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Hi John, I would be interested if the passenger steamers have had their speeds checked and that they are adhering to the 10 MPH & 6 MPH limits. Regards Alan

It is never a good idea to block any ventilation or gaps causing drafts. There have been dire consequences on other waterways. Regards Alan

Sadly there is very little information in this article, including what speed the boat was travelling. Who are we to judge not knowing the circumstances. Regards Alan

To me the pictures show some movement on the stones that are in the small arches. Regards Alan

It was indeed taken at the Ferryhouse Inn Surlingham, it has been flooded in that location a number of times. Regards Alan

Hi Neil, I guess we are all Luddites at heart, you have to be able to talk to a person at an insurance company to get the best possible deal, talking about the options you need and more importantly the options you don't. Online is OK to get a feel of the company but you always have to follow it up with a phone enquiry, I have heard so many horror stories from friends that have used some of the well advertised companies. Regards Alan

Hi Trevor, As you say it is a small world, but there is a lot of us syndicate owners not only on this forum but also members of others. Please give my regards to Jon your Chairman. Regards Alan

Good afternoon Please find attached ABP Lowestoft Notice to Mariners No 28 2019 – Lowestoft Harbour – Bathymetric Survey. Kind regards. Karen Karen Tyrrell Administrative Officer Operations Broads Authority Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1RY Tel: 01603 756035 : karen.tyrrell@broads-authority.gov.uk NOTICE TO MARINERS LOWESTOFT HARBOUR – BATHYMETRIC SURVEY Mariners and Port Users are advised that pre dredge bathymetric survey operations are scheduled for Lowestoft Inner and Outer Harbour Areas, also Lowestoft Approaches as follows:- 3rd October 2019 – full Inner and Outer Harbour area, and Lowestoft Approach Channel survey by vessel ‘Wyke’. Vessel will be monitoring VHF Ch14 throughout the survey activities. Vessel movements will be monitored and co-ordinated via Lowestoft Port Control. Vessels will be updated with survey activities and location accordingly. Vessels are requested to give the survey vessel a wide berth, and pass at slow speed to minimise vessel wash. Please contact Lowestoft Port Control, VHF Ch14, or Tel. 01502 572286, if further information is required. Harbour Master 1st October 2019

