James Owen

I always find Pothouse to be the end of sensible depth...3'+ draft on more than one occasion too. After that it tends to be the shaft seeing more action than the gearbox... Maybe BW are hoping the weekend will provide plenty of free weed clearing works in favour of paying contractors ??

Really? I went there a few times last year and the 'undergrowth' was, shall we say...thick? There'll not exactly be a 'race' to the finish....

Single cylinder me-thinks ;-)

Have messaged you Andrew, I'm happy we can help.

Yes, mechanical is the only option really as we don't have an alternator...

That'd be nice wouldn't it...a friendly stockist supplying any AS bits as and when required. Cheap too, quality parts, off the shelf....sigh... ;-)

Thank you Tim, are there many different styles of actuator or is it either just a long or short arm version?

I'm just in the midst of recommissioning an AS2 into our motor boat and need to source a lift pump as we've decided to do away with the day tank. I have the adaptor plate to mount a pump onto but don't really know what model of pump I'll require. Albeit preferably one with a priming lever, I'm unsure on specification regards actuator etc... Any ideas?

The notice says they will start on the Oxford, not necessarily complete the run on it!!

I didn't really want to name the seller.

An unusual can for a different look...ready for painting?? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151662178887?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT A veritable steal if recent prices are anything to go by :-)

Weirdly enough, I even saw a dredger heading up the Macc on Saturday...perhaps we have spoken too soon ??

The police stopped providing escort services about ten years ago unless you happen to be a judge or barrister... Oh, you mean for lorries...my mistake ;-)

Not much chance of that, drawing 3' it was tricky to be anywhere other than the channel. ...and unless that party was 27 miles long....

Yes, I must admit it didn't fit with what I was expecting or been told in conversation. The list includes fishing net (with aluminium handle nicely wrapped around the shaft), blue tarpaulin, washing line with what were clothes, multiple plastic bags, coal sacks, orange barrier netting and many many reeds/cuttings. Perhaps I should be happy that at least it'll be a bit clearer now for others :-)

Ahem, yes I'd heard this was a service they offer ;-)

Cruised from Hardings to Marple this weekend and I've now got a mountain of rubbish fetched from the blade over countless visits down the weedhatch...I certainly won't be looking to take a proper boat up that way anytime soon. ;-)

Great, yet back in the real world. It's full of rubbish and shallower than a toddlers bathwater.

You are mistaken.

Logically, yes we should. ;-) Unfortunately, logic is clearly at a premium in this day and age.

Yes, according to the engine list I have it was originally fitted to the 'Bexhill'. When it was removed from said boat or it's history thereafter I don't know.

Hi Tim, yes the National I have still retains it's splash plates and also wondered if they did anything or indeed were worth saving but decided to stick with them. I still have a brand new National liner as a spare for when I need it, unfortunately the chap I got it from had thought it a rather suitable door stop to use in his workshop for many years...bless him.

Unlikely to be anything too serious, may probably just be a failed or stuck blower motor which will prevent any fuel from burning properly and causing the combustion gases (i.e smoke) from being expelled through the exhaust. Any wiring shortouts within the unit should see the fuses doing their job (assuming it has been installed well) and any fuel issues will be contained within the heat exchanger. ECU safety cutouts should prevent anything getting too hot in the event of an airlock...

Sold one on fleabay last year for about 400 IIRC to a chap from London, a fairly clean non-runner but all the bits there...the Sabb that is, not the chap from London.

It isn't CRT who are determining the risk, it's the underwriters who are determining risk/liability and then imposing increased premiums.