byron
RIP
I guess this is why the idiots who designed the BSS test want us to have battery boxes on the non tidal thames. rough thames at south stoke?
The thames?
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No Regrets
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Yep, Mapledurham gets a bit bumpy come November.
Why d'ya think I moved down to Windsor. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Why d'ya think I moved down to Windsor. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
BillyBloater
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I did not recognise it until I saw the Leathern bottle come in to view.
I always find things improve once past Cholsey. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I always find things improve once past Cholsey. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
oldgit
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Bit difficult to get a line ashore at the Beetle............ what warps would you suggest the 10mm or the 12mm.
thechevychase
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Were there any RED boards out at the lock
ADLS
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A pair of wipers would be handy too. Saw a boat off Dover last Sunday that was taking a bit of water over the wheelhouse but he did keep the power on.
I was able to grab the Fri/Sat weather window and get mine across the channel, Ramsgate to Zeebrugge Fri, Zeebrugge to Yerseke Sat. Now shes tucked up nice and safe in a shed.
I was able to grab the Fri/Sat weather window and get mine across the channel, Ramsgate to Zeebrugge Fri, Zeebrugge to Yerseke Sat. Now shes tucked up nice and safe in a shed.
justapheonix
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the idiots who designed the BSS test
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My favourite 'interesting fact' in this regard.
Neither the Royal Navy, nor the RNLI, nor any of the world's major shipping lines, posses a boat which would pass the BSS test.
My old boat required considerable work after leaving the BSS system to make her seaworthy... Work that had been undone previously to pass the BSS.
I trust that those involved in the BSS will, at the pearly gates, acknowledge the utter pointlessness of their pathetic interference.
the idiots who designed the BSS test
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My favourite 'interesting fact' in this regard.
Neither the Royal Navy, nor the RNLI, nor any of the world's major shipping lines, posses a boat which would pass the BSS test.
My old boat required considerable work after leaving the BSS system to make her seaworthy... Work that had been undone previously to pass the BSS.
I trust that those involved in the BSS will, at the pearly gates, acknowledge the utter pointlessness of their pathetic interference.
byron
RIP
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the idiots who designed the BSS test
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My favourite 'interesting fact' in this regard.
Neither the Royal Navy, nor the RNLI, nor any of the world's major shipping lines, posses a boat which would pass the BSS test.
My old boat required considerable work after leaving the BSS system to make her seaworthy... Work that had been undone previously to pass the BSS.
I trust that those involved in the BSS will, at the pearly gates, acknowledge the utter pointlessness of their pathetic interference.
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Hey! my ex-ea launch had to have modifications to pass the test, one of the ludicrous ones being the requirement to strap the battery down (in case of heavy seas?)
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the idiots who designed the BSS test
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My favourite 'interesting fact' in this regard.
Neither the Royal Navy, nor the RNLI, nor any of the world's major shipping lines, posses a boat which would pass the BSS test.
My old boat required considerable work after leaving the BSS system to make her seaworthy... Work that had been undone previously to pass the BSS.
I trust that those involved in the BSS will, at the pearly gates, acknowledge the utter pointlessness of their pathetic interference.
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Hey! my ex-ea launch had to have modifications to pass the test, one of the ludicrous ones being the requirement to strap the battery down (in case of heavy seas?)
No Regrets
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my ex-ea launch had to have modifications to pass the test,
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Classic stuff..... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
So lets get this right....the EA staff can risk their lives in such a lethal craft, but Byrons far too valuable...
Yep, I see the reasoning /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
my ex-ea launch had to have modifications to pass the test,
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Classic stuff..... /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
So lets get this right....the EA staff can risk their lives in such a lethal craft, but Byrons far too valuable...
Yep, I see the reasoning /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Bilgediver
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Just battery boxes......Havn't they specified a non standard size which only fits oddball batteries.....They are slipping...
The first draft of the BSS was unbelievable. Looked like it was written by a non communicative committee of first year undergrads who had never seen either a boat or a copy of the Vetus catalogue.
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The first draft of the BSS was unbelievable. Looked like it was written by a non communicative committee of first year undergrads who had never seen either a boat or a copy of the Vetus catalogue.
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Andrew_Fanner
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Just battery boxes......Havn't they specified a non standard size which only fits oddball batteries.....They are slipping...
The first draft of the BSS was unbelievable. Looked like it was written by a non communicative committee of first year undergrads who had never seen either a boat or a copy of the Vetus catalogue.
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That is unfair. The BSS was written by brilliant database analysts who spent a lot of time writing queries with syntax along the lines of NOT IN. I can see no other manner in which it was possible to create rules that could not be obeyed. The specified requirements for gas fridges were not available on the market until Electrolux (?) made one specially.
Just battery boxes......Havn't they specified a non standard size which only fits oddball batteries.....They are slipping...
The first draft of the BSS was unbelievable. Looked like it was written by a non communicative committee of first year undergrads who had never seen either a boat or a copy of the Vetus catalogue.
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That is unfair. The BSS was written by brilliant database analysts who spent a lot of time writing queries with syntax along the lines of NOT IN. I can see no other manner in which it was possible to create rules that could not be obeyed. The specified requirements for gas fridges were not available on the market until Electrolux (?) made one specially.
DogsBody
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Byron,
You have to strap the battery down so that it doesn't go flying when one of those idiots, who seem to be getting talked about a lot on here lately, come past at 20 odd knots.
Not necessary for the EA on their boats as no-one would dare pass them at 20 knots on the river!
Darren.
You have to strap the battery down so that it doesn't go flying when one of those idiots, who seem to be getting talked about a lot on here lately, come past at 20 odd knots.
Not necessary for the EA on their boats as no-one would dare pass them at 20 knots on the river!
Darren.
byron
RIP
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Byron,
You have to strap the battery down so that it doesn't go flying when one of those idiots, who seem to be getting talked about a lot on here lately, come past at 20 odd knots.
Not necessary for the EA on their boats as no-one would dare pass them at 20 knots on the river!
Darren.
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ROFL. There ain't nuffink on the non-tidal Thames other than turning a boat upside down that will cause a battery to come out of the box. I have been in F11's when I was a Coastguard and the batteries never moved. They are so far down below the centre of gravity, ask someone like Bilgediver who was for years a Chief Engineer on North Sea supply vessels going out in the most atrocious of weathers. No mate, the BSS was written by people that are totally devoid of boating expertise.
Imagine tipping a boat at 45' or 90' even then a battery will not come out of its box. Get a cardboard box and put a bit of wood in it, see how far you have to tip it before the wood falls out.
Byron,
You have to strap the battery down so that it doesn't go flying when one of those idiots, who seem to be getting talked about a lot on here lately, come past at 20 odd knots.
Not necessary for the EA on their boats as no-one would dare pass them at 20 knots on the river!
Darren.
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ROFL. There ain't nuffink on the non-tidal Thames other than turning a boat upside down that will cause a battery to come out of the box. I have been in F11's when I was a Coastguard and the batteries never moved. They are so far down below the centre of gravity, ask someone like Bilgediver who was for years a Chief Engineer on North Sea supply vessels going out in the most atrocious of weathers. No mate, the BSS was written by people that are totally devoid of boating expertise.
Imagine tipping a boat at 45' or 90' even then a battery will not come out of its box. Get a cardboard box and put a bit of wood in it, see how far you have to tip it before the wood falls out.
