ExSurveyor

Hi Ben, I have a Topliner, the later two cabin version. I did look at a four poster recently when it was up for sale. For info the private sale didn't reach the 25k asking price and was moved off the Broads. A reasonable price for the one up for sale now would be around that price range. The open plan isn't overly popular although it has a bow thruster that would be handy for solo cruising. Had our one 9 years and are very happy with it, good solid hulls.

Or, just assume that it has the correct permissions to enjoy the Broads and the BA are aware of it and it is their responsibility to deal with it, and not ours.

23' and 30 years old. I looked everywhere for cover on a 28' calypso of the same age and couldn't find anything, I ended up having a survey.

Hi Mm, It was reported to the Norfolk Mink Project, they have a trap in the marina so they are planning on re scenting it. Saw it again today.

I think it was fashionable for a week , dreadful stuff, purely decorative, no other function. The adhesive must have ben good because it is a nightmare to remove without taking the brick face with it.

Then Matron will have a pair of mink gloves for Christmas. Fortunately we are solid without any soft canopy areas., all gelcoat and double glazing. 🤞

You will be a near neighbour, we are the one on the end just past the cottages and the house.

Retro fitting insulation in any building, particularly domestic ones is fraught with problems. Badly installed, the wrong type or the wrong location can create huge problems. Not every cavity wall is suitable for infill insulation. Blown fibre or bead can and does settle leaving cold spots. Injected expanding foam can blow the wall structure and cause the outer leaf to fail. Both can create pathways for moisture to track across and allow ingress of moisture to inner surfaces. I have seen all of these problems many times. Removing insulation and drying a wall structure is a hideously expensive job. I haven't heard of any issues with external clad insulation with a render coat, yet. The number of new builds that have damp problems because everywhere is sealed up and the occupants dry washing on airers and radiators is staggering. Loft insulatiin is great and very effective, as long as it doesn't go into the eaves spaces and block the through ventilation of the roof void. I have seen a number of decayed roof timbers becauce someone got insulation happy thinking more is better. If we are to insulate some of the older housing stock it needs to be done carefully and in a selective manner.

Grendal, I was thinking the same as I watched a very healthy black mink walking along the pontoon this morning, might explain the deminished levels of ducks around here.

When we had a boat 25 minutes away on the upper Medway it still felt like a weekend away and the same feeling as going to the boat in Norfolk.

It can get a bit bouncy when some boats are in a hurry. This one is a lot more stable than the little Broom was.

Towed to Brundall without incident and now afloat.

It was an interesting battle between LH and his engineers, gut feeling and experience versus data. I think LH made the wrong call this time. It will be an interesting end to the season.

Finally finished all the jobs on my new boat. Having sold the Broom Scorpio I have a 10 year old Shetland Family Four, acquired locally, I decided to have it on the drive for a week to cut and polish it and generally tidy it up before bringing it up to Norfolk. Then I broke my foot with a nasty spiral break. I have ended up with it here for 6 weeks but I have added considerably to the list of jobs. Every job took 3 times as long as it should and I had to keep resting my foot to avoid Matron giving me grief. I managed, Cut and polish with a ceramic coating, New carpets, Reseal all windows, cleats and through hull fittings. Tighten every screw and bolt, nothing had been tightened in 10 years. Fit security bolts to the outboard. Fit new helm seats. I went for large base free-standing adjustable pedastals usually found in posh bars and comfortable marine seats, the same as supplied to the RNLI for passengers seats in the largest lifeboats, adjustable arms, back and lumbar support. I did remove the lap belts though. I hate uncomfortable seats. Rebuild the cabin door and hatch cover. This was made from hardwood ply with oak edging. The oak came from a victorian drop leaf table I dismantled last year. 7 coats of yacht varnish later I now hate yacht varnish. I redesigned the door to fold and lift off for storage. Today the children and grandchildren came for the name changing ceremony. Three of the grandchildren have had boats named after them. The fourth one, Knight, was last on the list. He loves chess and is a bright and funny 10 year old. He did the full ceremony including the proper names for each of the four winds and a splash of the fizzy stuff for each. He then quietly finished off the rest of the glass. Tuesday I will be towing it up to Norfolk for launching and 10 days resting my foot

Welcome, At that budget I would have a survey. Costs will depend on size and lift out costs locally but I would allow around £750 in total. I have no idea on engine surveys as I have never had one but a good river trial should show up most issues. When looking and you find one you like, use your head and eyes rather than your heart.

