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On my JP I made sure all fixings were undo…and checked again…then spun it over on the starter….did the trick.

If it helps my JP2 had a habit of blowing head gaskets. In the end I found a machine shop in Coventry who were happy to give both heads a very light skim. Refitted the heads using NOS composite copper gaskets and a good coating of Wellseal on all the joint faces and had no issues since…about 2000 running hours.

So just leave all the oil pads floating around then??? Sounds a professional tidy job……🙄 To be fair I wouldn’t trust them to move a boat either.

Nice to see RCR keeping to their usual standards

I take it you are referring to yourself?

Well they do like to pretend they know what they are doing……

Its not on a water point or prime visitor mooring.....

My money is on it pulling loose from a mooring as it took on water then slipping into mid channel. From the pic it looks like a boat that all closed up rather than one that was going along. Of course why it took on water is another issue….but maybe rain water ingress….failed skin fitting below waterline…frost damage….etc.

That’s really good on all counts. Hope you didn’t get too frozen today.

I agree....Ive enjoyed all Ive been to...and they are really popular with the general (non boating) public too which is a great way for CRT to get more support. I wish they would do more at the various work sites even if they were on a smaller scale...just having a well informed Vol explain what was being done would be great...

They cant even decide where it is.....so dont expect anything else to be right...it's a long time since the BBC actually did any factual reporting.

That looks a fairly tidy boat from the picture....not the usual boat to go down. Going to be be a bit of job to get pumps and the like to it mind you... I think it looks like the Oxford around Brinklow way.....but could be wrong....Dont expect the BBC to have the facts right!!

Well that was fascinating! Despite not being able to book a ticket we were found space on a tour and were able to have a good look round. First time Ive seen one of the "new" GU locks empty...they have some ver y interesting design features such as the sump drain and multiple outlets for the top sluices...which would explain why a less than full length boat behaves as it does when the lock is filling. It was interesting to note that the majority of visitors weren't boaters....and it was very busy indeed...and the new contactless fund raising terminals they have were being well used as well as people being signed up as friends. Many thanks to all the CRT volunteers and staff that made the weekend possible and enjoyable...the less said about the two "protesters" from the NBTA the better....not quite sure what they hoped to achieve.

I’m really glad it was that popular especially considering the weather. Might well pop along tomorrow. Think events like this are good PR for CRT…even more so if they attract non boaters. Hope you are warming up now.

That’s great! Thank you for the information. Really useful.

Yes I’ve had the same….I do see the point…I will go tomorrow as the weather might be a bit better and see what occurs.

Wow you do have a bee in your bonnet don’t you?? FYI “sold out” is the term used by eventbrite which CRT is using as a platform if tickets are charged for or not. And yes I will go and see what’s going on but as I know others from here are there rather than just living behind a keyboard as you seem to then there was no harm in asking how the event was actually being run.

And where did I say you or indeed anyone else had to pay for tickets?? I know this will disappoint you but they are free….just timed entry. But thank you for your always helpful insight…it’s so unlike you just to spout off without checking facts.

Ive only just noticed that unlike the other open days where you just rocked up the Hatton one seems to have timed tickets for both days and they are all sold out!...does anyone know if they are really strict about the times and tickets or if you can still just turn up and tag onto a tour as ive done in the past?

Yep. That was pointed out a few posts ago. I had a senior moment as it was my boat that was called Mylo….. I’m not sure where it is now as it’s not on the off side at Audlem any more.