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You could try to contact the present owner and author of this book. He maybe able to help you possibly.
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5 hours ago, Mark R said:
Thanks MtB, think I'll fit what has been left and replace it with something a little more substantial if it looks a bit weedy/useless.
Something like this. 😁
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Plenty of water in the Huddersfield narrow 💦😁
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41 minutes ago, Midnight said:
Rochdale & HNC both currently closed again and it's only April 15
"Please be advised navigation remains closed at Lock 28 West on the Diggle Flight on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal due to broken paddles"."We continue to experience significant water management problems at lock 8 on the Rochdale Canal. Leakage through the lock gates is creating ongoing local difficulties in navigation,"
What happened to Winter Maintenance?
When will the C&RT apologists realise Parrry & Co are a waste of space?
I'm booked for lock 1e on Friday this week and the 2 flood locks are closed ATM (can't blame crt) if not open by Thursday afternoon I'm snookered as I could miss my passage through stanage tunnel with only 3 boats a week allowed. Next available in May 😱
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25 minutes ago, PaulJ said:
Could be worse- you could be the wrong side of River Lock/Leeds at the end of May- hopefully anyone that is can wizz through in that week as one (hopefully) opens before that shuts.
Notice Alert
Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Location: Leeds River Lock 1
Starts At: Lock 1, River Lock
Ends At: Lock 1, River Lock
Up Stream Winding Hole: Bridge 226
Down Stream Winding Hole: Victoria BridgeMonday 27 May 2024 08:00 until Friday 26 July 2024 17:00
Type: Navigation Closure
Reason: Repair
Original message:
Works are required to River Lock as it is struggling to achieve a level and is consuming an unusually high amount of water that on occasion leaves Granary Wharf basin above short of water, preventing onward navigation. To mitigate this we have to date restricted operating hours whilst our engineers have worked to develop a solution. We have now taken the difficult decision to carry out repair works between May and July. We considered waiting for the next winter stoppage period, but had concerns that this was not the right decision for a number of reasons. Carrying out the works now, avoids working in a river in winter. The risk of flooding is higher in winter and our recent experiences of flooding across the country suggested that minimising this risk as much as possible was preferable to ensure as smooth as practical a programme. A further consideration was the unknown nature of the defect to the lock. The lock is losing a lot of water from, a not as yet fully diagnosed defect. With this uncertainty there is the potential it could get worse and fail unexpectedly. As this is a significant structure connecting the canal with the river and the pound above the lock is a popular site for visiting boats, we were concerned that the impact of a failure at this location would be higher than at other locations on the canal. Because of the defect, the lock currently needs to be manned by our team and this takes resource away from the maintenance of the canal. We are not able to man it all times due to resource limitations and so this already limits when boaters can currently go through the lock. We appreciate this decision is not ideal but hope you can understand our reasoning; our aim is to ensure the lock is fully operational as soon as possible.
You can view this notice and its map online here:
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/27839/leeds-river-lock-1-You can find all notices at the url below:
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/noticesSpoke too soon. Had to book Standedge tunnel earlier than expected as they have only 1 passage left in April. Now running round to rearrange everything. You watch the bloody river will be in flood again. 😡😡
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Not good. Looking like I'm going to go over the Huddersfield to get to the Trent junction for June. Can't wait to see if the Keadby railway bridge will open in May. Bloody joke. 😡
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Just now, David Mack said:
And rather than an anonymous painted steel box with a morse lever at the top, how about one of these?
Only if you have a proper engine 😂
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4 minutes ago, David Mack said:
Then you are back to the original problem of having to stand too far back to reach the controls.
I suppose it depends if it's a widebeam probleby.
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10 minutes ago, haggis said:
I don't think we do but we are keeping quiet about it 🙂 . I have heard on the grapevine that some suppliers are quite happy with zero propulsion for any boats but I couldn't possibly comment on that !
If the origin poster is not on a residential mooring. Best not to kick up a fuss. Either pay the 60/40 or get it in cans if possible or allowed by the marina.
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25 minutes ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:
A friend was asked to turn a longer than normal tiller handle for a boater who has a square back cruiser stern, as it’s difficult to reach the throttle when doing certain manoeuvres. I found this is quite a common problem on cruiser sterns. Below is the finished longer handle attached to tiller bar.
I would like to ask members with Cruiser sterns for their opinions on this and do you think there would be a market for them. Thank you.
You could offer a quick fit option for the end to make it into a cabin shaft, keb, weed hatch hook, washing line post. The list is endless. 😁👍
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1 minute ago, IanD said:
I haven't run my generator since going out cruising in October. Mind you, the boat's been plugged into shoreline all winter... 😉
(and hasn't used any shore power for the last couple of weeks, solar has been enough -- no domestic use though...)
So all electric like I said then.
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1 minute ago, IanD said:
...with no generator. Good luck with that... 😉
Looks like the boat doesn't go far. Perfect. 😁👍
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25 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
A14 is OK and most of the A11 but after that its interesting
Interesting 😂
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
5) Move boat to another marina that will sell at whatever % you want to claim.
6 Go all electric.
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16 minutes ago, christiaan said:
The fuel tank had 500 litres in when I bought it so haven't needed any until now!
Your options are.
1 move boat to diesel point and pay the split
2 move the boat onto the canal and use a fuel boat or another supplier who will do self declaration.
3 fill containers from a supplier who doesn't care what you use it for.
4 sell boat and buy another one with a full diesel tank. And repeat when empty.
Hope that helps 😁
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
The likes of Whilton give you the keys to 3 boats, you go on your own (no escort), view the boats, go back and get another 3 sets of keys and view some more.
Go in the Cafe and have a monster Fry-up.
Go back to the sales office and get another 3 sets of keys, repeat, repeat, repeat.
Followed by a vist to the hospital to check your blood pressure and cholesterol levels. 😁
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2 hours ago, David Mack said:
Don't think you could pull up a series of rivets a bit at a time with that one. Looks to be all or nothing.
Could if the drill as a torque setting possibly
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1 hour ago, blackrose said:
Which type would you go for?
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294560001099?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=qlLeUGdTSKu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=mxvKfNzKR5y&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=Copy This is cheaper but not as nice looking would possibly work as well. 👍
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The 15mm take off before the thermostat goes to the cali. And returns back to the return from the skin tank I believe. The main cooling then runs through the skin tank when the thermostat opens.
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4 minutes ago, Withywindle said:
But I had a clear view of today’s date at 9 o’clock this morning. 😊😉
Yes it was 1st of April. Good fun about a glass bottom boat. 😁
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1 minute ago, Peanut said:
I only got mine as it came with the boat.
I only got the boat for the oven. 🤣🤣
Tonic required. Send in your photos of what is nice on the waterways now.
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Today HNC lock 41E