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BroadAmbition

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  1. That all depends on how keen the police will be to follow it up Griff
  2. The neighbouring property to where I was yesterday has a cctv camera pointing straight at where my van was parked. The owners inherited the system and not sure how to operate it. However they have a 'Man that can' visiting them today to hopefully get the cctv evidence off the machine and to me for onward transmission to the police. Another neighbour round the corner does have cctv footage of the same van with reg etc. We will put the two together and send that off. Griff
  3. Could have been worse Griff, you could have caught them and be in clink for assault by now, even if it is what the low lives deserve Not a prayer. it would have been a classic case self defence of course. I do wish so hard that I had caught him, it hurts. In the morning I shall be spending in the region of £350 to replace the tools stolen, no doubt then I'll be even more angry. It takes me hours n hours to earn that kind of money, so this week looks like I'm working for the pondlife to enjoy the fruits of my labours Griff
  4. Working at a clients property, who are also family friends, Lower Pastures, Blaxton just outside Donny. 1230. White van old (transit size), either Renault or Peugeot No markings other than finger drawings on the back doors. They have been in my van and robbed a matching pair of Makita drivers (£350:00 -ish). Theft happened whilst I was in and out of the property putting tools away. Ten seconds earlier and I would have caught him red handed half inside my van. Next door has cctv but they are not in at present. I'm way beyond angry, lucky for the pond life I did not catch him. I have informed the police - nothing they can even try to do without cctv evidence, even then they tell me the plates are bound to be stolen so little chance of them actually investigating it let alone actually accomplishing anything. Feeling sick with anger now, really want slow revenge, the nasty kind. Griff
  5. Cracking update there Robin. I shall enjoy instructing Alexa to play Sandstorm by Derude at Full volume! The keen eyed amongst you forumites will now know we are due to sail from Plymouth on the 02nd Feb bound for Gya and her new home berth on the Broads. More details forthcoming in due course Griff
  6. Well I like the Broom video, no matter what the speed. They are certainly not breaking any local bylaws and they have been doing this kind of thing on these stretches of the river right since the late 1800's and the river is still there in all its majesty. I like the Broom brand, always have done. Now if only I could stretch to a woodie Admiral or an Ocean 42. I would like to think that the Broom brand could be associated with the NBN is some form or other Griff
  7. The big day of the move from Plymouth to Norfolk is drawing ever closer. Robin will in due course reveal all. In the meantime we have a mammoth maintenance weekend planned in for this month at Plymouth. Six of us for four days, including sea trials and the like. Exciting times ahead once more Griff
  8. Interesting to note that ones of those nabbed was on Breydon where there is no speed-limit. Oooohhhhh, just wait til next month when I'm skippering Independence across Breydon. North to South, semi displacement, 23:5 x tons throttles down 22kts. Bring it on! Griff
  9. Couldn't make it as I was at the Donny Rovers, third win on the bounce with third clean sheet too. A first time this season Griff
  10. Oh Wow, if you ever get short of rags to hang off a mast, there is plenty spare at the bottom of your jeans! Griff
  11. 'B.A' Has been out since the 23rd, and will be into the New Year. They are currently at Malthouse Broad, no doubt expecting to get frozen in once again on any given morning Anyroadup, I wish you all the best time afloat and for the New Year all those of you lucky enough to be on the rivers Griff
  12. So, reaching for my phone was not an option as it was well out of reach, what was in reach was my tilers sponge and bucket (Not to be confused with the common car washing type sponge) so I was able to mop up one handed. Both the lady and gent were out of the house, the teenage girly was downstairs somewhere though, after a few times of me hollering she appeared, 'Did you call'? Yes, ring your Mum, Dad, grandparents even farther Christmas etc and just tell someone we have a situation here, oh and pass me my phone will you? The both of us are now on the phone, me to 'My' plumber who suggested I first contact the clients plumber and if no good to ring him back. Fitting one of those compression blank end stops was out of the question, even if I had one in the van I could not get to it (Finger still on end of pipe in the wall) besides the pipe had separated from a soldered 10mm elbow joint and compression fittings as we all know will only fit to straight pipe, not onto another fitting. Lady of the house was now only 10 mins away but the message came back to me that 'Her' plumber would not be able to make it. What a predicament, nowt to do but sit there and have a bit of a giggle to mysen. So, on ringing my plumber back he said if it was a soldered joint (It was) to try pushing the pipe back into the elbow. I went for it and it worked, now only a slow drip was on view - this after dashing to van for my LED floodlamp. By now my plumber was on his way. I turned the water off and commenced draining down the central heating system. To shorten down the story, the leak / fitting was repaired, I finished tiling and eventually got home for about 2130. I expected a late one, but not that late. Friday I was done and sorted for about 1100. The home owners we so lucky as that joint could have separated at anytime, so just as well it happened whilst I was there Griff
