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Hi Jill, The radio at the weekend was always good, Round The Horne, The Navy Lark, Jimmy Clithero to name but a few. Our two boys also loved the programmes that we had on tape, great for those car journeys. Regards Alan

Did any of you watch the reated "Great Canal Journeys" on the Llangollen Canal last night on channel 14, More 4? Prunella Scales & her husband Timothy West continued their canal journeys on the Llangollen Canal, even though this is a repeated series I still like these type of programmes. This is a great canal to visit not to many locks, tunnels and aquaducts with a few lift bridges. Regards Alan

Hi Guys, Have a good northern meet, sorry we will be on the Broads from the 2nd December until 9th December. Regards Alan

Hi Monica, I would not use the boats water for cooking, ok with the washing up etc. We usually bring down a couple of 5 litre bottle of water, when we have used one up we usually fill this up direct from our moorings tap or do the same at taps on the 24 hour moorings that have them. this bottle we just use for cooking and leave any fresh bottled water for drinking & cleaning teeth. We tend to do exactly the same on our canal trips. Regards Alan

Hi Iain, Being as you are in the chair so too speak, I would keelhaul the lot of them Regards Alan

Hi Alan. Tan is the person that speeds in our family, she was clocked up from Acle doing about 8.50mph in a 6.00mph section sadly she had not taken into account the 2.60mph running tide. We never mention it that often She was let off with a warning. So you may find that your parents boat may be capable of speeding. Regards Alan

Many years ago I was working for the Irish Post office subcontract commisioning dual 1/2 mega watt diesel generators run in tandum. Our Irish agent was caught speeding but got away with it because he stated that at the time of the radar check in fact he was breaking heavily so was therefore not speeding, maybe Irish logic but he got away with it. Regards Alan

Hi Robin, I think you would never get rid of it no matter how much flushing of the tanks and pipes you did. A few years ago our management company at the time before we became self managed, decided to flush the tanks with some form of steralizing solution. for years we always could smell it when opening a tap and this is the main reason we suggested using bottled water for drinks on board. Regards Alan

Hello Geffrey & Steve, Well done on your purchase of Corsican. I look forward to seeing you on the rivers. Regards Alan

Hi Mark, I can think of one advantage that some of the canal side pubs have which we have come across which we have never been offered on the Broads, is to have samples of the local brews on tap before we have purchased our drinks. We have come across this both on the Uk canals and up in Scotland. When we were up in Scotland last year we stopped at the Four Mary's in Linlithgow, not a canal side pub, but in the town, they had 6 real ales on tap and we men (three of us) had 3 sample drinks before we purchased our drinks the ladies had to put up with a bottle or two of wine. Iain likes the "Old Post Office" by choice, maybe the beer is a wee penny cheeper Regards Alan

Hi Colin, We went through Banbury this year sadly because of the weather we did not get much further than Banbury I steered us around the lines of moored boats on both sides of the canal whilst their Canal Festival was on the Sunday afternoon, which took over 2 hours to cover less than a mile from start to finish. The Centre here is as you say is excellent, we walked back up the canal into the town for our evening meal and did not have any issues but a guess a crew of 6 even if getting on is a bit of a deterrent. Monday it rained all day so we went know where on Tuesday we went into Oxford by train for the day realising that we would not get into Oxford by boat in the time scale we had. Regards Alan

Hello Mark, We went on the Union & Clyde Canals last year and I did post some pictures and discussed our time up there. Sadly the Kelpies were not completed near Falkirk at the time, but the Falkirk Wheel was worth the visit. One of the issues we had was that everything had to planned because the bridges and locks are operated by Scottish Canals and you have to work to time slots for everything which can be a bit taxing and my opinion takes a lot of the fun out of the laidback slowness of the canal holidays. This is not the case other than some staircase locks in the UK. We will however have to go back to Falkirk just to see the "Kelpies" http://www.thehelix.co.uk/things-to-do/the-kelpies/construction/kelpies-time-lapse-video/#.VHOPqYusW8A Regards Alan

