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mykaskin

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  1. Yes, just one pilot. As to fitting 100 boats in a ship lock, watch:
  2. Went with a pilot, done it a couple of times and so long as the weather is working with you, and not against you should be fine. I'd recommend a pilot in case you need to avoid the local shipping.
  3. And now I know why boat insurance is so expensive... so many mistakes he was very lucky not to end up needing to be rescued by the not very well trained rescue workers (fire brigade?) - don't they teach them about boats?
  4. Thats going back some time before the 'new' gates were installed. It think there were paddles on them, but not worth operating as you say.
  5. If you look at the size of the people in the original image, it looks more like a GU sized lock like the originals. Here is a great photo showing both sized locks, and you can see the originals gates were made exactly like the OP's photo. My guess since this is obviously a new lock dated as 1913 that a temporary old sized lock was needed probably due to changes in water levels when they were building the barge canal. Found it - known as Junction lock - was temporary:
  6. If Chiswick, it was maybe rain water in the bildges, or perhaps a water tank leak. Large amounts of money was spent getting it sorted after the Soar gravel at Stockton - no money spared. The JP2 was spot on 5-6 years ago, I don't suppose it's had a huge amount of use since. The oil in the engine bildge is probably mostly water with oil on top, Listers often leak a bit of oil and if not cleared up can build up. There might be water coming through the engine room cabin top, or from an improperley lubricated prop shaft. My only dealing was knowing one of the previous owners, and so know some of it's history. Probably just needs a bit of proper TLC, but as always get a survey... Don't load it with too much coal, as it's very tippy!
  7. Been sold by Rothens to a private buyer. Not sure their plans for it
  8. Royalty boats are 71.5 feet (presumably 72 with the rudder - but I've never actually run a tape measure over Victoria). I've yet to get stopped due to length, but I haven't been up the Crow, where I understand full length boats need to come down backwards. interestingly they were made to 6 foot 11 inches wide (Victoria still is this width at the back bulk head widest point), as I guess they were worried about width issues even then. Obviously they weren't worried about depth too much at 3 foot 3 inch depth from skeg to uxter, and a 5 foot hold depth! Canal dimensions also include bridge 'ole limitations, and while as far as I know a Leeds and Liverpool short boats can run all the way through London (and a breast GU pair), it doesn't mean when the limits list was made they could. Mike
  9. Yes thats right, and the Queens Dock Princes Dock and Humber Dock all linked together, but it was not a navigation.
  10. It's still got the 'Victoria Dock Branch' which never existed (though the dock did connect to the River Hull at that point)
  11. I think they've just replaced the bottom gates, so would be 25 years before it would be worth doing anyway...
  12. More pedentry on length, most full length narrow boats seem to be have been built to 70 ft 6 inch, but GU boats (and it seems some others if above is correct) were maxed out at 71 ft 6 inch, probably because their normal work was on more generous waterways like the GU. I'm obviously not including specialist boats like the 'amptons.
  13. Only short narrow I know of other than tugs is Elland - not sure if there were any motor narrow boats made shorter lengths? Wouldn't be the first full length working boat to be shortened - Monarch would be just one example. Maybe time to change Vicky for a barge!
  14. I wish the Thorne lock would be lengthed, would help a lot for us historic types - but probably of little use to most. Mike
  15. Technically built as a horse boat, but would be a perfect partner for The North which was built at the same time but happened to get converted to a motor a few years later.
  16. Ah that's interesting. Anything still remain of.it?
  17. Many canals have other water sources as they drop down from the summit, you can often see when a new water source joins as the locks are suddenly deeper! Some times summit locks can be smaller as there is another source close to the top but not at it, but often a summit lock will be greater in depth to provide enough water for below. Remember when the Shroppie was built it didn't have a water source other than reservoirs - the sewage works coming much later.
  18. The lock can be seen in construction in the 1955 Film Bridge of Song. Only clip I can find is this: but is available on DVD.
  19. The name was given recently by one of the previous owners who had various elemental named boats.
  20. Sorry - but lol: Driffield Navigation Driffield Navigation Victoria Dock Branch Position 53.74456,-0.32694 Nope - that wasn't a thing... There was connection for the Victoria Dock to the River Hull, and also Queens Docks all the way back around to the Humber forming an island. Not sure if you want to include the old docks, but I wouldn't bother as it wasn't a navigation. The Frodingham Beck did continue up to Foston Mill, however I believe it was a private navigation. Good map though. keep up the great work.
  21. If I remember rightly, Tranquil Rose doesn't fit the bridge at the top of the 21, but does regularly visit Warwick as well as the K&A, London waterways, Thames, Wey etc.
  22. 1986 by the looks of it on the Radio Times Genome website
  23. Hi, I've digitised The Grain Run from some old VHS tapes. I've had to replace some of the music for it to be able to be seen on YouTube, best viewed full screen: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8HwGbPmKqSd4k2J_vVOZvO5J3VjKDHau
  24. Don't worry about upsetting me - you haven't and thanks for clarifying what you meant. You have a fair point - and I do monetise my videos to try and get a (tiny) bit of money back to keep Victoria running. I've been trying some different types of video to try and get some more traffic. I hope they are interesting to the people, and I don't post all my videos on Canalworld - just some that I think people might find interesting or helpful. I think I've done enough boating over the years to understand the problems and issues involved - although I'm always ready to learn especially if I'm wrong! Note that youtube reserves the right to put adverts on all videos, monetised or not, and seems likely in the near future - nothing is free in this world... Cheers, Mike
  25. Not sure I follow. YouTube is a video broadcast platform, Facebook is more designed for sharing to people you know, and Friends Reunited was more about connecting to old school friends. I never used MySpace. The best way to learn is to ask questions. Try things and remember, usually through practice and repetition. This video tries to answer at least some of the questions people might have about this subject. I've seen many careful boaters who 'have been boating for years' not understand these principles because they haven't been aware of the issues or know the right questions to ask to learn more. I tried to make the video interesting and topical. Open to suggestions on how to improve the video or boating! Cheers, Mike
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