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    Breydon Rescue

    in Broads Chat

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    The coastguard report onto the Breydon grounding states one of the vessels suffered a breakdown during a windy crossing. They were a flotilla of four vessels.

    The Herbert Wood boats is an annual school trip @sgsBroads on Twitter if you want to follow their trip.


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    Sheerline 1070

    in Technical Questions and Answers

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    Sorry Neil but no. She had to go for personal reasons and it was a sad and reluctant day!!
    We now have an Aquafibre Diamond 35 which works for us better at our age :default_cool:


    Another boat?!?! :-)

    To be fair I have been quite partial to them all! But if we had looked around Silver Cloud before we bought an Evening Shadow share I reckon we would have gone for it!


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    Brundall From The Air

    in Broads Photos

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    When we moored at Brooms Malcolm was always good for a chat whilst he beavered away on the refuelling and pumpout pontoon. It’s a real shame.

    If I remember correctly Malcolm’s predecessor also left under the same circumstances?



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    Time Share

    in Broads Chat

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    Not to mention taking weeks that other owners cannot take - not just when you are already on board.  On MS weeks like that are put out to the rest of us on a first come first served basis.  For no extra charge except fuel/pumpout.  Effectively a minimum of four weeks a year, but could be quite a few more!


    On Thunder we have moved from the first come first served to a priority order. Once you have used a spare week you drop to the bottom. Then if more than one owner wants the same week the one highest on the list takes it. So far seems to be working well.

    I’m up to second in the list just waiting for that Spare August week!

    One of the owners has probably more than doubled their allocation this year through the spare weeks- you know who you are........
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    in Broads Chat

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    Cheaper, yes Matt, undoubtedly by a mile assuming you'd be hiring a boat the same size. However with hiring you get perfect choice of what boat, from what base in what week you want. When I hire sometimes I'm solo, sometimes not and I can pick a boat that suits. I know I pay a premium for that in comparison to a syndicate but I also fix the cost when I book with no extra bills to worry about. All that said, I would never rule out switching to a syndicate in the future. For me, it would need the right combination of price, annual cost, boat style and week allocation system ( the lottery thing just doesn't cut it for me). 


    I get the perfect choice of boat now :-)

    I have to be honest but the choice of starting base has never really bothered me. Having had at least 2 weeks afloat for the last 10 years we generally either spend the week north or south, rarely both. The days of crushing all day are long gone!

    I would also say that extra costs are not particularly common. The winter costs do vary but never greatly, the ongoing running costs are a monthly standing order for us and might go up a couple of quid each year. We knew we needed a new engine so made additional payments for a couple of years and used monies we already had.

    Currently £4,000 in the syndicate account so we can absorb most things if they occur. We put a new oven on a few weeks back I think it was £800 (I am sure someone will be along to tell me if I’m wrong!) and that was just paid out of the Syndicate account so no unexpected bill for owners.

    There are many variations of the allocation system across different boats and I’m sure they all have their good and bad points. I think Lightening is moving to a priority system where owners move up and down the list (Perhaps a Lightening owner can expand?) but whatever system is in use some owners will have better weeks than others but hopefully over a period of time they even out.

    The biggest drawback to Syndicate ownership and why I think it is more aligned with hiring is that you obviously cannot just use it when you fancy it! The weather looks lovely for a break from Monday but I can’t go and use Thunder as another owner is onboard and they might be surprised to see me onboard first thing in the morning!

    Although ironically the allocated owners for the week starting today are not using her so the owners that were due to leave today are staying another week!




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    in Broads Chat

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    One thing people HAVE`NT made mention of is that Syndicate ownership should definitely NOT be looked at as "a cheap form of hiring", it is`nt, it`s "SHARED OWNERSHIP" where the syndicate owners are JOINT owners with a responsibility to look after the boat, and respect likewise owners property. Unlike a hireboat, the fix it fairies don`t come out at night (or on a Saturday changeover day) and repair or put right any mishaps you may have had, but had NOT bothered to mention. 



    Interestingly I view it as more of a cheaper form of hiring!

    Yes I do get a say in what happens to the boat but the outlay is far lower than purchasing an equivalent boat but I only get to use it at set weeks of the year.

    For me the risk and reward and far closer to hiring than full ownership.


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    Food On The Broads

    in Broads Chat

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    Its a shame that the Broads pubs and indeed many other pubs around the country do not do simple small meals. Personally, I rarely eat in pubs as the portions are in my eyes enormous. I would be paying quite a bit of money for food that would be wasted as I could not eat it all.

    I used to use a little pub (The Wheatsheaf) in Borough Market, London years ago and their doorstep bloomer BLT sandwiches went down like hotcakes and they did a roaring trade at lunchtimes with them. Also their bacon and mushroom bloomer sandwiches were just as popular. Another one was the sausage sarnies using excellent sossies bought in the market went down a treat. However I recollect that a riverside pub in Norwich did do these doorstep sarnies about three years ago.  

    Even if you can find a pub that sells that sort of fare it usually comes with an enormous pile of chips which would be paid for but not eaten by me.

     

     

     

     

    Try the pub at the Waveney River Centre. Pretty certain most of their menu can be ordered small, medium or large.

     

     

     

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    What's Makes You Support Your Team And Why?

    in The Broadscot Lounge

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    West Ham season ticket when I was younger but now I regularly take the boys to see the mighty Southend United. 45 Min Drive and street parking with a 10min walk to the ground. £18 an adult, £4 for children and the players will come and sign autographs and have photos with the kids during the warmup- what’s not to like?

    :-)


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    A Summer's Tale

    in Holiday Tales & Blogs

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    I’m not going to lie- I don’t like looking at these pictures.

    Been home 9 days now and really disappointed to see that the great weather has continued after we left!

    Good to see you are having a great time though :-)

    Having moved Thunder north from this year we did not see ES this year but looks like she is getting plenty of use!


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