Nbn Spring Meet Saturday 20th May 2023

[FairTmiddlin]

On 15/05/2023 at 20:09, kpnut said:

That’s put the mockers on it then 😄

Quite the contrary. Beautiful Sunshine all day. Even got a sweat on putting up the Gazebo.

[MauriceMynah]

Sat 20th May  06:00.

Bright blue sky, sunny and starting to warm up.

Gooooooooooood Moooorrrrrnniiiiing Saaaalllhooouuusse

 

For those of an age.

[grendel]

54 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said:

Sat 20th May  06:00.

Bright blue sky, sunny and starting to warm up.

Gooooooooooood Moooorrrrrnniiiiing Saaaalllhooouuusse

 

For those of an age.

Good morning neighbour 

[grendel]

Well spotted a blockage at the bilge pump skin fitting, water stream was split, so ideal time to test the sit up paddle board. Board in water, paddle on the side deck, and I lowered myself to standing, then down to kneeling, finally sitting, got to the skin fitting just as the pump started, cleared the blockage and saw all was good. 

Then it was time to give those present a chance of a photo- well those that we awake anyway so cruised down the line of boats and back to water rail, so far, all good. Now how the heck do I get off, solved that by wedging the nose between boat and Quay heading, then walking toe to front and turning round and sitting on the quay heatown heading, so first paddle achievement d without creating a  tsunami. 

[NeilB]

6 minutes ago, grendel said:

Well spotted a blockage at the bilge pump skin fitting, water stream was split, so ideal time to test the sit up paddle board. Board in water, paddle on the side deck, and I lowered myself to standing, then down to kneeling, finally sitting, got to the skin fitting just as the pump started, cleared the blockage and saw all was good. 

Then it was time to give those present a chance of a photo- well those that we awake anyway so cruised down the line of boats and back to water rail, so far, all good. Now how the heck do I get off, solved that by wedging the nose between boat and Quay heading, then walking toe to front and turning round and sitting on the quay heatown heading, so first paddle achievement d without creating a  tsunami. 

I’m minding my own business cooking some bacon when I disturbed by a head floating past my cockpit window!!

 

[CambridgeCabby]

Indeed , rare Norfolk Orca spotted at Salhouse 

[NeilB]

Few more photos

 

[BrundallNavy]

Popped in for a quick coffee but couldn’t stay as I had to be back on my mooring by 17-30. 

[CambridgeCabby]

Spot The Difference 

 

[Happy]

The dogs beard is tidier?  

Have a great time all of yer! 

[FairTmiddlin]

17 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:

Spot The Difference 

 

Oscar was better behaved. Grown men floating around on inflatables. What ever next?

He should have been Varnishing.

[FairTmiddlin]

To all who attended the Annual meet this weekend, Thank you for coming.

 A very enjoyable couple of days and some joyful hilarity was enjoyed by myself and hopefully all.

The weather was also our friend, and glorious sunshine and mostly clear blue Norfolk skies abounded.

Must admit to a slight tenderness to the solar panel at the back of my head.

Thanks once again for your company. We must do this again sometime

[Karizma]

Glorious day for our first C in C ........... few photos captured on route.

[floydraser]

1 hour ago, CambridgeCabby said:

Spot the difference

One has a cold, wet nose and the other one is a dog. 

[CambridgeCabby]

2 hours ago, FairTmiddlin said:

To all who attended the Annual meet this weekend, Thank you for coming.

 A very enjoyable couple of days and some joyful hilarity was enjoyed by myself and hopefully all.

The weather was also our friend, and glorious sunshine and mostly clear blue Norfolk skies abounded.

Must admit to a slight tenderness to the solar panel at the back of my head.

Thanks once again for your company. We must do this again sometime

And a thank you to you Nigel for your hard work in arranging this years get together 

[Bikertov]

14 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:

And a thank you to you Nigel for your hard work in arranging this years get together 

A special 'thank you Nigel' from me, for driving me back to my car, that was parked at Ranworth  

And also a massive thank you to Griff, for inviting me onboard Broad Ambition for the c-in-c, and allowing me to helm the whole way from Ranworth to Salhouse 

I certainly enjoyed the day, and had a great time chatting to many of you through the day  

[MauriceMynah]

11 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said:

Spot The Difference 

 

In the second picture,  one of the pair was warm

 

[SteveO]

Looks as though you had a great weekend. Sorry we couldn't be there in the end. Hopefully will try again next year.

[CambridgeCabby]

Can I please thank Neil for once again transporting the forum gazebo and other bulky items aboard Rambling Rosie , and for others for their assistance in the erection and the taking down of the gazebo .

A good weekend was had (I believe) by all , Grendels bread was delicious as were the biscuits and blackcurrant vodka Kate generously proffered , as indeed were the delicious cakes here I must apologise as I have forgotten who it was whom disappeared during the quiz to bake them .

Also can I thank Socrates for leading the CinC from Ranworth .

And finally may I thank everyone who attended and made the weekend the joy it was .

[Roy]

Looks like everyone had a good time.

I had intended to join you all at salhouse and cadge a lift on a boat to be part of the parade but unfortunately something cropped up so I couldn’t join you all. 

Hopefully next year I may even have a boat 🤣by then. 

Roy 

[grendel]

I must confess that while I did remember to pack my pmr radio, I both forgot to charge it, and forgot to unpack it for the  c in c, did it make any difference,  not that I noticed.

[Meantime]

New picture of the NBN May meet emerging after press gagging order overturned! 

 

[kpnut]

7 hours ago, CambridgeCabby said:

as indeed were the delicious cakes here I must apologise as I have forgotten who it was whom disappeared during the quiz to bake them .

That was Helen (Ynys Mon) Simon, and a fine job she did too, especially seeing as my oven is a bit temperamental. 
 

[Bluebell]

On 21/04/2023 at 19:46, CambridgeCabby said:

Paid , two nights 

 

On 17/05/2023 at 21:25, ExSurveyor said:

A different era, it looks so much calmer.

A bicycle on floats, that will never catch on

 

[YnysMon]

We had such a lovely time. Our thanks to Kate firstly, for making it possible for us to attend, very generously offering to accommodate us as our Moonlight Shadow syndicate allocation ended the Friday right at the start of the meet weekend. An especial thanks for additionally accommodating our son Harry, who had unexpectedly joined us for the second week of our allocation. We found that Kate’s (relatively small boat) can easily accommodate four adults and three dogs. That’s one very well designed boat interior!

Our thanks to Simon (Cambridge Cabby) and everyone who helped out with the organisation, and to all the other attendees who made us so welcome.