JennyMorgan Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Vaughan said: Not forgetting Brian Matthew, Keith Fordyce, Sam Costa, and even Jimmy Young. Plus Peter Brough and Archie Andrews, a ventriloquist . . . . . . . on a crystal set! Did his mouth move? We shall never know! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 3 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said: If I had two then would I have stereo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 hours ago, JennyMorgan said: If I had two then would I have stereo? No you would have two monaural channels, putting out the same signal. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairTmiddlin Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 5 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said: That's not a crystal set it has a modern tuner in it. This was the kind i built razor blade and needle as a tuner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 This really is deviation from a topic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 2 hours ago, FairTmiddlin said: That's not a crystal set it has a modern tuner in it. This was the kind i built razor blade and needle as a tuner. In my days, being school kids, non of us shaved! Instead we used 'bell wire', two ends of it which were twisted together as an effective tuner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, w-album said: This really is deviation from a topic!!! Good, innit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealWindmill Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 12 hours ago, w-album said: This really is deviation from a topic!!! Certainly has drifted well off topic. Looks like i kicked that off talking about Keynsham and Horace. Sorry ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNog Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 No worries, I also chipped in some say drift is one of the charms of the Forum!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jayfire Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 What the fiddly flower petals are you all going on about??? Record Players? Crystal whatsits? Monaural??? You all gone mad? 23 hours ago, JennyMorgan said: Perhaps as to what a 'wireless' is should be explained to our younger members! Ahh now this one I know. You mean like a wireless phone charger, wirelesss headphones and stuff don't you? 16 minutes ago, NorfolkNog said: No worries, I also chipped in some say drift is one of the charms of the Forum!!!! Drift? Now there's something else I know well too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jayfire said: Drift? Now there's something else I know well too A common form of propulsion for geriatric Freemen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I apologise for trying to get back on track This is moored on the River Medway between Maidstone and East Farleigh and used as a liverboard Is this ex Broads, and if so is the outside helm a modification? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Looks like a Buccaneer Mk 1 to me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 I`ve seen pictures of a few with the outside back helming, some even had a folding canopy, don`t know who did the work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Now I know each to their own and you should never criticise another boat, but that helm stuck on the aft end of the coach house roof just looks proper stupid not to mention raising the air draft. Proper good for stern mooring though Griff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 There was a Polish Built Cruiser at Southampton a few years ago with the second helm on the foredeck. Did not get that. I went "Whale-Watching" in 2017 on a very high speed water jet cat which had helms fore and aft in addition to a conventional wheel house, they were joy-stick, fly-by-wire. So much is like that now you can stick a helm anywhere. Maybe hang round the neck controls, like a hiab driver uses would be good for stern-on and solo helms. Just a thought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilB Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 53 minutes ago, ChrisB said: There was a Polish Built Cruiser at Southampton a few years ago with the second helm on the foredeck. Did not get that. I went "Whale-Watching" in 2017 on a very high speed water jet cat which had helms fore and aft in addition to a conventional wheel house, they were joy-stick, fly-by-wire. So much is like that now you can stick a helm anywhere. Maybe hang round the neck controls, like a hiab driver uses would be good for stern-on and solo helms. Just a thought! There are some aftermarket wireless boat controllers available for electronically controlled engines, apparently if dropped the engines go into neutral. Not sure what happens if you go overboard clutching the controller though - hope they have good insurance ! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hylander Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 When we sold our Bounty 30 she went to Sussex, Very similar to this one except this one has no bow thruster , solar panels, S.s mud weight which was electric. Bespoke canopies front and back. The woman who bought it got a real bargain , was maintained by Phil at Moonfleet and the inside was a picture with everything updated. Sorry - just reminded me of our boat. - What makes you think I feel bitter. She went for £20,000 , she offered us £16,000 encouraged I might say so by a certain Marina from down South. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRascal Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 9 hours ago, NeilB said: There are some aftermarket wireless boat controllers available for electronically controlled engines... Here is mine: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Moored up in Ware today - a bit too far away to get any detail and a bit cluttered. Saw several today that would impress MM worrying about putting a bike onboard!!! Didn't dare take a photo though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WherryNice Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Been looking through the folks photo collection today and found this one, taken at Watchet harbour sometime between 2001 and 2006. The boat with the blue hull appears to be an ex-Aston Aquafibre 42! Possibly this one. http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki2018/index.php?title=Boat_Details&BoatId=4990&BoatHistory=7740. Please excuse the dodgy picture quality, it's a photo of a photo and is actually a much wider shot. They had no idea the Aston was there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 What's more, that boat on the right looks very much like a Wards Sea Heron class, built in Thorpe in the mis 50s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broads01 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 That's somewhere I would never expect to see a Broads cruiser and it was still in its Aston colours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Broads01 said: That's somewhere I would never expect to see a Broads cruiser and it was still in its Aston colours. It certainly would not be my choice for passage in The Bristol Channel / Severn Estuary! Having sailed on there and regularly foreshore Wildfowled in the Watchet and Blue Anchor areas as a much younger man, it is a body of water I treat with huge respect. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springsong Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Hi Vaughan I rather think it is a Colvic I think the model is a Northener but I am sure it is a ColvicI remember you coul dbuy them for home comletion or ready fitted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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