as its a ‘process of elimination as to what the problem might be’ so as he said it was safe to drive as long as we kept it around 1800 revs, we decided to stick with it and carry on, Simon also said that the heating problem in the bedrooms was because the pipes had so far to travel from the centre of the boat ??? The blower in the centre cabin blew out lovely warm air and there was a radiator in there to so at least it was nice and warm in there....... We then went to Ludham Bridge and moored overnight, again we didn’t manage to get a hook-up. It did strike us that there wasn’t enough hook up points available on the Broads !
Tues 25th – left Ludham and sailed up and onto Barton Broad, moored at Gay’s Staithe for lunch (we didn’t get off the boat here as it was pouring down with rain). After lunch we went across Barton Broad and onto Swan Quay and moored up for the night (Free mooring, Hook-up & water!) Walked into the town and found a Tesco!!! Re-stocked up and spent a very quiet night moored here.....
Weds 26th – left Swan Quay and sailed back down to Ludham Bridge to meet up with some friends who were on a Fair Emperor (also first timers!) and swapped boating stories. We then sailed back to Ranworth to moor overnight and we managed to get a hook-up again ! Lovely place, think this was our favourite place to moor. We went to the Nature Centre & our 15yr old Son and Niece loved it here and spent ages upstairs watching the wildlife through the telescopes and binoculars.
Thurs 27th – left Ranworth and went to Horning and moored a little way up from the Swan Inn – again managed to get a hook-up – enjoyed a lovely walk and look around Horning including a look around the hire boats at Ferry Marina ...
Fri 28th – left Horning and went back up to NBD for a pump-out ! We had decided that we would moor overnight back at NBD tonight, so as not to risk being late back tomorrow morning. After pump-out completed we set off again to have a look around Wroxham Broad and then onto Salhouse Broad where we stopped for lunch, then on to Hoveton Broad before cruising back up to NBD for our overnight mooring spot. We had a lovely walk around Wroxham and had a good look around (including all the ‘Roys’ shops !!!) We also went to have a look around the Brinks hire boats too... Picked up great fish & chips from ‘Ken’ in Wroxham, all cooked fresh to order too!
Sat 29th – Sad to leave the FP3 in lots of ways although I did put down some constructive critique on the feedback form as following:-
Likes: Found the FP3 was very easy to manoeuvre – we all had a go at driving her, but the kids did most of the driving and our Son did all the mooring manoeuvring!
Dislikes: Couldn’t get either the front or rear cabins warm, only cold air blowing out of the vents.
The sofa in the centre cabin was very uncomfortable to sit on.
The sofa bed in the centre cabin was extremely uncomfortable to sleep on, we had to sleep on it after the first night as our Son couldn’t even sleep on it – usually he sleeps anywhere !
We were very disappointed with the poor performance of this FP3 and especially did not like being passed by little Dayboats!!!
Couple of other small niggles were the DVD players in both front & rear cabins didn’t work and the can opener didn’t work...
Overall we loved our first time on the Norfolk Broads and we shall definitely be going back, hopefully to do the Southern Broads next time...
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Thanks Lori & Jill !
I'll do a report when I get back. Off to a great start today (Fri 21st) NBD have just called to say that our FP3 will be ready for us at 11am tomorrow !!!
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Lol...... It Bogey !!!
Thanks for the welcome & invite Hockham Admiral ! At this point we have absolutely no idea where we are headed, just focusing on getting out of the boatyard safely after instruction, sure hoping the FP is easy to manoeuvre !!! In June we had a day trip over to Wroxham to look at the boats and decide which one to book. Then we took out a Dayboat for a couple of hours and got as far as Horning before turning round and we were amazed at how much waving goes on on the Broads - we shall certainly be doing lots of that next week !!!!
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It bogey...
You are scaring me now
Did we choose wrong boat ???
Note to Self: Pack more wine.....think we're gonna need it !
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Thank you Antares_9 !
And OMG The Ancient Mariner - don't even joke about that - have been having bad dreams !!!
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Just wanted to pop in to say Hi and that we are embarking on our first ever Norfolk Broads cruise this Sat (Oct 22nd) DH, Me + 2 Teenagers (1 x girl & 1 boy). Not sure if advertising is allowed (apologies if it's not) but we have hired a 46ft Fair President from NBD, other than that, we have no idea what we are doing !!!!
Should be fun - hopefully !!!
Got as far as St Benets Abbey and then we were stopped by the BA Radar check, telling us we were doing 6.6 in a 5mph. Our 16 yr old Son who does most of the driving was gutted as we had seen the BA guys and we weren't concerned as we were only doing about 4mph or so we thought (we were doing 1200rpm and our boat states that 1200rpm = 4mph so we didn't go over that - except over Breydon!) They gave us a written warning... We then went over to Ludham Bridge but couldn't get under as we were 8' 3" and it was only showing 8'. So we decided to cruise up to Wroxham passing the webcam at Barnes and waving like crazies whilst talking to Nan & Grandad on the Mobile ! Yes they could see us :S We moored overnight in the NBD yard...
Have you seen how suddenly the cost of BA electricity has risen - Reedham Quay 1 night, = £3 = three cards - WRC 1 night = 68p!!!!
3rd time on the Broads !
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Thanks Hockham Admiral & goodall_m1 !