Broad Ambition - Underway on the H2O

[BroadAmbition]

Over Barton, cruising to PH. All to the good. Internally ‘B.A’ is clean. Topsides not so good. MrsG will let me recommence clean ship once alongside as I’m presently on watch on the helm

Griff

[grendel]

it will do the old girl good to have some time out and about, also it will be good for yourself and mrs G to reconnect after the last few months of looking after her mum.

[BroadAmbition]

8ft 4 at Ludham Bridge  that was handy,  no need to drop the screen 

Griff

[Lulu]

Just seen you on the webcam cleaning BA at Potter. Ive taken a screenshot from the webcam but not sure if I have permission to post it.  Looking pretty breezy there already. 

[grendel]

Cleaning? it looks more like chatting and giving guided tours of BA.

[Lulu]

Just now, grendel said:

Cleaning? it looks more like chatting and giving guided tours of BA.

He definitely was cleaning with bucket and cloth in hand. Now obviously distracted from his work! 

[BroadAmbition]

Hey Lulu, post it !

Griff

[Lulu]

[BroadAmbition]

I was cleaning but then forumites arrived they live in next village to us. Ferzan is their boat. The boys wanted to see onboard. 

Upper scuppers completed. Now just got the glass to do. MrsG commented I’d made  a rubbish job of them before I have even done them 

She has gone back to La’tharms - second visit 

Griff

[BroadAmbition]

COP - Sailing in 5 for Womack Water. Need to be somewhere sheltered for this evening / morning. Windows will wait till tomorrow 

Griff

[Lulu]

[BroadAmbition]

[johnb]

Said hi at ph. If I I had known there was cleaning to be done, I would have offered (my wife) to help. Now back home near Romford. 

[ExSurveyor]

14 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:

just been outside the wetshed at the basin end looking out over Swan quay. Mug of rum with splash of coffee in hand

Just for you Griff.

[BroadAmbition]

Sunday 9th 

Stern on at Womack Water yesterday at 1640. Got settled in for the night. Dinner onboard. I think that Norfolk Nog might be our neighbour on Evening Light. 

During the early hours at around 0400 strong gusts of wind experienced. I took the precaution of tie wrapping the canopy bars to the side battens then tie wrapped them onto the  wheelhouse sides.  Glad I did. 

This forenoon the gusts increased in strength. So, 2nd mudweight deployed both out to port, plus a 50ft port head rope to shore  we were still getting moved around.

 Command Decision  move to a port side berth arrangement, 2 x headropes, back spring, doubled on stern rope, mast down  bearing in mind 80mph gusts forecast this afternoon.

Originally we had planned to sail today for Thurne / Bure, Ant overnight then onto Stalham in the morning to collect a mate. Not anymore, I’m not putting ‘B.A’ at risk, nor me n MrsG. He will just have to come to us here.  We ain’t going anywhere in this

Griff

 

[BroadAmbition]

Knocked on E.L - no one home

Griff

 

[boycee]

Griff, Howard said in a post this morrning that he was making enquires about a taxi to go somewhere today. He's either done that or he may be in The Kings Head

Boycee

 

 

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

2 hours ago, boycee said:

 . He's either done that or he may be in The Kings Head

"May be, may be"?, i think that`s where he`ll be for a couple of days till the storm blows over?.

[BroadAmbition]

Knocked on E.L and again this morning, missed them - no one home

Griff

 

[BroadAmbition]

 Amazingly we have survived another night

Right, enough is enough. Going stir crazy here at Womack Water.

Shower drain pump has finally packed up. It is over 20 years old. Having treated it to a service kit last year, the motor has turned its last. Robin to the rescue and off to Wards in his car. Once he’s back I’ll fit the thing - needs some jiggery pokery on the plumbing apparently, you just kinda know it’ll be fighting me. 

Then?  We are going to have a go at making Horning. Need FW and plugging into shore power would be nice. It’s still proper windy though

Griff

[BroadAmbition]

Stuff it. We have sailed for Horning. So far so good. Approaching Thurne windpump. 

I’m going on a live feed on Fb when we meet the Bure. River levels are proper high

Griff

[MauriceMynah]

I am confused. The southern waters are reportedly "very low" and northern waters are "very high". Is that correct?.

[grendel]

MM high tide and low tide 

[ExSurveyor]

MM, yesterday Brundall was a very low tide, sitting on the mud low.

Today Brundall is a very high tide, coming over the quay heading in places.

 

[OldBerkshireBoy]

Indeed it is, Broom's is very high and over the Quay already and with the flood alert from yesterday I expect the Yare car park to flood before the evening is out. Crazy waters at the moment.