Show threadNorfolkGregFeb 15

@JugglingWithEggs
Wish I had a good answer to that one. Being a #boater I have never tried actually seeing the #Broads by land. Places like #Wroxham and #Horning have plenty of possibilities for #riverside views but not broads.

Most Broads have edges too soggy to have roads near them and most of the banks are in private hands or the hands of organisations such as the #NationalTrust and #Norfolk #Wildlife Trust, whose priorities do not to encourage unencumbered access by the masses.

Malthouse Broad, near Ranworth, must be one of the best exceptions. I've never tried to reach Salhouse or Wroxham by road, but the owner of the first offers moorings which are accessible from a car park some 800yds away and it's probably possible to explore the grounds around the sailing club at Wroxham Broad.

If you don't mind being part of a party then the #NWT do have guided walks at #Hickling.

James AkersJul 17, 2024

More birthday prep-

I decided to make myself a fancy hat! Inspired by the "boater" hats of the 1920s, the design is simple and made of just 3 circles- with one of them bent to the profile of my head.

I bent it almost entirely out of scraps- even using some donated electrodes and side tubulating it- just like they would have done in the 1920s.

Hey, I am using mercury in the production of this hat just like those mad hatters. Although I am using only one drop- dispensed with a hemetrically sealed glass and teflon injector :).

I underfilled it to just 5 torr (instead of the usual 9) so there will be less resistance and longer battery life- with the tradeoff of shorter tube life- I dont need this to last 75 years anyways :)

I might add "B-DAY" to the front if I have time.

#neon #hat #hatter #handmade #birthday #event #glass #nyc #brooklyn #oldschool #boater #selfie #fluorescent #wearable

Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦Oct 21, 2023
Před 6ti lety jsem si pořídil můj @sunseeker27, tahle loď vypadala když jsem jí koupil. Spoustu vody mezitím uteklo a hodně věcí se změnilo 🙂 #boater #boating
Alaska Native NewsOct 11, 2023

Searchers Come up Empty-Handed in Search for Togiak Boater
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Kelly Coopchiak of Togiak. Image-FB Profiles

On Saturday afternoon, troopers received notification from Koliganek's VPSO that a swamped boat was located on the Nushagak River near Lewis Point.

When discovered, the boat was empty and had no...
https://alaska-native-news.com/alaska-researchers-survey-spread-of-potato-scab/70211/
#boater #coopchiak #kelly #koliganek #missing #nushagak #river #search #togiak

Searchers Come up Empty-Handed in Search for Togiak Boater - Alaska Native News

On Saturday afternoon, troopers received notification from Koliganek’s VPSO that a swamped boat was located on the Nushagak River near Lewis Point. When discovered, the boat was empty and had no registration numbers to identify it. Searchers responded to the area to search for a possible boater but would not find anyone. Two days later, […]

Alaska Native News
Nighttime on Still WatersOct 8, 2023

The simple joys of #boatlife. There are few things calculated to bring more joy to a #boater's heart than the feeling of having a full water tank and an empty toilet!

https://www.noswpod.com/swings-roundabouts/

#podcast #boats #canal #CanalLife

Swings and Roundabouts (Listeners' Questions - 3)

There's an old and trustworthy adage on the canals: when two or more boaters meet up it is only a matter of time before the conversation will turn to the…

Nighttime on Still Waters
Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦Oct 6, 2023
#Boater #Boating
Show threadNorfolkGregSep 7, 2023

@badger0us
Tomorrow is Diana's chemotherapy session. Hopefully, the water leak will be sorted by the end of the day and we can have another go at getting to our mooring on Saturday. However, fixing the leak requires the shower tray to be lifted (probably for the first time in 45 years), so who knows how smoothly it will go.

#boatsthattoot #NorfolkBroads #norfolkuk #boater #boatlife

Show threadNorfolkGregSep 5, 2023

I've found time to record the launch but it's not all good news. We still have the clatter in the "gearbox" when in gear but not under load. The noise disappears as soon as you add some revs. As you'll read at:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/safari/230902bssissues.php
and
https://gregafloat.org.uk/safari/230904launch.php
we now reckon that it's not the gearbox but the reduction gear that is producing the noise and that, we're told, is a problem as it's not a part still in production.

#BoatsThatToot #NofolkUK #NorfolkBroads #boater

Working towards the Launch of our Hampton Safari

Re-examination for BSS Approval on our Hampton Safari.

Show threadNorfolkGregSep 4, 2023
Singing the Blues is launched. But the fault in the gearbox still exists after one engineer has had two goes at fixing it and a second a third go. No wonder the boat was being sold! I'll update
https://gregafloat.org.uk/safari/
in the next day or two!
☹️
#BoatsThatToot #NofolkUK #NorfolkBroads #boater
Greg and Diana's Hampton Safari

The History of Greg and Dian's Hampton Safari

Show threadNorfolkGregAug 31, 2023

The tank is back but still not fitted. The new tank has metric fittings. All the ancillary pipework now has to be changed to match the fittings. However, launch day is still to be Monday, when the work on the gearbox can be tested. The BSS Examiner will also call and, hopefully, issue a pass certificate. We can then pay the #BroadsAuthority toll and legally move the boat to our mooring in Colitshall on Tuesday.

#BoatsThatToot #NofolkUK #NorfolkBroads #boater