Durhamdales

I work in the range industry and folk often think that running a solid fuel range just involves burning a small amount of wood - probably picked up by the roadside! In reality, the Rayburn working in a domestic environment with a CH boiler for heating and water will consume 7 tonnes of wood per year! Not to be underestimated!

Great - we'll be there from Friday onwards. We are in the Festival Gardens marina for the week

I had a set of photos of my engine when I bought it (fully refurbished) - it was still a bag of crap though!

Thanks - ordered on Amazon £1.48 + p&p

Is that Harland and Wolff built them - out in the open like that? I always assumed that they had covered docks etc. Is it a side slip from there - or has it already been 'launched' Are there any pictures surviving of how they did it?

Leatherman multi tool

Has the cable broken? You should be able to see something move on the gearbox as forward and reverse is selected?

There is another bronze windlass which looks identical to the one discussed on this thread on eBay currently. It has the arrow that apparently identifies it as coming from Keays Dock. E bay item 161008094709

I recently picked up a set of eight original lobby cards for the Bargee There are a couple on ebay (not mine) currently (from the US weirdly!) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BARGEE-ORIGINAL-LOBBY-CARD-HARRY-H-CORBETT-RONNIE-BARKER-JULIA-FOSTER-/110814157628?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19cd09db3c and http://www.ebay.ca/itm/BARGEE-ORIGINAL-LOBBY-CARD-HARRY-H-CORBETT-JULIA-FOSTER-HUGH-GRIFFITH-/120848882059?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2327998b#ht_500wt_923

I had a boat with a hole in about this position years ago - it had the engine right at the back and the gas locker was in the engine room - the hole on the waterline was a vent hole - it let water in over the tears and rotted through the engine room bulkhead! Wouldn't explain why it is on both sides though!

My understanding is that Marine 16 does not bind with the water, it simply separates it out of the fuel and the water drops to the bottom of the tank - is this not the case?

I had something similar just last week when I pumped out from the bottom of my tank - dark red with a few slimy black deposits. I will be adding Marine 16 bug killer tomorrow. I have also bought some water paste (http://www.petrochemsuppliesgs.com/paste.html)which goes bright red in the presence of water - you simply smear it on a wooden dowel and place it vertically in the tank. It's something I heard of on here, I haven't tried it, but it looks good.

I assume that to get over the various roads, the existing mainline railway, the canal and adjacent watercourses, all at pretty much 90 degrees to the new line, that it will be on an embankment. What an eyesore that will be!

Pump out or cassette?

Great Haywood Marina was also on Countryfile - apparently its going straight through there!

Sounds the perfect solution for those that would not be seen dead steering a cruiser sterned boat as well!

Thanks, the brass wheel solution is very attractive, I just need to work out how to attach the wheel to the shaft coming out of the morse control. I'll take the lever off at the weekend and have a look at what is revealed

Brilliant!

When we had our engine changed last year, we ended up with a single lever 'Morse' control to work the forward and astern on our new hydraulic gearbox. I hate it, it is ugly and I'm missing the traditional brass gear wheel that we had before. The gearbox is operated on a cable and its a very short throw on the gearbox lever to move between the three positions. Has anybody seen anything nicer that would suit a cable connection? Even a brass morse lever would be a huge improvement over what we have now - but a small gear wheel would be perfect! Any ideas folks?

The company that I work for bought a few factory units on the old lister site - that has now become Littlecombe Business Park. We bought them on a long lease from St Modwen - so it might be a lease purchase at Hardwicke rather than just a rental

I moor next to Gusto - I think you made the right choice!

We are pretty new at Great Haywood, but have been very impressed; I recently found out that by staying for a year you get a free slip every year, I am having my boat out for blacking at the on site facility and the slipping part of the job was FOC - really impressed. You also have the chance to use the two other marinas in the group - Saul and Tattenhall on a short term basis. It also gives a choice of 3 immediate cruising routes.