[Leaky Stern gland]

Looks a bit grimy !

 

Thanks for the info John. If I could ever get it dry it would be a different story believe me!

 

Do you know where I could get instructions on how to dismantle and service it, and where I could get a replacement sleeve?

 

Also on the lower component you can see a conventional 'stern gland' which should be used in the normal way.

 

Wouldn't it have made more sense for this to be on the other end? Could I do it in the water on this unit do you think, or would it have to come out?

 

an attempt at achieving a flexible stern tube

 

Would it be wise to try and retain this feature, in your opinion?

[Leaky Stern gland]

it didnt half bend about a lot when running.

 

That's the same one then Yamanx! I too wondered if the pipe and clips were covering something else, but clearly part of the design then.

[Leaky Stern gland]

Hi All,

 

I'm hoping someone may be able to help me with my non conventional sealed unit which is very leaky (3 drips per second under way, although it settles down at rest).

 

Neither I nor the engineer at the marina knows what it is, and they won't touch it therefore, preferring complete replacement with a traditional unit.

 

If anyone knows what it is, and whether it is in fact serviceable, i'd be very grateful.

 

One pic below, and a link to another clearer though smaller image:-

 

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r150/ju...nd/DSCF0444.jpg

 

[Possible Stolen Narrowboat]

Yeah, thats the thing. Hire boats espcially, but there are only a hand full of builders, and the deisgnes very unique to to them.

- Then most boats, even if "off the shelf" are all highly identifiable. There just arnt anywhere near so many.

- Even if you crane it out and move, its not very often you see a narrowboat on the motor way is it! There big and stick out, all motorways have heavy CCTV coverage, so you cna track it to the nearest place it gets off.

- Even if you suceed to dodge most of them, very people have access to a crane/lowloader/marna/60ft shed etc.

Daniel

 

Hi Daniel,

 

Off topic, but connected to your last post and you may find it amusing. The company I work for provide lease finance. One of the pieces of kit we financed was a very large and unusual static item of plant (i don't think i ought to say what) installed in the Midlands. When the payments stopped, we went to inspect only to find it wasn't there

 

We found it eventually, as the new 'owner' needed some parts - in the Midi. Now to transport this item would have required a police escort all the way, even though it transpired the agent involved in the 'sale' and transportation knew it was effectively stolen.

[Great book on engines for beginners (like me!)]

Yes, i was aware of that. Sorry is it wasnt clearly put across

 

And i dont think you where in the wrong with your comment about RYA caurses, i think john was just sort of saying dont go too far.

- We would love to be able to let anyone say exactly what they want, however this has prevously landed Jon (the sites owner) in trick situations, with companys/people threatening to try and close the site etc. Plus, sometime people forget there talking to really people, when there 200miles away tapping into there computer!

 

Its good to have you here tho.

Daniel

 

Hear hear - it's allways a problem judging tone and intent in brief communications such as e-mails and forums. Speaking as someone to whom you have freely given your professional advice on two matters by way of e-mail earlier this year, I was pleased to see you here too Tony.

[Possible Stolen Narrowboat]

Hi Serendipity.

 

All boats are particularly distinctive to a lot of people. I don't know how long you have been around narrowboats but there are many folk who could but a manufacturers name to a minuscule detail of a boat that a thief would not be even aware of and remember that people along the canals are warned to look out for a particular stolen craft.

 

I think the record speaks for itself, very few thieves if any at all have got away with it.

 

Hi John,

 

But my point is, if my boat were to go missing and stay on the K&A I know enough people who know the boat and would recognise it. If it were to go up to Manchester say, who would be interested enough to look out for it?

 

I am delighted that although Alan says' it happens more than one thinks, on that particular site it only has two to three reported per year.

[Possible Stolen Narrowboat]

I think boats should have log books like cars and the onus should be on the new owner not the previous one to tell BW that it has been sold.

Regards,

Ally p.

 

 

Yes, but an ownership doc on it's own does not prove that there is not a third party charge on the vessel?

[Possible Stolen Narrowboat]

I was going to say never, until I saw Alan's reply. Many attempts have been made over the years mainly with hire boats, all the felons think of the same brilliantly original scam, to hire one for a fortnight and that will give two clear weeks to disguise it such that it can be sold or just disappear into a marina.

 

Some of these efforts have made the national media, I remember seeing pictures from a helicopter showing the crew of a boat busily painting it as they cruised the grand union at the same time waving to the chopper. Another elderly couple went about it very seriously, filled in widow apertures, fitted a solid fuel stove and so on, they even hired a boathouse in which to paint it.

 

They all get caught in a similar way, little do they realise how distinctive some of the minor, almost impossible to hide details of a narrowboat are to those who are familiar with them, someone always blows the whistle.

 

Bizarre, and just goes to show most thieves are, in fact, stupid. But what if they arranged craneage a few days out, and the boat ended up at the other end of the country re-painted. I'm sure it would never be recovered then unless it was 1) particularly distinctive, and 2) anyone was looking out for it there?

 

Certainly fine if it was for their own use from then on in - i'm sure there would be some fairly easy way of registering it and licensing it as a new build?

 

Come to think of it it wouldn't be too difficult to sell on with a forged bill of sale from the imagined past. I know when i bought Sunrise i was horrified at the lack of proof that who i'd paid the money to actually owned the boat. At the end of the day it came down to trust.

 

I know i've seen it mentioned on this forum before, but it really is time we had the equivalent of an HPI scheme. You might these days be buying from the legit owner, but they could well have an outstanding marine mortgage after all?

[Possible Stolen Narrowboat]

Just wondered whether this sort of thing happens very often?

[Rev Counter Problem]

When I took my boat on, the erratic operation of the rev counter while under way was a source of considerable annoyance, Sometime working correctly, most of the time reading at around half true, other times not reading at all.

 

Quite separately, when asked to check the state of my batteries, the marina diagnosed a faulty alternator (but i don't recall quite why) and replaced six months ago. Since then the rev counter has been absolutely fine apart from the occasion a couple of weeks ago when it started under reading again miles from anywhere. I thought here we go again, but three minutes later the belt shredded. I did wonder why it had gone so quickly, but fortunately I had asked them to put a spare on board when they replaced the alternator.

[Safety Certificate and Fuel Taps...]

My diesel tank vent is half way up one of the stanchions supporting the cruiser railing - wondered for months what on earth a brass nut was doing screwed into it at right-angles untill i looked behind it one day, saw the hole with the mesh and realised it must be a breather.