[Grindley Brook's Tree]

The Tree at Grindley Brook looked like that last June when we were up there. i suspected then that it was dead.

[pump out pumps]

29 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

This would do it.        https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363636129711?hash=item54aa66ffaf:g:rJIAAOSwzQVhoPqC

 

i think that would be a bit big. a lot of our members are late 70's early 80's i can just see them trying to start that. 

i think it needs to be electric.But thanks for the idea.

23 minutes ago, BEngo said:

Talk to Aylesbury Canal Soc. Phone number on the website, speak with Andrew.  The one at Circus Field is, I think,  the smallest, cheapest and simplest of the Lee San Range.  It seems to work well, even with something like 30 m of hose attached. The output is connected directly to thd sewer.

 

It is now about 9 years old and has not been any major trouble.  It will not swallow a whole paintbrush though.  IIRC the unit was about £1000, plus installation costs, which were part of  the basin/slipway/wet dock build costs.

 

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thanks BEngo i will. Theres nothing like first had experience .

[pump out pumps]

can any one tell me the difference between the pump in the large pump outs like they have at the marinas by lee san and the small mobile ones they do. https://www.leesan.com/shop/leestrom-ls160wb-dual-pump-out-station.aspx

               https://www.leesan.com/shop/pump-out-equipment/mobile-pump-out-machines/lsm70-mobile-self-pump-out-kit.aspx

our small club is looking at a cost effective way of  getting a powered pump out. we have the manual one at the moment but as age catches up on people it become something to dread when returning from a cruise. i know the large ones are about £10'000 (we had a quote) but figured if a smaller mobile lasts 2-3yrs then buy a new pump it would be a lot more cost effective.

Thanks Martin

[Couple allegedly pushed into canal by fisherman]

I dare say there might now be a few more

[Couple allegedly pushed into canal by fisherman]

sorry.thank you for alerted me to the fact I've not changed the new details on the forum 

[Couple allegedly pushed into canal by fisherman]

I don't often contribute to the forum but as a person with a foot in each camp feel I must contribute to this thread. In my twenty years of boating and over thirty years as fisherman this is about context. As a boater going down the canal I speak to fishermen I know who don't recognise me because I'm on my boat and where they would normally be affable and friendly they become rude and surly. Vice versa with boaters I know who see me fishing. It's more about fishermen's prejudice against boaters and boaters prejudice against fishermen. I appear to have alleviated this problem by naming my boat with a fishy theme! But have yet to discover how to pacify boaters when fishing?

[New zero-emission fuel that can be used in post 2002 engines. Could it be the answer for boats ?]

I think you might find its nearer 500,000 gallons per tonne

[First time buyer, opinions on this wooden top?]

It's moored at streethay at the moment

[Boat index number question]

I think it will be a Bridgewater number.