J R ALSOP
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I always was led to believe the fitting on the top of the stern gear was to connect the cooling water outlet from the manifold on the engine.
On old Venus engine / stern gear literature it certainly showed pipe from engine and not stern gear to weed hatch or overboard.
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After Ian sold the boat, it went to London, owner had a fire on board but I don't know what happened to it afterwards.
But I will ask a man on Saturday who might know.
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The owner of City of Gloucester was top man at BWB, David Fletcher so he had pick of numbers, we all have a lot to thank him for, free passage through Standedge tunnel, Anderton lift and few more that BWB wanted to charge for.
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Watch this space, all is not lost
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Passed you in cutting above Tyrley this afternoon, you were enjoying a little drink.
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Looks a bit fumy / hazy in there. Do you have CO2 alarm
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38 minutes ago, Tacet said:
Yes. Oboat is correct and it's Battlebridge, Essex
You have missed the "s" out of Battlesbridge.
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2 hours ago, J R ALSOP said:
Was that the one that was built at Nantwich about 40 years ago?
I should have said rebuilt,
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Was that the one that was built at Nantwich about 40 years ago?
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30 minutes ago, magnetman said:
@J R ALSOP has one of these in his narrow boat. I've seen it spit water out the side before but I think he might have converted it to a skin tank..
As said they are excellent true marine engines.
If the boat is lived on I don't think its going to freeze but you never know if unexpected events occur.
31 minutes ago, magnetman said:@J R ALSOP has one of these in his narrow boat. I've seen it spit water out the side before but I think he might have converted it to a skin tank..
As said they are excellent true marine engines.
If the boat is lived on I don't think its going to freeze but you never know if unexpected events occur.
I have a Bukh 2G105 a two cylinder long stroke 29 HP water cooled engine, originally it was raw water cooled but got fed up with all the weed and rubbish getting drawn in, so 20 years ago i fitted a skin cooling tank system with anti freeze.
It took about 2 years to stop looking over the side for the water outlet.
All Bukh"s are good engines, I installed lots when I worked for Coles Morton Marine in the 70's.
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7 hours ago, brassman said:
I have been reading the posts on CWDF for many years but no longer having a boat and my involvement with the canals being confined to towpath walks nowadays I have not felt qualified to contribute. My interest in canals however dates back to my first canal holiday with my parents in 1967 when my mum had the inspiration to hire "Maureen" from Deans at Christleton. That holiday and many subsequent adventures led my parents to buy Goldberry. She was 46ft and had a green fibreglass moulded top on a Shropshire Union or Dartline hull. Powered by a Lister SR3, she had been bought and partially fitted out by an airline pilot in the early 70's but not finished and my dad and I finished the interior between us over many happy weekends. She was used by the family and friends until my parents became too old and my busy life with a heavy job and children meant she had to be sold, probably around 1990.
A walk along the towpath near Shrewley yesterday in the beautiful evening sunshine sent me reminiscing and I wonder if Goldbery still exists. There are so many happy memories. She was moored at Napton bottom lock and I remember the local lengthsman, Esme Dowling listening to his fascinating stories over a cup of tea. Such a fascinating man and I feel so privileged to have known him. There are so many memories now returning which is probably a sign of my advancing age!
I guess Goldberry would now be about 50 years old. She may be rotting somewhere or scrapped but is would be good to know if anyone here knows of her fate.
David
As a youth club we hired "Shirley" from Deans in about 1958, only we had a bucket and chuck it loo, we were told to chuck it over the back, best not do it in a lock. We too went to Llangollen, I never drank water again in Crewe or Chester.
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I have a Jabsco 12/24v that increases speed as more demand is needed, pressure out of taps remain constant even with 6 taps on.
Will be at boat nest week so will get model no. off it.
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14 hours ago, john6767 said:
If we are doing best elsan on the system, then Ripon gets my vote, immaculate and complete with visitors book and tourist info.
The two sanitary stations down the Montgomery are they best I have seen for many a long year.
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Very nice ( and a helicoptor ).
I am still waiting to see a Bukh tractor as I have a 2G105 in my boat, same as in tractor.
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I thought that the Chesterfield had just been shut with low water levels
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That was the original RTT, when I worked there from 1985 we started updating the fleet and we built a new one on a Colecraft shell.
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My first hire boat experience was with Deans at Chrisleton (Chester) in about 1958/9, it was a plywood cruiser called "Shirley" we went to Llangollen and Norbury.
It had a Stuart Turner petrol inboard, the loo was a "bucket and chuckit" never drunk water in Crewe or Chester since, it wasn't Elsan Blue in those days but a phenol creosote liquid, the said pour it over the back as you go along best avoided in a lock.
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Hotel boat "Saturn" had one fitted when I worked for Peter Froud in 1962/4 driven by Ford petrol engine, it was fitted midships and was very handy for towing "Jupiter" above Ellesmere on the Llangollen Canal when we had to lift the counter about 12" to get up the feeder.
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Yes Poyle went the way of all old wooden boats, the gentleman who owned it sold to someone who was going to take it to Oxford, It wouldn't go up Napton so decided to head that way via Teddington and the Thames.
Unfortunately it got only as far as Kings Langley, sank, and it was trashed, it was abandoned, raised and towed to Watford where it broke in half when it was lifted out.
I do have some pictures but they are a bit sad to look at.
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22 hours ago, magnetman said:
I dislike those as I see potential for damage to the paddle spindles over time.
They are ripping spindles all over the network, people never use the right eye.
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I have been under it hundreds of times whilst working down there, it is/ was laminated, but what wood I wouldn't know.
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On 18/03/2023 at 23:05, Goliath said:
Some lovely timber
surprised it ain’t been got at
It is laminated
On 19/03/2023 at 08:20, magnetman said:Wood Hall Hewards ILDA would shift it. 90HP cummins and a four leaf clover prop on her. No worries !
Probably a lot of rubbish there though so would want a long stretchy line and snatch it rather than drag I think.
I don't do that anymore
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Desmo legs and table
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Oh no! apart from me and yourself we were the only ones who knew what canals were all about.
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Tug by Braunston foot bridge
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I always thought it was "Tyburn",