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Hello Mark, My business partner uses a product called Simply Green when he removes his boat from the water on his travels. It gets the algae and any marks off of his boat. On our boat we use Muck Off for cleaning the hull but because it is always in the water other than coming out for its winter service it is antifoulled. Regards Alan

Hello Mouldy, Welcome to the NBN forum from Tan & myself. Not long now for your next visit to the Broads, have a good time. Regards Alan

Hello Rincewind, Welcome to the NBN forum again fom Tan & myself. If your previous login had been still there I could have set a new password on your old account, sadly we trimmed the unused members when the last software conversion was carried out. You will find out that the forum now offers more information in the forum pages, if you need any help in navigating the pages please feel free to ask for help. Regards Alan

My take on this is if I had not bought into our boats syndicate in 2000 for the 2001 season I would not have had 28 weeks on the Broads over the last 14 years. I certainly would have not been able to buy a boat let alone have had the time to seriously use it. I hate to see the vast number of boats in marinas all over the country that are almost hardly used. Boatshare has worked for us and a number of our forum members. I fully agree that anyone living a short distance away or retired with little ties at home then purchasing a boat would be your best option if you intend to fully use it. As Iain has already said skint and boating go hand in glove. Regards Alan

We love the Broads out of season, this picture was taken in 2006 in late November mid morning. Not a cloud in the sky, only us it would seem on the moorings, perfect. Regards Alan

Hi Clive, I recon that you have a red flshing light in your office if anyone mentions buying a boat. I would have thought with all of your resources that you have not dipped your toe into the boat share market? Regards Alan

Hi Jim, It will be a lot less than our running costs on Ranworth Breeze a 34 foot Birchwood 340AC, without fuel and cleaning costs our syndicate boat costs around £12000 a year to keep on the water. I would estimate your costs might be as follows:- River toll £180-220 Mooring £1000-2000 Insurance £ 300 Prop insurance (Maffetts) £65 Breakdown Insrance (Boulters) £65-100 Electric if its on a meter £100 Gas refills £34-68 Winter maintenance £1000 Fuel (who knows) At the lower cost that is £2744 and at the higher cost £3853. The above does not include any boat lifts, antifoul, anodes and assumes that you will be doing a lot of the day to day maintenance yourself. If you start adding £60 per hour plus parts for a blocked toilet or a service call on your engine, batteries etc you can see why most boat owners see their cash being paid out and never staying in their pockets. We have currently a faulty bow thruster, I had Maffetts look at this yesterday to make sure that nothing was in the bow thruster tube jamming the thruster. This is not the case so I am sending our spare bow thruster down to Broom's for fitting ASAP, which will incur having the boat lifted (around £340) plus two guys for the best part of the day removing the old unit (so we can refurbish it) and fit the stock one I estimate between £756- £1000 plus VAT plus the lift. If we did not have a spare bow thruster you could add another £2000-£2500 on that price. Boating is a joy but the costs can be huge. Regards Alan

Hi Chris, As Mark says just give them a call and ask for Tanya or Nick, explain that you are a NBN forum member and ask for the promised discount, their phone number is 01603 712213. Regards Alan

Hi Jim, I deleted the second post for you, I hope you did not mind. Regards Alan

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

Hi Kadensa, We have never had a bad meal in there, we have stopped for lunch & overnight. The showers/toilets for boat users out of hours is a bonus. I would not moor on the poor staging after the Ferry but outside the pub and before are quite good. A word of warning never try to moor in the small inlet it is very shallow. I could watch the ferry and all the people using it all day, sad I know. Regards Alan

Similar with the Ferry Inn at Reedham, you get a discount off of the meals. Regards Alan

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

Hello ReedRunner, Welcome to the NBN forum from Tan & myself. We regard ourselves as being a friendly forum so you name would be appreciated. Regards Alan

Hello John, Welcome from Tan & myself. Sorry you had to register again, on our last software updates the forum members who had not been active for a long time were removed after notification messages were posted on the forum. If you wish to use your old login Jonzo may be able to do that for you. Regards Alan

Hi Monica, I am not sure but with all of the freeview channel they do repete them quite a lot. Keep looking for when Julia walks on the Calendonian Canal, that is worth a watch. I tend to watch most of the waterway programes and as you may be aware I am very interested in the canal system. Here is a link to catch up:- http://www9.tvcatchup.com/programme/28081 Regards Alan

Hi Jim, Over the years I have been in there it has had its ups and downs, like all pubs and restauants it's all down to the what the management is like at the time. I have not been in for a couple of years, it was ok the last time we visited. Regards Alan

Hi John, Its a bit like the Ranworth Broad & Malthouse Broad. We all know the correct names, but in the grand scheme does it really matter if some people get them wrong. I am in favour of the Hylda Baker terminology myself, it covers a multitude of sins. Regards Alan

Hi Polly, On that note I suggest we put this topic to bed! Regards Alan

Hello Peter, Thank you for the above information. Regards Alan

Hi Jim, We all go off topic from time to time, that is a sign of a friendly forum. Regards Alan

Hi Steve, I would pick your spot carefully, have plenty of fenders and a couple of rhond anchors. By all accounts the pub and meals are first class, sadly we have never moored there because of the moorings. Regards Alan

Here are details from Wikipedia regarding the construction. I do have them in a book somewhere that goes into great detail but the information in the link give s the basics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct Regards Alan

The idea of a picture of the day is to start a new topic each day when a new picture is posted. This makes it easier for anyone searching through the forum topics. Regards Alan

Mike was correct with Potter Heigham. Swift (David) has pointed out that the picture was unlikely Potter Heigham. On reflection looking at the picture that was taken in 2007 it was more than likely Horning. Mike I am sorry but you will have pass over your award to Jon (650xs) who may be the true winner. Regards Alan