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doesn't the tap have a screw-on nozzle?
when I moved into my flat in Abingdon Marina that had been unoccupied for years I found all the taps were gunged up with scale but I managed to remove the bits at the spout end and soak them in vinegar overnight. Job's a good'un.
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10 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
If the fender is not going to press on the hull why bother to hang the bloody ugly things all over the place
I see wot u did there. 😉
............. agree entirely with the content but the avatar is bleeding offal.
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13 hours ago, MartynG said:
I can't say I have met a leisure boat owner who wears a peaked cap let alone one with gold braid although I can't say I have done any boating on the Thames.
Even so you seem to have a stereotypical view which is very probably not applicable in the majority of cases.
Wasn't there a video clip posted on here of a narrowboat owner ramming a GRP cruiser on the Thames?. Now if ever 'self arrogant self entitled' adjectives applied that was him (the narrowboat skipper).
a bit pompous for someone who hasn't even been there.
try boating between Henley and Maidenhead on a sunny Sunday afternoon. You will need both hands and feet to count how many peaked caps come out of their marinas at places like Hurley.
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portholes - https://www.blackcountrymetalworks.co.uk/boat-portholes.htm
the size of the existing hole in the steel is the governing factor unless you want to do some serious metalworking - no of course you don't. Take one out and measure the hole.
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52 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:
I think any government plan for 2050 can fairly safely be treated as irrelevant nonsense. If electric boats are seriously an answer, which I doubt, then it would mean replacing steel boats with plastic to save weight and power drain. You'd all be on cruisers (not me, though, not in 2050)
But all that's assuming the waterways are still viable (some hardly are now). Could you run a dredger from a plastic or all electric boat? Could you get a lockgate to a location in one?
just out of interest what is the carbon footprint of the construction of a GRP hull, compared with a steel hull?
there was a discussion on Radio 4 the other day and the conclusion seemed to be that an electric car had an overall larger footprint than a petrol car for a driver who keeps a car for say 10 years and has a modest mileage of say 8000 miles a year. And replacing an old petrol car that had mileage left in it given proper maintenance and repair was hugely less carbon intensive than replacing it with a new electric car. For anyone who believes in the modern trend that ageing cars should be scrapped, the TV series Wheeler Dealers should put their minds at rest. The most significant factor is the relatively recent adoption of a throw-away philosophy that is supported by anti-social ideas that growth, fashion and one-upmanship are more important than a conservative (note the small c) approach to living.
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5 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
You obviously feel very strongly about this - enough to say it four times !
kept getting a freeze on the screen and a message that t'internet ain't working. I know it's the day of rest but I expect better service, even from from the gremlins.
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22 hours ago, MartynG said:
So you wouldn't resent a narrowboat doing the same thing?
most certainly I would but in my experience on the Thames narrowboat owners are not arrogant and "self-entitled" like the blokes wot wear peaked caps with gold braid, and love to lounge on their flying bridge looking down on the hoi-polloi.
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is she called wottapalava ?
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based on my experience on the Thames - there needs to be a punitive charge for anyone over-staying while moored up at the electric pillar.
As an electric powered boater I resent a large gin palace being moored up at the pillar for days on end, especially when the owner is not present so he can't be encouraged to move on. One particular culprit told me that he and his missus had planned their cruise for the following year and already "booked" electric mooring points along the route journey, expecting to spend a couple of days or more at each. When I queried why a 50ft well-appointed luxury GRP cruiser needed a mains supply he responded that his missus couldn't be bothered with planning the use of the washing machine and the immersion heater, and she wouldn't accompany him if she didn't have all the conveniences of home.
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10 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
Probably 3 linier meters on a roof, say 10 feet
that's an awful lot of coal bags. I'm surprised the boat didn't capsize !
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10 hours ago, Peugeot 106 said:
Good luck. I’m not a fan of wide beams having been stuck with a few. They do seem a bit incongruous on some canals and don’t half take up a lot of canal on the move.........Quite a few seem to zig, zag along so maybe they have steerage problems too
I believe transatlantic liners in the 19th century also had problems with Steerage - probably as a result of them peering through the bars of the barrier separating them from the First Class passengers ............. Maybe they rattled the gates too.
