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    Exactly

     

    Likewise, did Bolinders have travelling reps where other manufacturers relied on letters?

     

    Richard

     

    Pollocks of Faversham, as has been said, were their agents for years and apparently their business was hit fairly hard when Bolinders set up thir own sales force in the UK.

    Maybe they were just bigger or better than the opposition?

    I think I recall that Bolinder semi-diesels where built under licence in the UK with production continuing after the parent company had advanced onto true diesels.

     

    There were certainly 'aftermarket' parts made for them in th UK.

     

    Tim

  2. Thanks for all sugestions. All I want to do is send & receive emails and a bit of web browsing. I do not wish to carry a laptop along, the whole point is to take advantage of the small size and low power consumption of the tablet now that I have it. We've always managed until now with basic mobile phones, ignored emails etc. I might get to play with some apps as we go along, just for fun, we'll only be boating for short days this time.

     

    Tim

  3. If its a dongle (not a mifi) and the tablet doesn't have a SIM slot, then you'll need something else too, to access the internet. The easiest thing would be a mi-fi such as Huawei E5331 or similar. Get one unlocked (or same network as the dongle) and swap the SIM into it.

     

    Email - personally I'd use one main "store" for your emails eg a computer/laptop running Thunderbird (or whatever your choice of email client), then simply use the tablet's built in email client to check the emails "online" - ie don't download any to the device. If you do you'll be forever transferring and losing emails.

     

    There's a bunch of apps suitable for boaters/boating, such as Antenna Alignmnent, Google Maps, Google Mytracks, Boat Speedometer, etc. Download apps and do updates at home on your main internet, to save on data usage while out and about.

     

    I used the term dongle loosely, I have the wifi or simlar & can access the internet via that. I'm not really familiar with the terminology.

     

    on your basis, I might as well not bother with the tablet and just take a laptop if I want internet/email, was hoping to avoid the bulk and power requirements.

     

    Why have netbooks died out? I'd have thought they are perfect for this sort of thing.

     

     

    Get Kindle for Android, there's loads of free readable books on that.

     

    Sorry, doesn't answer my questions in any way. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

     

    Tim

  4. My three sisters seem to be wedded to their tablets, and made the very generous offer when I was stuck in hospital recently to buy me one to help to pass my time. No use in practice there, my brain was already too numb from hospital existence to cope with the strangeness, plus the advertised WiFi didn't work on my ward.

    Now I sort of have it up and running at home, I'm thinking of taking it with me if and when we manage to go boating, so I'm looking for practical tips to make it more useable (in my eyes). Best way to use for emails and best way to make, eg, this forum readable, that sort of thing. Easy way to import email addresses, is there a better email client than that supplied. Is there a version of Thunderbird that can be used on the machine?

    My son tells me it's all supposed to be 'intuitive' on a tablet (he's not a fan himself).

    I do have a Huawei ? dongle thingy to access the web when away from home.

     

    The highest tech we've carried on the boat up to now has been basic mobile phones.

     

     

    Many thanks

     

    Tim.

  5. Wheelchair lifts are awkward, it is in fact a reason to go hydraulic for the drive. It completely frees you to decide on where you want the lift, then all other bits can fit anywhere around the lift. Of course hydraulic power means you could easily install, hydraulic generator, bow thruster, and maybe power the wheelchair lift. In your particular circumstances don't dismiss it without a full costing, including design.

     

    Not necessarily so. It does depend on what the design is of the main propulsion system. Mine is a closed loop system which doesn't permit add-ons in such a simple manner. I did include provision for an extra small pump to drive auxiliaries, but have never had the need to fit one.

     

    Tim

  6. Dunno but I had to get dragged round by a hire boat at the winding hole north of Dutton stop lock this morning. That was embarrassing. So that needs bloody dredging, as does the one to the south of the lock which I couldn't even get half the boat in.

     

    So it was you making all that noise, I did wonder!

    Had I known (didn't get the usual text from Brian/A_M) would have dragged myself out to get a couple of drums of diesel.

     

    Tim

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    Well without having access to Pete Harrison's detailed knowledg,. this is clearly nonsense.

     

    The owners would seem to include....

