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Engine about £450 it seems if you are lucky, may be you were intimating the gear box is valuable?
I don't think the OP needs hopes getting up without some basis of reality.
Cheers
A
Yes gearbox is equally valuable more so probably.
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I thought you used torn up copy's of the Daily Mail.
Firesprite
In the wet and windy Fens
The Times old chap.
On the wet and windy Stort.
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Hi guys
Going to be living aboard from 1st October and have to say i'm feeling really nervous! Packing up "home" to move aboard has really made it all a "Reality" now and rather than looking forward to it, I'm DREADING it! I don't know why!! Is this normal?
Were you guys like this when you were about to liveaboard?
Of course everyone was,its a big thing. But if your keeping your home in case you can't hack it, good,but i'm sure you'll love the life when settled in. Good luck Bizzard.
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If you can make stainless steel water tanks could you make a stainless steel wet room? Might look a bit clinical (morgue comes to mind) but it wouldn't leak.
Or just install my home made bankside self contained Turkish bath run off a pressure cooker,cheap as chips.bizzard
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I squirt a little Silicon on the neoprene menbrane now and then.Mine is 13 years old now and still smelling strong. Use cheap recycled paper it dissolves more easily bizzard
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Bizzard, I'm wondering if the propulsion idea would work on a diesel stove? If the stove was initially lit using ether, should be OK.
Course, the gymnast would need extra protection, perhaps a sort of asbestos wet suit.....what do you think?
Only flaw I can see is maybe HSE objecting to the use of asbestos.
Diesel stove would be fine,but the idea was to use free sticks.
Just wrap the gymnast up in an old fire blanket like an Egyptian mummy but leave her legs free,just make her stockings from the off cuts.A pair of wooden clogs would keep her feet cool. too,she should conform to the BSS then.
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can some one tell me how they work and what we have to do. Can loo paper be put down it? How much blue liquid do we put in? how easy is it to get a spare cassette. Any bad experiences!!
They have two main parts.The upper part holds the flushing water and the bottom part is obvious and has a sliding membrane which is slid backwards and forwards. The top part has a flush pump.and detaches from the bottom to empty.there are many types these days some with electric flush swivalling bowls but personally i prefer the simple Thetford Porta Potti 365.Spare cassettes are readily available.A must in especially during the winter if frozen in and so can't get a pumpout toilet emptied,which also take up a lot of valuable storage space. You can use Blue but i don't,the membrane slides across and seals in the pong,they only really smell when emptying at the sanitary station,and you can fix a peg on your bugle for that.
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The translation for the subtitles is a bit suspect in places.
Indeed but you can get the gist of it all without reading them.
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hey, the way they get through the officers mess..
I keep meaning to rewatch that with surround sound the soundtrack is awesome when listened to in a narrow boat.
Should be good. Dive!Dive!Dive!.
And the afore mentioned all colliding on the way to their posts. he he.he.
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well my son has given up on his boat, he bought it for 10,500, it sprung a leak, found it needs some work done to the hull (replating, son wants to sell for 8,500, or near offer, is putting boat on opollo duck, would make a good project for those that know what they are doing and have some money to input on boat, currently on dry standing at opollo duck marina, any on interested can contact me BUX.. on 07527777398, i know very little about this boat as my son was new to boating (no longer), and i am also new to boating....boat is 40 foot, registered as tigger may, built 1970, lister engine,please see my other posts for photos
Probably a ListerSR2 with LH150 gearbox,quite valuable now. bizzard
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hmm...some food for thought so far....keep any thoughts coming though please! We are going to a 'wet room' training session next week, so will learn the systems meant for houses....but it i primarily the door areas that are really concerning to me, especially for a walk through bathroom, ie no side corridor.........
hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Please keep going with any thoughts and/or experiences!
Thanks so far!
Watch the film ''Das Boot''for all your wet room ideas especially watertight doors. bizzard.
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Bad News Bizzard, Captain "Thunderguts" Povey has order HMS Troutbridge to sea, Odds on with Sub Lieutenant "Left hand down a bit" Phillips the Troutbridge will run you down and rest asure CPO "Ev'rybody down!" Pertwee will sell off the remains to Potarneyland Navy.
Firesprite
In the wet and windy Fens
Yes thats on on Fridays 8am 12noon Radio7 DAB. good init.
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That looks fab but not practical, you would end up having to clean the door walls and blinds everytime you had a shower as the water hits your head and goes out to the sides it would leave soap and scum where you dont want it.
If the bog was sited under the shower rose you could do everything at once,for those in a hurry.
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It wouldn't be my choice personally, but for a bespoke build..............
We need to look into the potential of it thoroughly before we say yaye or naye!
Yes of course,,you must deal with it one way or another.
I suppose a hinge up false floor over the well to avoid keep stepping over a shoulder when not in use would be needed.And the attitude of most boats is 'slope towards the stern end',draining in that direction would be sensible. Or watertight doors on either side like a submarine. Bath's at waist height are good and drain straight over the side and no drain pumps involved.you need a little ladder to get in and out though.Good storage underneath.