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the problem of how to cure a fluttering rudder has a parallel with the Mercedes F1 porpoising issue and even their huge team of engineers can't fathom it out. Fluid dynamics (in water or in air) can defeat rational analysis in either case.
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and check if the engine mounts are transferring the engine vibration into the boat structure. "sound deadening" of the covering boards only addresses a small part of the problem.
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13 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
New bridge plans for canal in Newport | South Wales Argus
PLANS to build a new bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal in Brecon have been submitted.
I never knew that Brecon was in Newport until you introduced two words into the press report.
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1 hour ago, robtheplod said:
How about photos.... we love photos!
............. and if you can convert them to pen and ink appearance we can colour them in.
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I always rock the cylinder from side to side and it is easy to feel the weight of the "gas" as it slops around. When the slopping is hardly evident it is time to have a replacement cylinder at the ready.
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just fill it with any old car body filler and get on with your life.
Torque about a storm in a teacup!
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I hope this much admired one has not been damaged.
www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/giant-redwood-near-canal-in-running-to-be-tree-of-the-year-79854
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12 hours ago, The Happy Nomad said:
Worth checking what a boat's actual length is. You may get a pleasant surprise.
I ordered a 57ft sailaway from Scouse Boat Company. When I visited to check on progress the cabin top was fitted to the hull, windows cut out and all. The window locations seemed to be rather odd - measuring from the front of the cabin they were right but measuring from the back they were 4ft too far forward. I decided to measure the hull - it was 61ft long!! The workshop foreman glibly said "oh that's OK, we'll call this boat a stock boat and start afresh". The speed at which they turned out boats meant that the delay to building my 57ft hull was only 10 days.
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well let us be constructive for a moment.
for starters, let the boat be named "Dreamboat"
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13 hours ago, Mike on the Wey said:
Be careful below Hanham - "The river below Hanham Lock is considered to be tidal, as high tides often pass over the weir at Netham. Some spring tides will also pass over the weir here, making the river tidal up to Keynsham Lock."the only real hazard is the result of failing to turn right into Netham Lock when travelling downstream.
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23 hours ago, reg said:
I used this extensively when fitting out a bare shell. Excellent resource and much appreciated.
I'm actually in the process of clearing out my old documents and have come across some old costing and purchasing spreadsheets, it's frightening just how much was spend on the small but important items together with various specialised tools, some of which maybofbonly even used on one job. To this end I found that hard copy Trade catalogues were a great resource.
Plumbing
B E S Mail order plumbing and gas supplies
https://www.bes.co.uk/request-a-catalogue/
Acorn Engineering
I had a hard copy Trade catalog which was very useful, not sure if still available. Web site
https://www.acornengineer.co.uk/
Screwfix
Toolstation.
Cable ties Direct
Useful for all sorts of small things other than cable ties
https://cableties-direct.co.uk/
not forgetting Vehicle Wiring Products for all things 12 volt related.
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2 minutes ago, booke23 said:
Yes, unfortunately that is the culture on this forum, just ignore it and don't mistake the negativity as bad advice......the advice has all been good on this thread.
I think what you propose is possible......https://www.ortomarine.co.uk/ build electric narrowboats, and from what I hear they are entirely practical (in summer at least).it might be relevant to check the number of posts made by the "negative" minded posters and then the number of posts made by those who wear rose-coloured glasses.
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2 minutes ago, daveswoodensigns said:
There does seem to be a lot of negative thoughts from people on this forum. I appreciate that life on the water is not always wonderful, neither is living on the land. If you look at the history of the canals it was a hard life but some chose to do it.
Today, technology is just about changing everything in life. Some new technologies which are being developed as I write, are incredible but a simple life is still possible provided you don't want everything.
There are new developments in solar technology which will provide greater output even in winter, not great, but better than what we have now. By the time I move onto a boat these I hope will be available.
"hope springs eternal"
good luck.
How much money to replace cylinder head gasket?
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wot he sed. in my youth it was called a top end overhaul.