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  1. Speedwheel
    Used to be standard practice to get through bridge holes.
  2. Speedwheel
    There is a pathe video somewhere of a boat being towed through London at an amazing speed.
  3. Speedwheel
    Do you have the BCN number?
  4. Speedwheel
    That's interesting. Quite a number of the picture there are from Malcolm Braine. I wonder how they got them.
  5. Speedwheel
    Excellent. Goodness no - I need someone else to blame next time it blows up!
  6. Speedwheel
    Well that's really rather nice. Does she fancy doing that one I have abandoned at yours for me? (I dread to think what your storage charges are going to be after all these years! ) P.S Refleks now fixed - I put it down to dodgy installation rather than operator error
  7. Speedwheel
    That was added for stemming day boats/hoppers I'm told.
  8. Speedwheel
    1978 would work out perfectly with my estimated date of the photograph. ETA - I'm gong to make an educated guess based on other pics of the same trip and say it was taken around Christmas 1978.
  9. Speedwheel
    Thanks Laurence. I thought someone would know. Not sure when the picture was taken but I would guess late 70s.
  10. Speedwheel
    Any relation....
  11. Speedwheel
    Yes that's my understanding too. I saw her about 4 years ago and the owners showed me over her.
  12. Speedwheel
    I keep mine in an IKEA bookcase - is that sacrilege?!
  13. Speedwheel
    Might not look as smart, but it's in better condition. It's not actually that bad. Needs a couple of patches and a couple of bits of trim replacing but it's pretty sound. Unfortunately it had previously been repainted and no-one had bothered to strip it back; there were large paintwork bubbles. It looked pretty, but was doing more harm than good.
  14. Speedwheel
    Where the the same size for 9 and 15 horse? What boat is it for?
  15. Speedwheel
    I started to type a long reply about where and why my enthusiasm in the cut has waned recently (having spent my whole life involved with canals and old boats in particular) but decided not to bother. The long and the short of it is - yes a lot of my enthusiasm is disappearing and I am currently reviewing my future involvement. Some of the previous posts have highlighted reasons why.
  16. Speedwheel
    At about half the price they are currently asking for it it where I would start.
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  18. Speedwheel
    Dave and Debbie Bixter at Granthams Bridge Boat Services bought RN a few years ago IIRC.
  19. Speedwheel
    No headroom issues inside. Quite the opposite in fact - loads of space. It is well down in the water. I remember when we craned it out, it just kept on coming. On the bank it looked almost square from the side. I'd buy it back .... at the right price.
  20. Speedwheel
    It's on Facebook so I don't think it's a secret.
  21. Speedwheel
    Technically - 'I' didn't buy it!
  22. Speedwheel
    Not as much as their used to be. There was a cull (to make space for more).
  23. Speedwheel
    Messaged you on Facebook.
  24. Speedwheel
    It'll be added to the collection until such time as a suitable craft is found.
  25. Speedwheel
    Did you get all the AS parts you needed?
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