Troyboy

Is anyone aware why CART have chosen not to go down the same route as EA ?

Brilliant, enforcement plus naming and shaming. Why don't CART adopt the same policy ?

Without knowing the full details of your friends grandsons early demise I suspect that alcohol may have been a contributory factor as it is in many premature deaths. I speculated as such on a recent thread relating to a body in a canal however my views were moderated out .

Condolences to relatives and friends.

I seem to recall that boat was for sale at Whilton Marina a couple of years ago .

That Foxes boat must only be a few yards from where it was launched then .

I seem to recall being told many years ago that on a petrol engine you could remove the spark plug and feed rope into the cylinder and then compress that up onto the valves . I've never tried it and on a diesel engine the rope would be harder to insert through the injector hole but would probably work OK.

I have heard it said that it is not the length that matters it is how you use it . Not sure if that was related to boats though.

The wikipedia entry referred to by Tony shows the 4.107 as being EB . The L seems to relate to essentially the 4.236 engine . I've no idea how accurate wikipedia is on this .

I use one for cleaning the drain tubes on my Mazda MX5 .

Looks like the hire company have let maintenance slip on your boat . Heater not working when handed over , stern gland leaking , batteries knackered . Not a good advert for the hire company .

I've always used Vactan no need to wash off after use and easy to paint over .

Had the bottom plate on Madeline been blacked ?

I fear we are all doomed .

I'm from the black the base plate camp and apply blacking every two years to my boat . In this case I suspect it is relevant that the microbes haven't attacked the sides because they were blacked . I also believe that the reason most people do not black the base plate is because it is a pig of a job crawling underneath and many dry docks do not lift the boat high enough to be able to get underneath . Having said that a 10mm base plate will take a while to be 'eaten through'. In the pictures that Cheshire Rose has added it looks as if the microbes have crawled under the rubbing strake . That again highlights best practice of having the underside of the rubbing strake continuously welded. In the past those from the no need to black the base plate camp have claimed lack of oxygen underwater as the reason blacking is unnecessary ,I wonder what they will say knowing these microbes thrive without light and oxygen.

Wire brush any rusty areas after the pressure washing and then coat with Vactan prior to blacking.

I remember relining lorry brake shoes in the 60's . An upturned inlet or exhaust valve in the vice to rest the rivet against and a smallish hammer to flare the rivet over. I also remember blowing the brake dust out without wearing a face mask nobody seemed to bother about asbestos dust in those days.

Not even when you run out of fuel ???

Good advert for the strength of Kinver Canopies.

Plenty of well off people on this Forum many own multiple boats and houses.

The EA also name and shame giving out offenders names and addresses in press releases for local newspapers to publish .

You will have no problem turning round a 43 foot boat on most stretches of the the River Nene . If planning any 'wild mooring ' then a gang plank is handy as often shallow against the bank that also applies to some Friends of the River Nene sites. The Nene is a lovely river I'm sure you will enjoy your visit .

They are called 'E' retaining clips that is the name on the Spafax box that I have got.

I've got bolt on anodes on my boat which was built by Peter Nichols in 1981 . It is a simple task to unbolt them every two years when I black the hull and then bolt them back on again . The front ones have what can best be described as a metal fairing welded on to protect the anodes from damage . I've owned the boat 32 years and had no problems.