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The difference may well be that unlike most ex-hire boats they will be handed over to their new owners in private boat condition. It shows the Dye's pride in their fleet that every boat in the fleet has a different name, even if of the same class. Found this on You tube Fred

Taking that it's the ex-Pearsons Golden Lance (bit of a coincidence if its not), Jimmy always installed shaft drive on his fleet including his last new Aquafibre Opels. Fred

Sweet Freedom passing Stracey Arms in April last year. Fred

We passed over in Silver Cloud, N to S at 0700. Choppy but had a lot worse. Now at Langley Dyke. Fred

Talking of Beccles, if you are able to get under the Old Bridge the pontoon moorings at the outdoor lido are superb and nearer the Town centre. Fred

Too late, you want to see the nonsense being spouted in another place. My first reaction was negative but stepping back and rethinking, although twisting (not breaking) the rules, it keeps the rush at the boatyard down with better social distancing and was in fact a sensible move. Fred

Agree but you can market the product so that it attracts a holidaymaker who wants what the Broads offer. A lot of the problem is many people end up on the Broads who are bored by it all, are unable to slow down and go home disappointed. I know this is very simplistic but it all seamed to go wrong from when Hoseason's had it's Sun newspaper (sic) promotion. Fred

What really gets me is there are places and activities designed so you can really let your steam off, be loud and just go for it but the Norfolk Broads is not one of them.......or am I getting old and grumpy? Fred

1/. Depends on your definition of fun and yes your river toll will be eye watering when all the decent tourists decide they have had enough. 2/. Probably why so many people still avoid Gt. Yarmouth like the plague! (Or to be more topical, virus) 3/. Totally agree Fred

He's a to**er! Just told everyone to go South! Fred ps Hey Dave how about a bit of totty for me and Dk?

A nice atmospheric shot by Geoff Stone on Flickr. Parked at Applegate's, had it become part of Woods in 1959?

The Beauchamp Arms, last time overnighted was in the 1990s on Eastwood's Santa Cruz. Pretty poor even then which is a shame as it's such an iconic and handsome building. Don't rate Cantley as an eatery. Ferry House Surlingham is a must. Super basic menu at reasonable prices. A model of how to run a good pub and restaurant. New Inn Rockland always enjoy. Waters Edge, get a bank loan first! Really top notch food, on another level than any other riverside establishment but only for that special occasion. Reedham Ferry, very hit and miss but seems to be more miss than hit recently. The two pubs in Reedham, ok but nowt special, Fred

Although most syndicate boat owners take their boats through themselves, those managed through BCBM can use the pilot service if they prefer. Fred

Air draft on Silver Cloud is 6' 10" with all tanks full. The 43' version needs slightly more due to the upper deck windscreen. If you watch Dave Whitworth's videos he is on Silver Cloud. Fred

Agree with all thats been said. There have to be compromises with all helm positions but overall the steering position is very comfortable and visibility good. Like others, in good weather I tend to stand or to be exact lean forward! They handle like a dream too. Main disadvantage when enclosed is that when passing craft you are too high up to give the customary wave, you sort of have to bend down!. As Mouldy said the Brooms built versions had an extra window put into the camber of the sliding roof. An important plus of the helm position is that when the canopy is open you sit (or stand) in the open, you are not inside the windscreen structure. All in all a brilliant design, a real Broads classic. Fred Silver Cloud at her home mooring.

Mafair seen last year on the River Yare. Fred

I was shocked when I read the BBC news page. One of those people you just thought would go on and on. Whilst not the strongest voice it was always sweet and melodious and caught the mood of the country in bad times. Although she was out of fashion when I was a teenager in the 60s I remember having an old 78rpm disk, "Auf Wiedersehen" that I played over and over. We have lost a genuine National Treasure. RIP

Oh yes...................!

Taken from the first time I took my camera (Kodak Brownie 127) on the Broads in 1963. Left to right Princess of Hearts, Cloudy Wyn and Ace of Hearts. H & S would certainly frown on messing about in dinghies at this location today. Fred

Personally, I think he's a to**er! Welcome back Dave! Fred

Genuinely gutted for you. Hope you can salvage something from the situation. Fred

Magic of the Broads in Winter. Fred

I agree Simon but once you get replying thats it. One reason I stopped using facebook, much too easy to get embroiled. So back to the Broads. Memories of waiting for the postman to see if he had that brochure you asked for weeks ago.....and then it arrives! Fred

With so many statues under threat is it not time we erected one and I have just the spot. The rather bare area at the Wroxham bridge pilot point. I nominate Harry Blake for creating the popular Broads holiday and maybe Broads Direct could have one of John Lyons, Blakes' first yard, at their day boat reception giving Harry a wave across the river. Fred p.s. Subject to a full search of their political, sexual and nose-picking preferences.

You do realise you may be dismantled and put at the back of a museum for saying that? Fred