Jon57
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Having been on the cruise I would say it's been a privilege and a pleasure. Your dedication and time to organise a this is much appreciated. I would like to thank everyone involved and would recommend going with your club anyone who would like to do the tidal Thames. We have done many tidal cruises without being organised. But thought the tidal Thames needed the best local knowledge to enjoy safely. The information supplied was very good. Simon worked his socks off as it was just the run of the mill. If you want the best experience of the Thames I would highly recommend St Pancras cruising clubs cruises. Just typed this as chilling in the Masons Teddington 😍😍👍
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15 minutes ago, magnetman said:
Yes but is it well balanced 😁
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I think the title of this thread should be changed to Ak47 and let this boy's have a shoot out. 😉
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1 hour ago, magnetman said:
That is all very good but one idly wonders if it is called a 'balance beam' for a reason. I do not know anything about it but it seems plausible that the weight of the beam itself helps to counteract forces elsewhere so putting on a lightweight lattice type thing while making the lock useable is causing unseen problems which could turn out to be more serious than a piece of wood.
There are lots of temp beam fixes on this stretch. Going to be a costly job to replace all the temporary fixes at some point. Maybe they will fill them with concrete to get a few more years out of them 🤣
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2 hrs from start to finish the replacement beam with the skeleton frame. On lock 43 on the grand union. Took longer to get the van and materials and tools to the job. Well done CRT. The number of locks on this stretch with this temp fix is quite considrible.
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18 hours ago, IanD said:
Robbie did joke that our boat had obviously been "well used", going by the scuffs and scratches on the hull. When my wife told him that might not have been unrelated to having done more than 500 locks in the last year and a half, many with her steering, they all had a good laugh -- see photo... 😉
Maybe we should start a new thread. Show us your scuffs. Think I'll be in the top ten. But I do get about a bit boating 😁 not painting 👍
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Just done a bit of pruning of the offside vegetation so we could get passed. Still managed to see over the trimmings on the roof, just.
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35 minutes ago, matty40s said:
The GU hasnt been dredged properly in decades
Well I've done a bit of plough dredging today. Moored up 2 foot from the bank at cosgrove. 😁
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1 hour ago, matty40s said:
We have one of those...
No strings attached 😁👍
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2 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Every one on here knows I cant spell but I get longer on the boat than you
I can't spell very well. But a I know when someone is being a thrush. 😁
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What about this dipper.
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I use this stuff. Very good.
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Anyone got any recommendations for Northampton to save my legs 😁
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3 hours ago, IanD said:
That's the Northgate VM. Sounds like either place is fine, thanks to all for the advice 🙂
Sounds good, will probably do both... 😉
Huh? I was asking where your brewery tap in Chester was, not a bar 150 miles away... 😉
And of course it *is* on the internet, just outside the area I was looking at -- it's down towards the river about half a mile away... 🙂
Does look really good though...
That last picture was the other day in market harbough. The brewery tap is in Chester. I like posting pics of pubs. Especially as I'm doing all the leg work for future visits 🤣
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Just seen this for sale. I'm no expert but I think it's not quite right possibly.
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9 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
I even view my 20 something year old boat like that
Ditto 30yrs old this year.
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54 minutes ago, IanD said:
Where is that? Can't see it...
Short walk into town. Not everything is on the Internet. Let your legs do the walking. Well worth it. 🍻👍
Not in Chester but in market harbough
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Brewery tap. Enough said. 😁
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Just now, Arthur Marshall said:
Bang goes my wife's fortnight on the boat. She's not happy, nor me... The trouble with going the other way is the risk of not getting home when they shut the whole length. I can see the boat going on the market next year.
Well it's got 4yrs on the BSS ticket now 😏
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8 minutes ago, Wafi said:
Oh dear. I've lost count, but I'm on at least number 12...
No having much luck then.😉I don't have the time to keep looking unfortunately. But I'm more than happy with my present and last boat. Bit like marriage better the devil you know. The grass is not allways greener. Speaking as a happily married person for 43yrs. Been married 60yrs. 🤣
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Market harbourgh. The beerhouse today 😍
Just now, Jon57 said:Market harbourgh. The beerhouse today 😍
Bit of a stutter. Better slow down a bit. 😉
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2 hours ago, Flipflop said:
Well the way I see it two coats of primer & two coats of blacking is like the condom method two is always safer than one.
2 hours ago, Tonka said:More thin coats is better then 1 thick coat
And you don't get the ripple effect. 👍
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3 minutes ago, magnetman said:
Maybe if one could put other customers off by exaggerating climate change one could get hold of a nice little plot for not much money.
That's very similar to what my freind did. The Pilling os the stilts cost more than his log cabin/house which he bought for a snip ex display.
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1 hour ago, David Mack said:
On stilts, so presumably floods. I wonder how it has fared in previous flood events.
OK. It's still standing. A friend has a cabin/house in the same spot. Has to put the car on breeze blocks if he can't get the car to a safe place. Dinghy a must.
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