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Thanks for your comments chaps. Jonny, I did notice that Wherry in Reedham. It looked in a pretty sorry state, but I wasn't sure whether it was the beginnings of a restoration project as it was on their slipway. I didn't get the name though....

And lastly a pair of Chinese Water Deer at Rockland early one morning.

And my first ever pics of a Kingfisher (not up to Lord Pauls standard just yet!)

A shot of some classic Norfolk engineering. Slantendicular I believe it's called.

Just a few piccies from our break last week!

Can't say I'm surpised Barry. They have been building boats for their french operation for years and shipping them over there. Last winter, we had our boat in their marina having just bought it, and when we had the few weeks high water we could only just get to it because the yard was so badly flooded. The sheds were awash about 8" deep, and the poor sods were working in there in wellies. It's a shame though, that another set of skilled labour will be redundant.

Sorry, only just caught up on this due to work and boating commitments. Yup, 14th sounds good for me.

Count me in guys!

Gordon I'll stand to be corrected, but I think this is one of those quasi-sine versus pure-sine output problems I was on about in another thread. The output frequency of both is 50Hz irrespective of the type of sine output. I would have thought the constant on-off-on-off of the quasi-sine output from cheaper inverters could interfere with the transformer operation. As I say though, I stand to be corrected. Our pure sine inverter charges my sons PSP via the mains transformer with no problems.

Hi Gandalf & Princess. It was really good to meet you both Saturday. Sorry we couldn't chat for long, but had to Tug my War if you see what I mean. The female species only one cos we let em (and we were out numbered 2-1) Resistance was futile!

No problem Alan. We moor at Ludham (Womack Water, not the Bridge), and are around most weekends (although Sat 21/6 we will be at the NBF meet in Ranworth). If you want a peek, PM me and we'll get something sorted!

Hi Rod We did the Waveney over the Whitsun holiday week. Found a lovely mooring on the way to Beccles which was called Aldeby Staithe. Lovely location on the main river, but backs onto some day ticket still waters if you are into fishing (no idea how good they are though). It's a nice spot for an evening Barbie and a spot of owl watching too. We also went to Geldeston Locks for a pint, and then back the other way towards the Geldeston village moorings. I wouldn't recommend that one though, as there only seemed to be a public mooring for one boat. It was a bit tight but not too bad for turning though. ALso spotted a kingfisher along that stretch, but the weed being only inches from the surface was a bit worrying!

Hi Alan We had the same dilemma with our boat when we installed a 1000 watt inverter. I have wired this to a ring main with 4 double sockets around the boat, and then wanted to add shorepower. Having spoken to Brian Ward's in Brundell, there are basically two alternatives to the issue of switching. They sell a manual change-over switch which selects between the inverter and the shorepower for around £35. The more expensive option (over £100 I think) is an automatic changeover switch, which detects which source is providing power and automatically switches to that. I haven't yet got round to installing the shorepower, just bought all the bits, but I also am not sure about where to put the RCD and consumer unit in the circuit. I am assuming it needs to go after the changeover switch so that the ring main is protected whether on inverter or shore supply, but as the inveter can only supply about 4 amps I'm not sure about this. With regard to running the engine when the inverter is on, it really depends on what you are powering. Our LCD TV runs from the inverter, but is only 60watts and therefore uses not a lot of battery. However a microwave will knacker a battery in 10 minutes, and hence we split our battery bank so the inverter ran from a dedicated battery. Even if that one goes flat, there are still 2 domestic batteries for the lights & fridge etc, and the engine battery is separate as well. If you are ever in the area of Ludham, and wany to see what I did with our boat, let me know and you are more than welcome aboard!

I've always caught bream at Ranworth, moored at the staithe, just off the front of the boat at dusk. I only use a 4m elasticated pole on an 18 hook, but have regularly taken bream to about 2 1/2 lb. No huge I know, but great fun on light tackle!

Here's a couple or three from me over the last two weekends. Hope you enjoy.