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Fast Pat

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  1. 29 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

     

     

    I'm not so certain about that, Inland Waterway Models was one of Laurence's other  enterprises, along with Laurence Hogg Productions.  The company he owned which made the bronze windlasses was Boatman's Cabin, based at Iver Boatyard, I managed to purchase one of the last two they had in stock.

     

     

    So the riddle continues, when I went to view the boat it was at Iver, if my memory serves me right (which came to me during my morning run!) the boat was "Boxer"?

     

  2. 8 hours ago, David Mack said:

    Laurence Hogg made brass/bronze windlasses at one time, and his company was Inland Waterway Models.

    That makes sense, thank you.  It's a small world as I almost bought a boat of Laurence thirty odd years ago I can't remember the name of the boat but it had a Kelvin engine - the important bit!

     

    Thanks to everyone that has contributed. 

    P.S. Anyone want to make me an obscene offer??

     

  3. I sold my last narrowboat in 1995, so I was a little surprised when tidying up my workshop to come across a "old" windlass. I've googled it and its brought me back to here where I occasionally still lurk!

     

    So is there any value in this or is it a 70's copy and what was IWM?

     

    Any help or guidance greatly appreciated. 

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  4. I am a level two BCU coach and have canoed all the world and done lots of sea canoeing. Although I admire his courage, can not see him reaching france in that. The other thing is, the French have now banned canoes crossing the channel in their waters, And the uk coastguards will not let him cross the Dover straights without a escort boat.

     

    Well as a Level 2 Coach you will know that you are qualified to operate only in a "sheltered water environment" so I would suggest that doing "lots of sea canoeing", you were behaving with the same spirit of adventure as this chap! You just know a bit more than he does.

     

    The Coastguards and Frenchies is a red herring to folk like him - they've got to catch him and he is travelling well below their radar.

     

    I welcome characters like this, setting off on adventures with a limited knowledge and learning as they go - often by their mistakes. It is the same as the original paddlers Rob Roy et al and people sailing dinghies across the North sea. I am sure that by the time he gets to cross the channel he will have either learnt enough to cross in the right conditions or that it is a crossing too far and he hitches a lift on a bigger boat - folk like him have a habbit of getting adopted by people who recognise and appluad their spirit.

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  5. Our only main issue with our marina at the minute is that our berth needs dredging. Our berth is in a high traffic area, all boats leaving the marina go past our berth, the resulting silt and crap from the bottom stirred up by the bigger boats seems to be settling in our berth so we are starting to clip the bottom each time we leave and arrive back at our berth.

    Time for a "water injection dredge" without the injection. Tie up to the side securely and put the engine in gear = redistribute the silt where it came.

  6. I may give that a go this weekend (facing backwards & steering) I have good insurance....

    mind you I don't own the Thames do I....... LOL

     

     

     

    Then I would have to put up with the Purple Helmets & the IOMTT..........

    Mind you they do real racing & no funny tight trousers (well some on the brollie girls maybe)

    3/10 Must try harder.

  7. I run a marina which is owned by a charitable trust, the structure we have to operate under is that the trust owns a trading subsidiary company which operates the moorings and other commercial activities, any surplus is gift aided to the charity which delivers outdoor education activities for young people. This was set up in this way as providing moorings is deemed to be a trading not charitable activity by the charity commission. I do not know how CART is structured but I will happily take a bet of anyone who wants to state that HMRC will accept a license fee as a tax deductable donation!

  8. yet more insults from a Richard.....

     

    Come on say it......

     

    you know you want to.......

     

     

    go on!

     

    My dad can beat up your dad na na nanna na........ lol

     

    What a surprise that you have chosen not to comment on the points raised in my post.

     

    And for the record in the words of Frankie Boyle "my dads gay and he'll shag your dad"

  9. Well many thanks for the English lesson....

    I see you have had help from friends that must come from a canoe forum (new members) & they will all be over to have a pop at the narrow boaters I would think.....

     

    It seems to me that most people that own canoes are named Richard (Dick for short) so to all the Dicks in Canoes well done 2 more Narrow boaters hate you & I bet more to come.... I have never had a problem with any other group that use the water ways & I wait to see the first accident in 30 years & then I can post TOLD YOU SO......

    got to go froth at the mouth now over some dick in a plastic boat (Richard that is)

     

    Even for a troll you are particularly ignorant and uninformed. As others have tried to tell you (but you dont seem to want to acknowledge?) the DW race started some 64 years ago when the KA was classed as a remainder waterway, it was partly through these efforts, along with the IWA and others that led to the KA Trust which ultimatley led to the KA becoming a cruising waterway. You might like to look up the history of remainder waterways to further your understanding.

     

    Your hiding behind the H&S argument is also pathetic - as has been stated this and other canoe races have taken place on navigable waterways for at least 75 years without serious incident. No doubt you are the sort of jobsworth that tries to rationalisle any view you hold as the only safe way to proceed - anything else is so dangerous it shouldnt be allowed.

     

    For the record I am not called Dick, and although I maybe a new registered member here I have lurked for a long time, previously owned a historic narrowboat (with JP2) for eight years and intend to return the canals when I retire, oh and I have done the DW race (without accident or incident!) numerous times and supported other crews... as with all things 99% of boatowners I came across when racing and supporting others were supportive of the race and enjoyed watching the event....but as ever there was the 1% ignorant element like Nige 123.

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