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  2. No a different Lister from Cambridge - look up Brian Lister on a search engine.
  3. As you say its open to interpretation but as the hand rail are curved deliberatly to enable the gates to be opened by the boats easing back on the gate lines. I would say that that is in accordance with the bye laws. Another example is the closing of gates without the use of the balance beam by using the vertical post on some single locks that is higher than it need be so you can put a turn around it to do two things 1 - close the gate as you come in and 2 - to stop the boat ( gently once the gate is shut. Cannot remember where but some of the gate posts had iron / steel vertical bands up them to protect the wood.
  4. The line from the mast traps the loose end against the hand rail upright when pulling the gates open but ceases to trap the line as the ropes go slack once the gates are open. As the boats leave the lock the line just comes off the hand rail and drops into the boat or the water.
  5. Line from the butty is not tight yet so probably kust standing there Nothing in the bye laws to say not to thumb line and also the gate rails are shaped the way they are so you can thumbling.
  6. No internal engine cooling water pump or the Jabsco which would circulates canal water through the heat exchanger/ header tank if it was there. New arrangement for an external water circulating pump which suggests either a skin tank or total loss system - canal water in - through engine - out over the side.
  7. Garryflex blocks work well for getting the really bad tarnishing off. You want the finest grade they make.
  8. There is no legal requirement for a cyclist to have a audible warning device. It is however a requirement if you are riding a time trial under the road time trials councils rules.
  9. The drawing refers to a bolt - If the term has been used correctly then the con-rod would not have threads in it. What you have is a machine screw and for whatever reason the nuts and locking wire are not there. The face on the con-rod has not been machined to allow the washers under the nuts to sit sit correctly. Also is there enough clearance between the curved part of the rod and the M.screw to clear the flanks of the nut so it sits without cutting into the rod. From your photo there does not appear to be the locking wire holes in the machine screws.
  10. We met a tug and rubbish barges after going out from Brentford with a loaded pair upstream to Teddington. as soon as he saw us he slowed right down to leave less wash. The tug captains will all be time served lightmen / watermen hence they really do know what they are doing. If you can get a copy then " Men of the Tideway is a good read"
  11. You used to be able to get these as convoluted so they would compress and enable you to fit them with the head on.
  12. Blue smoke out of the ehaust is oil burning
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  14. When I had a chat with them recently about calling them to say we were on one of the moorings that they are responsible for, a reason for boaters to call was so that they knew if or how much spare room was available at that particular mooring for others to use. The person I spoke to was well aware of the boats I am associated with and knew we only ever moored overnight but still asked us to call in for the reason above. Tesco Reading moorings - Please get in contact with Reading council to ask that the first 24 hours are free so that those who want to can use the Tescos without penalty.
  15. Walked into the toolroom one night to see a Bridgeport mill being used to extract a broken stud. There was a centre drill rotating the "wrong" way. Upon asking was told its a left hand one a bit blunt - no being a wise old apprentice my reply was oh yes along with the tartan paint, the rubber hammer and glass nails. Upon further inspection it really was a left hander and you can buy them.
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