Bringing it up Tuesday Pm. hoping to move it nearer Whitey. Finally finished all the work I never intend to do .

The Shetland has a bit of a sag in the rear section that collects rainwater. The obvious fix is a pole prop but I didn't like that. My solution cost nothing as I had the materials to hand. 1m of 15mm copper tube, 1m of solvent weld overflow pipe and two overflow tees. Fit copper inside the overflow pipe, cut out part of the tees to hook over the canopy rails and glue to pipe. Bend into a curve as required. Works a treat and no pole in the way.

I have permission from the original poster who added this to facebook. I can't guarantee the content. Please, discuss within the terms of service but don't indulge in name calling or it will get locked or hidden, that will not help anyone. A copy of a document which has been circulated to all BA Members has come into my possession anonymously and I think it is in the public interest to publish this, see below. Moorings at Haddiscoe New Cut Dear everyone I’m sure you will all have read the reports in the EDP covering the above - though it’s a shame that most of you have still not seen the evidential review itself, which was sent to the Chairman over 7 weeks ago. This is obviously a disappointing and damaging report, which could easily have been avoided if the Authority had followed due process and engaged members in the proper manner - and demonstrates the critical importance of the board being allowed to perform their statutory duty of holding officers to account. Here is a summary of the relevant facts, all of which have been fully substantiated. More details can be found in the ‘documents’ section of the planning portal (application ref BA/2020/0045/COND). 1. In 2002, the Broads Authority tried to lease existing moorings at Haddiscoe New Cut to provide 24 hour visitor moorings, but were unable to agree terms with the landowner, who preferred to continue operating them as private moorings. 2. Between 2004 & 2007, works carried out by the Environment Agency to form a new set-back flood bank caused damage to the piling and adjacent road which eventually (by 2015) rendered the moorings unsafe to use. 3. In 2019, the Environment Agency agreed to replace the piling. In approving the Environment Agency’s planning application under 1. delegated authority, officers unexpectedly added a last-minute condition preventing use of the piling for mooring boats. This condition was added without consulting the navigation committee (making the consultation unlawful under the Broads Act 1988 s9), the landowner or any councillor, and was made on the wholly false premises a) that the moorings were unauthorised and b) that there had been “regular and vigorous complaints” about moored boats in that location. 2. The imposition of this condition rendered the land – which was previously coveted by the Authority for moorings - essentially worthless. 3. The landowner therefore applied for the planning condition to be removed on the basis that it was unnecessary and unreasonable. 4. Since it would not be reasonable to expect officers to “mark their own homework”, I called in the application to be considered by planning committee (in my capacity as both ward member and a member of the Authority), citing a clear conflict with planning policy as a material planning consideration. 5. 4 other members of the planning committee, and the County Councillor for the Division, also called in the application, citing various material planning considerations including loss of moorings contrary to policy and lack of evidence for imposing the condition in the first place. 6. All 6 call-in requests were refused by officers, without justification, contrary to the approved Scheme of Delegation and contrary to the Local Government Act 1972 s101 which explicitly states that a scheme of delegation shall not prevent a decision-making committee from exercising its functions. 7. Not only was this action unlawful, but it was contrary to the most basic principles of proper governance and accountability. 8. When I requested details of the “regular and vigorous complaints” which had been used to justify the condition just 8 months previously, officers claimed that the evidence had been disposed of. 9. An email from the Authority’s Navigation Officer was then provided, which was said to provide evidence of the complaints - but most of the content was redacted as it was said to be irrelevant. 10. The redacted content, when finally revealed, was not only highly relevant, but showed that the Officer had no navigational concerns about vessels moored in that location, and described the moorings as “long-established”. 11. That email proved beyond doubt that the original condition was imposed improperly and without any justification in planning terms. 12. Since it is almost inconceivable that an email could be redacted by mistake, the inevitable conclusion is that the redaction was intended to conceal the facts. 13. 