Silly hoses at Suffolk Yacht Harbour

Burnham Bob

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Hoses on the pontoon now have spray attachments. Ideal for washing your decks but useless for filling water tanks. Maybe berth holders like clean boats and only drink bottled water. Got enough to last until we get to Ipswich tomorrow but it's not as convenient as it used to be.
 
We have just had hoses reinstated after some crap about poisoning the whole of East Anglia about 7 yrs ago, so they were all removed.
these too have a spray nozzle , this has now seized up & totally uncontrollable, on ,off or vary the volume. BUT we do have hoses now. Did the rools change or did somebody re-read them :sleeping:
 
Burnham Bob said:
Hoses on the pontoon now have spray attachments. Ideal for washing your decks but useless for filling water tanks. Maybe berth holders like clean boats and only drink bottled water. Got enough to last until we get to Ipswich tomorrow but it's not as convenient as it used to be.
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From a post earlier this year on their website I believe SYH harbour had a H&S choice - no hoses at all (i.e. provide your own) or provide hoses with nozzles on them so they cannot be cross-contaminated by 'dirty' harbour water if the hose end is left dangling in the briny by people who can't be arsed to put the hose away properly after use (& it does happen).

So, I completely agree the solution of having a 'spray gun' makes filling tanks a more lengthy job, but at least they are providing hoses for berthholders and visitors alike.
 
Tradewinds said:
From a post earlier this year on their website I believe SYH harbour had a H&S choice - no hoses at all (i.e. provide your own) or provide hoses with nozzles on them so they cannot be cross-contaminated by 'dirty' harbour water if the hose end is left dangling in the briny by people who can't be arsed to put the hose away properly after use (& it does happen).

So, I completely agree the solution of having a 'spray gun' makes filling tanks a more lengthy job, but at least they are providing hoses for berthholders and visitors alike.
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our spray guns do not turn off after about 10 week use,
 
The one opposite my berth (SYH) is still working perfectly and it's been on since early spring (AFAIK).

I was using it today to wash my boat down (sorry Burnham Bob :p) .

You get what you pay for :encouragement: ;)
 
Thank you Tradewinds for taking the trouble to do the research (or even ask) before joining in a general moan. Your post explains correctly why the expensive nozzles have been installed, because we at SYH are keen to continue providing hoses for our customers.

Those of you who are tempted to bypass the provision either by taking the nozzle off the hose or the hose off the tap should note that if we find evidence of this, we will be obliged to remove the hoses altogether. See Tradewinds post for the reason.

Yes, I do have an interest in Suffolk Yacht Harbour.
 
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Tradewinds said:
From a post earlier this year on their website I believe SYH harbour had a H&S choice - no hoses at all (i.e. provide your own) or provide hoses with nozzles on them so they cannot be cross-contaminated by 'dirty' harbour water if the hose end is left dangling in the briny by people who can't be arsed to put the hose away properly after use (& it does happen).

So, I completely agree the solution of having a 'spray gun' makes filling tanks a more lengthy job, but at least they are providing hoses for berthholders and visitors alike.
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Those spray hoses are not ideal, but at least we have hoses.
Filling up the water tanks takes a bit longer, but so what?
If you're in a hurry, what are you doing on a boat?
 
No Nozzles at Fambridge. However having found the last 6 feet of the hose dangling in the water on at least two occasions recently, I'm glad we've opted for mostly bottled water for drinking and a carbon filter to supplement that. Every tank fill is accompanied by a cup of thin bleach. The carbon filter is rated to remove chlorine.

But no problems filling the tanks however :)
 
Having seen marina hoses dangled in the water, peed on by dogs, stuffed down holding tank pump out fittings and so on, I generally much prefer to use my own hose to fill our water tanks!

Carrying your own hose is the norm on the canals anyway, where hoses are not normally provided at the water taps, so it just seems natural to us
 
Apologies to SYH, reasons understood. But it's difficult to fill my tank even if I can hold in the lever. As for why am I in a hurry if I'm on a boat, holding the nozzle in the tank filler means my aged knees get a real pounding. Pain tends to make you hurry.
 
Boz said:
Do the SYH H & S rules also prevent removal of the hose at the tap to allow fitting your own hose?
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Don't think so

Those of you who are tempted to bypass the provision either by taking the nozzle off the hose or the hose off the tap should note that if we find evidence of this, we will be obliged to remove the hoses altogether.
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It's not SYH's H&S rules but their water provider's I guess. Possible contamination of the water supply (not the hose) I suppose.

I'm sure SYH would have preferred to stick with the original set-up rather going to all this expense throughout the marina (must be quite a few new hoses + spray guns required).
 
The ones at Foxs are attached 'permanently' to the tap fittings (well, with self amalgamating tape). The useless spray nozzles are about to be replaced with stainless ones.
If you look closely at the water outlet of the nozzle, there is a screw fitting under the rubber end piece (which just pops off) that takes a hozelock fitting so we attach a shortish length of hose so it goes inside our filler and means you can leave the hose running.
I have 800 litres to fill so there is time to do a fair bit rather than sit there holding the nozzle in the filler wasting my life.
 
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