Hello Trev welcome to the forum. Regards Alan

Good afternoon everyone, The summer season might be over yet September has been as busy as ever for the Authority as our field staff begin shifting over to their winter work programmes. We have considerable maintenance/improvement works planned for these quieter months. Notably, the second phase of the CANAPE project at Hickling Broad is also commencing soon and I am looking forward to seeing the progress over the coming months. The much-anticipated Review into National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, was also revealed late last week. The report is a lengthy read at 168 pages, however, it raises a number of interesting points and contains a variety of different proposals into the future of our protected areas. You can read more on the report later on in the newsletter. Please see this month's Broads Briefing below: September 2019 October works at Hickling Broad Phase two of our CANAPE funded project at Hickling Broad starts this autumn, following the completion of the ring of geotextile bags last winter. This season's campaign involves filling the central area which will make up the restored reedbed. We are aiming for 8,000 m3 of sediment to be dredged from the marked channel in Hickling Broad to get this filling underway. This will leave a similar volume to complete the project in winter 2020/2021. At the end of this coming winter, we will start the active planting of reed to kick start the recolonisation of the area into a healthy reedbed. Chara Bay as of September 2019 A fond farewell to our apprentices and welcome to the new cohort It has been a busy month for recruitment and we are delighted to welcome our new starters on the annual apprenticeship scheme, which runs in conjunction with Easton and Otley College. Also starting this year are two Heritage Skills Apprenticeships with the Water, Mills and Marshes team, supported by City College Norwich. It was fantastic to hear from outgoing apprentices about how much they valued this life-changing experience and support received over the year. Joseph Hamilton, Harry Oram and James Thompson finished their apprenticeships on 23 September. Many thanks to them for all of their hard work and to all who supported them throughout the year. We'd like to welcome Eloise Dey, Emily Leonard and Becky Rimmer who are our new Construction, Maintenance and Environment apprentices. Brandon Jarvis (Water, Mills and Marshes Bricklayer) and Tom Allen (Water Mills and Marshes Carpentry & Joinery) will also be commencing their studies soon. Alex Deane (Ranger) is staying with us to complete his level three diploma. Monica Pichler, a PhD student in marine microbiology (UEA) also joins us for a three-month internship looking at water levels in the Broads. She will analyse data recorded over the past 20 years to create new tidal information on water levels throughout the Broads area. This will improve predictions of flooding at 24-hour moorings, dockyard and yacht stations, and our understanding of the relationship between water levels, water quality and biology in Hickling Broad. Our outgoing apprentices meet our new intake 'Responding to the climate emergency' report update Following on from last week’s global climate strike, it seems appropriate to circulate the link to our final version of the report responding to the climate emergency. The report “establishes a baseline for CO2 emissions using a common methodology with the National Park Authorities, and develops an Action Plan and monitoring system.” This will give us a bit more flexibility and time to develop medium and longer-term actions. We have committed to some immediate actions and the Authority’s Management Team is proposing the following further carbon reduction measures with immediate effect: Undertake an energy audit of all Authority buildings and take actions to further reduce energy consumption. Commit to purchasing all-electric vehicles except where towing capacity or 4-wheel drive demands make this impractical; Install additional car charging points at Authority sites. Identify suitable locations to install solar and other micro-generation devices at Authority buildings and land; and Review procurement practices to give additional focus to environmental criteria while still achieving good value for money. Asher Minns, the Executive Director at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change at UEA, has agreed to give a presentation to the Broads Authority meeting on 22 November. I envisage this as the first of a series of reports on climate change and hope to see us making progress to address our carbon impact.Publication of the 2018 Landscapes Review The widely anticipated report about our National Parks and AONBs by Julian Glover was published over the weekend. Titled the Landscapes Review. It is 168 pages long and contains a wide variety of 27 far-reaching proposals including: Setting up a National Landscapes Service to lead the recovery and enhancement of nature A strengthened place for national landscapes in the planning system Expanding volunteering and enhancing the Ranger offer (providing 1,000 additional personnel) to include all special landscapes New designated landscapes and a new National Forest. Establishing a National Landscapes Housing Association to build affordable homes Providing a ‘night under the stars’ in a national landscape for every child in the UK Stronger purposes in law for our national landscapes. Reformed governance and funding models. I welcome the report which has lived up to its promise to enhance National Parks and preserve them for future generations and am impressed with the breadth of subjects and suggestions it contains. There is much in the report for us to consider and of course, we await the Government’s reaction. Whitlingham Boat and Bat trips prove popular I would like to thank Andrea Kelly, the Ra skippers and volunteers from Norwich Bat Group, who ran two successful Boat and Bat trips on Whitlingham Broad. Visitors used bats detectors to identify several species, watch hundreds of bats flying over the water and then got to see them up close. The trips will run again next year, based on brilliant visitor feedback including: “fascinating and inspirational, and the trip on the little boat to see Daubenton [species] was simply magical.” One of the photos from our recent boat and bat trip event Bankside tree clearance and other navigation works This week our team will be heading to the upper River Ant to begin riverbank tree clearance works. Tree removal will then start again in early October, continuing throughout winter with the assistance of Broadsword volunteers, before moving to the upper Bure after Christmas. We will also be undertaking some resurfacing work at our Coltishall 24-hour moorings in early October to improve the grass and soil levels which have become low in places. Another major piece of work we are starting is the installation of a new 67-metre plastic boardwalk between Hoveton Viaduct Moorings and Hoveton Riverside Park. This is to replace the old wooden one which is now at the end of its life. Water plant cutting schedule Our team have been very busy cutting back excessive water plant growth over the last few months and this work is continuing into the autumn on the northern rivers. So far they have cut the River Waveney twice, upper Yare and Wensum once and Whitlingham broad once. In the north (where works are still taking place) our team have been around the full circuit of upper Bure, upper Ant and upper Thurne four times. If you see them whilst out on the water please do wave hello but remember to give room whilst the works are taking place. As always please remember you can contact me directly if you have any questions. If you know of anyone else who would like to receive my briefings please pass on this link. Best wishes, John Packman Chief Executive - Broads Authority

Hello Mel, Welcome to the forum. Regards Alan

Good morning Please find attached PPGY NTM 12A Haven Bridge and Breydon Bridge Maintenance. Please note this replaces PPGY NTM 12 which is cancelled. Kind regards. Karen Karen Tyrrell Administrative Officer Operations Broads Authority Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1RY Tel: 01603 756035 : karen.tyrrell@broads-authority.gov.uk NOTICE TO MARINERS – No. 12A 2019 PORT OF GREAT YARMOUTH Haven Bridge and Breydon Bridge Maintenance MARINERS ARE HEREBY ADVISED that both Haven Bridge and Breydon Bridge will be undergoing essential repair and maintenance work between the following dates/times; Monday 30th September 2019 until Wednesday 9th October 2019 During this period neither bridge will be able to lift for vessel traffic. Road traffic will not be affected. Air draught boards are available on both sides of each bridge. Additional advice can be sought by contacting Breydon Bridge on VHF Ch12 or telephone 01493 335536 (daytime only).