5 members of the Authority corresponded with the Director of Planning and the Monitoring Officer expressing all of the above concerns. These concerns were rebuffed without being properly addressed, and resulted in Julie Brociek-Coulton being removed from the Authority without notice or due process (and contrary to the law) by the leader of Norwich City Council, at the request of the Authority’s executive. 14. The Leader of Norfolk County Council wrote to the Chief Executive to express concern over the handling of the application, but he refused to intervene or investigate, instead expressing full confidence in “the strength of our processes and quality of our staff”. This clear pre-determination rendered any further complaint to the Chief Executive futile. 15. Having exhausted all possible internal avenues of complaint, the members provided the leader of South Norfolk Council with a dossier of evidence to assist him in making a complaint to the police as a possible case of Misconduct in Public Office. 16. It took 14 months for the police to consider the case, and although the conclusion was that there was no evidence of criminal behaviour, the DS was clearly so outraged by the “incompetent and bloody minded” behaviour of officers that she set out those concerns in the strongest terms. The report was approved by a Detective Inspector and a Superintendent before being sent to the claimant and victim, and was not marked confidential or legally privileged. Clearly as a board we have a duty not only to address these serious concerns, but to consider why we have been prevented from seeing the evidential review and denied the opportunity to discuss it. This feels very much like a continuation of the behaviour described above. You will be aware that both Fran Whymark and myself made formal requests for the matter to be considered as an item of urgent business at the Broads Authority meeting last week, and yet the Chairman told the meeting that he had received no such requests. The conclusion of the evidential review was that there were “breaches of protocol” and concerns “over the transparent and lawful management of the Broads Authority” which should be reviewed by DEFRA. The sensible and proper response would surely have been for the Authority to refer itself to DEFRA for such an investigation. Instead, the Authority – without reference to the Board – decided to advise DEFRA of “this latest attempt by certain South Norfolk Council councillors to publicly impugn the integrity of the Broads Authority and its Officers” whilst dismissing the review as “the work of a junior officer” and threatening a formal complaint against the police. We are also told of a review by an “independent planner” whose identity and terms of reference are a mystery, and who has had no contact with any of those involved in making the complaint. The Planning Advisory Service have confirmed that they have no involvement in this process and it is hard to see how such a “review” could be seen as either independent or credible; the continued unwillingness to engage members over the substance of the complaint gives further credence to the Police Officer’s conclusions. Seen in the context of the Chairman’s offensive and personal attacks aimed at discrediting myself and Cllr Whymark, it is apparent that the Authority’s executive seem determined to focus on deflecting criticism and ‘shooting the messenger’ rather than addressing the fundamental concerns raised. I therefore ask you all to consider carefully what actions the board should take to restore public confidence in our ability to govern, scrutinise and protect the public interest. Kind regards

As I am now fully, officially retired, we no longer have MIL to look after and the grandchildren are all at school. 2022 will bring two weeks each month afloat April to October and one week a month for the other months. August hopefully will be the Hungarian F1 after being cancelled the last two years. The odd long weekend will be slotted in in the UK. It have no desire to go abroad for the sun until 2023.

I suspect boating will be ignored, along with construction plant and farming machinery, the cost of going electric, combined with the relative limited numbers and the difficulty with supplying electricity, will make it impractical. The big carbon savings is cars, the rest pale into insignificance. All these studies are just box ticking, the car and housing are where the cost benefit savings are. That is where the money will be focused.

Locally we have a University technical college for years 9 to 13. They specialise in Engineering and construction along side the standard curriculum. Medway has finally reconnected with its Dockyard apprenticeship past and is catering for those pupils who want a practical career rather than University.

Same here, a light tint on the cabins and clear in the helm area. Thick thermal lines curtains all round for the colder months. The doors, four of them, are double glazed sliding patio doors so some privacy is needed.

NBN Fb site up and working again.

Whatsapp and Instagram as well.