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I was assuming they were moored bankside not actually on the island itself as that seems to be a private residence.
ETA I'll be down that way in next couple of days will toot as I pass. Grey steel trawler about 30ft long
just dragged it up to Lechlade. Bit shallow but made it just.
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I see where you mean now above Sandford lock on the bend.
No I don't think that's 24hr. It's possible that there were some district enforcement signs around there at one time but they were a load of nonsense.
I moored there a while ago and huge numbers of public descended on the area for swimming and general noise making.
Fingers crossed for bad weather
Handy little co-op just other side of the railway.
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The bylaws state if it is land owned by the navigation authority it is 24hrs.
Private land owners can allow mooring as long as they wish or restrict it.
Councils may or may not have bylaws restricting moorings.
Is Rose island the bit with the mooring bollards along the bank? If so then yes I believe that IS a 24hr mooring as it seems to be EA owned land...
I was told exactly the same thing on that mooring.
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On 16/07/2020 at 13:24, Thomas C King said:
I have a question on generator etiquette, would you normally not run it at all if you are parked within say, ten metres of other boats? We recently re-moored a short distance from our prior mooring so that we could get a usable internet connection for work. We just had a boat neighbor knock asking us to turn our generator off, which we did.
We run it from about 0800 to 1700. It's a Honda EU22i and for me I never expected it to be a problem because after a few metres it just creates a gentle hum. I can see a few general options:
1) Never run the generator near moored boats (and in our case, never moor near boats because this would mean we couldn't work). I suppose we could moor near boats that also run generators.
2) Ask if it's okay to run the generator. I asked a fisherman recently and he was fine with it. On the other hand, someone might politely say it's fine and yet it really bothers them. Or some people might just not want you to talk to them.
3) Run the generator until someone complains. If it's only a minority that would take issue with it, then I can see this as being an option, but I don't like it...
Thoughts?
It is generally considered rude to run a generator close to other boats especially if you have arrived there when they were already moored there and possibly exhibiting signs of enjoying the pleasant weather and surroundings .
Just don't do it
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Exactly. Both of which usually require a generator.
Of course if it was a woman issue then the correct procedure is to practice social distancing in this situation.
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12 minutes ago, nicknorman said:
Part a seems to cover it.
Nuisance. It's not complicated is it.
It seems odd that they have to explain that you must behave considerately to others (boaters and non boaters).
Why do people need to be told to do this??
This seems to be a dumbing down thing.
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I wonder if it might be a woman issue.
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Sounds like a bit of a <word removed> to me.
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My 2011 Beta 90 has a primer on top of the filter housing but looking at the website it looks like the 38 does not have this feature. I guess there is a bleed screw on there and it looks quite accessible in that picture but that is presumably the latest version. It could be quite different on an older unit.
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Not sure if we are allowed to be rude on here but I have always called problematic anglers "fisherwankers" since I first encountered them on the Thames in the early 90s.
I have no objection to anglers in general.
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I was thinking maybe this was the thing that failed.
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Girly button = bow thruster.
If there was a hydraulic system failure it could take out the steering and the bow thruster at the same time if they were both operated from the same power source.
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I like the female voice wailing at the end of that clip. It's like some small children were killed.
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I've not been through it for years so memory might be wrong but I seem to think the lock on the the Dukes cut takes you down from the Thames to the Oxford canal.
ETA I see scholar gypsy has already mentioned this one.
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Listening to other people's infernal combustion engines while their boats are stationary is the worst thing about living on a boat that I have ever encountered. In 25 years living on boats off grid and on grid.
Loud music is bad as well but why the hell do people without a mains power connection need to use so much power? Surely if you wanted that much electric you would arrange your life around systems which provided electricity without requiring other people to suffer the noise.
I suppose it's a cost benefit analysis and at some point other people's comfort becomes irrelevant..
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I remember Hecla in the mid nineties around Braunston.
A washer Josher but a quality one as all of the Five Towns boats were.
So many have imitated but few came close to be fair.
Did not know the man on the boat.
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It'll be a bodge repair like at Denham deep.
Steel work to cover over the rotten parts.
Hopefully this gets followed up by gate replacement but I would not tend to be holding breath about this.
There are a lot of rotten gates about. I wonder if there was an epidemic of bad quality gates in the 90s and early 00s.
Was this something to do with contracting out gate manufscture to someone else rather than keeping it in house ie British Waterways.
They did do some Dutch ones a company called "Wijma" but I think those were mainly the K&A.
GU is another thing but definitely some issues me thinks.
Of course the fact lock gates last about 20 years could have something to do with it.
And changing the collar straps to a threaded nut design rather than the slotted type with hog rings and collar keys could have an effect on heel posts.
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53 minutes ago, bizzard said:
Just a little interlude whilst Layla is absorbing all the above. It's a shame the old art deco Ovaltine factory at Kings Langley has been demolished or you might have had a nice view Layla. It had a big clock tower with a big thermometer on it, both of which you could be read from the train on the west coast main line. My mum always pointed it out to us as we passed it on the way to Liverpool. It was situated between the canal and railway. Ok finished.
I drove past the area a couple of days ago. The big wind turbine by the M25 is where the old ovaltine egg production farm was sited. Now a renewable energy company.
I really like the M25 viaduct there. Much nicer from a boat than a car though !
Gade valley viaduct. Seriously cool bit of work.
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It's good to be confident about the water and coolant being fine at this point.
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2 hours ago, Layla said:
Hi,
I was going to hard on my engine ...
Why did this happen ?
I know it's quite wide up between Kings Langley and Nash mills but
Weed on the prop?
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7 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:
112 cubic inches is 1.8l, so I assume the BMC 1.8 is about 4 cubic inches smaller at 108.
1.8 litres is actually 109.8 cubic inch but yes the BMC 1.8 is less than 1.8 litres.
Funny how they make litres look bigger but cubic inches rounded down.
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Yes it does seem to work. The 1.5 is 1490cc and the 1.8 is 1762cc.
The cubic inch figure is rounded down to the nearest unit which I imagine is probably normal for engines measured in cubic inches rather than cubic centimetres/millilitres.
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4 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:
I know but did not want to add more confusion. Actually it says something about the sellers mechanical abilities.
Also says something about Thornycroft. Why would they call it a 90?
I guess it must be a cubic inches thing. Maybe there was an American involved.
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2 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:
I don't know what the 90 under power refers to but you will be lucky to get 35 bhp from a BMC 1.5, not that it matters plenty of power for that boat.
That's probably a Thornycroft reference.
Thornycroft 90 = BMC 1.5D.
Yes it does seem to work. The 1.5 is 1490cc and the 1.8 is 1762cc.
The answer to mooring against soft ground ?
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Problem is if it does pull out it will take a substantial part of the bank with it.
Would need to be done well away from the edge.