dockgateman

Thanks for that Howard, that's a good start to my question Roy

Hello People, Am thinking of cruising the 'four counties' next month but am hearing from other boater that there some rough and 'unfriendly local natives' in some areas has anyone had any problems.

Just been phoning round marinas for pricing boat blacking hull and one marina was telling me about a new product out about 2 years ago called Keel Paint, I never heard of it? he tell me after you prep your hull for painting like you do for blacking this keel paint easy to apply and better that the bitchium stuff I been using, you can apply as many coats as you like, it last a lot longer too, as good as 2 pack paint Has any one use this product and what your opinion on it. Dockgate

you got the first pub from the canal called 'The odd fellow' and then there the Railway pub by Morrisons

Just paid my club mooring fees for 12 months '£20' per foot PA, £800 for a 40foot boat, the marina is near Nantwich, they still got spaces for steel boats and GRP cruisers if anyone interested Roy

yes I intend to pump the waste into 5 gallon containers then empty them down the elsan at the marina my boat is moored in 'the marina has no pump-out' I have just seen the pics of some idiot pump straight into a elsan which I have no intensions of doing, other marina near-by charge between £18 to £25 a pump-out am just trying to invest and save money on pump-outs

can anyone tell me the most reliable manual or electrical system you can buy to pump out toilet on NB, and I don't mean go into a marina or C & RT service stations a long the canals, I have seen a boater pumping out toilet using a bellows type pump and wonder if you can buy these pumps or other system on the market.

went to the boat to try and sort out problem with pump-out, made sure domestic batteries were fully charge problem remain the same, the tank has been pumped-out empty, the make is 'Tecma'control panel with 2 switch, the bowl fills to correct level 'switch 1' after use it fills again 'switch 2' but it fails to vacuum down to the tank, can anyone offer advice, roy

the make of toilet is Silence 'Tecma', dont really know how the system works but will go to the boat on friday to try and sort it out,

I not long purchase a a bigger boat with a pump-out toilet it work great til last week,its one of those 'vacuum' type, press button and it releases water into the toilet-pan, after doing a number 1 or 2 you press 2sd button which puts more water in the pan a couple seconds later its vacs the waste down, its the vac part of the system thats not working, Any ideas as to the problem ?? roy

i take it maureen not living there has she moved out or past away? i think she moved into that cottage after the last war.

Can anyone tel me how to clean fuel tank out, the tank is built in with the boat around the stern and the only access is through the 2 inch filling neck on the deck, am having minor problems with the engine i think through sediments etc that seem to clog-up my fuel filters and engine sdound a bit rough after running the boat for an hour or two, the boat was built 1988 so must have a build-up at bottom of the tank.....anyone got any ideas as the proceedure roy

As i understand it BW own 6 foot both sides of the canal, when houses ar build that back onto the canal the fences are about 6 feet from edge of canal 'unless there been some agreement between builders and BW' to extend the boundary to the edge of the canal, and if you moor your boat at the end of your garden then BW mooring fee applies minus 10%, i think the same goes with the farm land.

hi Yes... R&J Marine at Venetian marina (Ron & Joan) dont know the phone number off-hand. good luck with it Roy

hi tony yes there are 2 fuel filters and i change the oil and filters about 2 weeks ago, i then top the fuel tank up with diesel fom the marina (have to say the tank was low) and what i think may have happened is as the tank was getting topped-up with the diesel it has disturb the sediment at the bottom of the tank so the sediments became 'airborne' if you like, i i then set off cruising for a couple hourd then the engine started to sound rough i stopped for the night, next day i start-up the engine and the problem had gone, i think the filters had done there job but i may have to change the filters again, its a Beta marine engine 3 cylinder 17HP, a thinking i might have to drain and clean out the fuel tank. Roy

hi, my boat engine runs really well when i cruise along but after about 3 hours the engine suddenly sounds from a chug to a sound as if losing power slightly, i have the rev counter on 16 when the boat chugging along, when the change happens the needle on the rev counter drops intermittentlyfrom 16 to 15,when i stop the enging for a couple hours and start it up again the problem gone for a hour or so then it starts again, i have recently change the oil and fuel filters..... any idea of what the problem is. Roy

Yes i think its something to do with hydraulics..... will this mean taking the gearbox out to fix it!

I thought that it maybe a loose cable or ajustment... the machanic at the marina did not think so, will have to wait til engineer looks at it will let you know what the outcome is on the forum roy

yes ... can turn the prop shaft by hand.... am begaining to think it may be something wrong with gear box will let you know what the engineer finds ...

yes i did check prop through weed hatch that was the first thing i did but the problem still there think am going to have to get the marina engineer in

hello people i got a problem with propulsion, prior to starting my engine i do the usual checks ie water coolant and engine oil etc, engine starts fine and am on my way, when i come to a lock or lift bridge and i put the throtle to neutril or go astern then neutril thats ok but then when i throtle to go ahead the engine stops, the engine starts ok when i get this 'stall' and eventually it does go ahead til i put the lever to neutril again, today i was making my way back to the marina when the engine just stopped i put the lever to nuetril then start the engine no probs, operate astern propulsion ok but stalls every time i want to go ahead.... i did manage to pull the boat back to the marina but all i have is astern propulsion the engine is a 3 cylinder beta marine...... any ideas as to what the problem mat be? Roy

hi sarah i just got a T-Mobile modam for my laptop, 2 year contract at £15 a month with free modam 3.2gb.... works wll round the Barbridge area even had the webcam going on it, you occasionally lose a signal yes...just re-boot it Regards lockgateman

yes the river weaver was open to commercial traffic up to the early 1980s large vessels ie 'coasters' A & J Gardens, of Glasgow, In 1977 i was on a ship m/v saint Moden, the ship had tanks in the 2 hatches and load calcium cloride at ICI Winington and and we sail up to scotland ie Troon. Girvan, Lerwick in the shetland isles. and Bacaldine near Oban, we pick up the 'Pilot' at Marsh locks and it took 7 to 8 hours to get to winnington the pilot use the Anderton lift area as the winding hole to turn the ship round and we moor-up and start loading, if we had a night or two along side the crew would go to the british leagen club in barton, and the river weaver was as Blissful then as it is today....

peel holdings also own Liverpool and doncaster Airports, as well as clyde forth ports and the mersey docks and harbour company, who own heysham port and midway port in kent thats some empire this guy,s got