James Owen

Presumably for that price they'll be watertight too?

We lived at Mark Gordon's for a while (about 1980-ish) around the time my father worked on the hire fleet. I'll see what he can remember and I'm sure we have some old photos somewhere too.

Given the seller only paid £1 for the dredger that's quite a profit and I wouldn't put too much faith in the standard of the repairs carried out under his tenure either. Dredgers aren't something you want to readily use if they're hanging together on a wing and a prayer!!!

Coppered steel is steel with a high copper content.

Yes, she's often there. Not as popular as she once was but her prices remain the same.

The direction of engine rotation is irrelevant. The GU gearwheel makes perfect sense either way.

The cooling water outlet locations were originally located on the stbd side gunwale angle, be it suppied with a National or RN. However the bilge pump outlets were defined by the type of engine, or rather the pump arrangements for each, which is why some are on the left, some right. On a National the pumps are located to the aftwards stbd side so both outlets were that same side, a boat fitted with a RN had an outlet to each side as the pumps are positioned at the front of the engine. The inlets are on the port side for both setups.

I cant help but feel that the phrase describing parts "replaced where necessary" should read "any part worn to within an inch of its life but still having a few hours left in it, stayed in"...

Fat fingers.

The boat moored alongside the Pegasus is the Bullfinch, which was used as a base by Tradline Fenders in Braunston for many years.

The main gearbox is fed via the engine oil pump and thusly shares a common sump with the engine itself. The reduction box however should be quite happy with EP90 gear oil.

Be aware that the fuel line and connections as supplied in this kit don't meet BSS requirements.

Yes. What would the asking price be?

Probably a bit clogged up inside, a good service will see it running properly again.

A Beta 1903 will generally need at least 9ltrs of oil (one engine which belongs to a customer of mine requires 12ltrs for some ghastly reason) plus a genuine filter (70510) at around £10 ex vat...

Using the engine room itself as the oil tight area rather than a separate tray is a perfectly valid arrangement, unless you have a bilge pumping facility there also. The BSS are quite clear on this point. Personally I would prefer to see the (clean and painted) bilges rather than having an unknown quantity of oil and other such engine room detritus hidden between the tray and knees/bottom.

All valid points however Tony is quite correct, it is no more than a days work. I'm curious as to why you should wish to retain the oil drip tray? I would normally consider the engine room as being self contained and thus negate the need for a separate tray unless you have bilge pumping arrangements in the engine room also. I would prefer to see the bilges and keep them clean and painted.

A more sensible asking price for this Lister, and it's air cooled!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172260314400?

The calculations for flued appliances (i.e stoves) were altered slightly as part of the revisions in 2013. This would consequently increase the minimum requirements. In reality, the minimum ventilation requirements for flued appliances are rather small to begin with (in comparison to open vented appliances) and the increase was only 100 sq mm per kW.

Since day one I've long assumed that mooring in pounds (those in flights) was a no-no and that those who do were ignorantly taking the proverbial... Perhaps it may not be prohibited but IMO it certainly isn't the done thing.

Not really, FMC in full with both name and fleet number etc plus scrollwork. Two sides, three colours...done correctly and to a very high standard. Sounds reasonable...IMO..

Politely put Laurence

The gunwales aren't the problem. When the cabin side was replaced/repaired the bottom curve leading around to the gunwale angle was of too great a radius which in turn puts the wooden gunwale top at the slope it shows in the picture. If the wooden gunwale were at any less a slope the steel curve of the cabin side would become exposed. So if you want the gunwales 'squarer' as per original then something must be done to the steelwork on the cabin also.

Or perhaps instead of wood ?..steel would be almost superfluous for a narrowboat made from timber...

From memory, the guard rivets on the counter round were originally fitted from the inside out so the design of head shouldn't have much influence on the external appearance if done as such.