Little Gold Nugget

St. Mary's should be your destination, it's a no brainer between there and Hitler's Wharf!

Sorry if this subject has already been covered, but does anyone know what's happened to the canal side shop that used to be next to lock 15 on the Audlem flight? We sailed through there on our hire boat over the Easter break and the place looked deserted. Wasn't there also a collection made towards a new shed in order that the shop could continue to trade within the boundaries of Health & Safety? I believe that over a thousand pounds was raised too. We used to enjoy his fresh fruit and other goods on sale there.

Hi, This is our Houdini hatch pictured from inside the boat during last winter. We have a Morso stove that's lit continuously during the winter months and yet this still happened. Hope this helps!

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well, no...he was sitting down...and hugging the 'wrong' side of the canal so that he could hug the bank, as that was the only side where his steering wheel was on the boat, pretending that he was on course...the only hurdles that loomed were bridges or oncoming boats! Thick hat over his head...couldn't hear a thing..including warnings of an oncoming vessel! Apparently he saw neither until the last moment...& probably after the oncoming sailers had XXXX themselves!! Ah well, last minute, all ok & no mishap

This must have been your boat on that occasion then! Incidentally, during the course of my business life in the Security Shutter game, potential customers would contact me without prior canvassing for their trade. This, would you believe, was born from the fact that their premises had probably been under siege previously, by paragons of peace and virtue, that you imagine are in abundance in locations such as Barton Swing Bridge. Do you really think County Road in Liverpool resembles Beirut for aesthetic reasons? Mike

It didn't surprise me. The last time we passed there, I nearly got mugged by three bike riding hoodies! Mike

I'm quite surprised that you have a Hydronic 10 installed on a boat of that size. If you recall, I mentioned that we have a Mikuni MX40 heater on our boat, which is also 60' in length. Although its output is less than half of the Hydronic 10, it supplies enough energy to three double radiators and the calorifier, to heat the boat and the domestic hot water sufficiently. It may well be that your heater is over-specified and it heats up too quickly, causing it to idle too often during its operational cycle. This could be why you're having annual problems with reliability. We once had neighbours who owned a 57' x 10' widebeam that had a Hydronic 10 installed. They too had similar problems, until they replaced it with a 5kw alternative. These heaters have to be worked hard, in order that they don't 'coke-up' inside the combustion chamber and around the flame detection device or glow plug. With regard to the capacity of the pumps, I wouldn't think either of those would have trouble with your system. Remember that they're not actually having to pump a head of pressure, but simply recirculating an otherwise static volume of coolant around a level with a very small gradient. If you were to consider a gravity fed central heating system, where there's no pump installed, the water circulates efficiently simply by its difference in weight in relation to heat absorbed. You also mention that the heater struggles to warm rad 5 in the single bedroom, have you tried balancing the system using the lock-shield valves on the rads. By metering the coolant through rads 1 to 4 and leaving rad 5 almost fully open, you may find that it heats up more efficiently. It's certainly worth a try! Mike

Hi Steve, if you recall my comment, I stated 'if' you get a pressure surge, not when. This relates to if you allow the stove to overheat, the coolant will expand (creating a pressure surge) potentially beyond the level of an open header tank, causing it to overflow. Since fitting the sealed Eberspacher tank, I've not had this experience, even when I've neglected to close the bottom door of the Morso, causing the stove to overheat! Mike Edited to say that my missus has neglected to sign out, hence the reason why this post appears to be from another member

No 4 Is it close to here?

Last year, when we were on the Staffs & Worcs, we passed a two seater settee followed closely by some interior household doors. While frozen in on the Coventry canal this year, we used to frequent the canal side Anchor Pub in Glascote(only to play on their pool table). Next to the pub, was a road bridge where the locals would throw all manner of things that under normal circumstances would sink to the bottom of the cut. With the water being frozen, the evidence was laying on the surface for six weeks until the thaw arrived. Bloody disgrace! Just clicked onto your web site. Think we'll be contacting you in the spring, nice work!