David Schweizer
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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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1 hour ago, rusty69 said:
I was under the impression that red oxide is porous, so left with no top coat in a wet bilge will not last long. The water based red oxide of today is not a patch on the oil based stuff off old.
I epoxy coated the bilge of our engine room a few years ago, and that has stood up pretty well, but does require good prep.
It depends on which Red Oxide paint you choose, I painted my bilges with Finnigans Red Oxde, which is (or used to be) a non porous paint which worked well and showed no rust after more tha ten years. Nowadays I would probably choose Rustoleum Paint.
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On 19/02/2024 at 19:53, Andyaero said:
Yeah just wondered if anyone would stick their head above the parapet or is everyone totally legit. I do plan to continue to use my dodgy Firestick for TV reception.
It would cause all sorts of problems if I put diesel in my car, it runs on petrol😀
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58 minutes ago, LadyG said:
'Scuse ignorance, but is duplex an L shaped seating with table that is on a dropping table leg, rather than my American diner with a table that fits in to the base to make a double bed 6×4' ?
I think I like the American diner, I have one, it was recently upgraded with a nice 1" thickoak table, and a polished steel or chrome fixed leg.
I have a boat which was fitted out by owner, he had certain skills, but finish was basic, OK for holidays, but not for liveaboard unless you have low aesthetic aspirations.
I have upgraded all the fittings, all the cabin linings, all the upholstery, not a problem as I knew I'd have to do this when. I bought the boat, but when you are fitting out, it will be expensive, and the temptation must be to say "that will do".
Think it out carefully.
Do you mean something like this?
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2 hours ago, IanD said:
An accurate and unbiased article about the canals in the press, what a rarity 🙂
Agreed, but it is the Guardian. I enjoyed reading it.
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This item was rapidly becoming lost amongst other posts, so I have re-posted it on the "For sale or Wanted" page. Awaiting Moderator approval.
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This item was rapidly becoming lost amongst other posts, so I have re-posted it on the "For sale or Wanted" page. Awaiting Moderator approval.
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I have been clearing out my workshop and have found an unopened 5 litre tin of Rylard Premium Protection Bitumen Coating, which I no longer need as we sold the boat a few years ago. I could just take it down the re-cycling depot, but would be happier for someone with a boat to collect it from my house near Bradford on Avon, Free of Charge. If you are interested please PM me.
Re-posted in " For Sale or "Wanted"
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2 minutes ago, Tam & Di said:
I've not said it was incorrect - simply that to pose a converted butty without towline in a picture supposedly of an ethnic canal scene is jarring to my eyes. If he wished to avoid incorrectness the engine house would not be there.
Fair enough, except that the addition of a tow rope would have compounded the artistic licence inaccuracies.
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4 minutes ago, Tam & Di said:
It seems odd to me to simplify the setting and reposition the engine house to suggest an 'ethnic' canal scene, but then not to at least pretend that Nebulae was a butty under tow. I find it an irritating contradiction.
The painting of Nebulae is dated 1987. Previous posters have suggested that the conversion took place in either 1984 or 1985, if they are correct, the painting is also a correct depiction.
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On 25/01/2024 at 09:57, Derek R. said:
My favourite. No signature (though it may be behind the masking).
A GWR small pannier tank at a country branch line. It evokes an aire of what I would wish was 'normality'.
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The painting is "Country Connection" (1981) by Don Brecon, who is my favouruite Railway Artist. Both the top and bottom of the painting has been cropped, presumably to fit the frame. The signature is clearly visible in the bottom right hand corner on the copy I have.
This Painting "Evening Service" is one of my favourites
9 hours ago, alan_fincher said:My thoughts exactly...
Perhaps it has a hydraulic motor in the rudder...
I think your guess is correct, AFAIK it was converted by Balliol Fowden in the late 1970's / early 1980's.
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2 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:
Once she is out of hospital and fit again, some photos may help.
That could be some while. The OP says she is currently in hospital being treated for Pneumoniam, If her experience is anything like mine, she will not be recovered for quite a while. I was admitted into hospital with pneunomia at the begining of June last year, and it took several months for me to start feeling much better. I certainly would not have had the stamina to operate a boat for at least three months, hopefully she will recover sooner.
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12 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:
This may only be camera angle but:
Look at the washers at the front mount and the lands on the alternator bracket and water pump. It looks to me as if the bolt is in at an angle, so may be oversized hole/holes or undersized bolt.
Also, it looks as if the belt and pulley are not aligned. The whole alternator might be twisted anticlockwise, or it might be mounted too far back.
I can't see part 64, but the sliding bush in the alternator back bracket implies it is NOT a dynamo mount.
I don't think that is an A127 clone, but happy to be corrected.
You are correct Tony , but you already knew that! This is a Lucas A127
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1 hour ago, Tracy D'arth said:
The OP has said it was not a pix of his engine in the original post.
I am aware of that. I was drawing attention to this earlier thread by MarkCC :-
I am not sure what it has got to do with me saying that there are four versions of water pump? It was you who suggested it was alumininium, and I pointed out that some were made from Cast Iron.
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44 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
I have never seen one broken. Was the alternator properly secured at all three points?
In an earlier thread, the OP stated that he was changing the alternator, and showed a picture of it removed, is he avoiding telling us that he broke it himself?
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Definitely the water pump, there were four different versions fitted over the years and some of the earlier ones were made of cast iron rather than aluminium. The cast iron ones are apparently more robust, and are still available if you search. The engineer fitted one when he reconditioned the engine in Helvetia.
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4 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
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4 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
I much preferred the green "Morton, Morton & Smith" livery
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2 hours ago, davidg said:
If you are talking about the picture in Tim's post follow the rivets of the gunwhale angle as they approach the fore end. Yarwoods boats aren't like that.
Do you mean the picture in my post which Tim quoted?
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3 hours ago, Tim Lewis said:
I was under the impression that this boat as Callisto?
I merely copied the text that accompanied the photo, but you may well be correct. I have just elarged the photo and the bow locker lid definitely looks like the style of those fitted to Woolwich boats.
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11 hours ago, David Schweizer said:
Pisces (a Small Northwich) certainly had a porthole in that position, but it was either added added when it was converted into a Waterbus, and the engine moved into the Back Cabin, or when it worked as an LFS Fireboat during WW11
Edited to add: I have just found this photo in my records which purports to be Pisces converted to a London Fire Boat - Note there is no rear porthole!
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18 hours ago, alan_fincher said:
I don't think anybody has yet mentioned the apparent presence of a brass porthole which, if it were real, would be illuminating the inside of a cupboard, and not the cabin itself.
I'm not sure if any working boats ever had a port hole in that position on the left hand side, but "Grand Union" boats like RENFREW most certainly did not!
Pisces (a Small Northwich) certainly had a porthole in that position, but it was either added added when it was converted into a Waterbus, and the engine moved into the Back Cabin, or when it worked as an LFS Fireboat during WW11
Edited to add: I have just found this photo in my records which purports to be Pisces converted to a London Fire Boat - Note there is no rear porthole!
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2 hours ago, alan_fincher said:
I don't think anybody has yet mentioned the apparent presence of a brass porthole which, if it were real, would be illuminating the inside of a cupboard, and not the cabin itself.
I'm not sure if any working boats ever had a port hole in that position on the left hand side, but "Grand Union" boats like RENFREW most certainly did not!
The film people presumably felt that the left side should mirror th right side, which did have a porthole!😄
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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.