Going by that air gap you could have a doorstep sandwich Regards Alan

Dear All Please find attached ABP Notice to Mariners No 27 2019 regarding Lowestoft Approaches – Possible Shoaling NE of Harbour Entrance. Kind regards. Karen Karen Tyrrell Administrative Officer Operations Broads Authority Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1RY Tel: 01603 756035 : karen.tyrrell@broads-authority.gov.uk ABP Lowestoft N to M No.27 2019 - Lowestoft Approaches - Possible Shoaling NE of Harbour Entrance.pdf

Thank you Neil & Karen for your pictures of your last allocation and seeing you again at Oulton Broad. I agree March is a tidy wait to be back on the rivers, I am back down in November but only for our AGM, but may visit the boat time permitting. Regards Alan

Maplin's was great if you only wanted one or at best two of an item because on components that would be all they kept in stock, online was a different story. I was devastated when our local electronics store in Sheffield N.R Bardwell's closed down a few years ago, I had been getting many of my parts from there since adolescence for my electronic projects for well over 55 years. Regards Alan

Because we need 9 foot 8 inches (our air draft) we advise all our fellow owner that we need 10 foot. A simple rule of thumb going down river(we found this out many years ago) that if you can see 7 rungs of the ladders out of the water at the start of the yacht station moorings there is at least 10 foot clearance under the two bridges at Yarmouth. Regards Alan

Hello Mat, I would use the Broads Authority tide tables which will give you the height of the low water, from that you can calculate the clearance under the Yarmouth Bridges. Regards Alan

Hello Polly, It looks like you will be trying out a few water based stains to get a near colour match, remember that after putting on the stain if you wipe the surface with white spirit or meths it will give you a lighter colour of stain. A few pictures would help us see your progress. Regards Alan

Dear All Please find attached ABP Notice to Mariners No 26 regarding Lowestoft Outer Harbour – Power Outage. Kind regards. Karen Karen Tyrrell Administrative Officer Operations Broads Authority Yare House, 62-64 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1RY Tel: 01603 756035 : karen.tyrrell@broads-authority.gov.uk NOTICE TO MARINERS LOWESTOFT – OUTER HARBOUR – POWER OUTAGE Mariners and Port Users are advised that on Monday 30th September 2019, there will be a planned Power Outage on the Sembmarine / SLP Site within the Outer Harbour from 09:00hrs LT. The Power Outage is to allow for electrical works to be carried out by UK Power Networks and is planned to last for approximately 9 Hours. The Power Outage will mean that the Navigation Lights on the North Pier and on the East Jetty will be Unlit for the period of the maintenance. Mariners are advised that if this period extends beyond the planned 9 hours, these Navigation Lights will be Unlit during the hours of darkness. Mariners and Port users are advised to navigate with extreme caution in the vicinity of the Port Approaches & within the Outer Harbour and report to Lowestoft Port Control any problems observed with these Navigation Lights on VHF Ch 14. Please contact Lowestoft Port Control, VHF Ch 14, Tel. 01502 572286, if additional information is required. Duty Harbour Master 19th September 2019

I have only just managed to catch up on the forum today after being busy since we arrived a week last Friday aboard Ranworth Breeze, I showed two couples around the boat on Saturday & Tuesday both couples loved the boat and have bought into the Ranworth Breeze Family. My cabin boy this time is Andy who I have known since I was fifteenth, a good mate of mine for far too many years, I introduced him to narrow boat holidays. We met up with John & Mary-Jane, Neil & Karen, Paul & Elaine, and said hello again to Allan (Boycee) at Oulton Broad on Wednesday, it was good to meet up once again. Being polictics, boating was taboo topics we ended talking about cheese and John & Andy were talking about their times in the RAF. I was so pleased that Karen & Neil managed to meet up with us latter in the day and that Karen was slightly better after her illness earlier in the afternoon. We were worried at the time with the arrival of an ambulance crew and the coastguard in attendance. We said our goodbyes to Neil on Thursday morning who was suitably attired in his dressing gown. We left to spend the night in Beccles Yacht Station. Dues paid we went into Beccles arriving at Weatherspoons in time for lunch. We shopped for a while, needing a few bits and items we did not really need from QD. Friday we went into the staithe at Loddon for the night, we had been here earlier week when we had a meal in the White Horse. On Saturday it was back to the marina where I spent some time with canopy stitching whilst Andy read his railway magazines. It was busy in the Yare Saturday night but we managed to get a table. Any left for home this morning, I have just caught up on all the forum news this morning and sorted out my emails etc, so I can relax a while until 5.00 pm when I have agreed to show some people around Southern Crusader for Jon. I leave for home on Tuesday after a great time on the Broads. Regards Alan

Hello CaptainFrenchy, Welcome to the forum. Regards Alan

We managed to get a mooring for two nights on the inner side of the pontoon for Tuesday & Wednesday nights, we paid on Wednesday morning when the harbour master was back on duty. Regards Alan

I buy them from our Marina reception or phone the Broads Authority and ask them to send me some by post prior to one of our allocations. Regards Alan

I bought a few cheaper DVD's before coming down to the boat and I bought 3 DVD's from a charity shop in Beccles for a pound. All watched up so for the next couple of nights I will have to watch some out of the DVD wallet we keep aboard Ranworth Breeze. Regards Alan