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J R ALSOP

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  1. Charles Hadfield wrote the Foreword in my book Working Boats published by David & Charles in 1988, they got taken over by I think Readers Digest, they are now back in a reformed management buyout but not in Newton Abbot.
  2. I thought they were for tying your fenders onto.
  3. Never mind the hire boats, my first day out on holiday and i'm 12th in the queue.
  4. Explained to the wife how all the electrics, Victron/Sterling work in engine room, she is now creating a Excell spread sheet with lots of boxes and wiring diagrams.
  5. Or as I always say Caveat Emptor.
  6. Isolating transformer for me
  7. The towpath along side the Agenda 21 moorings have recently had a substantial make over, its a bit like a new motorway now.
  8. I will measure exactly the next time I go to the boat.
  9. The prop thrust does not help engage the the clutch, that is done with lever, the gearbox is/was a ZF fitted to engine by Bukh on their G range 1-6 cylinder.
  10. The 1" travel comes from the thrust between forward and reverse clutches when they are selected, the 1 gallon in 42 years through the stern gland packing to the interior of the boat is true, I only have to dust the area.
  11. In my personal experience I built my my boat in 1979, I have a Bukh 2G105 29 HP Danish built engine, I have only put one ring of 1/2" packing in my stuffing box, the total amount of water dripping through my stern gear is about 1 gallon, I have have used plenty of grease as I think grease is cheap, stern gear isn't. The engine is mounted solidly the shaft moves backwards and forwards through the stuffing box about 1" a time every time I change from forward to reverse. My boat is available for anyone to inspect at any time, at the moment I am moored on the Northern Coventry Canal
  12. There used to be some on the top gates of Knowle Locks in the early 60's.
  13. Well it's a start, just need to work back down GU to Berko
  14. It looks more like a GRP top to me with a T&G inner lining.
  15. I only meant just to start the engine, then you can take it somewhere to have it fixed.
  16. End of mooring spike or windlass have worked in the past for me (on other peoples boats) when having been asked if I can help.
  17. Just wait for the vandalism / mysterious fire. Bargain to be had soon.
  18. I remember it very well gave a few people, including the boat that went down the hill, a shock.
  19. That is where the breach was, stopped right on the boundary.
  20. It's worth a look through the rest of the old postcards, particularly the last one of Rickmansworth in 1921.
  21. This boat isn't by any chance "Walrus", only I knew the person who fitted it in, it replaced a BMC.
  22. I would have thought that it should be fitted with a metal or FRP lining.
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