[Double Mooring Without Permission]

Never without and only been asked once in the last couple of years if double mooring ok (Hotel Wroxham).

Fred

[Surlingham Broad/bargate]

Silver Cloud, ditto.

Fred

[Surlingham Broad/bargate]

27 minutes ago, FreedomBoatingHols said:

That's a Freeman.....

Of course it is. Now that is old age..............oh dear!

Fred

[Surlingham Broad/bargate]

30 minutes ago, grendel said:

question, do you moor outside of any marked channel, (if there is such a thing -thats one spot I have not yet visited but may well try this coming week)

No marked channel on Bargate unlike Rockland, where you will have problems outside the channels. If unsure about depths, go in at low water, find a place to drop the weight and forget about it! A Martham or BB boat will have no problem at all.

Fred

[Surlingham Broad/bargate]

An absolute favourite mooring of mine and never had any problems on Silver Cloud which is fitted with an electric mud-weight. I Don't see any river cruiser coming into difficulties unless at an exceptionally low tide and it is common to see larger sea going craft entering the Broad.

A Seamaster (Bittern) about to drop mud-weight, the week the overnight restriction had been lifted.

 

[Blakes (a) Pin Dish On F/b Market Place]

Although the Blakes dishes I have are not marked, a Hoseason one is and although I can not make out the pottery name it was produced in England.

Fred

[Full 8% Share Available In Moonlight Shadow]

Another shot of Moonlight Shadow underway near Hardley Cross.. Always looks good.

Fred

[A Little Light Relief]

Still a lot of fun on this weeks offering which is dedicated to Dillon.

I understand they have also been hit by a cruiser but no doubt that will follow in another episode.

Fred

[Place To Buy Kit For Boating Holiday_]

Just a word of caution on footwear. 99% of the time I wear Docs of one type or another. Shoes, boots etc and I always wear Doc trainers on board boat. Got down to the boat one week and only had the shoes I was driving with. So rather than look a twit in suedes on board I thought I'd treat myself to a proper pair of yachting shoes. Henri Lloyd Deckgrip and a bit cheaper than a pair of Doc trainers. Still available for sale  I've found them to be utter cr*p! Not a patch on the Doc sole for grip on or off the boat. So lesson be, not all that is designed for marine wear is necessarily better than normal clothing.

Fred

p.s. johnash. Is that Smith's Sable?

[Chaos At Reedham?]

10 minutes ago, Hylander said:

I have some Blakes coat hangers in doors.    They were left on our boat when we bought it.

Sounds like a potential eBay offering!  The "A" flag or "B" Flag?

Fred

[Chaos At Reedham?]

13 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

We certainly did back in the 1970's. Jimmy Hoseason was remarkably adept at buttonholing potential customers to suit the various yard's specifications. Alec Hampton's preferred customer specifications were the most stringent of all the Oulton Broad yards and he probably had the longest season of any of us. Whilst I can see the need for just about any customer right now I have always regarded Alec's approach as being the right one in the long term.  Competing with Faliraki or Benidorm, perhaps not! 

Remember a canal operator interviewed by I think Waterways World in the 1980s saying he used Blakes as his agent because it attracted a better class of hirer!

I must have passed the Hampton test as I hired Regal Safari back in the mid 80s.

At Reedham I seem to recall you could moor, using rhond anchors, on the far side in the 60s/70s if the quay was full as it was meadow.

I wonder who got paid for the EDP photograph? Bit of mischief  and a non story really.

Fred

[Old Broads Boats]

Found this photo' by Roger Joanes. Looks a little staged.

Fred

[Old Broads Boats]

19 minutes ago, webntweb said:

I'll have to dig the negs out. They could have got mixed up as I scanned over 3,000 negs, prints and slides.

If I have mixed them up the only other date they could be is July 63, but wasn't the railway bridge gone by then.

It could well be 1958 but I think Mick Richardson at that time was just running the Broad - Haven Hotel & Country Club. So the sheds were either still Herbert Woods or another concern. I do have a photo dated, if correctly, 1963 with the railway bridge intact.

Fred

[Old Broads Boats]

28 minutes ago, webntweb said:

Fred, both pics are late August 1958.

1 hour ago, expilot said:

Mick's boat hire business had two former locations, each on the banks of the River Thurne - one upriver from the bridge and the other downriver.

