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I'm trying to work out why there is fairly good definition for all their faces, but their hands and legs are highly pixelated.
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13 hours ago, magnetman said:
One idly wonders if the new owner tried to put it down the Aylesbury while getting from the Stort to the GU on the way to Northampton.
Is it wide. GU towns can be a bit wide.
Well BOGNOR wouldn't need to worry about the Aylesbury arm.
The "narrow" locks on the arm are remarkably wide. Probably good for 7' 6" or even more. Certainly more than any very spread Town class.-
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It appears to have a bow thruster (or at least the possibility of one). Not something you find on the average Large Woolwich!
It passed through Berkhamsted, heading North, a few days ago.
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31 minutes ago, koukouvagia said:
Does anyone remember the Bulbourne Open Weekends?
Bulbourne Open Day 1999.
Yes, I remember the open days, but not at the time as a boat owner. We had yet to acquire "Chalice".
I wish I had pictures, but don't think I have. We went on a trip from Bulbourne to the Tringford pumping station on one of the decked over ex GUCCCo tugs. I'm fairly certain that it was Renton rather than Sickle. I think they had erected some crude stanchions to support ropes to reduce risk of the general public falling overboard. I think the arrangements would not have been considered safe in the modern age. Certainly I doubt the BW skippers would have held Boatmaster certifications!
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This uses to be a thing in the South East.
Not for quite a few years though, as they sold it off.
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No way can you beat a black Lab. We took Odin on at the same age as yours, then subsequently acquired a black Lab cross (Max) when Cath's mother died suddenly.
We love them to bits, but with Odin not far off 13 years, and with Max well over that age a number of health scares have left us having to accept that the end for either of them may not now be far away.
Make the very most of him - hopefully he will prove to be everything you want him to be, (and more!)-
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16 hours ago, Ltvel said:
Alright thanks a lot for your detailed explanation.
I just have one question following your advice, which part did you mean when you said. "close the top of the box near the cover that you have taken off"? Which part do you want me to close, or do you mean the flywheel opening where the starter usually goes?
I agree with others that the box has distinct similarities to some manufactured by Parsons.
However, after a bit of time searching, I have not been able to turn up anything that is in any way close to a match, so don't think I an help any further. -
8 minutes ago, IanD said:
So how did it ever get BSS/RCR (or whatever, don't nitpick...) safety approval?
I don't think BSS makes any judgment on such matters.
Whether RCD is in any way relevant depends on age of boat. I may have missed it, but don't recall us having been told that. -
So if the uxter plate is genuinely at least 4" below water, and by some estimations upb o 6" below water, what is the situation if you take the weed hatch cover off?
If the shell has been designed for a certain draught, but is now loaded to between 4 and 6 inches lower, unless the weed hatch has been extended upwards it would be fair to assume there will nor be a big enough difference between the water level and the lip round the top of the weed hatch.In fact I think I would loosen it first, and check that nothing flows in before out and out removal - just in case!
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It is usually not at all hard for even a novice to spot overplating. I thought OP said they could see no evidence of it.
I'm not convinced you can say how much the uxter might be below any guard(s) that are present. I would have thought this varies from boat to boat, but admit it is not something I have thought about much until now.
Is this boat for sale via brokerage, and if so do the brokers details show any images (external) of the rear end of the boat. I'd be interested to see that. -
1 minute ago, MtB said:
The photo is in the OP.
This? It is not obvious to me that you can conclude anything relating to the uxter from this photo.
I must be missing something, I guess but cannot see what that something is.
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13 hours ago, MtB said:
It looks that way doesn't it?
Given how far underwater the uxter plate is...
40 minutes ago, MtB said:My guess would be that the sureveyor saw a freshly blacked boat, so he actually had no idea where the actual waterline was. He took it to be the uxter plate which is normal, but in your photo is shown to be 4" under water.
I'm sorry, despite trying to read though the thread multiple times, I am failing to see any image that gives an idea as to where the uxter plate is sitting in the water.
Could somebody please direct me to the exact post that shows this detail.
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Yes, the missing information is "what's on the inside of those vents.
What engine does the boat have, or, at the least, is it air or water cooled?
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2 hours ago, MtB said:
4kG an hour though! What's it for? A blacksmith's forge??!!!
Two, maybe?
Indeed!
A brand new full cylinder would give up the ghost in not that much over 3 hours.
But the OP seemed to want a 4Kg regulator, even if it seem way beyond any normal requirement on a boat.
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You don't say why you need a very specific make and model of regulator.
BES turns up this....
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Seems expensive to me, but it is a Clesse apparently capable of 4KG per hour. -
I think that £58K sounds a very optimistic price for a boat based on a 17 year old Liverpool Boats shell.
I'd want a big discount on that, I think.
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1 hour ago, Derek R. said:
Speaking of 'rolling', I was told that TYCHO at some time had baulks of timber bolted to the hull sides externally so that when 'rolling/rocking' the boat, the baulks of timber (fixed just above the water line) would help smash the ice and widen the broken path for better steering.
Beneath the cross bed there were indeed bolts that filled the holes for such baulks, and they were quite long. I'm sure they got the chop when on dock at Stockton for steelwork in the early 2000's). This must have been quite a palava to fit and remove, so whether they were actually used in anger might be questionable.
