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2 hours ago, ranworthbreeze said:

Most grills on boats are poor at best and produce dried bread rather than toast.

And caravans. I wonder if it's something to do with bottled gas? My boat has a cheap domestic cooker which suffers the same rubbish grill on calor gas. I've found an improvement by using an oven tray upturned, to raise the height of the grille pan. Have to watch the positioning of the bread to get it even but I've got used to it now.

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The problem is reflecting the heat downwards. The difference between "convected" heat and "radiated" heat.

The best grills had a catalytic plate, the same as the old catalytic heaters that boats used to have in the 70s.  The problem was that they became considered dangerous as you couldn't see any actual flame.

Pity, as they were very effective.

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In a true catalytic heater there shouldn't be any actual flame and they should be safe to splash petrol against while running (not sure why you would though unless trying for a mount vesuvius re-enactment), I think what was called catalytic in boat heaters was not really what they were, like the old super ser heaters, a ceramic element was heated by the burning gas to radiate heat out but there was still a fire hazard.

I may be wrong as I barely remember them but I'm sure you still had to light them.

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Show day, up early, showered and back to the boat by 5 am, then it was time to do some cooking, breakfast cheese and bacon turnovers, I added a couple of just cheese and tomato, so that Graham could have a taster as well as Helen, then it was refining the flagstaff, ( I had forgotten to untie the bunting before putting up the roof the night before, that fixed it was time to get the model out, this year we decided to display it behind broad ambition

Finally all preparations done, it was time to find some shade, and settle in for a day of chatting and socialising.

After a lot of chatting a d socialising, it was suddenly getting dark. Where had the time gone?

And so to bed, exhausted, but happy having had a relaxing fun day.

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Up early this morning and a shower then it was a lazy day I did pop into lidls for some bread, saw a 2 litre plant spray bottle, and got it thinking I was a plant that needed to stop withering, it was excellent for cooling me down.

Tabitha Rose went for a little pootle up to geldeston, and back, but when it came time to reverse into her home mooring, suddenly didn't want to and refused to engage reverse, I think she secretly was hoping to stay out a few more days. 

As I have a purchase I made that inconveniently decided to come into stock last Tuesday, but fortunately the shop is in great Yarmouth, I was hoping to pop into GY tomorrow, so at 1.30pm, I headed off down river, at 5.30 pm I was passing burgh castle, and decided to call it a night there, the crossing time was 7.48 pm, which I thought uncomfortably close to sunset, so I will head over at my leisure tomorrow.

I have been hearing water levels at potter higham are relatively low, so it would be good to give it a try.   

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Anyway an uneventful trip down the waveney, 8'4" at somerleyton bridge meant I went through with the roof up, much to the dismay of all the gin palaces waiting for it to cool down and open. Arrived at burgh castle and grabbed a mooring, setting out the 14m ropes as springs with plenty of slack to allow for the tide.

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5 hours ago, grendel said:

Up early this morning and a shower then it was a lazy day I did pop into lidls for some bread, saw a 2 litre plant spray bottle, and got it thinking I was a plant that needed to stop withering, it was excellent for cooling me down.

Tabitha Rose went for a little pootle up to geldeston, and back, but when it came time to reverse into her home mooring, suddenly didn't want to and refused to engage reverse, I think she secretly was hoping to stay out a few more days. 

As I have a purchase I made that inconveniently decided to come into stock last Tuesday, but fortunately the shop is in great Yarmouth, I was hoping to pop into GY tomorrow, so at 1.30pm, I headed off down river, at 5.30 pm I was passing burgh castle, and decided to call it a night there, the crossing time was 7.48 pm, which I thought uncomfortably close to sunset, so I will head over at my leisure tomorrow.

I have been hearing water levels at potter higham are relatively low, so it would be good to give it a try.   

PH is worth looking at, the moon state at present is offering some lower, low tides. We got through at the end of July, going through was fine, around 6’8”, coming back caught us out a bit, but we got through with less room than I would have liked. (6’2”ish on the height boards, I thought 6’4” was tight which was the lowest we had been through at in the past. Just remember to keep a check on things so you can make sure you can get back under 👍🏻

Cheers 

Paul 

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Hi Paul. Can you enlighten us about the state of the moon and Potter H? Dave is letting us use Water Rail in September and we would very much like to get under the bridge. We've been advised that there are often high tides around the autumnal equinox toward the end of our fortnight, but we were hoping the week before that would be okay. 

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Although it supposed to be a fairly early crossing, there is still some mist about here at burgh castle, so I am leaving it until a bit later, meanwhile breakfast, alone frying pan meal, fried bread, egg, bacon, tomato, and a tin of beans and sausages, that should set me up for the day ahead.

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7 hours ago, YnysMon said:

Hi Paul. Can you enlighten us about the state of the moon and Potter H? Dave is letting us use Water Rail in September and we would very much like to get under the bridge. We've been advised that there are often high tides around the autumnal equinox toward the end of our fortnight, but we were hoping the week before that would be okay. 

I would check the weather closer to the time, wind and rain has an effect on the water levels too, also most important the height gauges on the day.  Get a BA tide table, the moon states are in there, examples attached. 
 

Cheers 

Paul 

 

 

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I got some pictures of Broad Ambition at the same time, but they are on the camera, and will need to wait until I get home.

Long day today, underway about 7.45 am, tide turned about half way across so I was punching into it. Revolutions for 6 mph, speed 3.5mph, then turned at the post and revolutions for 4 mph, and speed of 6.5mph, spotted a mooring so went past and turned in a gap, then moored up, setting long springs.

As we crossed breydon, Griff did some fast runs alongside me, then we spotted the stranded cruiser, just drifting. Griff hared off to check they were ok, they managed to restart the engine and we're cruising on tickover to goodchilds.

I did my shopping and then departed GY at 11am, headed upriver at a leisurely 2000 rpm 6mph with tide assist, past BA at the acle bridge inn, and proceeded to womak water, where I have been keeping an eye on spaces awaiting Griff's arrival.

 

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15 hours ago, YnysMon said:

Can you enlighten us about the state of the moon and Potter H?

I'd love more info on this. Whilst I get that a spring tide has the highest high tide and lowest low tide, this is at the coast. Is it still true as far inland at Potter. I've heard conflicting theories. The theories appear to be:

1. Spring tide = lowest low tide everywhere.

2. As you have to take river flow into account upstream when the tide is falling, the amount of water which can flow out is limited by the profile of the river, speed of flow and the time it has to flow. So if you are starting from a high high tide, it can't drop as much before the tide turns so you get lower low tides in places such as Potter and Ludham etc around Neap tides.

Anyone got a definitive answer?

 

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