If 1958 I don't think Mick Richardson was at the yard. Can exploit can put some approximate dates to events?

Fred

[Old Broads Boats]

15 hours ago, webntweb said:

Couple of Potter Heigham in late August 58. The railway bridge is still there and of course the Bridge Hotel but I can't see the Herbert Woods sign that's outside Phoenix's shed on Fred's pic.

By the look of the cruisers moored this is is mid 50s or early 60s. If the later the yard would have been under the management of Mick Richardson after he left the Broads - Haven Country Club.

I would hazard a guess that the moored dark hulled craft in the top photo is Fowlers  "Rippling Waters". The yacht bottom right has a Jack Powles look and the craft moored outside Richardson's in the bottom photo  is a Jenner's "Amethyst" class.

The Bridge Hotels adjoining Dance Hall can be seen in the top image behind Richardson's sheds..

Fred

 

[Coronavirus And The Broads]

Andy, Peter has said it all. Whatever you do in the future I wish you better luck.

Fred

[Acle Moorings]

9 hours ago, Broads01 said:

Have Broads Boating Company ceased hiring? 

Web site up and running but booking link to Airbnb fails.

See also https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10369550.

I noticed a subtle change when passing that the restaurant  was calling itself Pedro's of Acle (or something similar).

Fred

[Crazing..]

I was speaking about this to Jason at Horning Marina  last Friday. We suffer on Silver Cloud with this problem at the stern and he says as Regulo does that the problem requires grinding and re-gelling, so quite expensive. The product mentioned by dunks 34 may hide the problem but does not cure it. So long term, it's probably best to take the hit and get it over with.

Fred

[Old Broads Boats]

Found this colourised and much sharper version of the Applegate yard from Carol (Adnams Girl). I see they where on both sides of the bridge not both sides of the river as I thought. Done a bit of research and although unable to date, Wood's bought out Applegate's post-war and the yard kept trading under the Applegate name until 1959.

Fred

 

[Anodes – An Interesting Question?]

53 minutes ago, Vaughan said:

So how do you feel now??   

A lot to take in but much better thank you. 

All this applies to fibreglass boats as well as steel ones? If it does then the only metal is the propeller and propeller shaft, correct? Does that need protecting as an essential or a precautionary part of the boats maintenance ?

Now when the three syndicate boats at Horning, Evening Shadow, Silver Cloud and Thunder are all moored in a line and are connected to shore power are we potentially doing damage to each other or is Rico's steel tug "Hero" taking the hit?

Sorry if I'm sounding more of a dumbo than normal but I really am thick when it comes to electrics.

Fred

P.S Sorry to any elephants reading who are offended by my using the term "dumbo_

[Old Broads Boats]

49 minutes ago, charlesa said:

When you chaps mention Applegate's yard would the Applegate be a relative of Derek Applegate the ex warden of Horsey Mere ?

There may be a family connection down the line but I have no idea. The boatyards title at this time was George Applegate Jnr.

Fred

[Old Broads Boats]

1 hour ago, Vaughan said:

Do you know the date?

By the way, I notice the water under the bridge looks rather high . . . .  

Scanned from a book"The Norfolk Broads a Portrait in old Picture Postcards" compiled by Basil Bowen and published by S. B. Publications in 1990. The author dates the image as circa 1950.

The water might look high but compensated by the craft having a sensible beam and airdraft! 

Fred

 

[Old Broads Boats]

4 hours ago, w-album said:

Are you sure this is Applegates - it looks terribly like the shed and dyke at Woods where the day boats now  go from?

Sorry for the poor scan but it is the best I can find that shows Applegate's.

I think the old taxi is standing on the demolished building next to the wet shed. The boat in the foreground looks like it could be a H. C. Banham craft. Interestingly where Phoenix are today has a Herbert Woods sign, I always thought this to be Applegate's as well.

Fred

[Anodes – An Interesting Question?]

I found this thread to be a Broads Forum equivalent  of playing Mornington Crescent. Not understood a word! 

Fred

 

 

 

 

[Hi Everyone]

Hi Paul. Ladymore 2 was originally built for the Moore. & Co hire fleet across the river at Wroxham. Nice for two but a bit squashed for four by todays standards. As a first timer I would head for Salhouse. Nice easy cruise to get used to the boat and you have a choice of side on mooring (on the main river), stern mooring (on the Broad) or even mud weighting. 

Fred