MauriceMynah

I covered that with ... However, I do not necessarily believe I am legally responsible for the actions of guests I have on board my boat. I may well have a 'duty of care' but as I stated earlier, that's different.

Or even Inn site.

dnks34, Please don't overreact to this issue, the incident was very VERY rare. It appears that the rib was going too fast, in the dark and beyond the helmsmans limits of vision. As has been said here and on other threads this isn't the place to discuss the faults of those involved but I cant imagine much in the way of argument of the above... misjudgements and.mistakes were made, nuff said! If some chose to show anchor lights then fair enough, if others choose not to,FOR WHATEVER REASON, that is their choice. It is everybody's (the general publics) responsibility to ensure their own safety (and that of those in their charge) It is NOT their responsibility to ensure the safety of other people, especially if those other people are breaking the rules. Now! before people jump down my throat on that one, this is a general rule of thumb, there are of course many exceptions. Further, whilst it may not be a persons responsibility, they may feel a 'duty of care' but that is different. Water is dangerous stuff, boating on it increases the danger. Do your own risk assessment and act accordingly, but do it for yourself not for those around you. People will always do stupid things, we all do from time to time. the more we do them the more likely we are to get hurt. That's life.

I shall go to my local wholesaler on Tuesday.

Sorry Vaughan, I didn't make it clear what I meant. Yes with the damage to both the boats and injuries to the people, speed is almost certainly the overriding factor lack of visibility a close second, what I was trying to say that it was not material to the subject of whether displaying an anchor light should be law. As with so many other things I believe it should not. (even though I was ... no am... thinking of doing so.)

Vaughan, the speed limit is largely immaterial in this case, We accept that it was being broken but as we all know, that will ALWAYS happen. We are thinking of ideas to minimize the effects of such actions and assist others.

In these days of virtually zero amps usage perhaps some LED lights fitted that come on whenever the engine isn't running. to turn them off, simples, you run your engine.

Don't worry about people ignoring you, you'll get used to it... I did

Interesting Chris, I'd been formulating some such reply on the other thread but gave up as the complications I kept thinking up outweighed any probability/desirability of it being used. here are but two... 1. If the speedboat (I'll call it that just for the sake of giving it a name!) sees two such lights, might the skipper then assume the space between them is clear and not allow for a third craft between them not showing any light? 2. Where would you put such a light so it can... a, be seen from any angle... and b, not increase the airdraught in normal cruising? Incidents like this are mercifully rare, but perhaps having them happen albeit rarely, acts as a caution for the rest of us.

This isn't a "Hirer v owner" post but I just thought I'd mention this. One of the delights of boat ownership over hiring is that ones attitude to moorings and cruising changes radically. When we used to hire it would be "Where shall we moor for lunch and then where shall we lie tonight? I tended to iam for ends of navigations for nights and half way to them for lunch, so from Coltishall I'd aim for say Horning for lunch and Sutton for the night. from there I'd try for Ranworth for lunch and Womack for the next night. This way I'd get a load of cruising in. Now I own my boat, I tend to go from where I lay last night to where I will lie tonight irrespective of the distance, so I may well be moored up by 15:00. Ownership tends to take the steam out of any itinary, it slows you down. I'm sure Alan (Ranworth Breeze) will say if this seems to hold true for syndicate boating, I just don't know. THe relevence of this post to the OP is that if you get to a mooring at about 15:00, even the most popular spots tend to have spaces. Perhaps the more 'active' boaters might do well just to start cruising earlier (say before breakfast) stop mid morning for a full english and make for their evening target mid afternoon. Just a suggestion!

