Motor Boat & Yachting — November 2017

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now running a 5hp Suzuki and 6hp

Honda with no issues to date. That

said, I like your idea of surveying

readers’ experiences and will see

if we can pursue it. Hugo

TROUBLED WATERS

In your October issue, Keith Wheeler made

a very valid point with respect to railway

bridges in the Norfolk Broads becoming

stuck shut in the summer months.

For many years, my husband and I used

to cruise our Powles from York to the South

Broads during July. In the late ’80s and

early ’90s, the bridges at both Reedham

and Somerleyton worked reliably with a

blackboard giving notice of opening times.

Now that we’ve moved down to Norfolk

for our retirement with our Princess 385

kept at Brundall Gardens Marina, we are

finding our cruising is regularly being

curtailed by the problem bridges.

I spoke to a late friend of ours who’s

family have been Broads folk for over 400

years who told me that there used to be

two sets of rails for each bridge for winter

and summer. Those for summer use were

a little shorter to allow for expansion but

in recent times, this practice had stopped.

Given that the Broads Authority use

our toll money to dredge and undertake

navigation works, one would think that

they would take a proactive stand with

Network Rail. Unless Network Rail spends

the necessary money on updating these

bridges, the beautiful Broads will be lost

to the next generation. Sarah Phillips

Judging from the number of

letters we have received on this

matter, I fear we may have opened

a can of worms. I can only empathise

with the affected boat owners and keep

the pressure on the Broads Authority

and Network Rail to find a permanent

solution. Hugo

Rise and shine Cato Thøgersen took this crystal-clear

image while cruising her Fairline Targa 40 on an early morning

in Hvaler in Østfold county, Norway.

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