Proper Job
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Aston Works........ Isn't that were they built Nationals? Edit - I'll correct myself........ They were at the Ashton works
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Whether you liked or disliked his boats (I've got two of them at the moment so I'm in the like camp) He was a respected boat builder and his legacy will be with us for many many years
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One of the highest beds I know is on Bones. She has a hinging bed and it originally had............... ............... wait for it......... ........... and organ under it You may now add the quips
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And with no money to maintain it
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Remarkably missing He says so in the blog .......... you only looked at the pretty pictures again didn't you
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That's what I presumed as well. They may well be selling it to recover storage fee's and other costs
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You need one to transit Suez and Panama - no tunnels on them
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That is very very sad news. I only met him once, but he always remembered the boats he built and was interested about how they were A sad loss to the boat building industry and even more so for his family and friends.
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The best advice you can take from this topic is: Before you buy, absolutly, get a survey. A hull structural survey as an absolute minimum During ownership, when the boat comes out of the water for blacking, be there and carry out your own hull inspection (before they start blacking) or, employ a professional surveyor. Do not rely on the boat yard to tell you that you've got bad pitting or the like (it's not what you've employed them to do)
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A word of caution if you go to the Punters. Although you don't have to go through an EA lock to get to the moorings on Osney Island, they are monitored and patroled by the EA (Osney lockie). If you don't have the relevent EA licence, they will catch you. That would make it a very expensive pint for a one day visitor pass
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Not knowing what's coming is half the fun
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Good job and a very nice bike
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Have a good one May your bin bag one day be empty
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That would be great. The more ideas the better thanks Thanks to the other poster too
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Not sure where you would put the mast light ........... at the end of the barge pole?
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You need a reasonable length of lever on the gearbox actuator spindle to be able to exert sufficient pressure to operate the gearbox. Not enough and it takes a lot of effort to operate. To much and you've got a huge travel on the push/pull Someone must have worked out the best quadrant sizes and linkage mechanism to do it comfortably? We just don't want to reinvent the wheel (or lever )
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440 yards = 1/4 mile = 400m
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Interesting stuff What's 508nm ?
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I have no idea. Never used them Actually - I've only owned the boat for two days Something else to investigate We must be gesturing twice as much as most then
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The bus stop at Thrupp is only effectively served by the Banbury bus. Walk in to Kidlington and you'll get a bus every 10 mins or less http://city.oxfordbus.co.uk/timetables-fares/city2#map
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That's exactly what the boss said when she saw the BMC in Carinya. She checked out the drop-down table and said it was perfect for the sowing machine .............and the cross bed was ideal for me when I failed to agree with her at any point in the future
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As an aside to the 'tunnel light' topic. A query on Nav lights. Carinya has two Nav lights on port and starboard. A pair of red and green at the front of the cabin and an additional set of red and green just in front of the engine room. I know it probably doesn't really matter, but this must be in contravention of the collision regs(?) as it would be showing two red and two green. I can't understand why there have been two sets fitted
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Every extra foot brings additional cost as most things are charged by the foot (mooring, licence, blacking etc) I've lived happily on a 56'er for many years. Now the GF is spending more time on board we've just upgraded to 62'. Girly stuff seems to take up more room I use the 'age' excuse
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Does anyone have some decent pictures/diagrams/photos of a push/pull mechanism to operate a Lister Blackstone gearbox? Ta
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To the back of the class Mr B