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9 hours ago, haggis said:How alike the mother and daughter are! They can both talk non stop for over a quarter of an hour ? . It does sound though as if the other boater is being unreasonable but we only have one side of the story.
True. Some boaters can certainly be unreasonable.
However, given the prodigious talking talent available, a temporary solution might be to rig up a crank converting reciprocating jawbone motion to circular, and attach it to the alternator. Problem solved ?
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13 minutes ago, Nightwatch said:
Beautiful colours.
Thanks
The Macclesfield is a pretty canal all round. It's my new favourite. There are worse places to have had to endure the lockdown.
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23 minutes ago, Mad Harold said:
Lovely pictures,top one especially.
Thanks!
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Autumn into winter 2020 - Macclesfield Canal
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As far as I can tell from the CRT release, the Ashby's now closed at Marston Junction.
The leak/sinkhole is right up the other end at Snarestone near bridge 61
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10219044796773250&set=gm.3718195964899591
(image from FarceBook post - link above)
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Doh! Just seen the other thread
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6 hours ago, twbm said:
caught the water from a U-bend in a bowl then emptied said bowl in to the sink I've just disconnected.
Yep, done that one! I dumped the water along with the stinking black sludge that was obstructing the U-bend in the first place!
A Laurel and Hardy moment.
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Deacon Blue
Named after the Scottish band?
Or named after the song that the Scottish band named themselves after?
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Here's mine: A 62' Orion trad shell and Gardner vintage 2 banger in the engine room. It's a great old tub, I love it
Tixall Wide at dawn
Wey Navigation
Lady Lindsay's Lawn - River Thames
Tixall Wide at night
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I wasn't looking for a bow thruster, but the boat I liked in all other aspects had one fitted, so I ended up with one.
I didn't switch it on for the first 3 months to make sure I could steer the boat in the proper way.
I've gotta say it's very useful when reversing - especially when there' s any crosswind. Of course it's possible to do it without, but It's more of a timesaver than anything.
When reversing around bends, if the nose begins to swing out rather than correcting by dropping into forward + tiller over to bring it back, which kills backward momentum and requires overcoming inertia to get the boat moving backwards again, a quick squirt with the BT (it takes some experience to know exactly how much btw) and you can continue.
If you have to reverse through a few curves and have some crosswind without a BT you can end up correcting the nose by dropping into forward + tiller over 10 or more times - which requires overcoming the boat's inertia each time - it just takes much longer.
I tend to tackle reversing into/out of spots that ordinarily without a BT I'd think twice about - e.g. reversing in a crosswind from outside the BoatHouse pub in Braunston around the bend, under the double bridges onto the south Oxford, under the roving bridge for a couple hundred yards to moor up.
When I reverse I always challenge myself to do it without the BT - but if there are lines of moored boats it's nice to know that you can get out of trouble - if need be.
Do you need one? No. Are they useful? Yes.
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On 28/05/2020 at 17:59, PD1964 said:
What were they after Pike?
Don't tell them!
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3 hours ago, Sea Dog said:
Excel has been my preference over the last few years, but I've switched to New Heat from the same manufacturer and now prefer it.
I prefer NewHeat over Excel. The only thing I didn't like is the sneaky stealth inflation tactic - selling in 20kg bags when the standard is 25kg.
I resent the old "keeping the cornflake box the same size but reducing the weight of the contents" trick. But that's just me.
Good fuel tho'
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On 04/11/2020 at 12:15, Tony Brooks said:
Don't lithiuns take maximum charge until the external control systems cut off the charge? If so could t be that the charger is operating at maximum for far longer than the designers expected? High currents for a long time tends to equal heat.
Yes. That was exactly my thought.
Looking at the photo, that right hand fuse holder shows obvious signs of overheating. Perhaps it was a tenuous fuse connection that caused it to heat up and blow (oxidisation or an insufficiently tight contact) or perhaps a tenuous connection in the other fuse caused all the current to go through the now singed one?
Do keep us informed on the results of your repair.
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This summer past I accidentally left the engine room light on with the hatch open in the evening. By the time I discovered it and closed up, the light had attracted a huge cloud of tiny midges/fruit flies inside, which then dissipated off around the boat. Doh!
A couple of days later I discovered hundreds of full dried-out little husks caught in two spider's webs at the top of one of the bus windows.
Got most of them I reckon.
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Useful little creatures really. Given the amount of useful services they provide I'd say they earn their keep on the boat
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36 minutes ago, rgreg said:
I found a significant difference in ash between Aldi Winter Flame and Excel
Yeah, the ash yield can vary enormously.
The worst I've had was some B&Q branded stuff which I bought when I was in a pinch. The volume of ash was almost equal to the volume of unburned fuel.
It looks as though they manufacture it by taking some kind of fine sandy stuff as a substrate, mixing it with black petrochemical gunge and pressing it into nuggets. Leaves mountains of ash/substrate.
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Another vote for Winterblaze
Pro's: 1. The least ash of any type I've tried. 2. Economical price 3. Burns long time/recovers well.
Cons: 1. Not approved for smokeless zones - probably because the little smoke it does produce is quite sulphurous.
"NewHeat" is a pretty good burn also. NewHeat is priced higher than Winterblaze but cheaper than Excel (good, but less economical again )
Also when it's proper cold, Anthracite.
Pro's: 1. Smokeless 2. produces lots of heat when burned properly (hot) 3. Economical 4. Low ash.
Cons: 1. Needs to be burned HOT (lots of air) so best for deep winter.
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2 Head torches + rechargeable batteries and charger.
Keep one by the bow doors and one by the back doors.
If you've a trad boat, get a third and hang it on a hook in the engine room.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B8thTbcDrfA/
Click the small speaker icon at bottom right of video to turn the sound on
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32 minutes ago, Heartland said:
but in 1839 was the canal alignment the same then as it is now and there is also the issue of whether the steps were made then.
Agreed. It's been scientifically proven that imaginary blood can only materialise on the original stonework.
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On 10/07/2016 at 18:15, magnetman said:
. I think apolloduck do free ads as well but FB can probably reach more potential customers and that effect could 'snowball' and kill of a lot of other sites. I wonder if the monopoly and mergers thing applies to the internet?
It does. As of 2 days ago Google are in the US government's antitrust crosshairs.
Hopefully FaceBorg will be next
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The Shady Oak at dusk...
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Tesco heat logs £5 for 12 are pretty good. I use one on top of the solid fuel 'coal' for a nice heat boost.
The trick to using them is leave them alone once they've turned into a hot ember - in which case they'll last for quite some time.
Poke them and they'll disintegrate into hot dust and stop providing heat.
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5 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:
One of these Stirling engine fans by any chance? Looks like a lot more air movement than I've ever seen on a thermoelectric ecofan.
Jen
Yes, Stirling powered. Exactly that model.
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Not all stove fans are born equal:
Obviously it's never going to move warm air all the way down the boat to the back cabin and makes little difference to the middle of the boat, but what it does do well is disrupt the stratification of air into hot and cold layers in the saloon - where I sit of a cold winter night - pushing hot air out from the stove top, drawing it in from the back and cycling it around the 10' saloon area - which is all that's required.
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Anyone Navigated the Sussex River Rother?
in General Boating
Posted · Edited by bagginz
Given the threat of a Napoleonic invasion is now somewhat diminished due to Napoleon being dead for 200 years and all, you'd have thought they'd have relaxed that rule a bit by now
I didn't spot a single boat along its length on Google maps. But looks like a pretty cruise along its 28 miles. There is a canoe club building on the Hythe end, but I think it's for the ocean.