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  3. 14 Day Rule

    in General Boating

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    The great thing about the Molesworth books is there's enough to make you laugh at age ten but as you get older you find new sources of amusement in the content. I have a first edition of Down With Skool, 1953, and it still makes me laugh out loud today even though I've read it hundreds of times. The only thing that compares is some of the old Marx brothers films.

     

    Having never read one perhaps I should try a new reading experience

  4. What happens to boat speed in tunnels / shallow / narrow sections?

    in Boat Handling

    Posted · Edited by Barry

    October? Leaves on the prop without a doubt

     

    Quick burst of revs in reverse would have cleared it.

     

    In narrow, shallow, places dropping the revs is always good because high revs will drag the bottom down etc reducing hydrodynamic efficiency so yes you are right about that.

     

    The bloke behind you? his job is to maintain his distance or offer a positive solution - not risk pushing you into an error

     

    He was a pillock

  10. Father Christmas. Can I have... (woodwork router)

    in Boat Building & Maintenance

    Posted · Edited by Barry

    I have had a Bosch router (green one) for twenty five years or so. Used it for occasional DIY stuff as you intend. And have been very happy with it. It came with some bracketry and guides that I have actually never used.

     

    I am unsure what you mean by 1/4 and 1/2 inch tools. Do you mean the diameter of the tool shank? My router takes 1/4 inch shanked tools of which there are loads available from various sources. I tend to buy single tools as I need them rather than sets. Individually more expensive but cheaper than buying a boxfull some of which you may never use.

     

    For your intended use, and if you were to go with Bosch, I would go with green given the cost of the blue range.

     

     

     

    I find a useful guide when deciding what to buy is to have a look on Amazon and read the reviews

     

     

     

    Edited to add - Just been to check and mine is actually from the blue range (POF50) so all I said above about the difference between the two Bosch ranges might be waffle

     

     

    I may not have helped

  11. Bow Fenders

    in Boat Equipment

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    Oh I don't know

     

    NC is having a whole lot of fun winding narrowboat (sewertube) owners up and is succeeding admirably with her silly statements

     

    Alan, I'm afraid, has fallen for it

     

    He hasn't been driven away

  12. NEW MODERATORS; Please welcome our latest staff members.

    in Site Announcements

    Posted

    However you (you mods, not you personally!) are allowing that. And whilst I'm on what should the policy be on mods replying to reports be? Obviously if a reporter becomes vexatious they are fair game to be ignored but I am aware of a few reports recently, from infrequent reporters, including one from me, that just disappear into the ether with no acknowledgement even if might just be that "the mods disagree with your reason for reporting". IMO it's all about being courteous!

     

    Yes I agree.

     

    You can see how failure to acknowledge an effort by a forum member can lead to "why should I care".

  13. Bow Fenders

    in Boat Equipment

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    Fair enough NC

     

    I think a large part of it might be tradition.

     

    A lot of boat owners, concerned with how their boats look would prefer a rope fender and would faint at the prospect of replacing a rope fender with a tyre. I can't see see you hanging tyres on your boat, for instance.

     

    Some (a few) boaters are happy to use a tyre as a fender

     

    Using a rubber strip, especially if done neatly might be a happy compromise - especially if you consider that the smooth inner surface of a tyre is much less likely to snag on small protuberances on a lock gate than a rope fender

     

    I can see the sense in it

  14. Bow Fenders

    in Boat Equipment

    Posted

    I'm guessing it's to make the expensive rope fenders last longer NC.

     

    By having a thin, tough, cheap, sacrificial layer protecting the rope shock absorbing fender, that fender need not be replaced anywhere near as often

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