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I can do falling leaf sculling in my dinghy
its a nice way to go along in a small boat but hard on the shoulder -
Atco boatimpeller - maybe its the clamp from one of them
Stern Oar rotated with a twisting action for Propulsion.
CT
I wondered about that as well - but it isn't really rollock shaped
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What's this item? It has a clamp a bit like an outboard motor and it would have swivelled like a rowlock.
I have to be careful as last time I posted a mystery object I got two warning points for lewdness. I still have those warning points
This:
Another photo
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Wouldn't it better to widen the lock? That way all wide vessels can pass - rather than just narrowing one boat
I've often wondered if someone could make ends meet doing rubbish/recycling runs out of London. Ideal boat for it if it would fit?
I've considered it as well. I'm not sure there is the volume of materials to make it pay. There is a big recycling yard near Harleseden (Powerday). If it was combined with toilet pump and diesel sales it might work ok but still not entirely convinced. The boat would -apparently- fit from Brentford to the River Lee as L&L Longboat Ironclad did that journey and was measured as 14'5 as I understand it.
(Via Paddington arm and regents canal)
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I resisted the temptations (and it was very tempting) to draw a big H on it in case someone in a helicopter did actually try to land on it
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Its a lovely boat well worth repeating that it's for sale
I would love to convert it to a houseboat but its too wide for my mooring and it would be nice if someone could use it in unconverted state - maybe a fuel boat? Or a lavender boat?
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That's my favourite so far. I may order sharktooth instead or just make another one myself and finish it off with scissors.Naff
Thanks for the replies everyone
A while ago I put a 10ft trampoline (£1.04 on eBay) up over my back deck as a sun/rain shelter (its a barge with a wheelhouse). I bodged up a cover with cotton duck canvas but thought maybe some of this wavy edged stuff might look more 'together'
What I really need is a 10ft diameter round solar panel
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What's this called when added to a canopy? I'm after getting one made And wVy edge sounds a bit awkward..
Sorry a crap photo
Wavy bit that hangs down from the top for decorative effect
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Do the MAIB do reports on these accidents? I have read quite a few of their reports regarding boat accidents (out of interest) and they are quite educational.
I don't think they do canal boat incidents unless there are fatalities. It would be good if all the circumstances could be made public by a professional body
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Yes. I think the type referred to may be ECS Ventilites which do suffer from leakage.
Ventilite 'flying saucer' --- http://www.tcschandlery.co.uk/mobile/ecs-stainless-steel-ventilite/p8501
Completely different item to 'mushroom vents' which are usually brass or gunmetal or another copper alloy as opposed to stainless steel.
Brass mushroom vents
http://www.blackcountrymetalworks.co.uk/mushroom-vents.htm?gclid=CLCCsPjQy84CFWEq0wod9DcH1Q
And then there is the vetus type aluminum mushroom vent but less common on canal boats
That should cover most angles
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Or if he is sensible he has one or two CO monitors aboard the vessel which indicate if there is a problem. I advocate having 3 of them to be sure. Of course the petrol vapour subject is another issue.
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Quite a shocking video
From the newspaper report -
"They lost everything - iPads,..."
OK so they lost their iPads but surely that is not a major concern here ?
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Its not just there, this was the Regents Canal last week
Never mind the weed did you find an overnight mooring
This reminds me of an instance a few years ago when a Club Cruise bought some down to Walsall Basin from the curly-wurley.
A week later, one of the locals visiting the pub at the Basin decided to park his BMW on the 'grass' as the car park was full!!!!
In 1990 when I was 16 I acquired a small whippet x bitch from battersea dogs home. I had a string lead. At the time I lived in a house beside the Thames near Kingston. We had a lawn (how nice) and there was a considerable amount of duckweed on the river. On arrival back home the bitch ran down the garden and continued running straight out onto the river. Needless to say she was not a deity and had to swim back.
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The flame sensor may need cleaning. I have not had a neverspacher but I think my mikuni mx40 is more or less the same thing and the flame sensor does cause problems sometimes.
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Maybe he was being considerate.
IF the generator was a bit noisy, the boat had one or two CO carbon monoxide detectors on board with digital readouts and the bloke was sanding the exterior of the vessel and all doors/windows were open.
Might be OK. Not ideal but one way of making a Genny quiter?
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Thanks for that Derek
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This is true. When I was about 17 and bit hammered with a friend of mine on his parents boat (which he lived on - a carribean GRP broads cruiser) we started to get to warm in the boat which had a Squirrel stove. Anyway it was discussed with beer in hand and he decided to pour a glass of water down the chimney from outside.
This is something one does not forget
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Was not entirely a serious suggestion
trying to make light of this volunteer thing. I do know how complex it is and nobody would offer that sort of service for free !! -
When you say top half do you mean the external bit which sits on the collar? If not stainless steel these rot away quite quickly, not really related to heat and irregular use of the fire may make it rot quicker.
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It's not rocket science to put stop planks in groove irons and pump a lock out
On second thoughts maybe it is?
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Ramming speed !!
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Nice boat (enterprise - as linked to above on the 10th August when it was first listed without full details on A D)
Was discussed just after my own quoted post. Lovely boat was suggested it will and up blocking up the Regents canal somewhere
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CRT seem to love volunteers.
Maybe they could cobble together some volunteers with professional land survey equipment with lasers and all that sort of thing and actually perform accurate measurements of the lock(s) from all relevant angles and put a 3 dimensional diagram of it on a website. A sort of 'stick that in yer pipe and smoke it' type of thing, to help prevent people complaining or possibly to help them to realise that something needs doing.
It is not rocket science.
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If its a river water cooled engine I'd check the mud box/weed filter. I get steam out of the exhaust sometimes if the water intake mud box is blocked
Steam can Appear to be white smoke - last time it happened to mW I was concerned it was dirty diesel but it turned out I had not resecured the lid of the mud box properly and it was letting air in so the cooling was compromised.
its a nice way to go along in a small boat but hard on the shoulder 
mystery object found in Thames with magnet
in General Boating
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You either use a notch cut out of the transom or can use a rowlock in the centre. Single oar sculling relies on a leverage point at the stern either in the centre or to one side to counteract the weight of the person propelling it.
That's it !!
When I was boating up in Cheshire in the early 00s I remember a lot of houses which seemed to have black paint added to give the impression of being timber framed buildings when they were not. The fake rivet thing seems similar.