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7 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
Maybe they are not prepared to pay to work in the marina
I think that the same company (a large supplier of contracting machinery) own both Trent Valley and the marina, so there shouldn't be a problem.
Perhaps they are really busy, though there isn't much evidence of this.
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2 hours ago, PaulJ said:
That suprises me.
I collected a boat from there earlier this year, there was a glitch/delay due to a technicality with the survey so I said to the buyer I would put the move back as he still wanted to have it two packed and some other work done before I collected it.
No need he said, yard have already said it will all still be done on time and they are going to work late over the weekend. Was all done and ready on Monday morning 👍
That is good to know, I'll be out at the boat in a couple of weeks so will have an opportunity to chat to them.
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2 hours ago, PaulJ said:
I cant remember the name of the workshop at Aston (directly opposite the exit) but have found them to really pull the stops out and get things done.
Guessing probably booked up though?
It's not so much that (there is no great rush) but I am a bit wary of them.
Admittedly based on no real experience but they do not seem to be the first place that moorers here turn to. In fact they are not even at the top of the contractors list which the marina office provides in response to queries.
Maybe I'm quite wrong about them but apart from a line of boats on the hard, not much seems to be going on there.
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1 hour ago, Rob-M said:
You could try Dave Freeman at Taff Farm although he is usually very busy. He is a BSS examiner and gas safe for boats.
Name: David Freeman Address: Taft Wharf Farm
Bellamour Lane
Wolseley Bridge
Stafford
ST17 0XLMobile: 07918 677782 Email: dave.freeman@boatsafetyschemeexaminations.co.uk Website: www.boatsafetyschemeexaminations Thanks, I'll give him a go.
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2 hours ago, doratheexplorer said:
If you do moor at Bournville, I can highly recommend this place just across the road from the railway station. https://atticbrewco.com/
Seconded - also I have never had any problems on the tow-path moorings here.
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4 hours ago, MtB said:
Might be an idea to say where the boat is then!
Or is it Brum, like your profile says?
Hi, I'm in Brum (like my profile says), the boat is in Aston marina which is outside Stone in Staffordshire.
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On 01/11/2022 at 15:01, JamesWoolcock said:
Ring Kathy Artus on 07970 021607
Phoned Kathy, unfortunately they are not taking on new work until June.
They have a boat (I think for the hire fleet) to fit out.
But thanks all the same.
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I have a Rinnai gas water heater which I would like to have removed.
The gas and water connections would have to be removed and safely terminated in a BSS compliant fashion.
It is not a live-aboard boat and I am in Staffordshire - can anyone suggest someone who could do the work for me?
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4 hours ago, Loddon said:
No problem on my boat without a dehumidifier.
We leave one hopper open and two rads set at 5degC to prevent frost damage.
We fire the diesel heating up 5hrs before we arrive so the boat is warm when we arrive means no cold surfaces for condensation..
I've perhaps been spoiled by my 11 years of sharing ownership of a boat. As it was in more or less constant use, I never had to winterise it.
So when I bought my own boat, I did the same; no winterisation except a couple of electric greenhouse heaters set to turn on at 5 degree C.
I have owned the boat for 9 winters and have had no problems with this approach.
I am not suggesting that anyone else does this, merely that it has worked for me.
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4 minutes ago, JamesWoolcock said:
Ring Kathy Artus on 07970 021607
Thank you!
Actual information given with no demands to know my inside leg measurements etc.
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13 hours ago, David Mack said:
It seems the work to the OP's boat was done by the Canal Cruising Co, yet he has sent us on a wild goose chase for the Stone Boat Building Co which seems to have comprised two companies, one dissolved and one not trading but with debts of £19,000.
Why does the OP want to email them? If they don't post an email address on their website then they don't want to be contacted by email, and think it quite likely that any email which does reach their mail system may well remain unread.
I called in and spoke to them about a week ago concerning some prospective work on my boat. I walked into the office (the only office on site) and spoke to a guy (the only guy on site at the time). We didn't get into any discussion of which company, its trading status or the nature of its debts.
The 'bosses' (his words) were away on holiday but he took the details and said someone would phone me when they got back. Which, presumably, i.d.c they will.
In the interim I thought it would be useful if I explained the work required in more detail, perhaps with some photo's. That is why I wished to e-mail them.
Why you should wish to know this is a mystery to me but I am happy to satisfy your curiosity.
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2 hours ago, alias said:
The boat hire business at Yard Lock trades as canalcruising.co.uk mail@canalcruising.co.uk
Indeed but I find that the e-mail address is no longer live.
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2 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:
If it's the same business as the big chandlery that was at Stone, it's defunct. Last time I went past it was a bicycle warehouse, and it looked like that was going broke too But maybe it isn't?
Yes, the bicycle warehouse is no more.
Stone boatbuilders is the business at Yard lock, associated with the boat hire business.
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56 minutes ago, David Mack said:
Perhaps it's because the company was dissolved 2 years ago.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05780248
Well they appeared to exist when they blacked my boat in May 2021.
If I imagined it then I am further gone than I thought I was (come to think of it, the boat's hull will be too).
1 hour ago, alan_fincher said:No, I really wanted to e-mail some information.
1 hour ago, Athy said:The Boatingbusiness.com web site gives a telephone number for them, si if you need their e-mail address you could ring them and ask them for it.
Yes Athy, I could.
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I cannot find an e-mail address on their web site (such as it is), can anyone help?
