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SUIGENERIS

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  1. Hi. Check out North Kilworth Wharf, Narrowboat hire on the Leicester section of the Grand Union. Great boats, very peaceful section with few locks, great pub at Welford, and at Foxton and much choice at Market Harborough.  Boats are excellent and they are well known for making you very welcome. Enjoy! Cheers, Mick

  2. Nick Thorpe built  our hull for us. Workmanship in 2015 was excellent , its a much admired boat. As for the rest of the fitting out we did ourselves so cannot comment on other than the hull and superstructure. I think he has probably built more than 130 boats in his time. Cheers. Mick

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  3.  Another vote for Debdale. We had the full works to ours done in 2022 at Debdale. The set up is excellent  and the chaps that actually did the physical work are happy to talk to you and that gives much confidence in their workmanship. Debdale allow you to have a look in by appointment throughout the process, during lunch and tea breaks, so you see all stages.  All done without any drama, prices have risen because of the costs of materials and energy, but we consider has been well worthwhile. They do ask for a mid term inspection to keep up their guarantee.

     

     

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  4. I have successfully used Flag brand Elastomeric Floor paint. It is made  by Wastnages in in Burnham on Crouch, Essex. They are a very longstanding paint manufacturer and I consulted their technical department for advise and they said it was definitely suitable. You will find them on the internet.

    They sell it directly and its very reasonably priced,

    The light grey colour is a nice shade and it is a matt finish so not slippery.

    They also do a darker shade of grey.

    Certainly seems to be wearing well after 4 years and an easy product to use as it goes on quite thick with a roller and gives a nice finish.

  5. Our boat is actually  in there at the moment being gritblasted, zinc sprayed and epoxy coated.

     

    Called in there on wednesday to have a look mid process and very impressed with the diligence of the work crew, and the perfect working conditions and as always Debdale very accomodating to their clients.

     

    Whole process completed in a week, photos taken at all appropriate intervals, price has risen a bit due to increased costs of materials and energy but still seems a very reasonable cost,

     

    Our boat only 7 years old so its effectively going to come out better than new!

     

    Mick

  6. Note that the Llys Helig, a boat in Burnham on Crouch which overturned and sank some years ago has been raised and is set for restoration.
     
    As far as I know it was fitted with twin Glennifer 8 cylinder engines. The owner that i spoke to some 10 or more years ago told me they were then no longer functional. They have since been submerged for several years.
     
    Almost certainly they will not be fit to restore to use, but may certainly be worthy of yielding some rare spares.
     
    I gather the ship is expected to be moved to a dry dock soon.
     
    May i suggest you visit the website Llys Helig via google.
     
    It might well put you in touch with the owner to your advantage.
     
    Best regards. Mick ( a Fellow historic boat owner )
     
  7. Sorry to hear of problems, Mtb's question is very relevent.

    Inlet manifolds are very low on these horizontal twins, and other openings for water to get into crankcase are not available except through oil filler, which ,if same as mine has a tight  cap.. So suspect water drawn into inlet and maybe some internal damage, hope not though as these are interesting British made engines that get more rare in running order. Good luck. Mick.

    P.S. Kieron is the "hands on" man with these!

  8. That Colvic looked a real bargain on ebay, and the quality of the woodwork seemed excellent. I was tempted but with both an offshore cruiser and a narrowboat already could never have got away with it with the wife!  Good cruising. Cheers. Mick

  9. There is a long throw Dunton Windlass in Apsley Lock, courtesy of my wife last year.  I really miss it as they are certainly the best. May I sugggest you attach a steel jubilee clip to it so it is retrievable with a magnet.  I learnt that by experience!

  10. It,s a real shame that there really is little liklihood of the restoration of the Inclined Plane at Foxton, despite all the excellent work by the volunteers and trust members.  If it had been possible then there might have been a prospect of the Watford Locks being rebuilt to a broader guage, which would have given the required link for wider GRP cruiser type boats to travel from the Southern Canals up to the Northern network without the need to tackle the Norfolk coast.  But as a narrowboater who loves the Leicester Summit, and who has seen just how vulnerable the bridges and infrastructure are, I am somewhat saddened at the prospect of it becoming a wide beam resort.

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  11. Hi Rdb.

    Have  look at the first post in this thread by Peterson. In photo 2 and 3 you will see the priming pots circled in red.

     

    And in photo 3 look on the top of the crankcase and there is a ring spanner laid on it, beside it is a brass button and a turnbuckle. This is the decompressor. Push the button down and the turnbuckle will lock it down.

     

    On mine the stop lever works on the throttle/ governor arm that connects to the injection pump.

     

    Hope that helps.

  12. Thanks MtB for your valuable endorsement of my engine choice.   The 2 VTH in Sui Generis is coupled to a hydraulic BRB engineering marine gearbox and at only 100 cu in. capacity is working just sufficiently hard to keep from glazing cylinders and runs virtually without any exhaust smoke.  And of course its pretty light and a beautiful bit of Great British engineering too.

     

    Just love it.

     

    Well done Casp. for sticking with a Ruston!!

     

    Cheers. Mick

     

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