JennyMorgan Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Or maybe a collector of fend-offs! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Let me guess JM, the boat is named....Fendoff? Iain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finny Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Got to be a collector ......any decent pessimist or realist would have a matching set .that said a blue boat with a red hood would set off my OCD anyway Colourflowfin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyPatricia Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 It's all the new craze. Now the power boats have finished racing at Oulton Broad they are going to start bumper boat racing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Yes, it does seem a touch paranoid under way, especially with the additional fenders on the roof already hanked on and ready to be deployed. It reminds me of the worried boat owner always moored opposite the Barnes webcam at Wroxham. Maybe his plastic force field is more understandable though, being in such a precarious bows out mooring location.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 Got to be a collector ......any decent pessimist or realist would have a matching set .that said a blue boat with a red hood would set off my OCD anyway Colourflowfin Whilst the main suppliers of lost fend-offs, the hire yards, all use various sizes and colours, it's inevitable that us collectors, retrievers from reedbeds, will have non matching sets. Perhaps we should have a forum swop shop so we can make up matching sets! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 You wait until we get up there.. that's nothing.. Our boat will just be one big fendoff as there is no way I'm repainting again anytime soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watershed Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Maybe he/she is going to rename her,"rainbow worrier"? Or perhaps the owner is totally colour blind? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRascal Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I love the two above the Windscreen – fend off from low bridges 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemike Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 after last years "thrutching" wait till you see royal tudor about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Lovely boat (but them I'm biased!) Bounty 27 AC unless I'm mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 The skipper is probably preparing himself and the boat for a Saturday afternoon trip up the river Ant when the hordes of newbies are released! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 We all had to start somewhere............. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlesprite Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I can see where he's coming from, last year after being hit for the 3rd time I went straight out and brought larger fenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Yep...very true. I remember our first hire and the way we effortless managed to 'waggle' the boat down the Bure towards Yarmouth. Straight lines? Not until day three at the earliest. Simpler days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockham Admiral Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 And you sometimes see cruisers with round the boat fendering (as our black fendering is) which is inset with bin-iron! I feel so sorry for the newer boats (Brooms are an example) 'cos a side to side contact would produce a very nasty scratch at best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 We were treated to a sideswipe on Thurne Dyke a few years ago from a boat with metal on the rubbing strake. Proper deep scar inflicted on our starboard side. Not through stupidity or malice I hasten to add, it was a simple accident where the skipper of the hire boat forgot what the stern was doing after he'd turned the boat around and was heading back out of the dyke. Rookie mistake which I suspect we've all made. Richos were simply awesome about it though...sorted the repair at our home mooring, no hassle and I couldn't even tell where we'd been hit. Proper job. I do fear for the new Broom hire boats though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Probably the same bloke who was wagging his tail all the way down the dyke. Upon hearing 'my strong remonstration' he replied " don't stress mate, they don't say nuffin when you take 'em back". I explained that my boat, along with several others would NOT be taken back ( as politely as I was able ) he appeared genuinely surprised! They live ( and boat) amongst us. Thank GOD they aren't all like that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebbtide Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I think perhaps he is running a mobile boat jumble. Might be worth flagging him down for a bargain! Maurice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revilo Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Having been holidaying on the broads for 20 years I've pretty much seen it all but in two weeks time we take delivery of our new Broom 395 and my world if worries has taken on a life of its own, 100 fenders doesn't seem enough! Lol wish us luck. .... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 As requested, good luck, Revilo! Tractor tyres are good, won't need 100 of then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ExUserGone Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I have about 25 light aircraft tyres if you want to follow the fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyandsallyb Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 As a result of various incidents over the years, we have collected a few fenders ourselves....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VetChugger Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 The "Corsican" always seems well festooned with fenders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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