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  1. This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
  2. Midland Chandlers have these: £16.06 each including VAT https://www.midlandchandlers.co.uk/products/ag-stainless-square-fender-hook-with-eye-as-056# AG Stainless Square Fender Hook with Eye Product code: AS-056 Dimensions: Front face: 3" Top: 2.1/2" Back: 1.1/2"
  3. Well that will be £5.90 for the one way train fare. I have an OAP bus pass and as I live in the West Midlands, I can use it on Trains and Trams in the area after 09:30. So getting home is no cost. I've sent a PM Hopefully you can receive it, I don't know how many posts you need before it is active. Whitebeard, if you didn't receive the private message, email me at knockoffthearris - at - gmail - dot - com
  4. What date are you planning to be in Brum?. I could get an early train into Birmingham, meet at the top of farmers bridge and leave you at Aston bottom lock as there is a train station by the canal. No charges involved, I'll even bring my own sandwiches and windlass. My dates are flexible.
  5. I always find it difficult to get the timings right to arrive at a pub for lunch time. The Staffs & Worcs canal is quite a slow canal and the locks are all individual, not in flights so you may not have time to visit the rock houses. You may not be able to stop for lunch at a pub some days so make sure you have food onboard incase it has to be a quick sandwich while continuing to travel. I’d also load up the boat with a weeks supplies of heavy stuff like beer, wine and bottled water (if you use it). On Day four you may also want to do grocery shopping at Kidderminster as there are two supermarkets right by the canal, which also takes time. Also, don’t forget that you may have to stop for an hour every day to fill the water tank, especially if the crew like long showers. In Stourbridge there are two Indian restaurants in lower high street with are easily reached from the canal by walking through the underpass, under the ring road https://bombaypickles.co.uk http://www.cellarsindiancuisine.co.uk
  6. Just checked the boatyards website https://www.hippersons.co.uk/dayboats They only hire dayboats 9:15am - 4:30pm so not a big deal for a lot of people.
  7. A quick Google brings up this site https://trid.trb.org/view/384852 THE ESSING TIMBER BRIDGE, GERMANY A brief description is given of the design and construction of the Essing timber pedestrian bridge opened in September 1992 across the Rhein-Main-Donau Canal. With a maximum free span of 73m it is the first tension bridge of such a size which transforms 90% of the vertical loads into tension forces with only 10% acting as bending moments. A slim timber bridge was specified to fit in with the surroundings. Details are given of the materials used which include spruce, larch and a tropical hardwood. The bridge has the appearance of a sagging rope due to its geometry designed to transform vertical loads into tension forces. The extensive laboratory testing of the design including the use of the NASA programme NASTRAN is outlined. Prefabricated sections were joined on site without interruption using moveable glueing and pressing equipment in a tent.
  8. If it's a Venus Combi-Gamma Inverter-Battery charger, then the installation and operations manual can be downloaded by going to https://vetus.com/service-support/search-by-product/?_categories=technical-documentation&_productgroups=power-on-board and then clicking on the box "Operation manual and installation instructions Combi-Gamma" It has some good diagrams of operation modes and also functions of the front panel. It seems that it can be changed to "Inverter priority support". Worth a read if this is the unit on the boat
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  10. So 1.25" converts to 31.75mm I found a site that has pipes of 31.7mm internal diameter with 3.2mm wall They supply mild steel, aluminium and stainless steel cut to length https://www.rapidmetals.co.uk/product/mild-steel-erw-tube-38-1mm-x-3-2mm-wall/ https://www.rapidmetals.co.uk/product/aluminium-tube-1-1-2-x-3-2mm-wall/ https://www.rapidmetals.co.uk/product/stainless-304-tube-38-1mm-x-3-2mm-wall/ Hope this helps
  11. I think these boats were originally called Ensign Classic (or Classic Ensign) and were cream with a brown top. I assume a boatbuilder in Stourport bought the moulds at a later date. I do remember the Ensign Classic in cream and brown being on display at a boat show. Google Ensign classic and a few images will come up. The link below may even be your 30' boat https://www.uship.com/listing/217912726/Classic-ensign-30-cabin-cruiser/
  12. Have a look at the YouTube channel Harry's Farm. Harry Metcalfe farms very close to Clarkson. I suspect it's more of an adult watch than Clarkson's program but good viewing.
  13. Here's the original spec sheet for the CT40 / BMC1500 if anyone's interested CT40 Spec sheet.pdf
  14. A few years ago I had a newly built narrowboat with a plastic/polypropylene water tank. Soon after delivery the water pump would take a long time to pressurise the system. It turned out to be a small piece of plastic swarf stuck in the inlet port of the water pump filter. The inlet hole in the actual filter casing was much smaller than the diameter of the water pipe that supplied the filter from the water tank. The filter mesh in the filter was fairly clean but it was only by taking the pump off and examining it very closely that the swarf was detected. I needed a pair of tweezers to extract the swarf. I was surprised that the inlet hole in the pump case moulding was so small and that such a small piece of debris could cause such a problem. As the problem occurred immediately after running out of water, and just out of interest:- What type of water tank do you have? Integral mild steel, plastic or stainless steel Does the system still have the new water pump that the engineer fitted or was the new pump just fitted for diagnostic purposes and then removed? Is there a separate filter between the tank and the water pump?
  15. How about this from Aquafax. They also show a box door striker to go with it. https://www.aquafax.co.uk/cabin-fittings/door-fittings?page=2
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