Happy Jax 3

Hi Robin, been reading this thread and it is becoming very clear you are quickly coming up to speed with the salty way of life. I am very surprised a company such as Trader have installed mild steel fuel tanks, I really thought these were a thing of the past. As others have said it is a good decision to get a professional fuel polishing company in. When we bought Eighth Day Sealine S42 we were very lucky that the previous owner had had all three tanks cleaned and fuel polished a year before our ownership. When this was carried out they cut several large inspection holes in the top of each tank in between the baffles to ensure all crud was removed. Earlier this year I was talking to a guy from a fuel polishing company who was cleaning fuel and tanks on a large boat in our marina in Ipswich, he told me the biggest problem with diesel in the boating world today is biocide diesel due to degrading within a time scale as short as six months. (Much the same as petrol). Biocide desiel is fine in cars and trucks on the road as they tend to have high turn over of fuel, however with boats, fuel sits in the tanks for months, even years without being used. Apparently, this is more of an issue with modern comman rail Diesel engines with electronic management, sensors read the quality of fuel and if not satisfactory they go into limp home mode. Unfortunately, many marinas are now buying in biocide fuels, luckily where we moored at ipswich they were aware of this issue and only brought in non biocide desiel. Although they did say it is now becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. Col

We would love to join you all. Happy Jax 3, Jack Snipe, Col & Lou. Mooring for Saturday night only please. Col & Lou

After being salty side for several years we have now returned to the Northern Broads. We have recently purchased a 1966 Bondon Elysian classic broads cruiser and have named her Jack Snipe. (No, not Happy Jax 4). And yes she will fit under all the Broads bridges. Its been a while since we have been on the NBN, I think our last involvement was back in 2015 when we hired a Boat from Rico’s and attended the meet at Salhouse. Myself and Lou are really looking forward to getting back on the rivers and being more involved with the NBN. Col

That.s Oulton Broad then!!!

I will be down there on Wednesday Neil, working with Luke on the Marine Teak stand. pop in and say hello.

Just a reminder the Anglia Afloat boat show at the Wherry Hotel, Oulton Broad. Tomorrow. Saturday 1st Feb 2014. http://www.angliaafloat.co.uk/news/don_t_miss_the_anglia_afloat_boat_show_1_3135137

Happy New Year to everyone on the NBN!! Here's to a great 2014!

Well done Mark, excellent draw! Thanks to Jack and Harry and the cat for the support. :clap

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all on the NBN.

Richard told me they were fully insured for flood damage that is why I am surprised it is taking so long. Although I had heard somewhere previously they could not get insurance due to previous flooding. Point taken Mark regarding drying times, although 3 1/2 months does seem a little excessive. I am not sure if it a managed pub or privately owned but either way I do hope they get it sorted and up and running soon.

I was talking to Richard last week and he said it won't open until next March. This does surprise me though, why so long? Weatherspoons in Lowestoft were open again after being 2 feet under water two days after the event.

Looks like St Olaves taken from where Johnsons yard is now.

Better get some additional lines on the boat then! Not good.

I would expect these engines to run at a temperature of between 80-85degC, 40degc is far to low. I think you will have to bite the bullet and get the thermostat housing off.

Hi Ian your engine will not run efficiently at 40degC, as Clive has stated it is most likely your thermostat, you may find some debris has caused it to stick open.

I am really struggling with this thread. My previous boat was a river craft and we was moored up on the northern rivers. Many weekends we visited the staithe at Womack, not to use the facilities but relax in what must be one of the most beautiful parts of the broads. I have to agree with others, if your business plan relies on visitors to the staithe, sorry you have got it wrong. Whilst I sympathise with your demise in takings, starting a thread moaning about people visiting the staithe and not spending in your shop is not acceptable. Whether they be a club or individuals. Naming and shaming a craft in open forum for not doing anything wrong other than mooring up and enjoying the broads can not be tolerated on this forum.

The pontoons are brought or for the international power boat championship races, they use it for standing starts.

Sorry I have not replied to this earlier, I have just got back from a holiday in Greece and now trying to get used to our wonderful UK weather. As has already been said, you cannot have two AC sources connected together and must have a change over switch. As with MBA Marine I prefer a manual switch as you know exactly what is happening, although I have fitted automatic changeovers with no real problems. I would find it highly unlikely your 230 AC set up is the cause of your charger failure, that said though I am a little confused why you would need your invertor on for your charger to function. I am guessing the charger has been connected to the invertor power source or you do have a automatic change over relay and it has stuck on the invertor power source and not the shore power, If this is the case due to invertor efficiency's you would certainly be overworking your battery charger. As far as MCB's are concerned a 16amp B type breaker will run continuously at 16 amps with no chance of tripping. As a rule of thumb an MCB will trip at 3 to 5 times full load current. Of course other factors do come into account. Trevor, please feel free to PM me if you need assistance.

Hi Jeff, welcome to the forum from me too!! Glad you are finding the forum interesting. The RC45 certainly is a great thread !!

Great pictures Trev!! Sorry I missed you at Oulton on Monday, we moored up, looked up and you were gone lol!!

Welcome to the forum We pass Hardley Mill quite often and keep saying we will pop in to have a look around. Hopefully see you soon.

Although the weather was sent to try us with the maximum temperature just creeping over zero degrees and the cold easterly wind offering a wind chill of minus 5 it was great that so many turned up for the first meet of the season. To add to the adventure we lost the electricity to the marina on Friday night with no access to the Yacht Station to reset the trip. With the number of boats plugged into shore power and electric heaters, heated blankets and immersion heaters etc.. the poor old trip just couldn't cope. We all survived the night though and no real harm done. With careful electricity management by all boats from then on in, the problem was eliminated. Unfortunately, due to the cold and wind we were unable to set up any gazebos and hold a central meeting point, although we did make use of the local pubs, bars and restaurants for food and refreshments. I would just like to say a big thanks to John and Mary-Jane for organizing the meet and lets hope the next one can be held in warmer climates.

National Park or not they are very impressive numbers.

Thanks Brian. Did you get my cheque ok??

Very true Neil.