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Dannyboy
4th Sep '08 18:10

From the Authority website... Broads Authority Chief Executive Dr John Packman will be sampling the thrills of racing the big boats of The Broads when he crews Raisena no 3 owned and helmed by Martin Broom, Chairman of the Broads Authority's Navigation Committee, in the lunchtime river cruiser race at Oulton Broad Regatta on Friday 22 August.

Haven't heard how this went... I kinda hoped he'd get stuck... Forgive me if I missed this somewhere...

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Gruntfuttock
4th Sep '08 18:29

Although I wouldn't wish a putty-ploughing exercise on Mr Broom, I know exactly where you're coming from Danny.

I too had visions of just deserts, even to the point of a newsworthy RNLI helicopter to lift the black-bearded ballast from Raisena.

Hey-ho, perhaps another time.

If you want the results which did come about, so to speak, they are here:-

http://www.rivercruiser.org/ResultsFiles/Results08/OW08.pdf

GF

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Dannyboy 5th Sep '08 19:02	Indeed, no offence intended to Mr Broom, but you can see where I am coming from! Thanks for the link...
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peter waller 14th Sep '08 09:16	If he'd sailed on Oulton Broad yesterday evening then he probably would have run aground. We ran aground twice, drawing 3'4". Both times near the number three buoy, and that is the river end, well out from the bank and near where the BA dredged last winter.
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Tree Hugger 15th Sep '08 10:36	Well, I hate to argue with those possessing deep local knowledge Peter. But were you sure that you were aground? Sometimes the differences between dead-slow and stationary can be virtually commensurate, even amongst those of us who have turned slow-motion yachting into an art form.
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peter waller 15th Sep '08 22:35	Yes, my friend, I do know the difference!! Fortunately we were able to gybe off.
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