Broad Ambition - Underway on the H2O

[Polly]

If she is anything like Purdey she will be a wonderful dog.

[BroadAmbition]

'B.A' slinked out of the wetshed under cover of darkness last night at 2200 bound for I know not where.

JT and his crew onboard

Griff

[Vaughan]

3 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

'B.A' slinked out of the wetshed

I don't know how they say it, north of Sutton Bridge but in Norfolk, she would'ha slunk out!

[BroadAmbition]

Neatishead last night apparently.

Then St Benets about an hour ago.

He reports that conditions are somewhat breezy

Griff

[gancanny]

just gone through horning,  fenders down,  doh  

[Vaughan]

2 hours ago, Vaughan said:

but in Norfolk, she would'ha slunk out!

Or might indeed, have snuck out.

Hence the need not to make any noise on deck, raising the fenders . . . . 

[BroadAmbition]

Just gone through Horning, fenders down,  doh  

Really? 

Maybe they were down in readiness for coming alongside (He's says optimistically)

Griff

[Broads01]

Spotted them in the distance at Salhouse when I passed around lunchtime. 

[MargeandParge]

2 hours ago, Broads01 said:

Spotted them in the distance at Salhouse when I passed around lunchtime. 

Spill the beans fenders up or down

Kindest Regards Marge and Parge 

[Graham47]

5 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

Just gone through Horning, fenders down,  doh  

Really? 

Maybe they were down in readiness for coming alongside (He's says optimistically)

Griff

Maybe the “Somewhat breezy conditions” mentioned earlier, had blown them overboard.

[BroadAmbition]

JT took 'B.A' through Wroxham bridge last weekend.

The gauge on the downstream side of the bridge stated 6ft3" airdraft.

'B.A' in normal bridge passage configuration is 6ft3" so she should have been scraping through.

He reported 2" clearance

Griff

[Karizma]

We are moored at Wroxham broad waiting for low tide (abt 8pm) to see if we can get under - we need 6' 7", so that extra 2" might come in handy !

[BroadAmbition]

'B.A' is due to be crewed up from this evening through to Monday afternoon.

Bro and crew - Six in all plus a huge ridgeback out for the weekend

Griff

[CambridgeCabby]

I’ll wave if I see them , and check the fenders are up 

[BroadAmbition]

and check the fenders are up 

They most certainly will be, Bro being ex RN like myself, mind you in his RN days he didn't have much practise with fenders being on 'Bombers'

Griff

[BroadAmbition]

That’s me n Purdey onboard for 1930, four Hrs inc a stop. 
 

Heating on, all to the good, she is sparkly clean too, well done JT

Griff

[Norfolkangler]

18 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

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Bro and crew - Six in all plus a huge ridgeback out for the weekend

Griff

That means they will need a full complement of "ships Biscuits" for the hound. :)

[Broads01]

I passed B.A. and crew at Irstead earlier.

[MauriceMynah]

8 minutes ago, Broads01 said:

I passed B.A. and crew at Irstead earlier.

We've all done it, but there's a cream you can get to relieve the pain.

[Bikertov]

35 minutes ago, Broads01 said:

I passed B.A. and crew at Irstead earlier.

Reminds me of the one about the cannibal that passed his brother in the street 

[BroadAmbition]

Friday 29th March

Bro’ and crew took ‘B.A’ through Wroxham Bridge with height board stating 6ft2”  That’s unusually brave of our Young Un. He had to remove mast completely rather than just folding it down. The rolled back canopy brushed the bridge and windscreen only had 1” to spare. The return journey won’t be as close to HW as he stated he won’t be doing that again in a hurry 

They went into the Kings Head now recently refurbished and are impressed 

Griff

[chrisdobson45]

On 30/03/2024 at 07:49, BroadAmbition said:

Friday 29th March

Bro’ and crew took ‘B.A’ through Wroxham Bridge with height board stating 6ft2”  That’s unusually brave of our Young Un. He had to remove mast completely rather than just folding it down. The rolled back canopy brushed the bridge and windscreen only had 1” to spare. The return journey won’t be as close to HW as he stated he won’t be doing that again in a hurry 

They went into the Kings Head now recently refurbished and are impressed 

Griff

Kath and I had lunch at The Kings Head yesterday, lunch menu was a little unusual but what we had was delicious. The service was a little chaotic but the staff were pleasant and were trying hard. I’m sure they’ll get the hang of it after a few days

[BroadAmbition]

Bro' brought 'B.A' back through Wroxham bridge on Sunday this time at 6ft3" stating once again it was far too close, still -  needs must and all that

Sunday overnight at Womack Water, Monday forenoon Sutton for pump out and diesel, where Purdey abandoned Dungraftin and stowed away onboard 'B.A' in full view for the river trip back to wetshed where the crew departed for home

The 12/240v system issue we thought we had cured last month reared its ugly head once again on Sunday evening.

More on this over on t maintenance thread in due course

Griff

[CeePee1952]

Broad Ambition approaching Ludham Bridge at 2 mins 42 secs 

https://youtu.be/KEXWQzKGQic

Chris

[grendel]

I have amended the post to just a link rather than an embedded youtube, due to the presence of a couple of incidents at ludham bridge which conflict with our TOS