tjg1677 Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 HI, after spending months reading the forum I thought I would reveal my hand and say hello. Am an ex seafarer having served in both the royal and merchant navies as a marine engineer, spent about 18 years at sea in total. Have been an ardent broadophile for many years but then defected to the canal system. Sold my narrowboat last year and have drifted back to the broads having hired 4 boats in the last 18 months and now a proud owner of one, just goes to show that broads water must get into the blood!! Seems to be some nice people on here and i look forward to hopefully conversing with you in the future. bon voyage to all trev. 3 Quote
riyadhcrew Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Hello Trevor, Good to see you here and feel free to converse all that you want. 1 Quote
Chelsea14Ian Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Hi Trevor and welcome to the forum we are at Potter at present yes the broads does get to you.Lets here more about you your boat and where you moor Ian 1 Quote
Bound2Please Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 A warm Trev from me and the wench (some call her Inge) qand yes your dead right the broads does get into your blood stream. Charlie 1 Quote
SwanR Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Morning and welcome Trev. Just got back from a few days out on the rivers - it was our third trip this year but we're sticking to hiring for now. Quote
ranworthbreeze Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Hi Trev, Welcome to the forum. Please can we have some details of your boat and maybe a few pictures. Regards Alan 1 Quote
BroadScot Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Hi Trev, Welcome to the NBN Forum I hope my reply may have helped with your engine manual ? Iain Quote
tjg1677 Posted September 10, 2016 Author Posted September 10, 2016 greetings felicitations and thanks for a very warm welcome from you all. broadscot, thank you so much for your link to a manual, I have had a right job trying to get one, will check the link out when I get onto my laptop cos this so called smart phone has very limited abilities! a bit about my boat, well ironically I have the boat everyone loves to hate judging by what I have read on here. It is an alphacraft lowliner 42. I know they have their faults but she spoke to me when I saw her. I moor at ferry marina horning, lovely place. She is in drydock having a bit of work done at the moment. Mine is a fairly reasonable layout, she has the lower helm right up to the front window, so is easy to steer from inside, couple that with a massive galley and it makes her lovely. Downside is I am over six foot and about two and a half foot wide, ao I will leave you to guess the fun I have with low headroom and narrow doors oh did I mention fun size cabins too?? In time all this will be resolved money permitting as I intend to fully refit her over time.she is probably the lovliest handling boat I have ever conned, impeccable manners and actually goes astern in a straight line but she is mine and I love her. If anyone wants to know more, please feel free to ask ttfn trev 6 Quote
MauriceMynah Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 20 minutes ago, tjg1677 said: but she spoke to me when I saw her. ... and that's all that's needed for her to be the perfect boat for you. Though, having said that, I have to admit that my boat spoke to me too. Sadly this is a 'family forum' and so I'm not allowed to tell you what she said. 1 Quote
BroadScot Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Hi trev, I tested the link, it appeared to open all you will require. Good luck ! Iain 1 Quote
tjg1677 Posted September 10, 2016 Author Posted September 10, 2016 Thanks Iain, that is absolutely spot on, you are a gentleman and scholar.Have it working now back onto laptop. MM - after she spoke and said buy me buy me, once I had handed the money over she then said something most strange- " ha ha ha now go and dig a hole in the river and just pour twenty pound notes into it !" Thats boating I guess...lol what really is very very strange ------- a talking boat !! bye for now y'all trev 5 Quote
BroadScot Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Quote Thanks Iain, that is absolutely spot on, you are a gentleman and scholar.Have it working now back onto laptop. See you lot, a Pesky that is a "scholar" SWMBO dropped a stitch in her knitting with the shock ! Thank you Trev for the kind words. Iain 2 Quote
JanetAnne Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 3 hours ago, tjg1677 said: what really is very very strange ------- a talking boat !! There is nothing strange about that, trust me! And welcome by the way Quote
tjg1677 Posted September 10, 2016 Author Posted September 10, 2016 2 hours ago, BroadScot said: See you lot, a Pesky that is a "scholar" SWMBO dropped a stitch in her knitting with the shock ! Thank you Trev for the kind words. Iain You are most welcome sir but just one thing - OK I give in, what is a " pesky" ???? Quote
tjg1677 Posted September 10, 2016 Author Posted September 10, 2016 2 hours ago, JanetAnne said: There is nothing strange about that, trust me! And welcome by the way thank you. Quote
BroadScot Posted September 10, 2016 Posted September 10, 2016 Dunno, this lot here felt we Mods were....I think, ME in particular for some reason, Trev, but all in good fun.....most of the time ! Our dearest Gracie, will explain, once she has had a bottle of red, and tried on several dozen pairs of high heel shoes! Iain 1 Quote
tjg1677 Posted September 10, 2016 Author Posted September 10, 2016 Ahh now all becomes clear thank you for that clarification Iain. Sadly I must now draw on my previous maritime experience on tankers and warn Gracie that red wine and high heels invokes stability curves and metacentric heights ( a tanker loading thing ) and make aware of the dire consequences of keeling over !!!! + high heels = ttfn trev 3 Quote
Gracie Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 Yes I agree, mixing red wine and high heels can indeed have dire consequences, have keeled over on many a night out I don't wish to take all the credit but I do believe I labelled the Mods as Pesky, all of them, more so one in particular. isn't that right Iain? Moderators on all sorts of different forums can be a tad over enthusiastic, I believe our motley crew of Mods have got it just right, it really is a term of affection, we don't tell them this however, we don't want it going to their heads A very warm welcome aboard the Forum, Trev You don't have to be crazy to be a member but it does help Grace 7 Quote
Hockham Admiral Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 Trev, Hello and a warm welcome aboard the good ship NBN from us. (As you have already found out it's a pretty difficult job even attempting to keep on subject!) When are you hoping to be back in the water? Quote
tjg1677 Posted September 11, 2016 Author Posted September 11, 2016 Thank you Gracie, John and Mary Jayne, I feel at home already. Hoping to be back in the wet stuff in about a week and will be down on her again around wed 21st for hopefully a 4 night stay. Got a day or so alongside to do some more work ( mostly electrical ) then will be out and and about by the weekend, so if you see the Giddy Kipper - please do wave. thanks trev. Quote
JennyMorgan Posted September 11, 2016 Posted September 11, 2016 I know that sailing boats and ships talk to their crews and that those crews talk back but surely those soulless motorised things can't talk, can they? By the way, welcome onboard. Quote
JanetAnne Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 6 hours ago, JennyMorgan said: I know that sailing boats and ships talk to their crews and that those crews talk back but surely those soulless motorised things can't talk, can they? By the way, welcome onboard. Ah Peter, not only can we talk but our owners can hear us without all that flappy noise going on.. 1 Quote
BroadScot Posted September 12, 2016 Posted September 12, 2016 1 hour ago, JanetAnne said: Ah Peter, not only can we talk but our owners can hear us without all that flappy noise going on.. There speeks the spoken word of a stinkie! 1 Quote
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