New Lifeboat

[Dunc]

We have finally got our new boat    The boat yard who fitted it out tested it on the Norfolk Broads ( a series of lakes connected by rivers ) last week and was handed over to us on Thursday .Its being kept at our coxswains workshop at the moment and will start its sea trials after Christmas . I went to see it today and got some pics .
   Really excited about it    Shes a little bigger and faster then our present one with alot more up to date equipment .





















Cant wait to get here out on the sea

Dunc

[Viking]

Looks pretty sweet Dunc!

[J-sews]

That "saddle" type seating arrangement is interesting! Does your old boat have that?

[Roadie]

Very nice! Hope you don't have to use it too often though.

[Dunc]

That "saddle" type seating arrangement is interesting! Does your old boat have that?

Similar . On the old boat you sit lower and the seats are wider . By sitting higher you are able to take some of the "shock" in your legs rather then it all going up your spine .Heres a couple of pics of the old current boat

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

First up I hope you had a ''polite'' word with whoever got muddy foot prints on you nice new shiney boat

She looks like a good'un mate, with plenty of storage space for ilicit baccy runs

[cryptrick]

Nice looking boat, I bet that cost a few pennies. Does the government help out with spending or is it like the Air Ambulance where they don't receive a penny.

[Dunc]

Nice looking boat, I bet that cost a few pennies. Does the government help out with spending or is it like the Air Ambulance where they don't receive a penny.

Not a penny    Its all raised through public donations and fundraising .

Dunc

[cryptrick]

Nice looking boat, I bet that cost a few pennies. Does the government help out with spending or is it like the Air Ambulance where they don't receive a penny.

Not a penny    Its all raised through public donations and fundraising .

Dunc

I wish Gordon would pull his finger out and give you guys a bit of money, he spends enough on other less important stuff 

[WhichDawg]

sweeeet! it's like a combination, roller coaster/raft/hover craft! all you need is a big fan in back, and kids screaming

[Dunc]

The RNLI ( we are independent and nothing to do with them ) also recieve no money from the Gov. But unlike us they have alot of money , so much infact that the charity commision wrapped their nuckles and told them to spend some of it ( as a charity you can only hold so much money in the bank ) . Thats why their gear is superb .Take a look at this boat . Its the latest ALB ( All Weather Boat ) and its called a Tamar and it costs .... are you ready for this ....£2.5million  . It is one hell of a boat and last sunday I went along side one about a mile off our coast . It was Cromers and they had just taken delivery of it and boy were they pleased with it   Mind you cant blame them




Dunc

[cryptrick]

£2.5 million!!!     Talk about a lot of money for something that floats. Must be all that Garmin equipment they have . To be honest I like the look of your boat better. Looks a lot faster than theirs. If you had a race which one would win? (I know thats not the reason you have them but hey!)

[Dunc]

£2.5 million!!!     Talk about a lot of money for something that floats. Must be all that Garmin equipment they have . To be honest I like the look of your boat better. Looks a lot faster than theirs. If you had a race which one would win? (I know thats not the reason you have them but hey!)

Ours would win    but of course were not interested in whos is faster 
Our current boat does just over 30knots .Both kinds of boats have there advantage . We can launch quicker , are faster and can work in shallow water close to the beach . While the other boats have a lot further range and can go out in very rough weather .

Dunc

[Dunc]

With our new boat we are hoping to increase our operational range . At the moment we are tasked up to five miles out but this may increase to between 10- 15 miles . Mainly due to the increase of Divers going out of our beach . In the summer we can have about 15 dive boats a day go out diving on any of the 300+ wrecks in about a 30 mile radious . We will also carry 02 on the new boat .

Dunc

[cryptrick]

Ours would win  Grin  but of course were not interested in whos is faster

I am though, so yours is the better boat   I would agree that theres would be better in rough seas, as I would jump in the cabin and hide.... can't really do that on yours   That Navman kit looks cool on yours, thats GPS I take it. No need to load the speed cameras on those though

[Dunc]

Ours would win  Grin  but of course were not interested in whos is faster

I am though, so yours is the better boat   I would agree that theres would be better in rough seas, as I would jump in the cabin and hide.... can't really do that on yours   That Navman kit looks cool on yours, thats GPS I take it. No need to load the speed cameras on those though

 The Navman is a GPS chartplotter . It has a card that slots in with the chart ( map ) on it . Obviously the card in ours is for our local area . Looking at the colour screen its just the same as a paper chart with the added bonus of zoom and all the usual lat/long waypionts and go to's . We spent weeks lookingh at different models .

Dunc

[cryptrick]

It does look an impressive piece of kit. I thought Garmin did most of the boating equipment and GPS, never actually knew Navman did boating stuff.

[Dunc]

It does look an impressive piece of kit. I thought Garmin did most of the boating equipment and GPS, never actually knew Navman did boating stuff.

Our old unit is a Garmin although a very basic one it does the job ok . Ive never used a Navman before so it will be interesting to see how it performs .

Dunc