MauriceMynah

I'm looking forwards toi the next set of holidays, That's when I get the boat ready for the May trip. Might see you then Iain

Ahh, so no takers for a share holding in the Walter Mitty Catfield canal company then! The proposed route for this new navigation was from Barton broad to Hickling broad via Catfield. One two way lock to stop any tidal flow, posh housing on the north side and a mixture of 24hr and liveaboard moorings the other.

I agree about the "go across the bows for privacy" point, but if for example my boat (aft cockpit) was moored alongside a forward wheelhouse boat, I would think crossing their stern would be preferable for them. Last year one night, I was moored outside the Ferry at Horning. (The Water Rats were performing there (or rather they didn't) ) A sailing craft moored alongside Nyx. As I had several guests aboard, my berth was in the cockpit. The night was warm when, at about midnight, the crew of the sailing boat walked across my stern, holding on to my canopy which was partially open to let some fresh air in. I did think that was a little thoughtless!!!

There are one or two things I didn't know about boating etiquette I was unaware of, and a few things where I was just wrong. (I didn't know for example that when holding a child's head under water, one should use a mop, rather than a boat hook, so as not to distress the child's mother more than is absolutely necessary.) Other threads here and elsewhere have highlighted some points, and I'd rather like to hear other points of view as well as mentioning my own. Mooring up alongside another vessel (yes, this old chestnut) My view... I wouldn't dream of doing this without the other vessel's skipper's/crew's permission unless in an emergency. If no such party is available to give that permission, I'd go and moor elsewhere. When I'm asked, I normally say yes. Mooring stern on between two boats... do I board either of the boats I'm going between. My view... Yes! If there's someone aboard, I would ask out of courtesy if nobody aboard, I'd just do it. If I asked and was refused... well I don't know what I'd do, and that's a fact! Now, here's an interesting one, and known to most (not all) of the sailing fraternity. I'm moored alongside another boat. I'm the outer boat and I wish to go aboard. In the sailing world, the person boarding would walk across the bows of the other boat stepping onto his own boats bows, then walking to his own cockpit. I would say that with two motor vessels moored facing the same direction, this would have to depend on where the cockpits are. am I right? or is it still "across the bow"? OK, Daggers drawn, off you go!!!

I can't see anything wrong with pointing out bits and pieces, I'm sure Clive welcomes such observations. Though in one of yours I think I do see a problem. Many hire craft seem to be equipped with painfully short mooring lines. I'm not sure they'd reach the bank.

I fully appreciate why there are certain parties on this forum who may have a low opinion of some people in that "other place". Hells teeth, I'm one of them! However, please try to resist the temptation of using a thread over there to beat them with. It does nothing to enhance the quality of this forum. I stated in one of my rare posts over there that forums sniping at each other had a negative effect on the forums doing the sniping rather than those 'sniped against', (though I may not have phrased it quite like that) a view I still hold. As far as the subject of this thread goes, Great work Clive. Thanks.

Awww, now my post looks silly. I'm not used to my posts looking silly!!

Should have tried to claim on the lorry drivers insurance, Might have managed to get a spanking new one

Hey man! Wot wrong wi de 'floatin fuzz'?

You were at your fathers' 12th birthday ??? This might explain many things!

I turn on the gas when I install a new cylinder and off again when it needs replacing. That way I can tell if I have a gas leak. The cylinder that came with the boat has just "expired" after just over two years. I have a new one ready to go in!

Looks very much like Golden Emblem from the Ernest Collins yard.

Unlikely to get any on this site, we're all too Broad minded.

Oooeerrr Right little goody two shoes then.

In that case I'll replace it with a floating throwing line. Where can I get one of those?

I have been lead to understand that I am obliged to carry a life ring or a variant of the same on board and that it is a requirement for the BSS. Is this true? I have one, but to be honest, it's right in the way!

Trouble with that "free fuel" Peter is that it's so difficult to store!

Thanks for bumping this, It has reminded me to mention that I released the peacock butterfly just outside the back door, which happens to be under the carport. Maybe all is well after all! Nice article (link) by the way

Ahh, leaving the mudweight down was my favourite stupid stunt! I remember leaving Ranworth mooring once, nice and early on a Sunday morning to catch the tide at Yarmouth. Lots of rather unhappy fishermen near St Bennets, casting both bait, and doubts about my intelligence and parentage. Happy days!

I remember when it was made compulsory for people travelling in the front of a car to wear seat belts. The number of stories I heard along the lines of..., "I knew a bloke who had an accident, and if he'd been wearing a seat belt he'd have been killed." We used to hear them all the time! Well I'm in absolutely no doubt that if Broadsman is capsized in Salhouse broad by a fast swimming duck, and the occupants all drown because their LJs fired automatically, Clive will be the first to hold his hands up and admit his error, meanwhile I am still rather interested in whether the LJ I bought is good enough to save me or do I absolutely need a crotch strap!

Just on the crotch strap point again, I find myself wondering along these lines... If an auto LJ does NOT have such a strap, is it a case of... A. It will ride up, B. It will probably ride up C. It is a 50/50 chance that it will ride up D. It probably will not ride up E. It is very unlikely to ride up Before any form of risk assessment can be done, this rather important point needs to be known. However, I then wonder if the answer is either A or B, are the LJs "fit for purpose"? and if not, how come they are still marketed.

Ok, I know that this is entirely unrelated to the broads, but I ask my question here as the varied membership to this forum makes it just about perfect for the task! Between Christmas and the new year my sister took her daughter and her grandchildren to see a pantomime. So, it was two adults (my sister and her daughter) two boys one twelve, the other eleven, and one five year old girl. The actors each used microphones attached to their clothing. The amplification was so high that the dialogue was distorted to the point of being almost painful and no longer understandable. However more importantly the jokes and double entandre were bordering on being obscene. There was the ‘forward hip thrusting’ so popular these days and ‘Buttons’ came onto the set wearing a plastic bottom outside his trousers. My sister was close to walking out but didn’t, waiting instead for the children’s mother to take any lead in that sort of action. Only after leaving at the end of the panto did she find out that her daughter was also on the point of leaving but didn’t as she felt it ingracious to my sister who had paid for the treat. My question is this… Is it considered reasonable these days to demonstrate simulated sex (forward hip thrusting) and to put on a show containing fairly obvious (well it was to the boys) strongly worded sexual innuendo, under the heading of “Panto”? I realize that this might just be a case of my sister and I being behind the times, but that’s rather why I’m asking. While I’m at it (don’t even go there, I’m being serious for once), there is an advert I keep seeing early evening that says… “Just look at that booking view” and “What a great booking room” etc. etc. using the word "booking" in this way, every two or three seconds. Is this really appropriate for teatime family viewing?

There's little point in describing what sort of pub would be best as that will be different for every customer, what it needs to be is a successful pub. Permit the new landlord his own choice. My ideal pub is one that does little or no food, is dog friendly and has a storage cellar for children ready for their parents to collect on leaving the establishment.

Without wishing to labour a point, my idea was twofold, one, it modifies a non crotchstrap LJ to one with, and it also enables the LJ to be worn without a crotch strap per say, but with ones trousers doing that task. A third advantage also occurs to me, such a device would also hold ones trousers up. Never a bad thing!

I have an LJ without a crotch strap (self inflating) and I have an idea. I shall obtain a nylon cord with a loop at each end. one loop will have the LJ's belt attached, the other will cats paw through my trouser belt. How does that sound?