AKULA

the clock id never have had a 72 foot boat built. hrs to turn round any where on the shroppy. i have to admit i was told all this and didnt listen locks are a nightmare infact the whole things a nightmare.

i did sunday i nearley harpooned a very smart working boat just outside chester sun aft. there i was sailing along quite nicley came round a bend and whoosh hit buy the wind straight for this boat. even now i dont know how i missed it id be liying if i said it dint frighten the living daylights out of me .

@ chrispy thank you kindly much apreciated all i got to do now is work out which parts i need stripped it down contact point are frazzled vetus 75 kgf never ever again

once a month i use an ebach dehumidifier over the winter in 24 hrs it will remove approx 1 to 2 galls of water rgds mike

i use corneilius kegs quite slim and can highly recomend woodfordes

maybe theres a cottage industry on vetus brushes mine where also tight seized solid and had to be destroyed to get them out tomorrow ill phone ray at vetus and see what he says

ROFLMAO what a good idea

dont mention vetus to me 4 brushes from french marina for a 75 kgf cast 200 pounds the thruster was new left 4 12 months the bushes seized and had to be removed to replace i was devastated to say the least. yester day i used it twice and now its jammed on permanet port thrust cant help wondering how much now or if ill even bother to fix it how do you justify 200 pounds for 4 brushes it would seem to me the whole thing was a waste of money as well as a rip off

i use a domestic washing machine i disconect the heating element i do use 10 x 135 amp batts coupled to a sterling charger using 2 110 amp alternators and a 3000 watt invert.

i run 10 x 135 numax batteries the isolator switch decided to melt frightened the living daylights out of me it did. ive put it down to using a 3000 watt kettle from a sterling 3000 watt inverter ive since changed to blue sea 600 amp isolators .

it would seem theres more fun here than the canal network itself =^..^= WE THINK TO MUCH AND FEAL TO LITTLE MORE THAN MACHINERY WE NEED HUMANITY MORE THAN CLEVERNESS WE NEED KINDNESS AND GENTLENESS WITHOUT THOSE QUALITIES LIFE WOULD BE VIOLENT AND ALL WOULD BE LOST

muhaaaaaaaaaaaa =^..^= shropshire canal today i was told or should say ordered to slow down twice. one was a woman some 10 feet from her boat sitting down with friends drinking waving her hands i was on tick over at the time i rather thought it was for the benefit of her friends none of the other ten or so boats moored behind had any complaints other than hello. 2nd was a few hrs later on a live aboard that looked like a run down council estate same thing on more abusive so i stopped confronted him to his suprise i invited him to try my boat on tick over since his reply was tick over my arse he declined. supposed to be relaxing fun hmmmmmmmmmmm maybe i should fit 2 x 159 horse outboards to my 70 foot narrow boat and try a spot of water skiing next time ill go with the not moored properley brigade and the other side of those that think there the admiral of the fleet take care all coz i care rgds mike