MauriceMynah

There are 5 or 6 on the Ant alone. On the Bure there are two near Thurne mouth, at least two on the dyke leading to South Walsham broad, and a few before you get to Horning. They are still about.

Thanks matey, that saves me a job. Personally I see this as an action against liveaboards rather than against misuse. I know that some are mooring on the green and Sutton Broad alternate days and that as such the BA can do BA about it, but I can't see that warranting the action taken. Perhaps if the BA took a less vitriolic attitude to liveaboards and started to provide more residential moorings (or at least didn't block others trying to provide them) the situation would improve.

I think that it is most unlikely that anyone has been stealing electricity. Much more likely that this is to discredit liveaboards and to stir up opinion against them. I shall try to find out if the leccy has been turned off rather than the posts just tripping out, which is quite a frequent occurance.

Ahh, a question still requiring an answer. Should I be ruled by my head or my heart. If I do get one, it will be a whippet based lurcher and a rescue one at that. Age immaterial, gender also immaterial. Nothing from a breeder and not from anyone wanting to make a profit. I have no doubt that I won't find the dog, the dog will find me.

I really want that sign.

If you need a lift from Wroxham Station give me a call. I'll pm you my phone number.

You must have a really wealthy dog if it's got hotels, caravans and buses as well as fleas

Done that, but now have more.

A fairly sensible post here from me for once. Firstly I ask a favour from Griff. When you are on your "lads week out, would you be so kind as to look at the bridge clearance height on the symphony's and tell me what they say. I'm interested given that they are sister ships to Nyx. Second, There is a product available in Tesco's called "Nature's finest Tropical fruits" that comes in a rather useful plastic pot. There are other fruits available in these pots and I get through quite a lot. This has resulted in my now having more useful pots than I have uses for. Would anybody out there like some? I have about 20 going spare. See pic below.

I will be home but still here. I live on my boat. :-)

0 sleeps. I'm already here :-)

That does seem to be the case. First thing I got wrong is that it's a Seamaster 23, not a 25. I've just had a look at it and apart from a bit of a strange bit of coachwork painting on the Hull, it's a good looking little boat

Has the bottom of the 2nd hand boat market fallen out when I wasn't looking or what? A friend of mine (yes, I do have some) purchased a boat a short while ago. It has proven, not to be to his wife's liking. The loo's too small, the boat rocks more than she was expecting and generally speaking the craft just doesn't cut it. The boat is a 25ft Seamaster with a 1.5 BMC on a leg drive. I am told that the boat is in good order inside and out. Finally, the craft is being sold with it's mooring available. Maybe I'm looking through Rose tinted glasses but I would have thought it worth about £7500 He has it up for £6500 I think. Oh and before you ask, I'm not on commission! I am curious though as to what people here think it's worth

Any nearer and it would be 'ahit'

For all those requiring excuses not to clean waterline or any other part of a boat, contact Nyx, Swan Quay, Richardson's, Stalham.

Private Pike? No, don't tell me!

Well well, the pinkers has been stirring up the grey matter again. OK so I purchase a fine piece of delicate high precision measuring equipment. I then proceed to mount it on a bulkhead and start hitting it just to see if it's giving an accurate reading. What piece of equipment? I hear you ask. A barometer, I reply. Oh well that's OK then. We all hit our barometers don't we. Why do we tap barometers? Doing so actually tells us nothing. I hear people say that doing so tells us if the atmospheric pressure is rising or falling. Oh no it doesn't, it merely tells us if the pressure is higher or lower than the last time we thrashed it to within an inch of its life. Example. Last time we came in and gave it a black eye it settled at 1000 mb. Now we strike it again and it reads 999 mb. Is the pressure falling? Not necessarily. Had we smashed it an hour before, it would have fallen to 998 mb but since then the pressure started rising. So why do we do it?

I have to second that.

The best person to speak to would be Peter Waller. He no longer posts here but I believe him to be active on the other Broads forum. Our ToS I think stops me from saying more Perhaps Hylander can help more as they are active members on both.

The other forum used to have their meet at the closest Weekend to the longest day. If they no longer have meets, that would be a good date, plenty of light! How would people like that?

Now, that IS something to sing about. :-)

I used to run two cars and one boat on 100% FAME for nine years. Never had a problem with it.

Agreed Grendel it merely requires a little more attention. The yellow Post to watch out for and stay within the posts. Timing needs to be thought out but for most Broads boats even that isn't greatly important, just means burning a bit more juice if you get it wrong. For the boats with higher airdraft, going South to North, bridge clearance at Yarmouth is the only hurdle to really think about.

Well now, it's lunch time and I'm enjoying a lunch time libation. ( please note Griff, lunch time, not dinner time) While letting the ice do its job to my pinkers I was wondering about another thread I've been posting on and found myself in a quandary. If Oftoss, the government body responsible for other government bodies acting sensibly, fines the BA two million pounds for raising the tolls above the rate of inflation, where can the BA get that money from? Just wondered!

Grendel, that is if the problem is just financial. Imagine you owned a farm. Have you considered dogs worrying livestock? OK so your farm is arable, how much in the way of disposable barbecues and empty beer cans can your harvester handle before giving you a hefty bill? Just two examples but give me 5 minutes and I'll think of a dozen others. Well ok your not a farmer, you are just lucky enough to have some riverside land and the BA wants to lease a two meter strip alongside the river to create moorings. Who is responsible for the land three meters away from the river if someone comes to harm there? Do you let the general public walk across your land to get to the road? What liability does that involve ? Who pays for that insurance? Who collects the litter there? That's what I'm getting at, it might not all be about money