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It's not so much of having enough power to go, you also need enough power to stop, Those aircooled ebay specials are v noisy, old seagulls are quite polluting but you can get biodegradable two stroke oil, I suspect that a lot of the suggestions on here are maybe more than the OP was hoping to pay
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I believe Mike says he has enjoyed this bands content
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8 hours ago, blackrose said:
I'm afraid I couldn't help thinking that she had no business being on a boat in her condition. How would she escape quickly if there was a fire onboard or if the boat started sinking? What should take priority; the politically correct notion of inclusivity for all whatever the disability, or not being killed in a boat fire if you can't get off the boat quickly enough? I know it's not going to be a popular view but it's my honest opinion. I'm not a monster, I just want a sense of proportion and practicality in these things.
I agree with you all the way up to here, (quoted above)
Ask 15 disabled boaters on what could help with their boating experiences and you will get at lest 10 different answers, but one of those answers wont be I want to stay at home where it is safe and watch soap operas on TV., The last thing they want to hear is, "you shouldn't be boating" and as the carer of a wife with MS, who has been in a wheelchair for over 20 years, we have heard it often. We have even been reported to the marina authorities, and been banned from the pontoon at a sailing club.
You could also say disabled people shouldn't be in cars because they might be killed in a vehicle fire if they can't get out the car quickly enough. It's probably more dangerous for an able bodied person to drive a car than it is for a disabled person to be on a boat.
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16 minutes ago, IanD said:
No way to tell without analysing a video of the accident... 😉
exactly, so no way of saying the helmet saved him.
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On 12/01/2022 at 16:35, Kendorr said:
Having been a boater for just over 7 years, I've often joked about not being a fully fledged boater because I've never fallen in.
Last year I stopped for a few days on the Peak Forest canal and had a couple of days cycling. One of these rides took me back into Macclesfield along the towpath. When I went under a particular bridge, I remembered from a few days earlier that the towpath was closed, so turned and headed back through the bridge. Lucky I had my helmet on because this bridge had some extra brick pieces jutting out by about 4 inch, they are probably there for added strength. Anyway, these bits follow the shape of the bridge, have been rendered over and painted to blend in. I rode through and gave one of these invisible protrusions a glancing blow with my head which knocked me off balance and over I went into the canal. I think had I not been wearing the helmet, the knock to my head would have been much worse. Luckily, the canal was only about 5 foot deep and I was able to stand up, push my bike out and climb out myself - and my bike came out cleaner than when it went in.
So, am I now a fully fledged boater? 🙂
Had you not been wearing your helmet Your head would have been an inch lower and you would not have hit the brick, Classic case of the helmet causing the accident.
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21 hours ago, Chagall said:
A happy arrival.
What a happy looking bunch...
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Too many pop ups on the link
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Small wheeled folding bikes will always be a lot slower an twice as uncomfortable than full sized bikes, but great for convenience.
And much better than lugging gas, shopping or petrol on your back, Mine is a Compass, 18" wheels, alloy frame, hub gears, love it.
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Keep an eye on the oil level and viscosity, diesel in the oil is not a good thing.
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5 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:
That engine was used in Massey Ferguson tractors
I thought that was a 4.236
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1 hour ago, Tony Brooks said:
I am still pondering that supposedly disconnected injector pipe
return pipe?
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And they couldn't identify mistletoe and foxglove from a picture
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On 19/08/2021 at 22:01, The Happy Nomad said:
We visited a couple of lumpy water shows back then and visiting Crick helped us settle on a canal boat rather than a lumpy water boat.
A lucky escape for the YBW Forum
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50 minutes ago, Wanderer Vagabond said:
How do you find out what channel you are on? Mine is just numbered 1 - 8 unlike my Marine Channel radio. I don't think that there is any correlation between them (channel 8 on the cheap walkie talkie certainly isn't Channel 8 Marine Band).
On some radios there are several "sub channels" so I am on channel 8 sub channel 22 , extremely unlikely to find anybody else on it given the range. when just using the 1-8 you often pick up other peoples conversations.
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18 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
And what channel do you use?
At the moment I think it is 8.22, Why?
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I have had a similar problem to this, No end of carb cleaning seemed to get it to start better, but I was never convinced it was doing anything, V strangely the problem seems to have disappeared but reappeared on another engine. Both mariner/mercury engines 8 and 15 hp.
I had suspected crap in the fuel tank clogging the fuel tank filter, but have nothing to back this up.
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On 21/08/2021 at 15:48, ditchcrawler said:
Great looking boat there...
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We use them a lot, Mrs Rass is often inside while moving and we use them to communicate, I try not to use them when other people are in earshot, as our conversations are generally rude and colourful
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2 hours ago, Loddon said:
The opposite of what I did when I needed a second cassette. Flogged the seat as my original was fine.
only for 12 months apparently
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52 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Once it is lit, do you turn the pilot flame off ?
It goes of when you turn the nob to full, it keeps the gas lit while the catalyst is heating up. Mine is the same model as the op pictures
I do have other ones, that have no pilot light,, you have to light these several times on start up to avoid a minor explosion of the unburnt gas travelling over the catalyst
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14 minutes ago, MtB said:
Its because lots of people do not grasp the difference between CO which is a dangerous product of incomplete combustion (these heaters do not use combustion other than in the pilot flame) and CO2 which these heaters produce in spades.
The pilot frame is only used during the lighting procedure
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Just now, Ex Brummie said:
Take off the 'ndensation' and therein lies your real danger.
There used to be a range of flueless domestic gas room heaters, but the amount of ventilation that was required made them ineffective.
No, no CO at all, I get a little bit from cooking but non from the fire
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I have one, love it, not sure why you all think I am going to die of too much condensation.
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5 minutes ago, The Happy Nomad said:
In response to you doing exactly the same. Lets not play the innocent please.
When someone posts complete boll ocks all the time I find it funny. I have never gone back through your posts adding emojis
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Whixall Marina / Prees Branch moorings
in Moorings & Marinas
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we moored down there with the shooters family some years ago. very nice