[Anyone identify this engine please?]

Vetus M205 I reckon.

 

 

[Gray community]

1 hour ago, Hudds Lad said:

usually pumping out some sort of Belgian hoover music rather than anything good  

 

Heh. Excellent phrase, I'm going to steal it.

 

We know what stuff you like to listen to from the song name game, and most of the others on boats would probably prefer the hoover!

 

(Heathens! )

 

 

[Northwich Dry Dock]

On 05/09/2023 at 12:16, DHutch said:

Wigan DD doesn't have any power provision, and is in Wigan.

 

There is 110V mains on site at Wigan, just look up and find the yellow connectors.

 

It's also the nearest dry dock to Wigan Central bar

 

 

I believe it's £300 a week now, in on Friday morning out the following Friday.

[Solar panel prices from 2000]

15 minutes ago, Puffling said:

That's a keen price. New or ex-solar farm?

 

New, but pallet rate not singles.

And plus VAT.

[Solar panel prices from 2000]

The latest quote I got was £76 each for 400W panels ...

[Bingley Marine Engineering]

4 minutes ago, Tonka said:

Coming from someone who lambusts surveyors is a bit much

 

Not really.  Alan is very clear that he won't bother with surveys again but he has extensive experience with many different boats so he essentially does his own survey.

 

He doesn't say that everyone else should do the same, and in fact often recommends that new boaters get a survey.

 

Don't get him started about BSS inspectors though

 

[Bingley Marine Engineering]

Bingley Marine were an offshoot of a fuel tank company in Bingley.

 

Looking at some of the welding on my Bingley boat I have wondered if they let the apprentice try his hand at boats before allowing him to do fuel tanks ...

 

If it doesn't sink it's a good seam!

 

That's a bit tongue in cheek really, at my last survey a couple of years ago the surveyor's summary was "keep doing what you're doing and I'll see you in five years" which beats the pants off "needs overplating!"

 

 

 

[Bad Language. A Reminder.]

10 hours ago, GUMPY said:

And that's the Titty Ho Motor Company in the background

 

Do they produce a controversial calendar? 😁

[Bad Language. A Reminder.]

Just now, M_JG said:

Well that should effectively kill the activity in the politics section which is currently pretty well 99% personal attacks and very little actual debate.

 

There plenty of mass debaters in there though ...

[Unable to bleed fuel filter after filter change]

2 hours ago, MtB said:

 

He was over-complicating things. A reluctant vintage diesel will usually start just by aiming a blowlamp at the air intake whilst turning it over.

 

A lit blowlamp, obviously! 

 

Best not do this on an engine with an air filter on it though, especially not an oil bath type! 

 

 

Are you suggesting that the plastic and paper cartridge type are better than the oil baths for the blowlamp treatment?

[100 ah or 200ah LiFePO4 batteries]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

Hmm. I'd possibly give you "annoying drone" for the quietest ones, but have to say I'm struggling with "gentle and relatively innocuous".

 

That's usually preceded by a loud splash when an irate neighbour kicks it in the water ...

[Weed in Leeds and Liverpool canal]

11 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Its almost worth boating back up there just to visit

 

I often do.  Just don't tell Ian about the geese on your return trip

 

[Weed in Leeds and Liverpool canal]

6 hours ago, Psychalist said:

Riley Green perhaps better if you want food.

 

Where?  There's nowhere I can think of to eat at Riley Green.

 

Calypso Caribbean restaurant on Eanam Wharf however is a strong recommendation.

[100 ah or 200ah LiFePO4 batteries]

25 minutes ago, Tony1 said:

I have been skulking away down on the Weaver, where one meets a better class of boater

 

What, like the fat punk? 😁

 

I bet you've been comparing lithium's with him ...

[Captain Faffer is in a Fury now :)]

4 minutes ago, W+T said:

all off boating again soon, will be collecting this in four weeks, and cant bloody wait

 

I'll give you five weeks before you start fettling it ... A week up and down the Lanky and you'll have it back at your workshop!

[Float: Free an open source app made for the boater community in the UK.]

56 minutes ago, GUMPY said:

I have it set to most accurate so GPS is on but it still does it.

 

Other way round.  Most accurate tries to use local WiFi networks to refine the position, less accurate only uses GPS.

 

It used to drive me mad until I figured this out, as I'm very often close to the same portable hotspot, but rarely in the same location.

 

 

[Keep boat but living ashore]

2 hours ago, robtheplod said:

some dont allow you to live in them all year round?

 

If the OP still has a narrow boat, moving out for a month or more shouldn't be too much of a problem.

[Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding]

6 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

Otherwise, how do they get mail?

 

Boat mail, so that address will be being investigated for fraud as it's had hundreds of claims! 

 

[Lock landings & Water points!!]

2 minutes ago, jonathanA said:

top lock at Wheelton on L&L

 

do Leffe on draught but would only serve SWMBO a half 'its a bit strong for a lass love' 

 

got a second in whilst using the service block opposite. 

 

Shut again, has been for months.  Waiting for a new mug to sign a lease.

 

The Kirkless Hall Inn reopened last year though - second to the top lock on Wigan Flight, so quite tempting to stop but not advisable!  We once got told off for leaving a trip boat in the lock and going for a meal, despite being the only boat moving on the flight heading for the dry dock.

 

 

Anchor Inn at Gargrave is right on the lock, sadly it's a pretend pub attached to a Premier Inn.  The last time we went in we looked at the beer selection and ordered a jug of Pimms ...

[The Guardian view on canals: a national success story under threat]

4 hours ago, Wanderer Vagabond said:

I should come in a Toyota Hi-Lux or Land Rover if I were you, that is what you need on our roads now given the state of them.

 

Nah, the prime minister uses a helicopter ...

[Weed in Leeds and Liverpool canal]

37 minutes ago, LadyG said:

No danger to nesting birds 

 

 

Depends where they are nesting ...

 

[Air fryer for the boat?]

3 hours ago, M_JG said:

being a smaller compartment they use less leccy, which if you are paying for it is an advantage.

 

3 hours ago, M_JG said:

But if you generate your own power as on a boat with solar this isnt really a relevant factor.

 

Hard disagree!  If you make your own electric from sunshine/wind/magic pixies as opposed to hookup or otherwise wasted diesel while cruising you are far more likely to want to save every precious kWh....

 

In summer it's less of an issue, so can someone arrange summer to happen please. Soon would be good!

[Which 2-pack?]

19 hours ago, PeterF said:

We have been offered Hempadur 45143 and Hempel said it was good for use on other 2-pack epoxy blackings as long as the previous coat was adherent and was mechanically abraded before coating. The work is planned for next year so I do not have proof of this.

 

I've done this over a previous, no longer available 2-pack.  It does need to be thoroughly cleaned before and after grinding/ abrading and I've only lost bits of it where bits of canal infrastructure got in the way

 

I've used it, and this technique of several other boats too and have always been pleased with the results.

 

Usually get it from King's Lock chandlery, and will use it again next time.

[The Ian Moss (AKA - Magpie the Elder) Collection]

33 minutes ago, 1st ade said:

I'm staggered by the response on this forum...

 

Add the new images as a CAPTCHA on the politics forum .... Have to identify one before being allowed to post

 

["Doing the dance" when passing]

I used to wonder how boaters that think they need a twelve foot gap ever manage to get into narrow locks and bridges.

 

Then I looked more closely at the stones and bricks and stopped wondering!