That 'V' bottom:
I wonder by what possible bit of inventiveness Laurence Hogg thought he could claim the copyright on this drawing.
I believe it to be one of the many drawings originating from the builders original plans, and held at the National Waterways Archive. There always was a bit of a problem with Laurence attaching his own ownership to situations where it seemed highly dodgy!-
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Sound logic, Francis. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I am reminded that when we first had Sickle the vast majority of the ballast was water - 4 very large blue drums to the front of the hold, and one of those big transparent agricultural containers to the rear. The latter hold a tonne of water.
We scrapped all that and switched over to iron and steel based ballast - a mixture of lift testing weights, navel ballast (cast iron lumps the size of a large loaf) as well as some old railway line sections that had already been there.
The end result was a very large lowering of the centre of gravity, resulting in very much less roll, as people stepped on and off.
So it is not just how much ballast, but also how low you can make the centro of gravity...EDIT:
If it is of any interest to anybody these show a comparison between Tug No 2 (Small Woolwich) and Sickle (Middle Northwich).
Both boats are shortened to 40 feet.
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1 hour ago, MtB said:
Never actually steered Sickle though, but been aboard to the pub and back and I didn't notice Alan having any difficulty handling.
I am usually fully in control on the way to the pub.
But on the way back, that is quite a different matter!
2 hours ago, spud said:'disadvantage for carrying' must be referring to full length boats not those altered for a reason - clearly as a short boat tycho has much less flat side and bottom than the boxy tug2 but this has much less effect on a full length boat and they are certainly no dissadvantages when carrying - in fact they handle better and go better
I'm not getting this - Tycho & Tug No 2 are both ex "Grand Union" motors reduced in length to 40 feet. For purposes of comparison the only significant differences between the two hulls are the rounded (versus unrounded) chines., and the differences in the bows between a Northwich or Woolwich boat,
In my limited experience of stepping across a 40' Woolwich, I'm not sure they roll any less than a Northwich equivalent.6 hours ago, Speedwheel said:Quite simply, no.
They rock slightly more but Tycho always felt far more solid that a modern shallow drafted boat. You can make it rock certainly, but if never tried to tip me off the gunnels (like Baltic did for example.) I had a lot of weight in it and kept it deep in the water, which will have helped.
You do have to be more attentive when steering. It's not like a full length Josher where you can set it straight, go in and make a cup of tea and it will still be where you put it when you come back out (yes that's an exaggeration, but it makes the point). Do that on Tycho and you'll be in the bushes or up the bank. But it's a very responsive boat and lovely to steer.
The most challenging bit I always found was holding back. Do it hard and prop walk will try and get the boat to swap ends. But you very quickly learn to deal with that.
Mark's comments of his experiences with Tycho align very closely to my own experiences with Sickle.
Particularly so comments about holding back or stopping whilst trying to hold a straight line
Not long after acquiring Sickle we came to a lock where BW employee Ian Tyler was on "water control" duties. Ian had been Sickle's regular steerer for many years and asked me "how are you getting on with my old boat". I said that maybe he could come out with me, and give me some expert tuition. "What particularly are you having trouble with" he said. "I struggle to stop in a straight line" I said "however I use power or steering the bow regularly just swings to the left, blocking boats coming the other way"
I was hoping for some sage and helpful advice, but that was not to be. "Yep, she does that!" said Ian5 hours ago, brianthesnail96 said:I'm a Alan will be along to comment shortly anyway, but the blog is an entertaining and informative read regardless 🙂
It is so many years ago that we wrote those blog entries that I would have to do a fair bit of revision to remember very much about them!
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Getting a shopping trolley around the prop could certainly be described as a cage around the prop.
That form of cage is certainly not to be desired!
(I've not had the pleasure, but have heard of others who have)
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53 minutes ago, Rivetcounter said:
Sold or taken off the market?
Slightly unusual first post from a new member!
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18 hours ago, junior said:
Kenelm for sale.
What a boat ❤️.
Sellers of Greenlaw will probably be disappointed to see this enter the market.
She looks a cracker.
The only issue I might immediately see is the suitability of an air cooled engine on a potentially live aboard boat.
This doesn't mean I am not a fan of the Lister HA2 - far from it in fact, both our "historics" are HA2 powered.There is a lot to be said though for a water-cooled engine, and the ability to produce large amounts of hot water when the engine is running would likely save a heap of money.
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1 hour ago, Rod Stewart said:Ah, but in order to buy a hysteric boat, one would have to be recognised from the off as being part of the inner circle of kneckerchief wearing entitled people with a faint smell of horse dung about them.
I'm sure this is all meant as just in jest.
However it doesn't actually represent the facts as I have observed them over the years.Oh, and trust me it is a very distinct smell of diesel that would more than fully hide any smells of horse dung!
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Peehaps an optical illusion, I'm not sure, but of those two bolts in your image the "leftmost" "uppermost" one doesn't immediately look to have a properly octagonal shape.
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A|ll of which would make it a very dubious purchase.
You can't be sure you could actively use it without it bending, snapping, or otherwise failing.
Used only as an ornamental piece, it is not a copy of anything that might have been actively used "in the day".
I'll pass, thank you!