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As a point of discussion...... surely if these vloggers make money from "hits" on their videos, that surely classes as an income and as such I would like to.assume they would have a roving trader licence??? As this is becoming more popular I wonder if CRT will change their licence terms to include vloggers......
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No, I think they were Austrian, and seem to clog up my Google searches!
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Has anyone ever come across Puck 2 stroke diesels engines, made in Gdansk to East German designs in the mid 20th century? They produced a 2 cylinder 24hp model designed for lifeboats but they are somewhat elusive on the Internet for information.
Kind regards
Dan
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She's looking great. Good job!
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The river narrows significantly at Billing, and the bridge creates a large bottleneck, probably forcing the water into the marina lake as the path of least resistance. If the washland sluices are opened upstream, the volume of water will tend to fill the lake before levelling off.
Having tried, and failed, to take a full length breasted pair out of the marina and turning upstream, there is quite a significant flow even in non flood conditions.
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Its a shame for the residents, as Billing are fully aware that people live there permanently, and charge accordingly until it goes wrong at which point they ask them to "return to their residential addresses" which is more a paper pushing exercise which covers them against this sort of issue, which is happening more and more. Obviously residents know the risks but they should really look to invest in flood defences for their site, or at least flood mitigation measures. It would be interesting to know whether the management or council foot the bill for emergency accommodation.
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40 minutes ago, blackrose said:
The management here aren't the most sympathetic to their moorers full stop, but I'm not sure what they're supposed to do about preventing the water levels from rising when it rains incessantly for a couple of days?
Boaters need to take personal responsibility and make preparations for what are infrequent but fairly regular meteorological events, especially those who live aboard. But so many don't, and seem unaware that by definition preparations need to be made in advance. Once a river goes into flood it's too late to do much.
The big advantage we have over land based dwellers in a flood is that we float, so if you're at a safe mooring then flooding really shouldn't be a big issue if you're prepared. But when I see people take on the lifestyle who refuse to plan ahead and prepare and then I have to admit I'm not the most sympathetic either.
I think it was the moment the reception staff stuck their heads out of the window and pointed and laughed whilst offering no support that was the clincher. They don't and have never cared about them, the pontoons were in a dangerous state, pump outs only available on days that don't end in a Y and if you sneezed out of line you got the call of shame from the office .....
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7 hours ago, blackrose said:
I've just been down to Cogenhoe. I'm sure some of the caravans on the river side have a couple of feet of water beneath therm as usual when it floods, but the water isn't even over the banks at the moorings along the mill stream. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about? One idiot's tied his boat up too tightly but it's really not a catastrophe.
I've only been on the Nene for 4 years but I can't help thinking that some people get into a panic over a little bit of flooding. If you want to see real flooding try living on the Warks Avon or the Thames.
Cogenhoe Mill at 8am. I'd quite happily be moored here now.
Edit:I think part of the problem is that some boaters are ill-equipped. Half the people at billing don't even own a pair of wellies to get them across the 5" of water at the ramp onto and off of the pontoons.
When we moored at Billing I was piggy backing the kids through flood waters to get them to school whereas others saw it as the perfect excuse to have time off work.....the management there aren't the most sympathetic to moorers being stuck on the pontoons. Don't really miss it.
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I believe the seller is part of the RCR empire??
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Allybsc was the seller.
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I believe she has just sold.
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Its amazing what you find when you do a bit of a rebuild on the boats..... this was under the floors, a forgotten piece of recent history!!!
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Our boats are painted in dacthane. As we weren't allowed to sand at our previous marina mooring we degreased the sides and put two coats on as a temporary coat. 6 years later its still stuck hard and no faded.
We also use their bitumen as our stock paint for serviced blackings and have had no complaints from customers in 4 years.
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We use alot of their paints as they are local. No complaints from us.
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Do you need side cloths?
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1 hour ago, glynnbarry123 said:
Had about 5 on bottom and I up front but managed to recork from inside just rain water now getting in through temp tarp
Thats not bad. Hopefully she has sealed well for a while!
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10 minutes ago, glynnbarry123 said:
Hi up date on conway the old wooden boat front end fully restored all leaks on hull sorted.
Started to removed all rotten wood on stern and replace new cabin . I did put it on Ebay to what intrest ther was in it but usuall full of idiots dont intend to sell her just trying to get some history of her so many different story's about
Were there many leaks to deal with?
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1 minute ago, Leo No2 said:
This is worth a read - especially Alan's obituary - you never really know anyone's background until you learn about it and sadly, despite having talked to him regularly, I no idea of his skills and commitment to his community.
I work very closely with unusual rigging as they rigged all the shows I worked on, War Horse, Phantom and Les Mis. He built an excellent company who are industry leaders in what they do. His loss sent shockwaves through the industry and it was inevitably too late to sit and have a pint with him and discuss all things boaty and theatre. A sad loss.
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18 minutes ago, BWM said:
£30,000 for a dilapidated wooden boat with a petrol engine!
Exactly.....
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I'm bringing this thread back to life, as although I have commented I never fully read the earlier pages about drawing and CAD designing......
OK, so Beech is on dock at Langley Mill and is in a very sad way. Without delving into the past couple of years, the hull is very weak and the work needed runs to the following....
New bottoms
New stem post
New bow planks
At least two new midship planks
New chine planks
New top stern planks
Approx 40% of scarfe joints need blocks letting in.
New counter block
New cabin lining and panelling.
There have been no prospective purchasers coming forward to fund restoration so we are at the unfortunate position of carefully dismantling her. This is not something we want to do nor proud of it. Every detail is being measured and documented for the future, and where we can we will re use and repurpose all the wood, and keep the ironwork as a complete set should she get a new lease of life in the future. We will produce full drawings for our records from the measurements.
Should anyone wish to visit she will be on dock here for the next few weeks as we work our way though and document and record.
Kind regards
Dan
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Yes, at Limehouse??
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I know of a HA3 with Blackstone box too.
Puck 2 stroke diesels
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Definitely spelt with a K.....