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19 hours ago, 5239 said:
here’s a spring line,the boat don’t match the mooring bollards as I’d like and I don’t want to create a trip hazard at front
simply the black rope is the springer. (And a trip hazard in my case 😃)
normally as you know you tie with a rope going out from the front and back.
but in this case the back rope is longer than I’d like so the springer helps keep the back in as the trip boats pass.
I was just wondering which forum member(s) your sign was referring too?
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13 hours ago, booke23 said:
Yes the air cooled Lister isn't ideal. I suppose the noise isn't so bad at the tiller as you're further away but it'd be a nightmare to run stationary to charge batteries while you're trying to relax on the sofa. It'd be lovely if it was re-engined with RN or a Gardner if you wanted something more modern.
As the boat was built post 1998 it will presumably be RCD (now RCR) compliant, and thus will need an post construction assessment if re-engined. If so I doubt an older engine would be allowed.
I'm sure @Alan de Enfield will know the details of what would be permissable.
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Came across this image of a Macclesfield Canal snake bridge on Facebook.
At least that is what artificial intelligence thinks one looks like.
Still plenty of room to improve AI. 🤣
Escher would have been proud of it!
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4 hours ago, pearley said:
Just fitted but before attempting to light what is this rod for? Pulling or pushing it doesn't seem to make the lever move. Instructions imply I should hear a click.
My Kabola Old Dutch has a rod like that to turn the oil control valve on the Toby regulator, so it turns the stove on and off as well as turning the fuel flow up and down.
However yours is a later Toby valve and the rod doesn't seem to have the oil control valve on the top.
Other than on and off, any changes take a few minutes to show up as the flames take time to respond to the changed fuel flow.
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11 minutes ago, LadyG said:
So, GJW still insure, and the title is the usual clickbait?
I think I raised my value when we went through Covid as prices were rising dramatically through, now back to current market value with a £400 excess, needless to say I had a claim, because previous owner had decided to cut rudder stock in two then tack it together himself. All I can say is, don't do this at home!
They have been taken over by Ripe, but my renewal form still has a policy number beginning with GJW.
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3 hours ago, frangar said:
Well Ive just received my GJW renewal...now Ripe....and the premium has gone from £278 to £370!!! Thats with nothing changing or any claims etc...I feel a phone call coming on tomorrow....I tried Craftinsure online and that was £411 for the same cover....
I tried Ripes online quote which came to £343 so I do have that as a bargaining tool but Im sure they will say why that price wouldn't be allowed
I might be a bit limited as to options as my last hull survey was 2017 and whilst Ripe are happy with a survey up to 10 years Im not sure about how any other companies feel but I might be about to find out.
it seems a shrinking market isnt great for the customer as usual.
Just got my GJW renewal through. It is £270.25 which is £5.10 cheaper than last year, so I will renew with them tomorrow.
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18 hours ago, MtB said:
I'd suggest a Van Der Graaff generator doesn't!
It gets its energy from whatever motor is driving it...
and it makes one hell of a bang. The one at the Science Museum left a lasting impression on me.
The rock group of the same name are also quite loud...
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10 hours ago, tree monkey said:
It maybe but today is beer day
Isn't every day?
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4 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
That was definitely me when I started hiring, knocked the throttle back by half and thought I had slowed down enough
The other thing is many boaters do not realise how long it takes a boat to slow down. Just dropping to tickover as your bows reach the moored boat is not enough,as the boat will barely lose speed as it passesthe moored boat. My sixty foot boat takes 3-4 boat lengths to reach tickover from a cruising speed of 3 mph (checked using the Ulysse slow speed speedometer app).
4 hours ago, booke23 said:I was thinking the same myself. My technique for going past them is to slow down a bit, stick to the middle of the channel, look straight ahead and completely ignore them.
When I started boating I used to listen to their shouts.....'stay in the middle, slow down' says the first fisherman, 'go left, go faster' says the 2nd, 'go right' says the 3rd......that's when I realised that engaging with them is a fools errand!
You do know that they have to take "misery pills" half an hour before they start fishing, just to get them into the right frame of mind...
3 hours ago, magnetman said:Black Prince hire have this on their website
Canal etiquette at a glance
- Max speed is 4mph
- Slow down to almost a tick over when cruising past moored boats
- Move to the RIGHT-HAND SIDE (opposite to driving) of the canal if another boat is coming towards you.
- Move off the service point when you’ve finished using it (e.g. water point)
- Follow good lock etiquette.
- Don’t cruise after 8pm or before 8am in the morning.
- Do not run engines or generators between 8pm to 8am whilst moored.
- Keep the towpath next to the boat free of litter and obstructions.
- Clean up after your dogs.
- Offer assistance to any boater when it seems appropriate and is safe to do so.
- Say hello!
They missed that it obligatory to wave a small children on bridges and the towpath...