I have built a wall to retain earth (A rock garden) which will now have a fish pond at it's foot. There needs to be a number of holes in that wall to accommodate the pipework and electrics for a waterfall, a fountain and a unique filtration system. This wall was built with two slotted concrete fence posts and 3 12 inch gravel boards one on top of another. It is the third gravel board that needs the holes. I intentionally didn't say what I was doing and why I needed the holes because that might have lead people into suggesting other ways to route the pipework. This I wanted to avoid as I know what I need to end up with but I didn't know what tools or how to use them to acheive this. I guessed that a core saw or whatever it's called would be the answer, but would it have to be water cooled? If so, isn't using a 240 volt drill to drill through a flow of water a tad tricky? My thanks to Grendel for the youtube clip showing me how to use the tool.

Thank you all, I should have thought of tool hire we have one not too far away. Sadly I can't take the gravel board down so the holes have to be drilled in situ.

Hi all, I need to make 3 two inch diameter holes in a 2 inch thick concrete gravel board. What tool do I need? and.. How do I use it? advice please, many thanks.

It is far from unknown for a diesel engined vehicle to do over 500,000 miles. Lets face it, these days it's the body that fails on the modern car. so, how many hours would it take for a vehicle to do half a million hours? well if we were to say an average speed of 50mph (and that's a high average) then we get to my 10,000 hours. My engine does about two hours to the gallon of diesel, and I seem to average 250 hours a year. it had done about 2000 hours when I bought it, and I've had it for four years. ....So, I reckon... I have only 7000 hours running left, which will give me only another 28 years, by which time I'll be 90. In that time it will consume 3500 gallons of diesel (which I make at a cost of £1.12 per gallon) costing £3920. I will have travelled about 31150 miles, consumed an almost infinate number of pints of beer and had 72 barbeques. AND, at the end of all that, my boat will still be a bit grubby, it'll still have a selection of odd (but nearly matching) fenders and I might just have got round to repairing the damage I did when I hit Potter Heigham bridge. And what a lovely time I will have had.

That was perhaps the most accurate account I've ever read in the EDP. They didn't say anything!

I would have expected 10,000 hours minimum!

I would say if anything there is less at the end of Catfield Dyke than there is at West Somerton, much further to the pub. It will be narrow and probably weedy but if you are after peace and quiet, I reckon it'll be ace. I go to West somerton from time to time, and rather enjoy the trip.

I haven't been there for ages but yes, It's quite clearly marked. Head out from Whispering reeds and keep an eye out for the yellow/black marker post on your starboard side, it's about 5 minutes cruise from the yard. It doesn't matter which side of that marker post you go but I'd get to within two or three boat lengths (25 yards) before turning. You will see two marker bouys (one red, one green) near the edge of the broad. Aim straight for them, when you get close You will see Catfield Dyke entrance and Bob's your uncle. If you choose to walk to the Crown in Catfield from the dyke, I'd be interested in knowing how long it takes you. Looks like miles to me!!!

Well if he wasn't frightened before, he sure as hell will be now!

Lovely. Thankyou Carol.

some sort of vegetable? No, He's no vegatable, I've met him, he's quite bright for a member of the NBN team.

I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong (and I'm sure they will) but doesn't the ferry have right of way over a pleasure boat be it motor or sail? Further I wonder if a boat in the advanced stage of a manoeuvre has to abort that manoeuvre if another boat comes bimbling round the corner. I suspect not! What I am getting from this thread is that sailing skippers do not like to give way to anybody apart from another sailing craft when the rules dictate. How kind. I however like the place and use it regularly. (stuff the rating, I've not died of food poisoning yet)

How long have they been doing stern on mooring there, and how many accidents have there been as a result? how many occasions have there been incidents as a result of insufficient room to get passed the bows? Has the Southern Comfort (or Lulu Belle as my mother called it) had any problems there? Is it just possible that people are crying before they're hurt?

These days running a boatyard is a difficult business to be in. These days running a public house is a difficult business to be in. These days running a thrutchasauraus farm is a difficult business to be in. In fact, these days running a business is a difficult business to be in. My next business venture will be to open a gold mine, but I bet I still run it into the ground.

I never got past "Caviat Fido".