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[diesel falcon]

 

From the facebook group

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

I se Wealhau is in attendance?.

[Hockham Admiral]

I se Wealhau is in attendance?.

Have they changed Titan then, Neil?

 

http://www.maffett-cruisers.com/Images/repairs.pdf

[JennyMorgan]

One of the problems of following the advice of keeping well over to the right!!

[Maxwellian]

it only takes a short lapse in concentration when you are close to the bank.

[Hockham Admiral]

One of the problems of following the advice of keeping well over to the right!!

"Except on right handed bends"!   :naughty:

 

(or the inside of any bend)

[Hylander]

Just a thought - did they moor up there when the tide was high and went for a kip and woke up doing the rolly polly out of bed.

[imtamping2]

Just a thought - did they moor up there when the tide was high and went for a kip and woke up doing the rolly polly out of bed.

 

 

Good point , but I dont see any mooring ropes or signs of scrambled egg.

[Wehlau]

Good point , but I dont see any mooring ropes or signs of scrambled egg.

[Viking23]

I am only joking, but what an opportunity to antifoul your boat between tides. lol.

What is going wrong this season, far more boats going aground, and not particularly one hire boat company?

I expect we will see more first timers to the Broads this year, following people being reluctant to going abroad following what happened in Tunisia.

Maybe this is the trend this year...!

[BroadScot]

I am only joking, but what an opportunity to antifoul your boat between tides. lol.

What is going wrong this season, far more boats going aground, and not particularly one hire boat company?

I expect we will see more first timers to the Broads this year, following people being reluctant to going abroad following what happened in Tunisia.

Maybe this is the trend this year...!

Not a pleasent trend, Maybe as you say more first timers on the rivers.

 

 

Iain

[Wehlau]

Not a pleasent trend, Maybe as you say more first timers on the rivers.

Iain

no 37years experience he just lost concentration.Be warned those bends have a shelf about ten feet out it drops drastically,my tug draws 1.3M and I'm floating at low water,note the crane holding the back corner up

[ranworthbreeze]

Cutting those bends results in problems, after saying that if encountering a boat coming towards you on your side the river where do you go?

 

As you say a lapse of concentration can result in a number of problems.

 

Regards

Alan

[SPEEDTRIPLE]

Have they changed Titan then, Neil?

 

http://www.maffett-cruisers.com/Images/repairs.pdf

 

Hi John,

 

They`ve still got Titan, but i think they use her mainly for getting into shallow water, especially when boats go outside the marker posts. John told me when they first got her that she was specially desined for shallow estuary work on the Thames. I believe she is relatively flat bottomed, though i`m not 100% on that.  The tug in the picture i would imagine is used for salcvage use in the main rivers?. I`m sure wehlau will let us know?.

[Hylander]

Can i just say if these bends have such a low shelf then why oh why are there not posts (like the other side) along there?

[diesel falcon]

darn sourth   where there is a shelf, the ba bang in 2 by 2 yellow posts , because of the shifting silts, perhaps the lower Bure could do with some??....dosn,t help if your asleep thou!!

 

opps didn,t read post above!

[Hylander]

What do they say Great minds think alike - yea oh and sorry they also say fools never differ, but I prefer the first saying.

[Wehlau]

Hi John,

 

They`ve still got Titan, but i think they use her mainly for getting into shallow water, especially when boats go outside the marker posts. John told me when they first got her that she was specially desined for shallow estuary work on the Thames. I believe she is relatively flat bottomed, though i`m not 100% on that.  The tug in the picture i would imagine is used for salcvage use in the main rivers?. I`m sure wehlau will let us know?.

close enough,Titan is flatish on the bottom and was originally a shallow water tug designed to ground.Tosh is a navy tug and is built for brake away power,ideal for pulling of the mud with massive horse power

[quo vadis]

Massive horse power ?

[JennyMorgan]

I see Mrs Bucket sat there aboard the RNLI lifeboat, or did one of the crew take their mum along for the ride, what with it being a sunny day?

[Viking23]

I see Mrs Bucket sat there aboard the RNLI lifeboat, or did one of the crew take their mum along for the ride, what with it being a sunny day?

Probably Hyacinth taking part in riparian entertainment.

lol

[Wehlau]

Massive horse power ?

yes massive,not the same as you have witch is for speed.our prop setup 28x16x4 running through a reverse transfer coupled to a Perkins 6354.4 over bored and mani cooled with a two stage holset water cooled turbocharger high compression 48 bolt head over size injectors and a hi flow injection pump.tosh has no speed 8/9 knots max but brake away power yes,I'm the last person you want a tug of war with

[quo vadis]

Did I hear a gauntlet fall to the floor

[Wehlau]

Did I hear a gauntlet fall to the floor

not another set of bollards for my workshop wall,are they nice?

[Liberty]

After school in the playground...