BroadAmbition

Obviously an early Three Rivers race. No wind, so favours called in. What I would have given for one of those when I did the 'Three Rivers Crawl' - A Chinook would have been better though. I was on HMS Antrim in 77 and she still had one of those paraffin parrots as we used to call them Griff

Nice job - great to see. 170ft !! - WOW - Show off We all know she is worth it Griff

Sailed from Acle stopped at Ludham Bridge, met up with Gary, Vicky and Russ. Then onto Sutton Yard for pump out n diesel . Then the rain arrived. Now in t wetshed - had to dry and wipe down exterior. Clean through before departing for home Griff

Dinner in t Lion was fine sailed At 0900 for Ranworth Staithe, there for a DTS in Maltsters In glorious sunshine. Sailed for Acle Bridge Inn. Had a cracking Dinner with Simon n Sonia. Early night after walking Macie dog belter of a day on t rivers Griff

Sailed at 1215. Heading for Thurne Dyke. The rascal is onboard. Dinner tonight will be at the lion on me of course for his birthday treat. Its cool, raining and windy and do I give a toss? Griff

Morning, this weekend was supposed to be a family weekend cruise. The best made plans and all that resulted in me arriving onboard Friday morning at 0330 with only Macie dog. So, I was up and about somehow at 0730, thought I’d do a few jobs, shouldn’t take me long - Ha ! These items were not a ‘must do’ now but would have to be done at some time First two large scratches on the Stbd side, sand back , than undercoat Drawer runners in the double cabin four of them, three of which had become loose. Sorted them, then got carried away with a deep clean down to the hog bilge line, three hours that took Now it was decision time did I go to Tesco’s and sail or tackle the two heating duct connectors? It was due to start raining soon. Decision made - heating it was. Four hours later an a foot long scraped shin. When we installed the replacement Planar system it became apparent it could ideally do with a 90 deg elbow and a straight connector which we didn’t have. Well I did now. By then it was 2000, I could yet sail. Tesco run, tidy up, stow victuals 2100, make dinner, feed Macie and walk her now past 2200 and I’m now operating on memory power having had only three hours sleep since Thursday morning. We stayed in t wetshed This morning, a final clean through, fill water tanks etc. I have already applied third coat of undercoat to those scratches, I’ll take the gloss with me for sometime later today when we are finally OUT of this shed Still got to make up small coax for tv, improve fastening for internal coax socket on helm, extend flag lanyards for new mast and fit - they can be done later today Who would be a boat owner? My shin urts Griff

‘Out of the wetshed that fast’ Really? onboard at 0330, photo taken 5 mins ago Griff

Anyroadup, I have just bubble tested ‘B.A’s onboard gas system. Passed Griff

Paul - But is that guide lines or the law? Griff

Congratulations, you made it. Well done and see you tomorrow for a Birthday drink The big 40 eh? I’m amazed you made it past puberty Griff

Yes the boat in the photo is 'Goodnight Irene' currently up for sale. She is a Jack Powles Star supreme class. the Bourne 40 hull of course. Link to website where she is listed for sale:- https://www.norfolkboatsales.co.uk/used-boat-sales.asp Hope this helps, Griff

We have a work party needed at Dilham Staithe Cut very soon. When is 'Very Soon' ? Griff

We’ve had the same issue in the past. Drilling the new mast bracket just recently was a breeze as we invested on some colbolt / carbide drill bits a while back, got a small collection of them now. I’ve even got a countersink version. We too find that they snap all too easily if one goes at it with too much pressure or any lateral force Griff

The original artwork is to be auctioned at the show by our very own forum auctioneer, Griff (thank you Griff) Think nothing of it. Glad to be of service Griff

Lovely. I’ll pick one up at the event too Griff

They state to use the pilot when we took them through - However it was October, the pilots had ceased to operate until the spring. I got clearance of H.W's prior to the Lads week commencing to take them through without a pilot Griff

You can be sure if you hadn't bought a ticket via phone and not written to them, they would have been over you like a rash after their easy money Griff

The Gas Safe Installation and Use regulations exclude boats on inland waters not used as a permanent or temporary residence or hired or loaned.  There you go, as per the Law - I'm not off to the tower then - Good, that's a relief. (I kinda knew this but wasn't sure) Tks for the explanation re unlawful and illegal. I always thought the answer to be:- Unlawful - Against the Law Illegal - A sick Bird Griff

7ft 2" - Wroxham is a definite yes on most days too I piloted Jewel of Lights through Wroxham bridge a couple of years ago now on our annual Lads week, no problem at all and I seem to remember they needed 7ft 2" also Griff

I guess the final arbiter of this would be your insurers, when their assessor decides whether or not to pay out after a fire or explosion. That's an extreme example - reserved for those that should enter the annual Darwin awards I would offer. Of course I do understand and agree that it would be proper stupid to 'Let' just any Tom Dick or Harry without any training whatsoever to 'Work' on a gas system privately owned or otherwise What about competent Diy-ers that have the confidence and knowledge to do such 'Work'? I installed the whole gas system onboard 'B.A' every part of it in total about 13 years ago, since then we have upgraded the hob, serviced / cleaned, changed various parts on grill / oven as and when required. BUT I fitted an in line bubble tester so can see at a glance we also have two onboard CO Detectors and have done for ages way before they became compulsory on hire boats (Changing them when we feel the need), and of course passed every BSS that 'B.A' has ever had So to be clear is it legal or not legal to do 'Work' on ones own gas system on a private leisure boat? I'm not asking if it wise or recommended - That's 100% a different question As an aside (Where's Paladin?) What's the difference between unlawful and illegal ? Griff

I picked a very bad time to serve tomato soup. They say it won't do Beccles Old bridge either They may say it won't but at 7ft 2" on the bottom of the tide, it'll probably go through with the top still up! Griff

and unless I'm missing something there is no legal reason I cannot perform gas work on my own private leisure craft. I know this certainly was the case, so if anyone can point to a piece of legislation saying otherwise i'd appreciate seeing it. Good point - I'd like to see it too - If that is the case, it looks like a keel hauling and off to the tower for me Griff

Looks bang on to me Griff

Weatherspoons banned dogs after a member of staff got bitten. So, ONE member of staff from the huge chain gets bitten and they ban ALL dogs from EVERY venue? Stupid - Why not just ban / sue the idiot dog owners that allowed it to bite a member of staff? You couldn't make it up Griff

Same thing happened to us ages ago, I had already taken precautionary measures to my garage - Stopped them getting in but ruined the door, as a result of that I upgraded the pedestrian door physical security. Then a couple of years ago fitted a 4 x system cctv round our hovel. Never had a murmur out of the dogs since. I fitted the cameras in plain view but out of reach. Can't put a price on the peace of mind it gives us. I can view the cameras from my phone anywhere around the globe with a 4g signal Griff