seamus63834

in adition to the other topic on castle mill boat yard does any one have any news on whats happening with the plans to restore the basin at oxford? redevellop the basin for housing and b.w. to referbish the castle mill boat yard as a fully working boatyard maybe b.w.could put in a decent dry dock so as to help the relations between b.w.b & the boaters the site should stay as a boatyard. besides it would give the idle b.w.staff some work to do.

this is total nonsence i cant drive a car but i can do anything with my 70ft 6 n.b. reverse in a strait line etc etc and wind in very tight spots

seamus63834 if you want to see blaitent neglect by BRITISH WATERWAYS sorry i mean BRITISH WASTE AWAYS you dont haft to look any further than the kennet and avon, in particular the locks between little bedwin and crofton pound with the coping stones and brick work crumbling so badly that water is pouring between lock gate and the chamber walls on the top gate and then there is the dreded paddle gear what a waste of good cash that could have been spent better on maintainence. if b.w .had any sence they would scrap the stupid paddle gear and use what common sense they have got left if any they would use the paddle gear thats on cobblers lock just above hungerford marsh lock,and while i talk about hungerford mursh lock i wonder if b.w.i have replaced the top gates yet? doubtfull, its almost as if they spend all their budget on kaen hill with them badley/dangerous designed top gates what were they thinking. and thats my gripe about just two sections of the K&A is the maintainance any better else whare? P.S. sorry everyone i was on a bit of a rant...........

seamus63834 I used to have a trueburn range in our boaut about midships ( middle of boat ) it would heat my boat from engine room forwads to the bow of my boat and a traditional epping in my boatmans cabin. stove types boatmans and squiral are good but one of my freinds has a villager stove on his boat, its one of the best stoves i have ever seen side opening so he was able to get good sise logs into the fire and being cast iron it held onto its heat even when no flames or embers were left in the graite.

SEAMUS 63834 i agree with what the member onthecut has said if it is for a short period use a good quality exterior gloss or do all of the prep work and leave it prepped and primed ready for a proffesional to paint your boat. I used to use DULUX EXTRA DEEP BASE EXTERIOR HIGH GLOSS about 53 quid for a 5 ltr can and i used to get 2 coats on the roof and both sides on a 70ft trad,and its dammed good paint! it also flows well when using a brush and it goes on nicley with a roller.so why bother with expensive marine paint if its only for the short term.

from anrew63834 one good bit of advice in regards to use of locks i used to have a 70ft n.b.and have been doing locks broad and narrow on my own with no real problems my advice to you is as follows if you are ascending in a broad lock what ever side your boat is on when entering the lock open the paddle slowly to a quarter of the lenth of paddle size and let the water in to the chamber slowly and your boat will cling to the wall and not get pushed across the chamber. when decending depending on boat lenth i always keep the bow on the gates untill i clear the cill and dont panic or rush about it can cause an accident. i have been on the cut a while and i have cruised a large part of the canal network i would recomend life afloat to anybody

andrew63834 get rcr to come and inspect your engine asap

what a good looking boat

I have recently sold me and my ex partners narrow boat seamus and was wondering does anyone have any imformation or pictures of our beloved old boat as when he was new or a couple of years after he was launched? as i have never seen any pictures of him when new the n.b. in question was built on the shropie in 1970 70'6 long 6'10 wide and built by seamus walsh full trad with boatmans cabin and engine room containing a beautifull lister hr2 with blackstone gearbox and as far as i can work out the boat was clothed at the bow end and is called seamus boat index no 63834 if anyone can help please let me know.andrew63834@yahoo.com. PS, if anyone knows steve chambers a good boat painter at the boat yard at the wharf on the welford arm,leister line of the union can you say hello from andrew&maddy.I am also intrested to know what his other boats look like?

i have been boating for about 15years and as far as i am aware if you are one the cut its against the bylays to be running your engine in gear when moored. but its mainly peaple who have water cooled engines but it is becoming more and more of a problem even more so if the boat have a deep draught with a large prop and can somtimes cause damage to the bank with underlying erosion caused by cavatation from the prop n.b.seamus