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11 hours ago, rmo said:
This work is now complete
Didn't notice anything. Well done for keeping it so unobtrusive.
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59 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:
That is why I went on about "special" grease and how expensive it is.
When I had a Vetus stern gland I used "Plumba grease", but sadly it has been discontinued.
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7 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Was it the helmsman who went in for the dog leaving the boat in gear?
It's not clear from the report, it simply says that a man dived into the canal to save his dog.
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52 minutes ago, booke23 said:
That's a good question.
Maybe whoever was at the helm was faced with a situation where the person in the water was between the boat and a wall or armco, with the boat moving to crush them. Quite a delema if that was the case.
Possibly, however if I do were in the water near the stern of the boat I think I'd rather risk crush injuries rather than being minced.
46 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:Not everyone thinks logically in an emergency
True, but compared to a car there is more time to think and react on a boat.
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33 minutes ago, Jim Riley said:
Why didn't the boat owner put the boat into neutral? Surely it is the first thing you do if a person (or animal) is near the stern.
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1 hour ago, smudgepuss said:
In an exciting first for our BCN exploits, Team Rebellion were treated to a Little Egret this morning! Well, just me, the rest of the crew were still in the lock behind me.
Did it go well with the burrito's? 😅🤣
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4 hours ago, magnetman said:
The River is extremely quiet around Marlow and Maidenhead. Hardly anyone out at all. Will be interesting to see what the weekend is like.
It seems like Boating has gone out of fashion.
They are all on the Coventry. I've never seen it so busy!
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16 hours ago, rmo said:
How was it a debacle? A lot of time and effort went into that voluntarily and with due respect, maintaining the site is in the best interest of all users, and while some changes may be beyond our control - given that the software is developed by a third party - they are necessary to ensure continued functionality and security.
On a related note, a new major version is on the horizon, bringing more significant updates. However, its release on CWDF is still months away, if not longer but it's coming. More about this will follow in the coming months ahead.
Mentioning "horizon" regarding software updates surely is not the best idea...
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5 hours ago, Hudds Lad said:
^this
I usually spray some WD40 PTFE spray onto a rag and then wipe down all the brass runners, if the boat has been unused for a while it goes from almost impossible to move to something akin to a bobsleigh on ice
In the past i used to polish up the brass runners first, but these days i've learned to live with the tarnished look. Life's too short.
Likewise and it avoids any potential repainting issues with silicon causing "fish eyes" in new paint.
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4 minutes ago, Llamedos said:
Same principle then. What was the switchboard controlling?
DC generators (mains driven) for telecomms equipment and battery charging.
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31 minutes ago, Llamedos said:
That's right. Most of the better ones have a spring loaded mechanism to achieve that.
My first experience of DC isolators were sprung edge knife switches on DC switchboards like the one in the photo. The springs had to be periodically changed because when they lost tension some really spectacular arcs could be drawn, much to the detriment of the isolator switch!
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5 hours ago, nicknorman said:
The arcing on the DC only arises due to inductance in the circuit. The heater in the video has a lot of coiled wire inside which I guess gives it plenty of inductance. I don’t know what the inductance of a solar panel itself is, not much I’d have thought. And the wiring is in straightish lines so again very little inductance. So I think the video rather over-eggs the issue as applicable to solar panels.
Whilst of course it’s true that a switch rated for ac will have a different (much lower) current rating for dc, that is only an issue when interrupting a high current with significant inductance in the circuit. It has no bearing on the current rating whilst the switch is on. And if you only switch it off when the current is low (batteries fully charged, darkish etc) then again no problem.So yes of course the correct answer is to ensure that the dc rating of the switch is adequate, but in practice let’s not over scare-monger!
As well as a higher current rating, DC isolators should have a shorter "arc time" (the switch opens faster) to minimize the racing which continues on DC, whereas AC automatically goes down to zero every 50mS as it changes from the positive half cycle to the negative half cycle of the sine wave.
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45 minutes ago, Mike Tee said:
Bring back keel hauling.
But the canals are rarely deep enough for that these days...
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5 hours ago, Gybe Ho said:
In that case you should have been equally intrigued as to why after multiple days of blue sky weather a noticeable number of boats were running their engine while moored up between 4pm and 5pm as was @BoatingLifeUpNorth2 over smoking chimneys in the current heatwave.
In the politics section there is speculation about ULEZ type legislation being applied to boaters. Our case is not helped when members of the public can see narrowboats emitting CO2 in heatwave summer weather when no reasonably equipped boat should need to. Solar dump can be implemented via a human brain and index finger pressing an immersion heater button.
Of course, if you move the boat a reasonable distance every day, it will charge the batteries and heat the water without the need for any solar.
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
But not as bad as this ............................
That could be the result of testing the prototype "Float-A-Poo"...
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Oxford Summit Pound Level
in General Boating
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And then add an inch or two to allow for the stern pulling down when under way.