Hello Alan, Have a look in our own useful information section we have a few of the boat listing links available. http://www.thenorfolkbroads.net/forum/forum/250-boat-listings/ The one I used was Canalplan AC which also provides route information including the Broads. Regards Alan

Hi Colin, Many years ago we were threatened on the Leeds & Liverpool near the Preston end with a gun, needless to say we stayed in the middle of the canal and kept going. We endured the drunks under the built over section going through Manchester, but it was the druggies that were more a problem and were intimidating to some smaller crews. We had a brick thrown at the boat above the yacht station at Great Yarmouth which hit one of the windows but luckily bounced off. As you say there are problems everywhere. Going through Birmingham is a delight at Gas Street Basin, canal side bistro's, pedestrian bridges, bars and a block of most of the well know eating out establishments overlooking the canal. It is a pity that the likes of other canal side cities do not adopt the same policy of embracing the canals or waterways. Regards Alan

Hi Lori, This is what I have found:- Sea Otter Built by Hartley New Marksman - Length 11.2 metres ( 36 feet 9 inches ). Wooden hull, power of 100 BHP. Registered with number 518377 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Sunday 11th April 2010. Sea Otter Built by Hardy Bosun 20 in 2001 - Length 6 metres ( 19 feet 8 inches ) - Beam 2.4 metres ( 7 feet 10 inches ). GRP hull, colour BLUE, superstructure colour WHITE Powered by a Petrol Single Outboard engine with a power of 60 HP. Registered with number 774F as a Private Motor. Last registration recorded on Monday 20th May 2013. Sea Otter Built by Macgregor 26x in 1997 - Length 7.9 metres ( 25 feet 11 inches ) - Beam 2.4 metres ( 7 feet 10 inches ) Powered by a Petrol Outboard engine with a power of 4 HP. Registered with number F017327 as a Non Hire Annual. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 1st April 2009. Sea Otter Built by Seamaster in 1965 - Length 8.55 metres ( 28 feet 1 inch ) - Beam 2.9 metres ( 9 feet 6 inches ) hull colour WHITE , superstructure colour WHT/BL Powered by 2 Diesel Inboard engines with a total power of 120 HP. Registered with number L5227 as a Motor boat (Lincolnshire rivers only). Last registration recorded on Friday 27th April 2007. Sea Otter Built by Tod in 1949 - Length 6 metres ( 19 feet 8 inches ) Powered by a Petrol Inboard engine with a power of 10 HP. Registered with number M20656 as a Powered Annual 1.5m To 7.6m. Last registration recorded on Saturday 28th May 2011. Sea Otter Built by Springer Uk Ltd - Length 9.14 metres ( 30 feet ) - Beam 2.08 metres ( 6 feet 10 inches ) - Draft 0.5 ( 1 foot 8 inches ). Metal hull, power of 10 BHP. Registered with number 64077 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Sunday 29th May 2011. Sea Otter - Length 8.534 metres ( 28 feet ) - Beam 2.591 metres ( 8 feet 6 inches ) - Draft 0.61 ( 2 feet ). Metal hull, . Registered with number 521301 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 22nd May 2013. Sea Otter Built by Maid Boats - Length 10.06 metres ( 33 feet ) - Beam 3.35 metres ( 11 feet ) - Draft 0.91 ( 3 feet ). Fibre glass hull, power of 60 BHP. Registered with number 106745 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 22nd May 2013. Sea Otter Built by Fairline - Length 9.754 metres ( 32 feet ) - Beam 3.353 metres ( 11 feet ) - Draft 0.914 ( 3 feet ). Fibre glass hull, power of 130 BHP. Registered with number 116397 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 22nd May 2013. Sea Otter Built by Seamaster - Length 8.5 metres ( 27 feet 11 inches ) - Beam 2.946 metres ( 9 feet 8 inches ) - Draft 0.94 ( 3 feet 1 inch ). Fibre glass hull, power of 2 BHP. Registered with number 113066 as a Powered. Last registration recorded on Friday 20th April 2012. Sea Otter X Built by Orkney in 2000 - Length 4.9 metres ( 16 feet 1 inch ) - Beam 1.7 metres ( 5 feet 7 inches ) Powered by a Petrol Outboard engine with a power of 25 HP. Registered with number F017337 as a Non Hire Annual. Last registration recorded on Wednesday 11th July 2007. The Sea Otter II Built by Honda - Length 3.7 metres ( 12 feet 2 inches ) - Beam 1.7 metres ( 5 feet 7 inches ) Powered by a Petrol Outboard engine with a power of 20 HP. Registered with number F017432 as a Non Hire Annual. Last registration recorded on Friday 27th April 2007. Regards Alan

