Broad Ambition - Underway on the H2O

[JennyMorgan]

Despite living in what they mistakenly claim to be Gods Own Country at least half of Yorkshire is already down here! Just curious though, what does the 'T' stand for?

[Timbo]

12 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

what does the 'T' stand for?

We could t'ell thee, but we'd 'ave t'kill thee tha knos!

[grendel]

Just got off the phone to an ecologist friend who is of the opinion that the combination of the bank reprofiling coupled with the excessive weed and silting up of channels is responsible. My friend was quite concerned over the amounts of tannins that were in the rivers and the overall effect this would have on the mollusc population which would have a knock on effect on the whole ecosystem...I sort of dozed off at that point.

Surely this would be a good point to challange the work being done- on an ecological standpoint save the molluscs and all that, All that extra tannin, The Gall of the BA....

[grendel]

Despite living in what they mistakenly claim to be Gods Own Country at least half of Yorkshire is already down here! Just curious though, what does the 'T' stand for?

Yorkshiremen have everything with Tea

[BroadAmbition]

Cracking posts there   Whatever it is, I just hope I can clean it off, it has been there since 15th Oct and I doubt Ill get onboard now til December (Game shooting season is now in full swing)

Griff

[Timbo]

4 minutes ago, BroadAmbition said:

Game shooting season is now in full swing

Please save my Christmas day Griff?...By bagging as many copies of Monopoly as you can?

[Victoryv]

T Cut ?

[BroadAmbition]

B.A crewed up from today to Wednesday sadly not with me onboard though. I'm chin down ar5e up to Friday (floor tiling)

Griff

[Paws]

We saw your lovely boat at Horning on Tuesday the river was very high over the banks at our mooring at Horning happy new year paws

[BroadAmbition]

Tks,  They are having issues today as there is ice in evidence on some of the Broads and ideally they need to get 'B.A's holding tank pumped out, diesel replenished and then get her tucked up in her home berth

I'm due to be onboard 13 - 15th Jan but if there is even a sniff of river ice in evidence then I will cancel the trip before I even think about departing Donny

Griff

[JennyMorgan]

Fairly severe frost this morning and it hung on until about mid-day. You're lucky having an undercover berth.

[BroadAmbition]

You're lucky having an undercover berth.

Not luck - we opted for it, however it's only beneficial if they can get 'B.A' back into it!

Griff

[BroadAmbition]

She's home, secured, plugged in, tucked up safe and sound, well done Robin.

(So is 'B.A' too )

Griff

[Baitrunner]

That must be Robins quietest trip. Not a peep or did i blink?

plenty of ice in the basin at ting dene in brundall lunchtime. The rest of the dyke and river was clear though. 

Quite nice in the sun. 

Hope it doesnt freeze for you Griff. 

[BroadAmbition]

Hope it doesn't freeze for you Griff.

Thanks  -  If it does or it has a decent chance of doing so, we will remain firmly in the shed.  Twice I have been caught out, once I failed to get her back into her home berth.  I don't want to add to that tally.  Robin did very well to get her home with forward planning and decision making.  I'd like to say I trained him well - but I can't, with Robin it's all self taught

Griff

[Baitrunner]

In ever realised you could turn a boat into an ice breaker just by leaving the blue fender on her front. 

Ive got visions of him slowly cruising with his young lady on the front with a hair dryer thawing the water. Improvisation at its best. 

[Siddy]

Did LR let himself down, sending crew (chief icebreak) out on deck with no life jacket.

Great video and nice clear day, I loved ice in the lock as we set off on the trip boat. 40+ sat listening to the safety tape and then the boat cracked the ice up. Look on their faces.

[BroadAmbition]

Did LR let himself down, sending crew (chief icebreak) out on deck with no life jacket.

Imho - no -  as he spent an age defrosting the decks / handrails before they sailed.  Robin in all probability will do with his crew similar to the briefing I give my crew / guests, that is where the lifejackets are stowed, how to use them and inform them it is their decision as to whether to wear one or not if they are over 18 and posses brains that act 18+.  Having said that in some areas if crew are going out on deck I do insist

Griff

[Viking23]

The problem with cutting through ice, however thick, is the constant nibbling away of the anti foul, at water level, once that has gone, it starts on any paint. I would guess +/- 2" around the water line, more at speed.

On the canals some steel boats broke through 2-3" even more if they had the momentum, of solid ice, however it had devastating effects on any linear moored GRP boats, and reports of sinkings have ocurred as ice shards have penetrated the thin GRP hulls.

We chose to be in a marina, so avoided this peril.

So caution needed, best to travel slowly through already thin broken ice, than be the pioneer making the first break of the ice.

In the old days where canals had to be open, they had ice breaker boats, towed by several horses, these boats were wooden and generally rounded hulls clad in steel plate, several men held onto a central rail and rocked the boat  side to side as the horses pulled the boat and all it's crew. Must have been a very expensive situation, but the canals were the motorways at that time.

[Poppy]

Damage to gel coat by ice is one of the main reasons that many yards don't hire in the winter . It can be savage !

[NeilB]

That's not ice, this is ice  !!

 

 

 

 

 

[Broads01]

Maybe that's the sort of boat hire yards should hire out in the winter.  The trouble is the cabin space looks rubbish. 

[C.Ricko]

we use to break the ice round the yard (and up river to sutton if I was bored) but the marina owners said the boat owners complained that we pushed the ice into their hulls so we don't do it now.. 

[JennyMorgan]

31 minutes ago, C.Ricko said:

we use to break the ice round the yard (and up river to sutton if I was bored) but the marina owners said the boat owners complained that we pushed the ice into their hulls so we don't do it now.. 

That's boat owners for you, miserable lot!

[C.Ricko]

1 minute ago, JennyMorgan said:

That's boat owners for you, miserable lot!

then there were the lot who complained that we didn't !