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small update....... as far as i know she was a hire craft with Hoseasons as by the looks of this sticker it has the old bluebird logo on it, there were a few various signs on the boat like gas etc with the bluebird logo on it also, so not just this 1 i'm waiitng to hear back from Hoseasons as to what they know, i did speak to someone before but i thought it was an old blakes boat, so they weren't that helpful as they didn't have old records for Blakes.apart from 4 numbers for falcons but they were all H reg and mine is a 77 so a K or an L that is correct as the rubbing strake changed and mine has 2 complete full bands were as the older ones had the bottom band broken up fingers crossed i can come up with something i'm w

nope i have contacted BA and they are hunting thru records for me ( handy knowing ppl within the ranks) i have also managed to contact a cpl of previous owners and he bought it off a chap who was the nephew of the chap that bought it from the broads to the thames i think, but he can't remember their names annoyingly so drawn a blank there. The original BA number is what i am desperate to find as i'd luv to have the original number

not a very good pic, and the blue top is actually a baby blue as it's been painted (badly) the bottom rubbing strake goes all the way round as well which is only like it on a specific model most had it stopping near the front and another bit just round the front

I have a falcon 26 made by Eastick's of Acle As far as i know she started her life off on the broads and then got sold off to someone ( i think mr D Waite) of Staines and moved to the Thames I have the thames registration number 74449 i would love to get the original broads number back on her. all the falcon 26's i have found info on were built in 75/76 all the paperwork i have say mine is a 77 at some point the engine has been moved also, all the falcon's have the engine out the back in the rear deck well, (strange layout) they had a V drive gearbox. Mine is now in the rear bed cabin and a straight thru gearbox. It has the hole in the rear well so i'd say it used to be there and was moved at some point but i may be wrong as all the panels look the same as the rest of the boat, if the engine was out the back these panels wouldn't of been needed. she has had alot of work done to her over the years i have a receipt for £1300 which was done in 1995 that was huge amount in 95. I looked under the galley drawer today and found some writing and am sure it said 'Harmony 2' which is strange as that isn't a varient of the falcon 26 i will double check tomorrow and have a closer look as it's quite faded i'm actually restoring her so will keep looking for bits in cupboards and inside the walls etc for any info. there was various signs on the boat ie battery master switch with a logo of a swallow i think it is. which is obviously a boat hire logo, i will take a pic of it tomorrow and post it and hopefully someone will recognise the logo. but if anyone knows anything about the falcon 26 i'd love to hear from you thanks

it was all dregged in the summer this year

quite scary really, it's like someone pulled the plug on the Broads

Never seen the broads this low before.......... we went to look at a new mooring we're getting in OB today the chap is leaving as he said his sailing boat keeps grounding, so the OH and me thought lets pop down and have a look..... when we got there the bottom of the broads at the maltings was actually uncovered and i thought ooo it does get low. we spoke to a cpl of ppl and they all said never seen it this low before and we've been here 20 years. so we thought we'd pop up to Geldeston and see if our little boat in Rowan was ok and this is what we were confronted with... even boats at Beccles were leaning badly

blast they are expensive

I'm thinking on my new resto project the helm seat is quite large and made from wood, the old owner housed the gas bottles under the seat........ i'm not doing that obviously and will put the gas bottles out back anyways. thinking about the dead space under the seat i am thinking about a drawer fridge. these are ridiculous money to buy so does anyone know how to build 1? i'd ideally want it to be a compressor fridge due to economincal running on the batteries. i know alot of compressors are noisy but i'd like it to be as quiet as possible being under my seat

i noticed all the jabsco ones are rectangular base, mine has a square base? are they compatible?

anyone got a hand pump assembly for a toilet pls? i have the bowl and the base plate just need the hand pump bit thanks steve

who said it was an old fuel tank? it's a purpose built plastic tank

just spoke to tek-tank, each tank has a unique serial number that they can track and tell me all about it. so i'll take a photo of it and they can they tell me all the fittings and how to adapt them.....

no and this tank is ideally situated and a perfect size also to be used as the waste tank i can re-use the fittings as there is 1 at the bottom - perfect for pumping out 50/50 as to wether top or bottom pumpout there is 2 top outlets, vent and toilet in. the only thing i will have to add is a sender gauge which will be easy enough. as far as i am aware all fittings are 1 1/2" tails pre-fitted at the factory. i will obviously fit a shut-off valve at the bottom as close to the tank as possible

it is the same level as the toilet i have been told it will be ok as the hand pumped one that i will be getting will pump it ok will just have to make sure it's pumped a few times to push it through the pipe

I have 2 large water tanks on my boat, 1 is right beside the toilet i want to install a proper toilet with a waste tank what i want to do is convert that water tank into a waste tank it has an inlet at the top which is a normal water inlet - this will need to be converted to a pump out point. it has an overflow near the top that goes to the outside - this will need to be converted to the waste in, it also has an outlet near the bottom which was where the water came out, this will need to be sealed. it is a plastic tek-tank how do i do the conversions? i have been told i need a dip pipe for the pump out? which i gather is a long tube that goes nearly to the bottom of the tank? can this be made with normal plumbing rigid pipe? as if it's flexible won't it move? thanks

thanks i'll give them a ring tomorrow

My rubbing strake on my 26' broads boat is strange..... it's actually made from fibreglass and is a hollow U about 100mm high and about 100mm deep, so quite substantial. only trouble is it's held onto the boat via roofing bolts bolted through the boat every 12" etc. There are 2 of them also 1 about 6" above the water line and the 2nd in the usual place now, i am in the process of grinding off these bolts as they are all seized and have probably been on since 77 when she was built. however...... getting to these blasted bolts is proving very hard actually in places impossible. so i'm having to drill the bolt heads off from the outside and then grind off as much as possible and then poke the remainder through the boat and collect the bolt from the bilge hopefully. These strakes are quit badly damaged in places, so i'm thinking replace with normal type that is attached from the outside. Only trouble is having a boat 26' long and 10.5' wide there is about 20m in each stripe and having 2 strips that works out at about 40m at a rough guess. rubbing strake is very expensive stuff at the best of times but having to shell out for 40 metres of the stuff is quite daunting....... what depth would ppl recommend? as the original stuff is quite chunky and anyone know of anywhere that sells the stuff cheap? i have tried seals direct, walker rubber, wilkes, and i'm looking at a minimum of £800 so far at a rough guess

I'm after a steering wheel centre pls 2 1/2" in diameter pls

i actually have a box full of thin plastic cut to size for the boat numbers, and i can do your numbers too in vinyl, all for £2 each collected & P&P would be £3 in the mainland UK forgot i had them actually....

I need a door for my boat. The maximum height is 62" this includes the frame, but if you have a door only it needs to be 5' high width not too worried but my hole is 575mm it is a restoration project so i can adjust the hole to suit but the height is crucial as i have a floor and a roof in the way :/

there is no way i can remove all paint it just can't happen unfortunately, all i can do is sand it and go back to solid paint. it's a 26 broads cruiser so quite a large boat to paint

it prob won't have the top coat on for a while yet, but i want to get an undercoat on her after doing repairs etc and obviously need to know what paint to know what undercoat

right so it looks like 2 pack is out. so back to 1 pack so whats the best?

Thanks for the info appreciated. On another note can you pass my details onto Dave Berry pls? as i am desperate to find out more about the Eastick boats especially my falcon 26 Jane Anne as i have been told it started off on the broads but the BA have no record of it and neither do any of the other authorities