Hi Mark, We have no such ruling on the NBN forum, the lounge is an area to talk about any subject within reason. We even have a area in full members where other waterways topics are discussed. Regards Alan

Hello Bonzo, Welcome to the NBN forum from Tan & myself. Regards Alan

Morrisons for me, my Son's 10% staff discount and the new price matching has been a great bonus for our household. But at the end of the day. each to his/her own. Regards Alan

Hello Barry, All that work, effort and cost has certainly paid off, as all the other members have said the results are stunning. You should be very proud on the wonderful outcome. Regards Alan

Hello Dave, Most if not all of the chandlers on the Broads sell them , we got the last ones this year from Brian Wards, mention that you are a NBN forum member and you will get a discount, if you buy on line there is also a code you can put in to get your discount, if in doubt have a word with Nick or Tanya. Regards Alan

Hi Eric, Dead easy espicially it being 65 foot long in say max 72 foot lock. The lock in question was a dual lock. The proceedure in a dual lock is to open the ground paddle opposite the side that the boat is held against (this helps push and keep the boat against that wall). The crew more than likely will have got the boat hung by the stern on the lock cill (these are marked now on all locks). The other explanation could be that rather than hold and feed the ropes to hold the boat steady that they were stuck on a bollard or that the boat went sideways and maybe jammed at an angle in the lock. If the crew had been on the ball, at the sign of any trouble with the level of the boat they could have closed all the paddles and slowly refilled the lock. We had to do this for another crew many years ago on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal out in the sticks, they were stuck on the cill, but had closed down in plenty of time to prevent the boat going down by the nose. We helped them and then shared the rest of the locks with them that day. Regards Alan

I was sent this yesterday. http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/news/canal-boat-stag-party-nosedives/190?utm_campaign=OH-BoatNews016&utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content= A boat was sunk in a lock on the Kennet & Avon Canal. This can happen often if care is not taken. Regards Alan

Hi Ron, Sorry to hear you had problems loosing all of your report. A number of forum members will write their reports in say word and then paste them into the forum topic, that way if there is a problem then the work is not lost. Note; in order to paste onto the forum you will have to turn off the switch on the left hand side of the tools box. Regards Alan

What about the Chinese attached to Lims at Loddon? Regards Alan

My take on chicken breasts, is to take out of the freezer preprepaired chicken (with all the dodgy bits removed prior to freezing). Place into a covered pan in water, seasoned with added lime or lemon juice and a stock cube and bring to the boil, simmer for a sort time turning once, cut into strips so the inside of the breast is cooked. If it is a rice or paster dish you can add these to the pan and simmer until cooked. Alternatively with a fresh chicken breast hollow out a pocket and fill with a stuffing mix, coat the breast with a mixture of bread crumbs & dry stuffing mix broken down in a pestle & mortar, fry off the coating in butter and the transfer into the over and cook on a tray for 20 to 25 minutes in a medium oven. I only cook the above for other people, to me its not fowl for nothing Regards Alan