MauriceMynah

He probably will Grendel, but it's handy to have a 'plan B'

Timbo, If the weather breaks or you find 'camping' is for kids, go to the pleasure boat and use Nyx as a base. you know you are more than welcome.

Hmmm, Time to duck me thinks. Much has been said about CO and the detectors for it. Don't get me wrong, I have one, I just don't know what to do about it. We have one at home too, and lt went off last winter. We could find no source of CO and it was a devil to reset. It was 1am and raining. I asked the members here what action I should have taken, but nobody really knew. Perhaps more importantly, I still have no idea what to do if mine goes off on the boat (for no obvious reason). I have been boating for fifty years and I've never yet died of CO poisoning. I take the view that common sense and proper ventilation is all that's needed. Check flames on the cooker for yellowish tips and if present GET THE UNIT CHECKED OVER BY AN EXPERT. Smoke and CO alarms can be used to back up your own instincts, but don't live by them alone.

Hiya Minifer, My boat lives at Hickling too, moored to the Pleasure Boat.

May I be the first to wish you all the very best of lurk.

My vote goes to the Pleasure boat, but I think you'll have to try both. Have a good time, wish I could be there.

You zoomed in ????

You bloody bet I am... But why's Gracie putting on fresh lippy

DeeBee, I'm not sure where that 6' 5" (in the handy information) originated from but I believe it to be an average at high water. In my opinion, it is rarely that much these days. Either way it's not a figure of great use as the height can depend on so many factors. Charlesa, I suspect that your friend has not given you the correct name for the boat (though if it's a private one I may be wrong). I would advise you to contact your friend to confirm the name and then for either you or he to phone the pilot ahead. The other option is just to turn up and ask the pilot there and then. If the craft is a hire one, your friend will be obliged to use the pilot to go under, if it's a private craft then it's up to him. I tend to use the pilot more often than not.... but then I got it wrong once.

Oh why can I only 'like' the above post once?

Hi there and welcome to the madhouse.

I do hope that isn't a euphemism

Ooohh yes man, leave life to de full that what I always say... that and ...,leave and let leave... I say that also. You leave long and happy man. have a nice day.!

This reminds me of an incident that happened to me at Neatishead last year. I was moored on the west side very near the road end. I was moored stern towards the road and the stern was tied to the second post along. there were two dinghys moored to the first post As was my want, I ambled off to the pub and imbibed in a few... a good few if memory serves. On my return I noticed a private boat (a rather nice woody) had moored close ahead of me. My mooring had been moved closer to the road. (The dinghys had gone) The ropes had been reasonably tied albeit not as I would have done, and my stern rope was now on the first available post. Now, Here's the problem. The quayside at that point has a slight dogleg in it, and this causes the boat to rest against the corner with neither fender doing it's job. I sat in the cockpit drinking Pernod (seemed like a good idea at the time) and my temper faded with the summer sun. A lot later on, sometime after pub closing, the crew of this nice woody returned from the pub. By this time I could perhaps have been described as "Distinctly mellow". I raised my glass of Pernod and wished them the deepest of joys for the evening. They hiccupped back at me and boarded their own boat, whereupon, they chatted to each other in very loud voices well into the small hours. I retired to my pit. It was quite a windy (and thus restless) night and even the Pernod failed to send me towards the deeper areas of the land of nod. In the morning I was thinking to myself that as they had said nothing to me about moving my boat, I would give them a piece of my mind. I sat in the cockpit working out whether sarcasm or straight indignation would be my best approach. I opted for a couple of particularly sarcastic comments finished off with wishing him a wonderful day. The target of my impending venom alighted from his boat and came over to me and spoke. "Hello, Sorry but we moved your boat yesterday evening, I do hope you don't mind." I smiled menacingly... "Not at all old boy, no problem whatsoever. I reckon it was tied up better than when I left it. Hope you had a good time, It's a really nice pub along there." He agreed, smiled and got back on his boat. I went back into my cabin smiling and thinking to my self... "Well THAT told him"

TEA... Vaughan drinking TEA !!! That's kissed the street cred ta ta. no That's better.

Same here. Welcome HEM

Fair enough Dnks & Ric. A comment was made and has been covered, though I'd perhaps add that the continuous cruiser does on the whole use the facilities available at the various places they stop at... all year.

It might come as a massive surprise to you Ricardo, but I agree with you wholeheartedly. You may or not be aware that in April I posted the following... "Time to mention the "Elephant in the room" Liveaboards are not the problem, it is peoples perception of liveaboards that causes all the issues and there is a logical (but not good) reason for this. A number of these people keep their boats clean, in good order and are genuinely a credit to the community. These people are hardly ever mentioned when discussions about livaboards occur. Why not? Because nobody notices them for what they are. Their boats are seen but not recognised as homes, they are thought to be "just another boat on the broads". Then you get the stereotyped liveaboard. This boat is dirty, covered in rubbish along with the bank beside it. Nobody wants it near them, and it's owner is considered a worthless skiver and probably dishonest too. I don't remember how the occupants of Thorpe Island were allegedly described by someone in the BA or the council, but I do remember the description being thoroughly offensive. I also know nothing about the people who live on the island nor the general appearance of the site but all parties need to look at the island and see which camp it lies in. Typical or stereotype. Please please please no one should take offence to the above and remember I am talking about PERCEPTIONS here." These perceptions are, as I suspect you know only too well Ricardo, the reason for that grouping you refer to. Yes, it's totally unfair as indeed most "groupings" are. Take Stag parties for example. The few give the many a bad name. Do I have any suggestions to offer to alleviate this problem? No! I wish the hell I had. Do you??

Anyone any good with 'Paintshop'?

Now it's little gems like that which have a habit of sitting in the back of my mind and coming out when least appreciated.

Mine usually is !

I was with you ... till you said that!

Isn't that more to do with what you said to 'er indoors'?

It is inevitable that an incident such as this will bring anger to the most mild of people, but please think carefully before asking... or worse demanding action. Forget the suicide bomber himself, he won't be a problem any more, it is those who convinced him to take this dreadful action who need to be watched, they are the evil ones, they are the enemy. They are alive and well and continuing their disgusting work. They are the ones who I hope the various security agencies are concentrating on. Sadly they are also the ones so difficult to catch For every teacher of evil, there must be thousands of Muslims here, in this country, who not only are feeling outrage about this attack on children, they must be feeling deep fear too. Fear of reprisals against them. Fear of hatred aimed at their children. Extremist Muslims want to cause a war between Muslims and the west. Do not let them achieve that. Do not let them have their way. To do so, hands them victory on a plate. We are better than that. We are stronger than that., and if you are in any doubt of this, the solidarity of the residents of Manchester are living proof. This is the only post I shall make on this forum on this subject. Thank you for reading it.

For me this conjures up an image of a whole new James Bond villain, though Shiley Bassey's lyrics might take some re-writing.