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Post by JohnV on Mar 12, 2018 11:00:23 GMT
oooo, I went to look at an old Colvic a few moons ago down at Littlehampton. It had an old BMC and a mast stepped to the coach roof but as I was looking for a livaboard it was just a tad too cosy for my ample needs so I bought a 30'Kent class motorsailor instead. The Colvic is a good boat if you want a bit of extended coastal cruising Not sure about extended cruising but a few days might be OK. This is my yot - its not a big one well if you don't fancy the channel then there are some other nice outings ........ The Medway and the Swale or down to the estuary and through the Havengore and into the Roach and Crouch
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 11:39:35 GMT
Just put a gold license on it this morning The Mudway is one of my targets. A few runs through the Pool of London to get used to the boat before going anywhere too far. Limehouse-Brentford again on Wednesday
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 11:42:41 GMT
Disappointed you've not called it Thunderboat.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 12:07:46 GMT
It is technically feasible to call it that on the tideway because there is no requirement for a license. And 3rd party insurance does not require a name. I don't really know how it works for VHF (before someone moans about that) but as you don't need a vhf for boats under ~40ft anyway I can't see it being a problem. Eta the name was on the boat (only on the stern for some reason not the bows) and I like the name so kept it The bodged name boards were my addition just to avoid getting pulled by the PLA for no name displayed.
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Post by kris on Mar 12, 2018 12:16:05 GMT
It's named after a chocolate biscuit then?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 12:25:20 GMT
I hate biscuits
Eta I had not come across that. Quite possible as I suspect the previous owners were very naff.
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Post by kris on Mar 12, 2018 12:33:37 GMT
I hate biscuits Eta I had not come across that. Quite possible as I suspect the previous owners were very naff. I think I might be showing my age, as I don't think they are available anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 12:42:20 GMT
The word is also of course used by shipping over vhf radio to indicate that they are leaving a mooring or pier etc.
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Post by Jim on Mar 14, 2018 13:18:22 GMT
oooh they are cheap. I have a couple of lockers under the back deck where the hull was extended to enclose the outboard, they do tend to fill with rainwater. These pumps look ideal. When I got the boat one of the lockers was a wet locker for the gas, with a slit to let gas out. I got a right shock when I first had a look with the boat on the dry (the level of the little pound I'm moored in mysteriously dropped to allow this). There was a full size English crayfish scuttling around. Must have got through the 15mm slit as a little one and growed too big to leave.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 14:48:18 GMT
An English crayfish. That's a rare beast these days isn't it?
I've seen and caught loads of American signal crayfish on the Thames years ago but never an English one.
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Post by Jim on Mar 14, 2018 16:38:20 GMT
An English crayfish. That's a rare beast these days isn't it? I've seen and caught loads of American signal crayfish on the Thames years ago but never an English one. Yes, they are still to be found in the canals round here. Last time we came up from Manchester we met an EA team in Castleton, doing a count. They made special pools in the bywashes etc. On the other hand, the Calder s full of signal crayfish. Once saw a just emptied pound on Kirklees cut, it was crawling with them. I've got a couple of found traps, one day will have a feast going through there, though one is supposed to have a licence.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 17:12:10 GMT
Apparently you need a license from the ea but I think its a fee free form filling exercise. We caught some using a shopping basket which I cable tied a couple of disposable barbecue grids onto then made some small holes and put holed tins of cheap cat food in there. Diy lobster pot I suppose. Dropped to river bed (it was near Oxford) and pulled out about 90 crayfish in an afternoon.
I hate shellfish but my mum and a cousin of mine seemed happy with it. They made a curry.
I have even had crayfish out with the magnet occasionally. Unlikely but true.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 17:26:41 GMT
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Post by Jim on Mar 14, 2018 17:29:53 GMT
I looked at the licence to catch, it was for one place only, a rubbish idea for a boater. They have to catch you catching crayfish first.
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