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2 minutes ago, Tonka said:
There used to be. I remember having to cut holes in my nice hardwood doors on the front of the boat to increase lower ventilation
Yes I have them into my wheelhouse from the kitchen
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Bottled gas is extremely expensive currently, my new boat has it with small bottles. It will stay, I can get bottles filled for free so it wont affect me, but it's not something I really want. In the summer I used an induction hob on the old boat the solar and large battery bank made it quick and easy, also an air fryer is a fantastic way of using free electricity. I will move both items to the new boat as I know it makes sense.
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3 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:
I think it is the one built by an eccentric who has since been sent to prison for something. It has appeared in the mags and on here in the past.
The Navy one looked far more like a real sub than this one.
No it's not that one Tony, this one is on Beverly beck, its shorter than the other one based on a narrowboat, it made us smile anyway
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So here is one for you who think the canals are to shallow
And another
And the last one
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5 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
@peterboat did you like it?
It was excellent, we were sat with some celebrities as I think at the time ITV or BBC studios were across the road? This was 2008 so it could have changed hands a few times!!
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1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said:
Taken from the table by the window
I have been in that Indian restaurant
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3 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:
Don't know which forecast you are using but mine are showing nothing below 6 degrees for the next couple of weeks!
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On this day 2017
Blowing away the Winter cobwebs. Torksey to West Stockwith.
Carol on the beeb this morning. We are out in Scarborough in the campervan at the moment, going for a pint in the North Ridings brew pub later with friends, tomorrow it's the Back Bull in Filey I think, but we won't know until we arrive
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1 hour ago, Momac said:
Or perhaps not
Carol this morning said its going to get colder with Snow! So I believe her rather than a weather app
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35 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:
On this day 2018
A snowy start at Burton Waters
Looks like it going to be the same end of this week
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We have a Huam its extremely good is all I can say
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1 hour ago, Doodlebug said:
Thanks for all the thoughts - I have purchased a second hand rayburn one and will report back on how i get on taking it apart and fitting it back together again!!
Enjoy, fitting one to my boat was the best thing i did
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So my raw water pump should arrive this week, I have found enough details about my boat to say it's a Altena 1050 family cruiser. Not sure if it will have a Hull Identification number as they wernt required until 88 I believe? I have a automatic bilge pump coming as the artful Bodger removed the bilge pump! I will need to acquire some steel ballast to replace bulky concrete ballast. I want to remove the fixed seating in the bow to make it a more comfortable place. We will see how it all goes. I also have 900 watts of flexible solar which I will fit to the roof of the boat after making good the surface. I also am going to fit a backboiler wood burning stove to the saloon to heat water and radiators rather than the Webasto air top which I have fixed. I am gradually removing all the bodges which really spoiled a nice boat.
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5 minutes ago, blackrose said:
We lived in shoebox in't middle of road.
Sorry but what on earth possesses anyone to want an Aga or Rayburn that can't fit through the doors of their boat without major surgery of either the heater or the boat? They just sound totally unsuitable. Life's too short, just get something that will fit through the doors!
I agree mine fitted in easily and has been a joy in winter, unlimited hot water, warm radiators and a great way of cooking, if I change boat I will miss the Rayburn greatly
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3 hours ago, casper ghost said:
My parents have an Esse. It's like an Aga but a bit smaller.
More the size of a small Rayburn.
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11 hours ago, Doodlebug said:
In the summer the oven would just become storage for pots and pans!
I’m going to look into whether it’s possible to get someone to help me reassemble one.
Does anyone know if the overall heat output will be too much for a boat? I note that some are rated well over 20kw!
So is there no version of an aga that is smaller but not so small as to be one of the mini boatman cabin range style stoves?
thanks!
I have a Rayburn royal in my widebeam, it has a oversized boiler which means it can run the central heating with ease. Sometimes when stripped the panels can warp making the whole Rayburn scrap! I have loved my Rayburn and I had doors big enough to fit it with ease and when I sell Joyce this year I am sure the new owners will love the warmth that the Rayburn can provide in a widebeam, so your narrowboat will be warm
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8 hours ago, Andrew Barnard said:
I've seen vehicles that have had some done and I do realise there are considerations to be addressed . The materials used are very tough. I don't have rust around any windows as yet. What I do know is I have a roof which is pealing like its going out of fashion.
I'm definitely not spending £11000 for a professional finish. To be damaged.
Thanks
I don't like bells either.
Peeling
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6 minutes ago, IanD said:
It's not just the temperature -- as you say, radiation increases *very* rapidly with temperature, which is why domestic "radiators" dissipate something like 90% of their heat by convection.
