David Schweizer
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I have used Zebo Grate Polish for years, to blacken and polish the cast iron bases of Traditional Victorian Oil lamps. I still have an almost full tube in my workshop cupboard. Before Zebo, I used it's predecessor, Zebrite Grate Polish. I can still remember when the name changed some time around 2000 and, apparently, a long time before that it was called Zebra, having been originally inintroduced in the 1890's. Zebo has not been available for a number of years, but the HotSpot polish packaging seems to be a fair attempt to relate to Zebo, whether it is as good, I have no idea. Fortunately, I still have enough Zebo to out last me, (he said smugly).
Edited to Add :- I have just looked at an advertisement for Hotspot Grate Polish, and it is apparently Water Base.
This makes it different from Zebo, which is described on the box, as "Inflamable"
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On 09/04/2024 at 22:26, Richard Carter said:
Yes, Rennie. I thought Robin Hewitt fetched her off the Thames but that doesn't rule out a Wey connection. Engine taken out and some steelwork done (Farrington) soon after arrival in Braunston, draught is deep at 3'6'' (my possibly faulty memory from over 30 years ago). And yes, Jona at UCC is the person to ask.
scrumpylurcher's post noted, I couldn't possibly comment ...
It is my understanding that the tug will not have a new engine installed, whilst the square box welded into the centre of the superstructure still remains in place.
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Calcutt stock filters for the BMC1.6 engine
Edited to add:- I found that the cheapest place to purchase BMC oil filters was the local Agricultural Merchants. I used to buy both oil and fuel filters for my BMC 1.5 in bulk, and got trade discount, which made them about a quarter of the cost from the local Chandleries.
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3 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
C&RT have told me that all mooring agreements are cancelled when a property changes hands. New owners have to apply.
The cases which I referred to are not "mooring agrements" but legally enforceable entitlements enshrined in the deeds of the property, which cannot be cancelled.
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Check the deeds of your new property. Whether C&RT have any rights will depend on how the land was initially sold for housing, and what it's former status was. I know of several sites where the land was sold to include historical mooring rights, those rights were contained within the deeds, which also transferred the mooring rights to any new owner, so it is worth spending some time on the research.
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I found that TCut and 0000 grade wire wool worked well, as far as as could tell it was just a stronger version of Brasso.
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13 hours ago, Richard T said:
Bumped any thoughts @David Schweizer or @dave moore?
None of the items displayed suggest any painter known to me. The water can and dipper do not display the swift flair of a professional painter, and are probably the work of an amateur or a boatman. The cabin block is well excuted with hints of a northern style, but a bit too meticulously to suggest that it is the work of a dockyard painter. In conclusion, I suspect that, probably, none of them are the work of professional painters. Dave may not agree, but he is far more knowledgeable than me, Phil Speight may well recognise the painters, he hasn't posted on here for something like ten years but has facebook site advertising his painting courses.
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2 hours ago, jacko264 said:
What colour will you paint it Ford major blue I hope 😀
Like This, perhaps.
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1 hour ago, Lady M said:
If you had cruised the K&A, perhaps your final sentence would be a bit different.
Agreeed, I live only a couple of miles from the K&A, and moored on it for several winters, cruising out to the Thames and beyond over the summer. During that time, I came to the conclusion that the K&A is not a wide canal, but a narrow canal with wide locks.
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20 hours ago, MtB said:
Didn't there used to be a thing called a "Mooring Licence"?
Pretty sure boats with a CRT or BW mooring used to display two license 'discs' back in the day. One being the normal boat license and the other being one's mooring license when mooring on line.
I had one for several years, from recollection it was called a Mooring Permit, and had a large green capital "M" on it.
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11 hours ago, IanD said:
Of course a discussion was expected, but some of the complaints just don't make sense given that it was a general interest TV programme about the canals not an in-depth online tutorial for students studying industrial archaeology... 😉
And that is not what I expected. If I wanted that, I would be looking for an appropriately qualified presenter, but isn't Mark Benton an actor?
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1 hour ago, Arthur Marshall said:
My argument with it was the tone of the commentary. The talking heads were mostly ok, even the Cunk lady, but the main bloke and script was dreadful - patronising in that "this is jolly good fun, isn't it?" way of a 1950s government information film, or one of those Disney wildlife things they used to show in schools. As if, because he was talking to stupid, ignorant people, he'd be pretending to share the joke that this wasn't really serious, now, was it?
The error is thinking people don't want a bit of depth, a bit of knowledge, the sense that these canals actually mattered to people - both those earning their living back in the day and those renovating or using it now.
And nine year olds being used to light the dynamite fuses because they could run faster than grown men, that's really funny, isn't it? That's a real joke. I wonder how many died. That was when I felt it had gone beyone the pale. A serious point could and should have been made, but no, it was just a laugh a minute, building canals, and everyone was having a damn good time. There was the bit about some people losing all their money in the bubble while a few made a fortune, and that being jolly good, too. So much for economics.
I thought it was appalling. Nice pictures, though.
That more than adequately describes what I paraphrased as "poor amateurish production" with the link person's childish sense of humour and regular use of adolescent colloquialisms. I could not watch him for long, even if the subject being presented was something outside my knowledge or experience.
