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1 hour ago, Peanut said:
Ally and Ali, the names, are pronounced differently to Ally, the friend whether country or individual.
Don’t forget Ally as in Marble. I remember asking Mother to make me a little pump bag, to keep all my glass Ally’s in.
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I wonder if someone may be able to answer my question? We used to have a different kind of pride in this country, it was known as “ wear your poppy with pride “. This referenced people who had made a sacrifice in the defence of their country, in some cases becoming mentally or physically disabled, or even paying the ultimate sacrifice.My question is, if the above people are entitled to just one day per year ( rememberance Sunday ), how come members of LGB are entitled to an entire month?
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Ninety five percent sure that it’s a Wakefield boat. Boats exactly like this were built at Thornes Wharf, that checker stern deck plate is a dead giveaway, along with the guard irons and the general bow profile.Built like tanks and if it’s had anything resembling maintenance, should be life left in it.
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If those rails are narrow gauge, they’re probably the the “naga lines” from Lofthouse colliery, to Lofthouse basin at Stanley ferry. Once the coal reached the basin, it was then transshipped into Tom pudding compartment boats. -
My money would be on the Clankshaft.......-
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52 minutes ago, merline said:
Fantastic work! Keep it up!
Speaking from experience, it is essential to get cabin weather proof before winter sets in.....
You’re right. I’ve noticed over the years that boats especially don’t seem to like water.......-
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I believe he may have connections with one of our members, Jeanette Smith Harrison. Possibly a relative. I seem to remember her telling of how he pushed her into the canal, when they were children. Hopefully I have that right.-
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This might just be the one. Moored up at Wakefield, approximately where the Sea Scouts are now. The light coloured warehouse to the left is still standing.Sorry about the quality, it’s a copy of a copy.
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All good stuff, just remember you’re the boss and the plate isn’t. As well as pulling, I employed pushing. In the photo you can see the use of a “ portapower “ ram, there was so much pressure on, that the solid tyres of the forklift were bending sideways.
R-Tech welder, nice little machine...
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Effort for financial reward, probably not.Effort for personal satisfaction, immeasurable.
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If it’s an iPad, home and power button simultaneously and you’ll hear the camera click. The image is then in your photo album. -
I think what appears to be the fuel leak off is in fact a morse control cable, it’s an optical illusion. -
Ducks are a bit bonkers, there was a pair in our yard a couple of weeks ago and the female insisted on sitting in a coil of rope, she was convinced it would pass for a nest. I had to move it so we didn’t have a ducky migrant family living with us. -
I’m sure she could have ducked out of their way...-
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We would collect and scrap if it was within a day’s travel, by water, of Wakefield.The last one we collected ( from an OAP ) who had given up boating, looked far too good to scrap, so we had it surveyed. It passed with flying colours, so we blacked it and welded on new anodes. The first person to view bought it and we were able to take 3k back to the old fella.
He was delighted as he’d expected to be covering our costs.When they are scrapped, the bows are cut off to make a skip sized container, the rest goes into this ( in large chunks ) and the interior goes into a skip.
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3 hours ago, TNLI said:
Yep, just gut it and carve out the interior before filling with maggots to get rid of all of the actual meat. The face mask Hannibal Lecter wore might look better than a skinned Skunk with 3 holes in it, but it will help to reduce the risk of being shot by a park ranger whist on a winter holiday to Alaska or Canada. If you have some serious spare dosh, nothing beats a real Polar bear skin, cos the hairs are hollow.
Always look forward to reading your individual and informative posts.Could you clarify something that might help explain your style? You give your location as “ Foundry Arms, Poole “, that’s a pub, right?
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33 minutes ago, MtB said:
Very nice repair, thanks for the pics.
Thanks for correcting those. The repairs wouldn’t be a problem but trying to correct those images was another matter (I have tried).That work is some I did around ten years ago, so it’s proven it’s reliability. Out of interest, I also “adapted “ and fitted the skeg, I’m sure the eagle-eyed will recognise what I made it from.
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7 hours ago, TheBiscuits said:
I'll call you out as a twit because the vowel alternative is banned in here.
This was her rudder and rudder post six weeks ago when some of us first got involved:
If that’s what the damage/problem is, it should be entirely possible to make a permanent repair on site and with the boat still in the water. All that’s required are a couple of weld on flanges (obtainable from industrial pipe supplies) and the usual welding equipment. One flange is welded to the top of the rudder blade and the other to the broken off section of bar/post. To fit, the post piece is threaded up through the counter and then the blade slotted into place and bolted up. A solid and permanent repair, all carried out through the weed hatch.For clarity, for some reason the photo is inverted, it’s not like that in my album and I don’t know how to correct it.
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A further possibility to the above, make sure your injectors are in good condition, I’ve known Diesel engines to pick up as described, due to injectors over fuelling and washing the bores of their oil coating.
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Your’e doomed.....doomed I tell you...
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I had the same symptoms on some acrylic ( ridgid ) windows, on a commercial vessel. The sun facing ones were the worst and had a similar rough feel. What worked for me was T-cut. The windows were cloudy to the point of being almost opaque and are now perfectly usable. Suggest trying on a test area, hope this helps. -
It’s difficult to to spell a spoken word incorrectly but some manage it. Axe instead of Ask, that’s a real wind up. Then there’s the mispronounced words, presumably for dramatic effect, Newkiller instead of Nuclear. Why? Nuclear sounds scary enough.... -
Begin your message with “I’ve just discovered an outstanding bill from you, that I’d like to settle”. That’ll soon get their attention....
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Engine history
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My 2LB came out of the deck mounted crane aboard the Esk dredger. Shown are before and after pictures of the restoration.