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This one could have seen me off ...
Many years ago when I first started boating I was going downhill in Beeston Stone lock with another boat, a Fiberglass cruiser. As the water dropped the boat tipped to one side. The side doors swung open and stopped on the roof of the cruiser which stopped the boat tipping any more. Realising the boat was caught up on the side I called for crew to drop the paddles. Now comes the stupid bit: I walked onto the gunwale to see if I could see what was caught up. The old boy on the cruiser gently told me to never do that again. If the boat had come off whatever was catching it the boat would have dropped and tipped up the other way, reducing the space between the edge of the roof and lock side to nothing. Or not quite nothing, about the thickness of my spine.
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I think this is not so much a fault with the cooker as a fault with its use.
My cooker has a label clearly stating that the grill shouldn't be used with the door closed. I haven't really looked to see if there is a sufficient gap round the door, I'll have a look next time I'm at the boat. Perhaps I'll try running it with the door closed and CO monitor next to it.
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Not done anything today, but did look through a few posts at the start of this thread.
Dating back to 2013, interesting to see so many names that no longer appear.
Though nothing like the “introduce yourself” thread, going back to 2004.
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Just realised this is in the ‘Gardner’ forum (not obvious when going in from VNC).
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I did it the first time I went on to the River Weaver, just to see "what it would do".
57ft boat with 17x11 prop on Vetus M4.17 with 2.09:1 gearbox: just over 2,100 rpm and 7.5 mph.
Didn't reach maximum projected rpm, even though the prop was a bit smaller than the recommended 17x12.
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I’ve dealt with Midsummer Energy for about ten years, since fitting my first solar panel.
Always found their prices reasonable and service excellent. Very helpful with advice. I believe the owner lives on a boat.
Make sure you get the right cable connectors, mc4. Google YouTube videos on how to fit them.
Easily worth the £20 or so.
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There seems to be a huge variation in the cost of fire bricks. I’ve just bought a set of three for my Stovax 1a for £25 delivered 2 day service.
They seem to be just as good as any others I’ve had, with good density. Others often over £40 with delivery on top.
All vermiculite of course.
Is there really much difference between them?
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42 minutes ago, LadyG said:
I've no idea what this means,
Try Googling “escrow “ perhaps?
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27 minutes ago, Ianws said:
Last year we were heading to the water point at Botany Bay and saw a small moment tor boat approaching at high speed. It was a bloke showing off to his partner. He slowed when he saw us but when we entered the turbulence he had created it was like being at sea and went on for a considerable distance. When we arrived at the waterpoint his car and trailer were left blocking the slipway. I’m sure all motorboat owners aren’t plonkers but this one was.
Many years ago I saw a similar plonker reverse his Range Rover down the slipway by Putney Bridge and launch his flashy speedboat. He proceeded to show off with lots of high speed turns to try and impress his partner before speeding off up the river. He returned a couple of hours later, no doubt pleased to see the assembled crowd.
The crowd were suitably pleased when it became apparent that he finally spotted his car, With the water just lapping the bottom of the windows.
The Thames is, of course, tidal...
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CRT seem to be reducing the free slipways around the system. Calveley on the Shroppie is one example where the slipway has been shut off. I believe they cited H&S as the reason.
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basedfixed widebeams, but 've only ever come across one boat with a normal sized bath, and that was for a disabled person who never left the marina. -
It might help to get constructive comments if you let us know why you want a bath. 99.99%+ of boats have a shower rather than a bath; there is a good reason for that.
If you need something to wash the dog or duvet in, then get a 4'x2' sit bath, but still use it as a shower.
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My stove is in a similar setting, although a bit further from the steps.
I keep a piece of sheet metal (actually the side off an old PC) which sits next to the steps between them and the stove, so not taking any room. This theoretically helps to protect the steps, but in practice barely gets warm, probably because the stove is at an angle like yours so not that much stove close to the wood. This then doubles as a floor protector when emptying the ash can. A piece of wood batten screwed to the back keeps it off the floor.
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I lived in East London in the '70s - tub of Tubby Issac's mussels to eat on the way home from the Union bar ...
The liquor most definitely was made from the water the eels were cooked in before being mixed with the jelly.
I only had jellied eels once when friend took me to the dogs. The eels were not too bad, but the bones were the thing that frightened me, that's why they always came with bread to swallow when a bone got stuck. Eels still available, but now come from Netherlands/Belgium.
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18 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:
This one?
