SPEEDTRIPLE

Well, from my past anyway. What do you think, is this the best, or most outrageous hairstyle ever to grace a stage?

I just had a thought, With all these modern curvy swoopy new boats Clive is building, it could be used as Richardsons new reception office?. What do you think Clive?.

I found this on faceache, anybody interrested? http://interestingengineering.com/waternest-100-solar-powered-floating-home/ Certainly an interresting concept, but imagine what the tolls would be?.

Living on the south coast, will they take any objection i make seriously?. We`ve never been in the Berney arms, and i`ve only ever stopped there once, and that was in October 77 when we floated over the bank in the early hours. Never been there since, partly due to the fact that there`s nothing apart from the pump there, and i don`t drink anyway, so we`ve never bothered to stop there. I know a lot of forumites have enjoyed the hospitality of the place, but as i said, will they take an objection from someone who lives 250 miles away seriously, or will they just say it`s not really any concern of mine?.

Chicken and Mushroom pie is nice, with a savaloy on the side. All served with a big pile of large greasy chips, all smothered in salad cream. Yummmmy Can`t you just feel those arteries hardening as you think about it?.

Hi Marina, There is a thread on it here somewhere. To be honest, i`m NOT in favour of it at all. I think that this should remain a facility for the use by ALL the public, and not be converted into ANYTHING, no matter what it is, that is solely for the benefit and use of a single group. If there IS a need for a religious temple for ANY faith, it should be in the boundries of a town which would be more accessable to those that use it. Being out in the middle of the marshes is hardly accessable, except for those with vehicular transport.

Hi Sue, welcome from me too. Iain (Broad Scot) is a real Northerner from the land of the kilt and sporran, and i`m a real southerner. Well, you can`t get more south than Bournemouth and Poole. With a large number from the East coast, all we need is someone from far west, and we`ll all 4 points of the compass catered for. Welcome again Sue, and have a good time joining in the discussions and banter.

Anyway, appollogies to all, i did`nt mean to hijack this thread. :oops:

Hi Ian, All the Syndicate boats are owned by the members of the syndicate, meaning Allan and I, as well as several others on the forum, actually own the boats. That`s why when the then boss of Challenger could`nt sell the boats to pay back embezelled money. As soon as you buy into a syndicate boat, you become an owner. Unlike timeshare where you buy a week or more each year for a given period, WE own the boats between us. All the Challenger boats management were taken over (with the consent of the owners) by BCBM, and Lightning was one of them, but long before i bought our share, the owners voted to go alone, and we are now a private self managed syndicate. Lightnings sister ship "Thunder" along with "Silver Cloud" (the first in the Challenger syndicate), "Moonlight Shadow", "Evening Shadow" and "Gooseander" are now all managed by BCBM, but are all owned by the individual boats syndicate owners. Also, if we decided to give up boating, or wanted to buy a boat of own later when we retire, we can sell our share for its market value, without having to sell it back to the syndicate for a value they decide, or give them a percentage. Allans (Ranworth Breeze) boat and "Southern Crusader" her sister ship i think are private syndicates and self managed, just like Lightning. Perhaps Allan can correct me if i`m wrong?. There were some other schemes around, something about a keyholder scheme?, but these seemed to me to be a bit dubious, so i gave them a wide berth.

That`s exactly why we bought into a syndicate boat. We nearly bought a Hampton 25 3 years ago, and were pipped to the post. Then when i`d calmed down and thought it out, i reasoned it was NOT finacially viable to own a boat, which would probbably cost us at the bare minimum, £3,500 per annum to keep, only to use it for 3 weeks a year. Odd weekends away are not really an option, due to how far we live away, so it worked out we`d be paying well over £1,200 for each weeks holiday. Now we have a share in Lightning, our share of the annual maintainance is around £1,000 +or -, and we get up to 4 weeks. As they say in the Dacia adverts on the tele, "you do the maths?" We have a 43ft luxury 6 berth cruiser for around £250 per week. It aint rocket science, and no matter how many people say "ah, but there`s nothing like owning your OWN boat, well, we do, but along with several others who also look after it, and it`s a cheap holiday on the broads. Syndicate ownership works for us, and in these times of austerity, it could work for a lot of others too.

Yeah, we saw a lot of Lightning every day all over the Broads when we were there in May / June. Here she is moored at Neatishead staithe. :hardhat: :

When are you going to build a small one Clive?. Building all these big versions, there`ll be no moorings left soon, having been taken up by all your big boats. There`s a lot to be said for yhings in small packages :naughty: : .

I saw a BMW 4x4 in a garden centre with a personal plate on it on Saturday. It too was C4 with 3 letters. Have you been to Dorset, or West Hampshire over the weekend Ray (Tangar)?. It was beside the A31 at Poulner hill.

Me too., i think i signed through faceache, but definitely signed it.

Not too many lunches in the Hockham Eagle by any chance John :hardhat: ?. : .