  13. Thursday 21st, first day of a two day job wall tiling full to the shower area, the remainder of the en-suite half tiled right around, 15m2 in total. The tiles were fairly large and (disappointingly) porcelain. Friday 22nd was to be my last working day before re-commencing on 03rd Jan. So I get cracked on, so well that as the day progressed I started thinking to mysen, I'll forego having a break/lunch, work late and get the lot tiled today, meaning on the Friday I would be in for an early finish as only had the grouting to do. At around 1830 I only have 1:65m2 to complete, a small section behind the door where the radiator is to be fixed in place. there are a pair of 10mm pipes with radiator valves sticking out of the stud wall, as I was marking up a tile around the second pipe I had one of 'Those' moments. You know the ones, where eyes are telling brain information that is unequivocal, (Good posh large word for a 'Griff' is that) is right there in front of you but you still don't quite believe what you are seeing. What had occurred was, due to poor workmanship when the house was initially built (Persimmon - No surprise there then) the damn pipe fell off / out of the stud wall followed by a jet of hot water! Once brain had accepted what eyes were seeing and after what seemed like an age, my cat like reactions sprang into action, kneel down search blindly into stud wall then stick starboard forefinger onto the end of the open pipe to stop a flood appearing downstairs in the lounge. B*gger me it was hot! Now what to do? Griff
  14. Come on guys lets keep it friendly, each to their own I say. Hmmmmmm, yes I too did wonder why the above statement was posted as well My 'Wondering' came to mind before I saw 'K.F's post too Griff
  15. The Q:- or a Nimbus 2000 I had no idea what a Nimbus 2000 was, I did mean to google it but forgot. However I'm actually on a full day off from tiling duties today so I'm assisting Commander-in-Chief Home (Cincnavhome) with various tasks, I sat down for five minutes with a shoreside coffee (Negative Rum injection) the TV is showing one of the Harry Potter films, and there it was in a shop window - a 'Nimbus 2000' Fancy that eh? So as a result I now know what a Nimbus 2000 is. Just goes to show, everyday is a school day Griff
  16. All done and sorted. The last two nights I have popped round, cut back, tak ragged the applied the finishing oil, final application last night so she can commence using it this morning. That was a close call, if she had the accident two days later than she did I would have never got it repaired before Christmas. Said daughter has sent me a rather nice email, makes it all worth while:- I honestly don’t know where I would be without you Dad and I panic for the day you’re not here (selfish I know) but who can I call at the drop of a hat in an emergency knowing it will get fixed? Thank you so much safe to say I think I definitely owe you one or maybe two. Xx Griff
  17. Back of an envelope calculation on the leak: the aircraft carrier is 70,600 tonnes displacement according to wikipedia. Tthe leak is said to be 200 litres/hour of sea water according to the BBC. 1 tonne is 1000 litres of water. So the leak is 1 tonne every 5 hours. Wwhich equates to the entire displacement of the vessel in 353000 hours = 14708 days = about 40 years. For £1 you can buy a 10 litre bucket in Halfords (possibly mil-spec ones are more expensive). You'd need 20 buckets/hour, or one every 5 minutes, to empty the unwanted water the aircraft carrier has a crew of 679. I think they can survive for a little while longer, even if the officers don't get their feet wet. Quite brilliant - Tks for sharing that. Oh and BTW - Someone has far tooooooooooooo much time on their hands! Griff
  18. Ok, it's nearly here, so, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all forumites, their families, mates, grannies and dogs from 'B.A' her crew and their families / friends There, that should cover it Griff P.S - A quick toast to wives and girlfriends, and may the two never meet!
  19. Limber holes - Hundreds of em on 'B.A' each rib has a gap under it where it meets and goes over the hog, Every two years, every single one is checked for debris / blockages - none to date which means water can flow from fwd and aft freely down to the lowest points where the pumps are situated, these themselves I have 'Let' into the top of the hog in a kind of sump with a cross over channel. After we had steam cleaned the whole of the inside of the hull it was allowed to thoroughly dry out (Well she was in the shed for over five years) the whole lot was treated to 2 x coats of 5 star cuprinol, then two coats of aluminium fire resistant paint which of course is silver in colour. Goodness me that stuff is expensive, but then again, one usually gets what one pays for Griff
  20. We have a method in hand to deal with the issue of the balance pipe / valves, More to follow Griff
  21. Robin, once you have emptied the fuel out of the tanks, is there a detergent type product that will break up that sludge, that could be sprayed or poured into the tanks to clean them out.. I can see that once you have them empty, the next task is to empty the centre tank and then remove the pipework and balance valves to clean them out. The fuel and tanks have been cleaned out so no further work on this required Griff
  22. 1. Small amount controlled by bilge pumps 2. Yes 3. Yes 4. Four 5. No Griff
  23. I would sooner any excess domestic water, hot or cold or rain water ended up in the bilge not through a skin fitting. Exiting through a skin fitting - that means another hole through hull and I like to keep those to a minimum. Fitting a dedicated pump in the well deck would be bonkers seeing as there is already four of em throughout. However if the well deck was higher than the river level then a simple drain to skin fitting would be an option if somewhat unsightly, and I would insist on fitting a non return valve in the pipe If an item on the hot/cold domestic side failed and it went into the bilge setting off the bilge pumps, at least I would know, if it drained over the side I'd be blissfully ignorant - for a while. If our pressure relief valve fails then the fixed hose directs it down to the bilge next to one of the bilge pumps, certainly not spraying everywhere no matter what the pressure. If we lost both full domestic tanks into the bilge, then 'B.A's list would remain exactly the same as it is now - zero. Neither would the fresh water overtop the engine drip drip tray either, not that would be an issue if it did as the drip tray is always clean / contamination free. The only issue there would be that I would have to manually remove the water from the the drip tray and dry it out. Another point, the more low level through hull skin fittings there are, should the boat spring a proper leak and star slowly going down, that is just more through hull holes for yet more water to start coming in and speed up the sinking process Griff
  24. Now we have had some sort of broom arrived (it’s wrapped) hopefully MrsG won’t try flying off on it Griff
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