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We only watched the first fifteen minutes before turning it off. What we saw was a poor amateurish production, comprising of numerous talking heads interspersed with still pictures which rarely related to the narrative. The only live presentation was of someone digging out a canal undergoing restoration with a mechanical digger, accompanied by narrative relating to digging the canals with shovels and barrows!! People are being paid to produce this rubbish.
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My money is on the galley tap innards being stuck, especially if it is a ceramic disc type. I usually had to dismantle and clean my galley tap every spring after it had not been usd for five or six months.
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3 hours ago, RichM said:
It is back up but nothing obvious in the logs as to what it's not happy about which doesn't help me prevent it happening again...
I have allocated more memory to ElasticSearch and will rebuild the search index and will go from there.
Not on my compuiter it isn't. Still getting " No results to show in this stream"
Edit: One hour later and now working correctly.
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Not working again, just displayig message that "there is nothing to view"
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20 hours ago, MtB said:
Hmmm a J4 I'd say.
I'd buy it!
Edit: On looking more closerer prolly a K4. Too big for my 45ft tiddler!
Not neccessarily. About 25 years ago I was single handing over the Chilterms, and paired up with an old tug, which I believe was moored at Aylesbury. It was powered by a K4, and the owner admitted that it was a bit OTT, but apparently he was descended from the Kelvin family, so it was important to him. Unfortunately I cannot recall the name of the tug.
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1 hour ago, MtB said:
I'd have thought the For Sale section here would be as likely to find a buyer as anywhere else on line. The large bookselling firms are only going to reach people who already know about the book and are searching for it, whereas everyone here already has an interest in NBs and quite a few of us like vintage engines too.
I already have a copy myself by the way!
I would be happy to try and sell it on the forum, but how much should I ask for it? I know what it cost more than twenty years ago. It was expensive, and it wasn't out of print then.
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I have a copy of the above book (2nd Edition Aug 2002) in excellent condition which I am considering selling, as I no longer refer to it. The problem is that I have no idea of it's current value or where the best place to sell it might be, I have looked on ebay, and Abe books, but neither have had a record of any copy for sale recently. Any advice would be most welcome.
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On 28/02/2024 at 08:03, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:
give Brian a ring,
I saw him the other day on the Staff and Worcester heading towards the Trent and Mersey
ask him if he’ll be heading your way anytime soon.
You might be in luck.
at a glance his website is art work but I know he does plenty of boat repairs too. He can pull alongside to work.
Having used him several times in the past when he was on the K&A. I can strongly recommend Brian. We also have one of his Ripple candlesticks on our fire hearth.
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1 hour ago, Nightwatch said:
About a year ago, and after years of it being mentioned, I contacted CRT to simply put my wife’s name, with mine, on the ownership of Nightwatch. Just in case I kicked the bucket and there was a dispute of ownership. Peace of mind etc.
We have owned boats since 2002 and Nightwatch since 2005. Anyway, not just adding Margaret’s name to the ownership CRT thinks/acts and treats us as new owners. Even sending welcome notes and boating rules regs etc.
It’s a bit hurtful but I’m such a sensitive character. I just thought they may have a system in place to recognise many years of ‘membership’.
An observation that’s all.
Was that really neccessary? We had legally witnessed docments of purchase by both my wife and myself, which I am confident would have been recognised by any Court in the extreemly unlikely event of ownership being challenged. A boat being licenced jointly by two people is not in itself Legal proof of ownership by either of them.
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7 hours ago, blackrose said:
I made the mistake of painting my engine space with Vactan followed by two coats of Rustoleum. The prep was pretty good, it was all taken back to bare metal and my bilges have remained generally dry. However after only a couple of years some areas couldn't handle a bit of condensation and were starting to peel.
I'd never use Vactan again for anything and I'd never use any single part paint in an area subject to any significant moisture. Having made the effort to go back to bare steel I was stupid not to epoxy it.
I gave upon Vactan very early on, having found that it never seemed to work well as a primer, and started to peel after less than a year. On the other hand I found that both Rustoleum and Hammerite Smooth (formerly Smoothrite) did what it said on the tin. I have a cast iron bench in the garden which I painted with two coats of Hamerite Smooth more than ten years age, Apart from places where the paint surface has been damaged, there is no sign of any rust breaking through.
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1 hour ago, LadyG said:
If I needed a good job done the engine would come out and engine hole prepped, then rust removal, then the tough red oxide as long as it will be undercoat to bilge paint. Or use two pack epoxy. Needs to be oil resistant.
Take technical advice from technical adviser of marine paint suppliers, I don't mean the local marina
When the engine in Helvetia came out for a re-build, I cleaned and de-greased the engine box, after which I gave it two good coats of Finnigans Smoothrite. The manufacturers confirmed that the paint was both heat and oil resistant once cured, and as it was going to be a couple of months before the engind was reinstalled, the paint surface was fine, and had survived both heat and oil after more than ten years when we sold the boat.
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Alnwick's new paint job!
in Boat Building & Maintenance
Posted · Edited by David Schweizer
A nice job, and you have chosen an almost identical colour scheme the one we chose for Helvetia:-