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    Amazon - Rant

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    This is not ranting, looks more like whining. You can bet Amazons dollar that they will have modeled the cost associated with packing size options, weight, postage deals and stock costs down o the last cent.when they ship the quantity they do every cent soon adds up to the dollar. and most of it is recyclable.

     

    An Expensive Weekend.

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    I have had combi boilers for years now, latest is Worcester Bosh. Never had any problems. We run one shower off the latest one and with plenty of water pressure get a slight drop in flow with no change to temp. If you spec correctly you should not have a problem. Specing properly may of course tell you a combi will not suit your requirements, but fit mine perfectly 

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    Lovely Morning At Salhouse

    in Broads Chat

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    13 hours ago, SPEEDTRIPLE said:

    In truth Simon, the woodie version is a better boat, as they`re much warmer and condensate a lot less. We hired Swallow from Maffetts some years back, and met up with Dave (stranger) and his good lady April. They had Pacific Emerald, but came aboard Kingfisher for a cuppa and a chat. They remarked about how nice and warm it was with the heating on, and were very surprised when i told them we did`nt have the heating on. They said how much warmer Swallow was WITHOUT heating, than Emerald was when the heating was on. We had Emerald for a weekend to go to one of the NBN meets at the Coldham hall, which was on an October weekend a year or so later. It was quite cold, but that was because the heater was`nt very good either. So not only do the woodie versions look nice, they`re more comfy to be aboard.

    Swallow..... lovely boat, wonder where she is now?

    My Day

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    It is my wife’s Birthday soon. A couple of weeks ago She had a two hour massage as her present. Coming out of Morrison’s I said I have to go and get your present. Don’t bother she said you got me the massage.

    what do you think she meant?

    34 years married this year and I would like it to stay that way, I went and bought her something to unwrap on the day.

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    Nbn Quiz Night

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    4 hours ago, JanetAnne said:

     

    How did you do? If you got any right we will look forward to seeing you tomorrow evening :default_biggrin:

    If you did well on those, and I did. It just means you are old and still have some marbles left. ;)

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    Fenders Up Or Down When Underway

    in Broads Chat

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    On 25/01/2019 at 17:57, LondonRascal said:

    Fenders, to me are there for one reason and one reason only - to protect the hull of the boat when alongside.  Therefore when you are not alongside a mooring there is no need to use them. 

    If a boat is going to collide with you when underway you will be very lucky if one of your fenders (or theirs) happens to be in just the right place to protect the boat at the point of collision.  Even if they were in just the right place, if both craft were on a slow river and had a closing speed of close on 8 MPH not much a fender will do to help cushion anything.

    Others will no doubt have their own opinion on this, but in all the time I have been cruising the rivers I have never been hit by a boat while both they and I were underway.

    This leaves the times you are moored. Lets take for an example of St. Benet's Abbey.  Now this is a good area because despite being a straight stretch of moorings, on a wide river, boats will often keep too far over to their Starboard side having passed the ruins and 'posted shallows' thus sometimes be no more than a metre away from you when they pass. Again, if you were hit by a passing boat here (and they were doing the speed limit) what would a fender be reasonably expected to protect when your hull is 'side swiped' at 5 MPH?

    The most common causes of damage seem to be when a boat comes into a mooring (either to their own hull or someone else who is already moored) and because there are so many scruffs and gouges out of boats hulls, fenders don't always 'come to the rescue' even there.  So if you are going to get a bang, hit a mooring too hard or accidentally hit another boat unless these happen to be a light nudge, the fender's are not going to be of too much help - or Sod's Law will appear and the fender will end up being in the wrong place.

    Some boats are simply too small to put the fenders anywhere but over the side - they either have side decks so narrow the fenders roll right off, or they have no reasonable area for several fenders to be stowed - Trixie is one such boat. At 24' long and 9' 6" wide she has precious little space as it is let alone for her fenders so they stay over the side at all times.  Independence on the other hand only has fenders down when she is alongside (or on the short hop around to the fuel pump) - otherwise they are stowed but then she has the space.  Broad Ambition has lovely wide side decks, so her fenders not only can be taken up but also allow for you to walk around the boat when they are up.  Despite this being something easy to do, and despite our own etiquette of so doing it does not stop some Skippers leaving a blue one down. 

    I must be getting ill... yet again I find myself agreeing with Robin... now, where are those tablets!

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    James Knight's Blog

    in Norfolk Broads News

    Posted

    7 hours ago, JennyMorgan said:

    James has already submitted comments within his blogg that should surely be an adequate response.

    Peter. Perhaps you could share the responses with us as not all will be reading the blog on a regular basis.

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