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1 hour ago, EastCoastIPA said:
This seems a very strange decision. We are being told it is to bring the terms and conditions in line with those of Hoseasons and that it is nothing to do with insurance. That I can certainly believe because Barnes are still happy and even promoting the fact that they will do solo hires, and yet they also use Hoseasons. So I guess Barnes are happy to keep their own terms and conditions and not align themselves to Hoseasons and their insurance company are happy with that.
Makes me think though that I would be very wary of booking with a company that doesn't allow solo hires, or insists upon 2 x people over the age of 18 in every party. I can see a number of scenarios where someone could inadvertently fall foul of the companies booking conditions.
1. Mum and Dad + children booked on a boat, take the boat over and are happily enjoying their holiday when something happens elsewhere within the family. Aunt or Uncle, Grandmother of grandfather taken ill. Home or business emergency. Not serious enough for the family to cancel their holiday, but one of the parents on board the boat may decide to curtail the rest of their holiday to go and attend to the sick relative leaving the remaining parent to carry on with the children on their holiday, or could they now? Wouldn't that then fall foul of the new conditions?
2. Mum and Dad + children booked on a boat and prior to the holiday something important crops up at work for one of the parents meaning they must make an appearance for a day or two back at work. They intend on starting their holiday with one parent disappearing for a couple of days leaving the remaining parent with the children until they return, or can they now?
3. Thursday start holiday, Mum cannot get the Thursday and Friday of work, so Dad intends on going to start the holiday with able 13 and 15 year old, and Mum will join the group on the Saturday, but not any longer under the new terms?
All seems very short sighted to me and I'm sure has a bigger impact than just the small number of people who may solo hire. Even as a group booking, I would now be nervous of situations that may occur that could needlessly curtail the holiday for everyone.
Someone from one of the Facebook groups had booked solo with Richardsons same week as me, as he was picking a friend up to join him for a couple of days part way through the holiday he got in touch with Richardsons a couple of weeks back to add his friends name to the booking
Because of this being mentioned on the Facebook groups he got in touch with Richardsons and has had to cancel due to the fact he was starting the holiday solo
As he had added someone to the booking Richardsons weren't aware of the fact he was starting the holiday solo so would not have got in touch with him regarding the new policy
People may be annoyed about this situation being on the Facebook groups but in this instance it prevented someone from turning up to Richardsons in 2 weeks time only to be told "sorry we can't allow you to take your holiday here's your money back"
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2 minutes ago, DAVIDH said:
It would not take much to set up a database - accessible by the boatyards - which would have details of past hires across all the companies, together with any damning evidence which might preclude the odd percentage of people Richardsons might not want to hire to. Then perhaps the 90+% of responsible, experienced hirers could still enjoy their holiday.
That idea sounds too much like common sense lol
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Or why not honour the bookings that are for the next few weeks as they will now have boats that are sat there earning nothing when they could have made a couple of grand during the quieter period at the start of the season
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5 minutes ago, ranworthbreeze said:
Hi Finny,
Clive has said that their booking agent which is indeed Hoseasons; their policy is against solo or single parent (single adult) bookings
Barnes brinkcraft also use hoseasons as their booking agents but they will accept solo crews
And they even have the hoseasons logo on their boats as opposed to Richardsons who use their own "R" logo
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Surely when you make a booking they can see your previous bookings and weather or not you're capable and I'm sure the majority of solo hirers will choose a boat they know they're capable of handling alone
Why can't they make an informed decision based on that also take into account the age of the hirer as surely a 30/40 year old is less likely to suffer from any health issues
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If Richardsons have done it to bring them in line with their booking agent hoseasons,why have I been able to book with Barnes Brinkcraft today (after having to cancel my Richardsons booking yesterday which was due to start in 2 weeks as I was solo) who also use hoseasons as their booking agent
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YorkshireTripper, Capri, just me, Friday Saturday
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I did three more stern moorings during the week,one at womack staithe,one at NBD,and my final one at Richardson's at 6.45 this morning....guess which one I had no bystanders at and did perfect
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Aaah yes Capri playing the loud music I knew it must have been a bad sign when we saw them mooring up and noticed they'd managed to prune all the trees on their way down the ant judging by the various twigs,leaves,and branches that covered the majority of the deck area (either that or they were going for the camouflage look)
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Sorry to hear this sad news,my thoughts are with you and your family.Many of us know people and family members (I certainly have) who we have sadly lost to the dreaded "big C" you know it's going to happen,but it doesn't make it any easier when it does
I remember one of your very early (might even have been very first) captains blogs was with your dad so he was there at the beginning of it all
I'm sure he will be with you in spirit and memory every time you're on the Broads when you visit places where you went with him
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I'll be there too
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It looks like BBC look east maybe getting involved with this story now and hopefully ITV Anglia will do the same the support they have also been getting from Facebook groups has been amazing and it's also spreading to twitter with #Findlulustaffy
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Hi
If you are around the St Bennett's abbey area can you please keep an eye out for this dog she fell in the river a couple of hours ago she is 4 years old and her name is lulu and despite her looks she is apparently very docile
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sorry i forgot to update
the dog has been reunited with their owner
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lets try again lol
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just realised i cant post pics on this topic
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bit of a long shot but no harm in trying
found this on a facebook page
this dogs been found in norfolk and it has a welsh microchip
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my videos from my week on the broads in May https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO74zlNI6xrFmyrwoNpXyxw
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i can tweek the settings using manycam
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i was actually running it through manycam didn't realise you could access the settings from there i was only using a cheapish webcam which wasn't hd so shouldn't use a huge amount of data
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thanks for your help guys much appreciated
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thanks anyway
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unfortunately the webcam doesn't seem to have settings for white balance
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Where's the geeks when you need them lol
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Single Parent Hiring Boats
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I think it'll all depend on how they word the new t's and C's
If they were to honour the bookings already made prior to the change it would mean throughout the year there would be a number of people solo on a Richardsons boat,if someone saw someone solo and then phoned Richardsons to book solo and then be told "sorry we don't accept solo hirers" how would Richardsons explain that to them