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while watching the horning webcam along came ex adventuring light my first love trying to moor her stern on at the sailing club for a solid 15 mins what a numpty :cry:cry:cry

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Unfair to criticise Jonny. Better safe than sorry for a (maybe) first timer.

I remember my first time with a 40' I was pants and I reckon you were to, along with lots of others :lol::lol:

the horning yacht club own her.... now hes moored bow first PMS

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looks like classic gem trying to get under after hours not a line the bridge pilot would have taken ... do people not ready the dash BOAT SHOULD BE TAKEN UNDER POTTERHEIGHAM & WROXHAM BRIDGE BY A PILOT ... i could get her under but its a hire craft so i have todo as im told :oops::cry::naughty::naughty:

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wave :wave hi everybody, long time no see, seeing that picture is a little worrying, at the angle he's going at , but i don't think everybody needs a pilot to go through wroxham bridge, i think it's all down to common sense, & looking at the height level before going through the bridge,as alot of people have hired boats before so they know what to do & are usually sensible about it, although the people who hire ARE lucky to be able to have a pilot if they want one,we've just been on the broads with george smith at wroxham, & they told us that they did'nt have a contract with whoever runs that scheme,:ie. either the pilot or hoseasons/blakes, they told us that if we wanted to go under wroxham bridge, then we we're on our own, but to be careful,the boat was called sallyB with a height of was 6.10 , so we checked the bridge height which was only just under 7.ft ,as the water was a little high, so we slowly went under chains & there seemt plenty of room but actually going the through bridge we found we only had an inch spare but we were sensible & took it through slowly & got through ok, the people at the yard also told us that they were fed up people damaging their centre cockpit boat & it was in the shed being repaired again, as it had been damaged 4 times since they'd had it, so i guess it just goes to show that not everyone IS sensible, i don't know where you have been john ,but you don't get your damage waiver back anymore, that stopped years ago. :lol: but just to tell another bit of info, when you hire from them you don't get your fuel money back, it's all included in the price,with your damage waiver etc, & the only downside to hiring from them is that you have to take your own bedding, but on a good note, you don't have to take the boat back til 4.30 pm, so you get a lye in , nice :) as they hire by the day not night like hoseasons/blakes. lori cheersice slice

here is a pic of sallyB just to show you how high she is,post-937-136713909883_thumb.jpg

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looks like classic gem trying to get under after hours not a line the bridge pilot would have taken ... do people not ready the dash BOAT SHOULD BE TAKEN UNDER POTTERHEIGHAM & WROXHAM BRIDGE BY A PILOT

Did they actually hit it Jonny or did they straighten up and recover it?

Taking a hireboat through Wroxham bridge without a pilot is blatant mischievousness! :naughty:

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Did they actually hit it Jonny or did they straighten up and recover it?

Taking a hireboat through Wroxham bridge without a pilot is blatant mischievousness! :naughty:

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i think maybe he had ago & dint make it & turned around i cant see any damage but there might be that we cant see from the photo

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Just as a matter of interest, when was the pilot introduced at Wroxham Bridge? I don't remember using one when we hired in the 80's and 90's :?

i remember taking adventuring lights through many of times its a shame cause cant show off anymore :lol::lol:

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Just as a matter of interest, when was the pilot introduced at Wroxham Bridge? I don't remember using one when we hired in the 80's and 90's :?

I think it being compulsory at many yards is a fairly recent thing old boy.... though Wroxham Marine did run a pilot service for those who preferred for quite some years I think.

I quite enjoy going under... I was sorry to hear you bottled it on your recent bimble :lol:

Dan

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