David Schweizer

When I was an apprentice, I earnt a bit of "Petrol Money" on Saturdays working at a car showroom. One of my jobs was restoring shabby paintwork on older traded in cars, and we used Brasso, which is basicly the same as T cut, but cheaper, we bought it in 1 litre tins. It worked just as well, if not better.

I am not aware of any woodcutting blades suitable for a standard size Hacksaw. However, it is possible to get 14/15 tpi wood cutting blades for both Coping Saws and Junior Hacksaws. I have several of each type in my workshop sawblade tin.

Both the boats appear to be in BW livery so, presumably, before they were aquired by Blue Line.

1,760 yards in a mile, or 5,280 feet. And no I didn't have to google it !! I am quite happy to be called a Luddite.

I may have missed it, but I cannot see where the OP might have suggested that there is also a remote header tank, or if there is, where it is located. Helvetia had two tanks, one being a standard Bowman expansion tank on top of the engine, and another at the far end of the boat where the last coolant fed radiatoor was located. If I had fitted a blanking cap to the remote header tank, the heating simply would not work because of restricted circulation, and if I had fitted a blankng cap to the Bowman, I suspect that the heating system tank would have served as the engine pressure relief and probably spewed water out all over the front cabin floor. Or am I missing something?

Yers, that is what I meant by "...different spring lengths." One of the header tanks on Helvetia's central heating system used a short neck cap, and a long neck cap could not be fitted without a great deal of force.

Things may have changed recently, but radiator caps always came with different pressure relief ratings and different spring lengths. Although the basic cause of the leak seems to be a faulty overflow outlet jonit, I am still persuaded to ask if the OP is trying to fit the correct cap.

I only report posts if I feel that they contravene forum rules and warrant it, but in the last to instances I recived no confirmation of recieipt or comment on one, and on the other, only a comment more than a week later. One might wish to suggest that the system is either failing, or the mods consider my intervention to be irrelevant.

We kept both a diary and log book when we had Helvetia, Nothing fancy or electronic, just traditional pen and paper. We still have them despite havig sold the boat nine years ago. It serves of a usefull reminder of the various places we visited.

Is that actually correct? When I was at College we studied both Blast Furnaces and Electric Arc Furnaces as a means to manufacture Steel. I have no recollection of being told that Electric Arc Furnaces were only able to use re-cycled steel, but the process using ore was more complicated and time consuming when using raw Iron Ore. Producing steel by using only Electric Arc may make it a sound commercial option, but not an impossible one, as is now being suggested.

Are you suggesting that the OP is a scam, or something else?

A lot have not been put on digital access for a good reason. Many of the records in local Records Office are loaned to them, and are not the property of the Local Records Office. Requiring students to search them personally helps to stop people from stealing someone else material. Some of the records I research are still owned by the organization that placed them in the local Records Office, and one requires written consent from the originating organization to call them from the archives for personal research, which I have always been given, but it can be withdrawn if the information is used inappropriately.

Suspect post. This does not read like someone writing in a second language. Reported

I am certain it was compulsory when we bought the boat, so it already had all the legally required ventilation. It worked well and there was no need to remove it.

But surely boats are legally required to have permanent ventilation via low level cabin side/door vents and roof ventilators. We had both and more than the regulations required, our cabin was always dry.

Our old boat was built in 1981 and was insulated with Rockwool. The cabin sides were lined with pine matchboard and at some time most of it was temporarily removed for re-wiring. In 20 years, we had no moisture issues. We also had no problems with wet bilges. I suspect that much depends on the initial quality of build and the fitting of the insulation.

The only person who seems to be repeatedly insistant on re-arranging their underwear regarding this issue appears to be yourself. 😀