It's to do with infrared emissivity (same as absorption in reverse) -- for visual light and near infra-red (short wavelengths) which is what the sun puts out, colour makes a big difference, hence the white vs. black difference on sunny balance beams. But for the far infra-red which is what low-temperature bodies like radiators emit, colour makes little difference, all painted surfaces have very similar (and high) emissivity. What is *really* bad is polished metal...
https://www.thermoworks.com/emissivity-table/
Most common materials (including paint of all colours, wood, brick, concrete, fabric, ice, plaster, rubber, soil, tile, water...) are in the range 0.84-0.97, meaning they only radiate between 3% and 16% less than an ideal black body -- the differences between them are small, especially when only a small fraction of the total heat is radiated anyway (e.g. "radiators"). This is why there's only a *very* small difference in heating performance between black and white radiators (see earlier link which quoted 1%) -- and measurements back this up, it's not just some arcane physics theory with no relevance to the real world... 😉
Polished metal however is *really* bad at radiating/absorbing infrared (polished brass is 0.03, copper 0.05, chrome 0.1) so this is the worst possible finish for radiators -- even if it's trendy... 😞
Every day is a learning day, didn't know about crime finish being bad on radiators
On 28/02/2024 at 22:36, matty40s said:Cooking oil has been illegally dumped in the GU over a 6 mile stretch West of Paddington. Source is yet unknown, but it is costing CRT £10k a day to continue the clean up operation.
See BBC London.
This has been on London boaters Facebook page since the weekend CRT put up oil control booms but allegedly no signs, London boaters broke through the booms!!! That claimed they wouldn't have worked anyway!! I commented they would have worked better than a broken boom. They have also been complaining about no cleanup for birds, charities have been doing it. Also EA are supposed have taken over the operation but say the veg oils will biodegrade I think that means they arnt doing anything? Big thread on there about it
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On 29/02/2024 at 08:54, magnetman said:
Not sure about the engines but I would like to experiment with drip feeding used cooking oil into the woodburner.
It Clcould be interesting if done right. Lots of calorific value.
The sunflower oil left in a tin of mackerel goes off like a bomb when dropped on a hot fire !
A day tank with metal pipes and a tap. Bulkhead fitting through top of the fire.
Might work I have heard of it being done with old lube oil but it must make a mucky flue and stink a bit outside.
It does
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1 hour ago, IanD said:
What the canals need is a government minister in charge who actually appreciates what they are and is willing to push for support to them. Unfortunately the odds of another Barbara Castle emerging nowadays seem small, but might be very slightly higher after the next GE... 😉
Our best chance was murdered unfortunately she lived in a boat on the Thames, god bless Jo Cox
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40 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:
License details say 34'5"
Correct with luck I will licence it today for next month, she is currently on a trade plate, I will move the trade plate onto Joyce and cancel the license on her. I am very taken with Dutch Lady when sold in York to the Artful Bodger she changed hands for 30K! Looking at the pictures she was in nice condition though, it shows that if boats don't get looked after they devalue quickly. I tried her out yesterday and the electric raw water pump is useless except at tick over, hopefully the proper pump will be here this week to sort it all out
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3 minutes ago, DandV said:
They seem to be a very sensible robust type of cruising boaty boat.
I am sure you will get it looking very nice, and operating reliably.
Enjoy.
Are you keeping the wide beam as your residence and using the new acquisition as your recreational boat?
No I think the widebeam will be sold, we have a bungalow so its maybe time to downsize. We are going on a short holiday next month for my birthday, if we enjoy the holiday we will keep her, if not she will be tidied up and sold. I really like her it's a shape thing, I am sorting things out as quickly as possible to make her comfortable and reliable as possible
45 minutes ago, Bacchus said:That sounds like a very good price; I bought a very similar thing at the end of last year (Linssen 32) which cost me double that and still needs a bit of attention!
The Linssen has stainless rails (which I like) my previous steel cruiser (a De Groot 36) had painted mild steel which was fine but didn't have quite the same feeling of quality about it (and did get abraded in locks...)
BTW also - a bit of gentle work with a brillo pad will make a hell of a difference to the paintwork!
I am going to give her a power wash first, then see what she looks like before I plan anything else.
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2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
Dutch Lady Built by Altena - Length : 10.5 metres ( 34 feet 5 inches ) - Beam : 3.1 metres ( 10 feet 2 inches ) - Draft : 1 metre ( 3 feet 3 inches ). Metal hull N/A power of 50 HP. Registered with Canal & River Trust number 517101 as a Powered Motor Boat. ( Last updated on Wednesday 22nd May 2013 )
Thanks
2 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:Dutch Lady Built by Altena - Length : 10.5 metres ( 34 feet 5 inches ) - Beam : 3.1 metres ( 10 feet 2 inches ) - Draft : 1 metre ( 3 feet 3 inches ). Metal hull N/A power of 50 HP. Registered with Canal & River Trust number 517101 as a Powered Motor Boat. ( Last updated on Wednesday 22nd May 2013 )
It's now 44 hp as it has a new engine and on the licence application it says fibreglass strange?
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So, I think it's a 1980 Pedro, the interior is very similar to the link above, it's down on CRT site as fiberglass but it's not it's all steel, I paid 14.5k for it which I think is a bargain I will measure the lenght beam instead of relying on CRT, all the rails on the boat are stainless so that might be a give away?
I have got lots done today and we have had a little outside cruise which was lovely, will report back with more information
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All routes out if Yorkshire closed ...again
in Stoppages
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I was chatting to a pair of boaters yesterday waiting to go through, they are moored at the sanitation station, they seem to be enjoying the stay, I only wish the new boat had been ready for the trip