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  4. Just Giving page in memory of John
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  9. https://www.justgiving.com/page/john-sloan-1719664855235?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fjohn-sloan-1719664855235&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share
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  15. The boat Jack was a horse boat. The running line went from the T stud through running blocks and the mast to the horse. The running line was released slowly when the horse started the tow so to ease the strain of starting from stationary. The T stud was removable. Another picture.
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  17. Today I had a serious professional welder fill in the deepest pits on the old girl, I brought a boat surveyor to tell me would it be plausible and he said it would. Actually there was not many 2mm deep, but we did them all, I'm not grinding the weld off (he did long runs over 3 or 4 at a time) overplating would have cost a small fortune, so this may help others with pitting, this old girl was built in 1979, so not bad considering.
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  18. most are mature age people who choose to have an old boat for a range of reasons. Frequently because thats what they have done for 30 plus years, and have no desire for a modern boat. They do not carry , do not play at carrying, are careful with their boats, and act in a fashion not dissimilar to the owners of other craft. Personally I do not own a waistcoat a bowler hat nor a red neckerchief, and I did not wear such items even when I was making a living on the boats.
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  20. People don't swim in the Thames anymore, they just go through the motions.
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  25. So, last six months I've been suffering, stiffening up. Anyone over the age of 65 who has just done eight locks on the Calder and Hebble will be lucky to walk away without some muscular strain.... So, booked a Thai massage in Sowerby (therapist has good understanding of English), mostly relaxing, mostly. Immediate results, taken five years off the body stiffness. I'll be booking in again. There is a chiropractor next door if you need manipulation:)
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  28. A few things which can confuse matters. In some languages the same word is used for brass and bronze. This means it does not always translate back properly to English. There are several copper alloys colloquially known as bronzes. Bronze should really only be used for a copper tin alloy. Tin is very close to copper electrochemically, so whilst it could come out preferentially to the copper, the rate at which it did so would be very slow. It works more by forming a continuous hard oxide coating across the surface which means the metal is protected from environmental attack. Aluminium and silicon do the same but are more sacrificial. Zinc is highly sacrificial because although it is not quite as reactive as aluminium, the oxide it forms is not very protective so it keeps dissolving. If you add tin to the zinc and copper, it forms a tin oxide skin over the surface which is highly protective, giving a cheaper, stronger alloy than ordinary bronze. This is naval brass (sometimes known as naval bronze) which if alloyed properly is very good in marine environments, being what it was specifically developed for in the 1930s. Alec
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  30. DZR is usually what you want for underwater fittings. Is the size not cast or stamped on the boss somewhere? Where is the FMM 595 mark?
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  31. Surely bronze contains no zinc, only tin, unless it is so-called aluminium bronze. Brass is the stuff that loses zinc.
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  32. There are online prop calculators that will make a stab of what you want. You will need waterline length, hull type (displacement or planing), engine power and max RPM, gearbox reduction and the largest diameter the prop can be allowing for sufficient tip clearance, but I feel the results need treating as a guide rater than gospel and experience is always helpful. Just Google "marine propeller calculator" and play with a few.
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  35. After many years researching canal history, I have come across very few deaths or serious injuries mentioned, either in canal records or in newspapers. I suspect the standard of training was higher 100 to 200+ years ago, and management that had actual experience of what they were managing.
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  38. Outside the Greyhound in 1968:-
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  40. Indeed - he went straight to the producer and paid his price - had he gone thru the marina the chain would have had an extra 'link; in it and an on-cost of +7% (ish)
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  41. Just to clarify the term shopping refers to a type of factory arrangement, as stated before it would appear H H Mulliner had intention for manufacture in the building and that purpose was linked to the embryonic automotive trade. If Mulliners used the space for timber storage, the normal practice was for it to be stored in the open air and this would not fit with the extensive space. Another factor is that the coach building trade carried on by Mulliners on the corner of Gas Street was there longer than 1906. So if they had it for timber storage why dispose of it a few years after construction. It is clear that Mulliners moved into the component trade and was looking to diversify into all aspects of vehicle construction and this purpose appears to be at the heart of the reason for building the factory. So the original purpose of 52 Gas Street is important to discover.
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  43. You should try reading earlier posts. T Norris are now in Chichester
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  44. T Norris are no longer in Isleworth, but somewhere on the south coast
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  45. It's all about head ruling heart or vice versa surely. Why do you want to throw money at it? Not quite a parallel universe but in the MG world a restored car is worth less than the cost of restoring a car ripe for restoration. But if you add in the amount of time you won't be down the pub who knows how the balance will tip
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  47. Well said my friend xxx
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