What`s cricket?. Somebody told me we (England) invented it. I`ve heard it`s supposed to be a game, but i`ve never seen an England side play Cricket?. Apparently, the rest of the world play it, so is there any reason why England does`nt platy cricket?.

Hi Andy, sorry it`s late, but welcome from me too. We hope you have a really enjoyable time. I`m sure you already know what you are going to do, having carried out your covert operation regarding advice on where to go, and what to do?. Whatever, and wherever that is, take it nice and easy. My own personal tip, If your boat goes under the bridges at high tide, go to Dilham with a fishing rod tackled up.

Hi John, They`ve still got Titan, but i think they use her mainly for getting into shallow water, especially when boats go outside the marker posts. John told me when they first got her that she was specially desined for shallow estuary work on the Thames. I believe she is relatively flat bottomed, though i`m not 100% on that. The tug in the picture i would imagine is used for salcvage use in the main rivers?. I`m sure wehlau will let us know?.

I se Wealhau is in attendance?.

I can just imagine the stag parties discovering loud halers now. Then it will be all hours of the night and morning. No thanks, loud halers, megaphones, or whatever they may be BAN THEM FROM THE BROADS, except for the BA rangers that is. As for those Go pro camera things, again, i`d ban the things because i think they a serious infringement of someones privacy, even if they ARE over the speed limit. Jesus Christ, i hate Big brother on the tele, so please please please, let`s NOT have it on the Broads, or my share in Lightning will be up for sale quicker than you can say "i`d like to report a speeding boat".

I know what you mean John, and to a great extent, i do agree with what a lot of people are saying. However, my biggest gripe is tha stupid system of measuring speed over ground. As Ian (Senator) rightly says, and i related to above, it`s the speed over the surface of the water that is relevant. As we have both said, an offshore sports cruiser could do 4 mph over ground against a hard tide at places like Gt Yarmouth or Reedham, yet be doing in excess of 8mph over the water, and as was said, that`s an awful lot of wash by any boat, which could have catasrophic dangers to people in moored boats. I can resall a tale John Cressy from Maffett Cruiser told me back in the late 70s, when a 42ft hire cruiser came along the Chet past the boatyards at high speed, where there is a 3 mph limit. The wash was so violent, it swirl about in his bay area, causing a moored boat to violently crash and bang about while moored. It was so bad, while a lady on board was cooking at the time, a pan of boiling water got shaken off the stove all over her. She was taken away in an ambulance with severe scalding to her upper body and arms et5c. Now come foward to the present day, and imagine a boat doing possibly 8+ mph over water, yet only 4 mph over land LEGALLY, then causing the same thing to happen. This whole idea of having speed limits over ground is completey stupid, and one i will NEVER be in favour of.

Hi John I know speeding boats can ve a real problem, but things have got worse since the instigation of the new way of measuring it over land. There was a lot less of it before, and now a lot of people are jusyt jumping on the bandwagon, and wanting to say what is the right thing. I`ve been hiring for 45 years, and i`ve never heard of so many so called problems before this stupid system came into being. I like to slowly chug around and enjoy the slower pace of life afloat just like many on here. But when a hirer is told the figures on the dash panel are what they should be doing on a handover, what else are they to do?.

I forgot to say, years ago, long befor the invention of GPS systems, ALL boats relied on speed through the water, and most still do, so why do we now have the stupid system of speed over land, which then allows the faster offshore designs to LEGALLY do a possible 7-8 mph over water at somewhere like Gt yarmouth, which would be something like 4 mph over land, and creating a huge wash which could be dangerous to moored boats.?. I think it might be so the BA can stand around with speed guns rather than patrol the rivers?. Or am i just being a tad scynical again?.

Don`t forget Gt Yarmouth.

One thing we must ALL remember, and that is on a hireboat, there is a plaque on the dash that gives a speed per RPM, which is governed by the boat travelling in tidal water. Going against the tide, at an RPM of say 1,750 at 6mph, and say 1,250 at 4mph, your speed over land will increase or decrease depending on whether you`re going with, or against the tide. If the speed limits are to be applied as over land, then in some fast tidal areas, it will be very difficult to maintain 4 mph while going with the tide, and also you will be seriously reducing the amount of steerage. As for GPS speedos, we had one on Maffett cruisers Kestrel last year. Wile punching the tide, at max revs, we could`nt get any more than 4.9mph over land. Imagine how much slower we would have been going if punching a hard tide through Gt Yarmouth.?. It`s all very well saying you`re going to report someone, but why not name and shame the yards for having boats capable of being able to go so fast. we were passed by a number of hire boats over recent years, and quite fast too, but i wonder how people would react if i mentioned the yard of the majority of boats that we see regularly speeding?. Instead of reporting it to the BA report it to their home yard, and see what their response is. What IS unforgivable is speeding past moored boats, fishermen, and people in unpowered small personal watercraft. That is just downright bad manners and inconsiderate, possibly also dangerous.