magnetman

I find my 'out of shite out of mind' solid waste disposal turret (high pressure air actuated) is good. Automated advanced warning over the PA 'you have twenty seconds to comply' then splatter the blighters with the used food. Works every time.

Yes but have you got a 12 gauge autoloader? No real boaters are without such things.

It is entirely unsuitable which is why earlier I suggested asking Vetus for financial assistance in exchange for advertising. I reckon an 'outboard style' pod motor arrangement in a well could work but its a bit of a shot in the dark to be fair. Having owned 6 different narrow Boats in my life I would have a Diesel engine if I had another one. Its so much easier ! no planets were harmed or saved in this experiment. People keep calling the Boat I live on at the moment a 'narrowboat'. Its actually 9ft wide but because it is a copy of an Edwardian gentleman's saloon launch and I have random non specific junk on the top it gets called a narrowboat ! I was quite shocked. Diesel is king and will be for a long time.

Stop planks to die for.

This is a custom made plastic narrow Boat. Nobody sensible will buy one ! I forget how long it was. I think its about 35 or 40ft. Might be longer. Its not a standard generic 62ft jobbie.. There is an opportunity to get a really good article. Or a lemon. The proposed 'E Pod' motor has a 10 inch diameter propeller. 10kW motor.

So despite the standard shaft cone you can't put a different prop on the E Tech?

Sheffield keel?

The 10 is better. Also I think it only takes about 3 or 4kW (you will be able to confirm) so its not going to be running at full speed much.

What about the E Tech 15kW pod motor referred to earlier? Do.you think there is a gearbox in there? Maybe they need one. I will ask again. Can you find a pod motor with a geared drive which would push along. narrow Boat? You did suggest earlier that such a thing exists. Who makes it? Taking the Etech as an example Voltage 48 kW 10.9 RPM 1470 10 POD 48 10,9 1470 Air these have a 30mm standard taper shaft so normal props can be used. I think it is 3 or 4kW to push a narrow Boat along so it seems to me this might work with the correct size propeller. I know you chose something else and that is your prerogative and an entirely faultless choice but these things might be ok specially for a custom made plastic Boat.

Can you point me to a 10kW pod motor which is not direct drive Good luck finding one.

Are you sure about that? Torqeedo originally did exactly that (RC plane motor and planetary gears) but I don't think the larger pods do. I am pretty sure they are direct drive. The reason Torqeedo did that was not to reduce size. It was to get an electric outboard which would put a small inflatable dinghy on the plane. Torqeedo are direct drive these days.

Black text on a slime green background. It might just be the colouring.

So the card machine did work. Or you paid cash.

Some dogs may be able to read. Rats can read if the lettering is large enough so why not dogs?

You mean the payment machines? I wonder about this as well. Small transactions. Do people check. They might be just running two transactions having worked out a way to pretend the first did not go through. Did you get a transaction void receipt printed?

Yes. Another one bit the dust.

He's Mercurial. You're good with t'mobile jokes lad.

The OP is looking for three kits. Perhaps you could communicate advice on a one2one basis.

Yes you need more than one kit for those.

It was really wicked when the early digital cell phones had a sim the same as a standard credit card. You could just take the sim out and put it in another phone. Now its all fiddly. Its actually just a sim not a sim card. Subscriber Identity Module. Like a pin is not a pin number it is a Personal Identification Number. Adding Number after it is superfluous.

My kids just pull theirs out with their fingernails. The both have samsung s10 phones. It is a locking drawer but its not a physical latch just a little spring loaded thing to stop it falling out. Kids have small hands. I do mine with a sharp knife. But yes using a paperclip or the original pin tool is more appropriate I suppose.

Yes I wondered about the pagoda. Its just on the modern view from canalplan the towpath is on the wrong side. Perhaps it is a negative image. If you look from the pagoda down the zoo section towards Maida Vale the towpath is on the right. But in the canalplan image it is on the left. Or my brain has gone wrong. I'm sure when traveling from Camden to Maida Vale the towpath is on the right. A modern view from the pagoda location would have Boats moored in the foreground to the left and the towpath curving round on the right hand side. The canaplan image posted earlier is completely different but appears to be the same bridges.

To be fair it is never appropriate to take pictures of random strangers children !

You can stop the cill getting anywhere near the propeller and reduce the buoyancy thereby reducing need for ballast by having a rectangular well integrated into the design. The deck section behind this well Is curved above the waterline so there is no obstruction to water flow. This means the motor is protected from impact from astern and can never catch on a cill.. Think of it like an extra big weed hatch. Another obvious advantage of an outboard style is being able to tilt it to deal with propeller issues. And if there is some sort of failure you just put another one on rather than have downtime. The E Tech mentioned in the post above The clamp does seem a bit mickey mouse and would need to be bolted to the transom properly. Yes full power sideways is going to be a problem. Maybe there should be some sort of limit to the amount of power one can use with helm over. People often apply far too much power and drive canal Boats in a very unrelaxed way but I suppose to be fair it would be very hard to alter this behaviour. A good thing with E Tech is one can put standard propellers on so it would be easy to get the right one by experimenting.

It must have been a large dog if he was riding it.