miket
Active member
Weather permitting, we are bringing Amadeus-M back to her Sonning mooring over the week leading up to Easter.
Broom have done a super job on their various tasks and I am completely happy with my decision to send her there for the work to be done. Transported up and cruising back.
We have had mechanical, s/s work, carpentry, and electrical/ plumbing work done and the nightmare of trying to find someone on the Thames to take on these tasks in a business like manner, either individually or together has been avoided.
I am not suggesting that it would be worth doing for minor work but for meaty stuff, the lack of hassle alone has justified the cost of journeying the boat to and from.
We are also looking forward to the trip back.
Intend stopping at Lowestoft, Woodbridge and Burnham en route, before heading through London and on up the non-tidal river. Would have liked to stop at Tollesbury too but with both Woodbridge and Tollesbury on very restricted entry it is not viable in the timescale.
Charts between Gt Yarmouth and R Deben are a bit thin on the ground. Admiralty do Whitby to Burnham, but can't have much detail. Opted for an Imray chart covering N Norfolk to Burnham (?C28). Chartplotter should cover it anyway, but still like paper charts too.
If anyone has 1st hand knowledge of the journey down the R Yare and from Gt Yarmouth to R Deben via Lowestoft I would appreciate any advice.
Broom have done a super job on their various tasks and I am completely happy with my decision to send her there for the work to be done. Transported up and cruising back.
We have had mechanical, s/s work, carpentry, and electrical/ plumbing work done and the nightmare of trying to find someone on the Thames to take on these tasks in a business like manner, either individually or together has been avoided.
I am not suggesting that it would be worth doing for minor work but for meaty stuff, the lack of hassle alone has justified the cost of journeying the boat to and from.
We are also looking forward to the trip back.
Intend stopping at Lowestoft, Woodbridge and Burnham en route, before heading through London and on up the non-tidal river. Would have liked to stop at Tollesbury too but with both Woodbridge and Tollesbury on very restricted entry it is not viable in the timescale.
Charts between Gt Yarmouth and R Deben are a bit thin on the ground. Admiralty do Whitby to Burnham, but can't have much detail. Opted for an Imray chart covering N Norfolk to Burnham (?C28). Chartplotter should cover it anyway, but still like paper charts too.
If anyone has 1st hand knowledge of the journey down the R Yare and from Gt Yarmouth to R Deben via Lowestoft I would appreciate any advice.