Deacon Blue Built by Lees Narrow Boats - Length : 17.67 metres ( 58 feet ) - Beam : 2.08 metres ( 6 feet 10 inches ) - Draft : 0.01 metres ( 0 feet ). Metal hull N/A power of 42 HP. Registered with Canal & River Trust number 512926 as a Powered Motor Boat. ( Last updated on Wednesday 22nd May 2013 )
If so, it's still licenced.
Does this list still reflect on whether a boat is licensed, or even still in existence?
All the entries show last updated 2013.
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4 minutes ago, alistair1537 said:
CO is lighter than air, so having a alarm positioned fairly high is a good idea.
CO is almost the same density as air.
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Way overpriced. Looking carefully at the photos, it would appear to have a load of white paint splashed about to try and cover up the poor quality of the interior. Note bits of wood falling off!
A load of bullshit description trying to make it look the dream, but will more likely turn out to be a nightmare.
But hey, that’s just my opinion.
My advice, for what it’s worth, is to go to the midlands/ north west, where you should be able to find a half decent boat fo £30K.
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I understand the ones one the Nantwich embankment were supposed to be automatic, but they have always been chained back. There are some on the Trent and Mersey around Marbury that are definitely supposed to be automatic. Can’t recall if they are chained.
One problem with them being automatic is that if they did close ( or were closed), they could be difficult to open again. At Nantwich the flow is north so the embankment side of the south stop gate could expect to drop (although the Llangollen input would help keep it up). As we know, the level only has to drop an inch or so to make the gate very difficult to open.
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I believe CRT now use telescopic aluminium stop planks which should fit most slots.
Having seen the state of the stop gates on the Nantwich embankment over the last few years I doubt CRT are that bothered about rushing to stop the loss of water. Especially when you consider the length of the pound there and what it would do to thte town if there was a breach, yet the gates were rotten and immovable for years.
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The two pin plugs are the same as shavers and are designed for the isolation transformer outlets permitted in (UK) bathrooms.
Note that they are slightly different to the European two pin plugs, which most three to two pin adapters cater for. But can usually be persuaded to fit with a bit of pushing.
eta: the one in the link should work if it is a shaver adapter not a eu adapter. If you look at the holes you will see that they take round pins and flat ones, not “squared off”.
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There's enough nuts on this forum without making more.
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2 hours ago, BEngo said:
You can touch up the water line with ordinary blacking whilst the boat is afloat.
You need a dinghy or similar and a warm dry sunny day
Knock a stout stake in. Use a spanish windlass between the base of the stake and stake and the roof ring or handrail to lean the boat over so the outside waterline is out of the water. Beware the contents of the Scotch cupboard, the crystal wine glasses etc. escaping at this point.
From dinghy clean the rust and weed off.
Allow waterline to dry.
Paint.
Turn round and repeat.
It is possible to lean the boat outwards by passing a rope under it, but that gets quite complicated.
Some narrow locks are well suited to this and avoid the need for a dinghy. ?
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i basically did this a few years ago after a diesel spill had softened the blacking along the waterline, so didn't have to tilt the boat much. I reckon it saved me a year on time to next blacking.
I know someone who does this every couple of years on a 30ft boat, and it is the only blacking his boat gets!
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4 hours ago, Captain Pegg said:
That’s what I cooked for the family Sunday dinner yesterday. I almost only ever cook brisket or a twin rib when doing beef. Onion, carrots, stock, tomato purée, salt and pepper and the essential ingredient is a big slug of horseradish sauce.
Had a good piece of meat yesterday and cos there’s only three of us at home at the moment there’s plenty left over so I’ll be getting out the vintage spong mincer later on and knocking up a cottage pie for this evening.
And there’s still half a blackberry and apple crumble left over too.
Much easier to do all this in a nice kitchen at home ?
I did wonder if you had a new source of protein when the width of my screen caused the line to break just after ‘slug’ ...
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Hi Piotr
Sorry to hear that your boating days will be brought to an end.
Hope your health keeps you going.
All the best
David
Bilge/Engine bay painting
in Boat Building & Maintenance
Posted · Edited by dor
In my limited experience, Hammerite seems to cure a lot quicker than other solvent-based paints and still goes off in cold, even damp conditions.
I painted my bilge with white 'Smoothrite' several years ago and it is still holding up well.
I haven't measured the temperature of thecanal lately, but it is still probably around the 8-10 deg mark, echoing air temperature (ignoring the odd cold night).