I'll draw up a nice plan for you at no charge.
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Why not have a dry room,and scrub with carbon tetra chloride like they use at dry cleaners and for cleaning snooker tables.
A wet room sounds horrid.Have to wade through it in Wellies?. The centre walk through bathrooms were used a few years ago.My old Harborough Marine boat had one,shower on one side,bog on the other.It didn't get very wet though as i'd stretch a towel on the floor to walk about on. Hope this is useful. bizzard
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So where is the `Isle of white`? As the only island in Solent, That I know of, Is the `Isle of Wight` or have you had one two many and are seeing double. The Navy can still press gang in time of war under the impressment Act of 1835. Bad news your admiral is a `fake` who broke out of `Broadmoor`. The true Lord High Admiral of the fleet is of course the Duke himself. Any how your boat is to be used as a target for a Navy Shoot.
Firesprite
In the Fens
Isle of Wight is opposite Southampton.
My lord High Admiral is only a Highish one.
The reverse thrust tube on the front can also shoot missiles.
bizzard.You're going to have problems with that gymnast, Bizz, mark my words. Southampton is full of brawny sailors for the boat show this weekend. It's a recipe for trouble.
We've already had trouble with her.
She's just got back from entertaining the troops in Afghanistan.
More spectators the better.
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Due to unforeseen little teething troubles with the Putt-Phutt boat,minor tweaking and final tuning,and therefor it maybe a little unpredictable.So its been decided that the BIG demonstration will be held in the Solent,involving several circumcisions of the Isle-of-White,no less,and so should be a true,tough and spectacular performance.
We have engaged the attendance of an extremely high ranking personage,an ossifer of the Royal-Navy.None other than ''Sir Reginald,Nosegay,Jellymold-Billow''.Lord Highish Admiral of the fleet,he will be wearing a WW1 naval dress uniform and will adorn the poop deck sprawled in a deck chair of the Royal Navies crack armed winkle barge ''HMS TIMID''from which he will oversee the prosceedings.And afterwards will attend as guest of honor,a slap up pie and a pint supper at the Brewers Elbow public house in down town Southampton.His services are free as we've agreed to escort him on a tour of the local fleshpots afterwards.
There was a slight hitch over that vary important crew member 'the gymnast'.As whilst acting about on the Blackpool tower entertaining the holiday makers,her costume snagged on a rusty rivet and tore it and so refused to descend until properly covered.Luckily a lady, a one Miss Agatha Blenkinsop a local B&B landlady, an ex Himalayan mountain guide volunteered to ascend the structure and offer her turban as covering and so our gymnast was brought down in a civilised and modest fashion.
It now just leaves the rest of the crew to press-gang back into service.
To be contd.bizzard.Bad weather in the Solent area,and choppy seas that would upset the power plant have caused a delay.
However the crew have arrived and are at the Brewers elbow and in good spirits.Two crew members out scavenging around for dry sticks for the stove.The gymnast went missing again but has been spotted tightrope walking round and round a liners funnel.Weather forecast is cloudy with funny smells later,wind force 3 but increasing after dinner. So all is looking good for the big demo.Have asked the harbour board to move the Needles as they're right in our path,but no such luck so we'll have to watch out and dodge em.So all is set for the weekend. bizzard.
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That would come under 'current affairs' and could be terminal.
A bit like the lady in the bakers that trod on a bun and a current ran up her leg.
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Harborough marine were also single chine boats and handled beautifully bizzard
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Is that a recommendation?
No,but whatever turns you on.
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If I remember correctly, isn't Jenolite similar to Kurust? A pink jelly? Then when you've finished you have to add the one thing you don't want near unfinished steel - water. That's why I like Vactan - no washing off, just prime straight on top, or even skip primer and go straight to undercoat.
Tony
Originally yes,but for the last 10years or so no water,there are, were liquid form or jelly form always been clear though,i find it better than Fertan. bizzard.
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I get shocks from metal objects if I'm wearing nylon knickers
You sure you're not wearing any?
What about falling on an uncovered battery with a chastity belt on. bizzard
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Sounds rather a lot of water to come in through the stern gland.Make sure weed hatch lid is secure, bizzard.
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My auto-changeover with built in regulator is about 15 years old and although it has passed inspection during last years boat safety I have decided to replace it with a single screw-in regulator
The reason I have decided to do so is two-fold;
1. because the Boat Safety recommends (best practice) replacement at 10 year periods
2. I do not like the idea of rubber 'pigtail's carrying high pressure gas, but prefer the regulator to connect directly into the bottle and any hoses to carry low pressure gas.
Just my personal preference.
Agree. bizzard.
Regards
Ditchdabbler
edited to add clarification (I hope)
bizzard.
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I think it all makes a pleasant change from roses and castles bizzard