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4 hours ago, davem399 said:
I’ve had a share in our boat since it’s launch 20 years ago. As others have said, the experience very much depends on the group of owners. We have been lucky in that our owners over the years have been easy to get on with. One of our previous owners had a share in another boat as well, and he said they other set of owners would debate the most trivial item till the cows came home. Their AGM would go on and on, whereas ours was a much more slick and successful one.
Being an ex-Ownerships boat, we stuck with the O/S rotating holiday chart along with school holiday shares for those with kids at school. We also tend to move bases every two or three years in order to cruise a different part of the system.
In the 11 years that I was with Ownerships, I never once attended an AGM. At the time I argued a lot as a requirement of my job so I had no interest in doing it in my spare time.
It worked for me but I realise that it wouldn't for many.
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6 hours ago, Laurie Booth said:
During the 4 years that I worked in Leamington (1987 - 91), the Fusilier had an awesome reputation. An awesomely bad reputation!
Of course things may have changed or you may have been having a laugh?
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9 minutes ago, Rob-M said:
Probably the Fuller's gathering of working boats. I saw Nick Wolfe heading that way this morning.
Thanks Rob, despite mooring in Stone (Aston marina) I have never heard of a gathering at Fuller's.
You learn something new every day.
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Arrived above Stone top lock - there are several traditional boats here - enough that they have to breast up.
What is occurring?
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2 hours ago, haggis said:
Good plan, Tony. I have found that anytime politics are mentioned on the forum it gets a bit heated as everyone thinks their view is the only correct one. For that reason I avoid the political section and if another thread Straus into politics I just "walk on by". Life is too short to get involved in political discussions on a canal forum.
I only responded this time as I count both of you as friends
Unless (not impossible I admit) there is no correct view expressed, surely someone will be right to think that only theirs is correct. No two opposing views can both be correct. Not suggesting for a moment that people are not entitled to express their (incorrect) views of course.
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3 hours ago, mrsmelly said:
Stay on the boat. Thats what we always did when we owned both, we kept the house for days away and holidays but always lived the superior boat lifestyle. Houses are fine for hols but not as nice as a boat to live in full time, I always wonder why most people do it the other way round.
We have been thinking about this. In the last 10 years we have spent about half our time on the boat and about half in the house. While we have cruised in winter, mostly it has been in the rest of the year.
Now we are considering reversing this and spending the cooler months on the boat. It might reduce energy costs and would allow us (the wife) to do more with our garden at home.
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7 hours ago, reg said:
I don't recall saying i have failed?. I have not started yet i was just pondering on why no one seems to of done their tank with Zinga.
I still think its a good idea but would require some caution as regards health and safety, probably more than for the expoxy option.
Middle of your 5th line in the OP.
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1 hour ago, Tony Brooks said:
Assumption is the mother of all cock-ups - don't know who said it remains a truism.
1. Battery monitors normally only give details about the domestic battery, not the start battery, unless you have two shunts, one in each circuit, but that is rare.
2. If you want to test the start battery connect a multimeter set to 20V DC across the battery and spin the starter for about 20 seconds. If the battery can maintain 10V while cranking it is very unlikely to be a battery problem. 10V is a Lucas figure, I would accept 9.8 ish as long as it was not dropping.
3. If the flywheel teeth are burred then when they mesh they can damage the teeth on the starter pinion. Did the RCR chap carefully inspect the flywheel teeth.
4. By all means fit the switch, but it is simple to rule out by connecting the switch's main 12V+ terminal to the start terminal with a short length of wire, that simulates the switch action. If it spins every time it is unlikely to be the switch.
This is just my observations and opinion. I get the impression that the size of cables used by a number of marinisers for their engine harnesses is very often marginal at best, particularly the start cable and any glow pug cable. This causes volt drop and thus a lack of force from the solenoid. People fitting a relay close to the starter tends to confirm this. A voltmeter connected between battery + and the small start terminal on the motor/solenoid should read less than 0.5 volts while cranking (ignore what it reads before and after cranking, it will probably be battery voltage, but it is meaningless). The higher the reading the more resistance there is in the whole circuit, so it could be a resistive switch, dirty/loose terminals, or undersized cables.
1 I do have two shunts on separate circuits, I had the second put in because the battery monitor had 4 selectable reading options. The problem is that I do not trust the monitor.
2 I can and will do that, the start battery is in the engine room less than 18" from the starter.
3 I doubt it very much.
4 That is another thing which I can and will do.
Thanks very much.
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8 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:
Not in the least bit irritating when there is a dialogue going on. I know suggesting electrical faults seems counterintuitive for the symptoms but that takes no account of bangs (deck boards) and vibrations from moving the engine round possibly temporarily clearing the fault.
It MIGHT be the starter pinion falling apart but, you won't know that until the starter is taken off.
It MIGHT be worn brushes in the starter motor preventing the pull in coil developing full power so the hold in coil is not strong enough to close the solenoid contacts on its own or with a reduced pull from the pull in coil.
Let me just say that when the problem first occurred (last year) I thought the solenoid was buggered and phoned RCR. A fitter came but didn't have the parts so had to return next day.
In the interim he showed me the 'work around' turning the pulley (I would never have imagined that such a thing would work).
When he came back he fitted a new starter motor and the problem was solved for a few months. When it reoccured I haven't felt able to phone them because its so intermittent.
So I'm assuming the starter motor is less likely to be the cause.
You can perhaps see why I didn't want to go into all this at the outset.
New party boat for the Thames.
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Doubt it.
It seems too reasonable and straightforward to be of legal use!