     

    1) GUCCCo

    2) DIWE / BW

    3) Tim Leech (see earlier in thread)

    4) (Presumably) Keith Ball / Industry Narrowboats

    5) Whoever bought it to make the TV series

    6) Another owner it was eventually sold on to

    7) Owner who has apparently recently bought it via ABNB.

     

    That may not be spot on, but clearly "two owners from new" whilst sounding impressive is a load of b****cks!

     

    I sold it to Ian Crompton and a.n. other, it may well have been bought from them by the TV people.

     

    Tim

  8. The leak off/spill rail originally had flared ends to the copper tube. these flares are often knackered by now. If you're lucky, there might be enough spare length on the pipe to cut off & form new flares. I've also seen a few which have been modified to take compression fittings.

     

    Tim

  9. early DAB adios were certainly power-hungry.

    My father bought me a Roberts RD-1, which was one of the first mains/battery DAB/FM portables to come on the market. Using batteries for DAB was frankly a joke, it would eat a set of six D size alkaline cells in a few hours. An excellent radio in other respects, though.

    I now have a Roberts ecologic4 mains/battery portable, a set of the same batteries lasts for months with occasional (not infrequent) use.

     

    On the boat, we have a TEAC mains portable which takes 12V from a wall wart, seems quite happy with the 12.6V from a 24/12V converter.

    I opened up the back to get access to a 'proper' aerial connection, and run this to a simple mag mount external whip, works well. Useless with an internal aerial because not enough apertures in the steel cabin to let a signal though.

     

    Tim

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    Beams? which in turn hold the stands, one purpose is to support the top planks, which the side and top cloths are attached to. The purpose of the cloths is to keep cargoes dry, allow certain loads to be stacked higher than the gunwhales and may also deter theft.

     

    How about acknowledging the source you've taken those from?

     

     

    Tim

  11. We have hydraulic drive on our tug, to allow transverse engine and get round issues over prop shaft height. Variable displacement pump, swash plate motor, all suplied/specified by ARS Anglian diesels. It works very well, but I have to say that it's rather noisy at higher speeds. This it seems is in part because I plumped for solid pipework for the main runs.

     

    I'm quite happy with the fuel efficiency, but we do have a large slow-turning prop.

     

    Tim

  12. So - arrived and went down the lift - we are no longer "Lift Virgins".

     

    According the lift 'operator' the problem was "damaged Shoot-Bolts"

     

    The gates are operated on 'wires', when the gates are lifted the weight is taken on the wires, to add a safety factor there are two 'hooks' on the top of the gates, when the gates are 'up' a couple shoot-bolts 'shoot' forward into the 'hooks' and will take the weight if the wire snaps.

     

    During one operation one of the bolts did not retract, the gate lowered and the bolt bent and the bearing mechanism collapsed. They were new bolts just replaced during the Winter maintenance programme.

     

    To check if it was a 'one-off' they did a controlled lowering of the other gate onto the shoot-bolts - the other gate broke the bolts so the lift was closed.

     

    It was subsequently determined that the bolts were too small (diameter) and that the alloy bearings were not man enough for the job. New Bolts and steel bearing were fabricated in Switzerland, job sorted and gates held on a trial 'drop'.

     

    One can only wonder how the original bolts passed the original 'drop' test ?

     

    Interesting, my information was that they never did a trial drop test. Of course, that could be wrong.

     

    Tim

  13. Hi Tim,

    thanks for reply. Have now established that the flexolite adapter made for the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire and Star Sapphire tecalemit oil filter will also fit the AS2 (and prob. AS1 and poss AS3). From memory, can you remember if your uppermost O ring is square or round in cross section, and if square, does it fill the width of the recess in the filter head?

    Googling around, it appears the issue of the seals is commonly shared with various cars - Triumphs, Healeys, MGs, Morrises etc. I am going to try the AS car club in Brum to see if they will sell me some seals, though not sure I really want to join the AS Car club for the privilege! Good to have a sympathetic ear.

    Baffle

    Yes it should be square section and fill the width of the recess.

    Sometimes an O-ring , which must also fill the width of the recess, will provide a workable bodge here, but it'll either work or it won't.

    i.e. if it doesn't, it'll be obvious straight away!

     

    Tim

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