Phil Ambrose

Zebadee or wacky baccy? Phil

That's what he said (thermosetting) plastic. Phil

Doesn't happen over the road. Phil

6 months of not a lot of boating I suspect, so the term newbie is still relevent. The OP deserves to receive good advice on the basis that snags have been overlooked, I've lost count of the number of times in my 73 years that I've said " oh I didn't think of that" when somebody has pointed out a pitfall. Phil

Not all built by the same firm. Redundant models could and would be built by anybody who could buy or lay hands on the moulds, I've seen moulds in some very strange out of the way places. Phil

Think about it, we are all familiar with females being referred to as "Birds" so just work back to the root. We would say things like "I was seeing my Richard last night" but I never heard anybody refer to a girlfriend as their "henry" but "richard" yes. But of course using the terms the other way round may be the norm in Essex. Phil ?

Got your rhyming slang wrong there A Richard (the third) = bird, ie woman. A Henry (the third) = turd Phil (London born and bred)

And you reckon us Southerners are not familiar the term "Yonks"? Phil

Having been fascinated by this thread and other recent threads on the same subject it would appear to me that the advantages of 24v are insufficient to persuade me to ever contemplate going down the 24v route. Phil

A neighbour of mine "ratted" one of his VW buses by attacking it with a sander, allowing any exposed metal to rust a bit, overnight dew did the job and finished off with a matt varnish. Not to my taste but it did look good for the effect he was seeking. Phil

We lived aboard a GRP Broads cruiser and we were always warm, no condensation issues and I fitted a Glembring drip feed diesel heater which meant having a chimney which was not a problem to fit. As it was built circa 1980 it was built like a tank. Back in those days GRP was relatively new material for boats and you can imagine the conversation, " well how thick shall we make it? I dunno, 1/2 inch? Nah make it 3/4, OK" To put a through hull fitting in I had to go through from both sides with a hole saw. The boat was 40'x12' Phil

Yes there is Riverside Island Marina, but coming up the Lark before you get to Isleham you have to pass Riverveiw Marina and then Fenbank Boats, price about 2K. Phil

Given the type of boat you have and the fact you do lumpy boating as well as ditches I would have been surprised if NC wasn't antifouled. Phil

Yeah, wax makes sense, makes the hull more slippery through the water too I guess , can't see anybody waxing a NB hull. Phil

Or maybe the pets and animals are just very aloof. Phil

Not an expert but I'd say if the alternator is only putting out 17v something is deffo not right, I would have expected to see min of 26v Experts will be along shortly, oh and have a care because if your new batts are at 11.5 you are on the way to killing them. Phil

Just a swift rub down with a medium abrasive paper to take any loose stuff of then wearing gloves gently squeeze a dob out onto a bit of rag and rub in continue till all is covered. I polish it up with a shoe polishing brush. It looks good when buffed up and should last you till you are done with the fire. Repeat ready for next fire season. Agreed it doesn't last as long as paint but is much quicker, couple of hours should be plenty allowing for time for a brew and don't forget to do the flue. Phil

I have no great interest in what went in the past, just normal curiosity I guess but I have loved this thread because the area under discussion encompasses many places I have lived at and in which many of my family also lived. Seeing the various roads that still exist was fascinating, we lived in Hayes and at one time our first home was in Willow tree Lane, I fished the GU at various places and at Stockley, also I had an uncle who worked for Sabey's so a lot of personal memories stirred Phil

But I guess you have a boot line which being gloss makes the job easy Phil

Ref your rusty stove, cheapest easy option is to black lead it, apply with a rag then polish it off, a bit like cleaning shoes. Stoves come up a treat. Phil

I tend to agree, blowing the pic up does reveal what appears to be a hex socket. This may be an issue when trying to release the bolt but it will probably be necessary to get at the nuts which will be behind the headlining, careful measuring and a hole saw will reveal the nuts and as has been said a socket should shift the nuts. It may be that a big hammer might be needed to persuade the bolts to cone out Good luck, Phil

OK, got it now, viewing on my phone, the hull is painted in gloss black paint not "blacking" in the sense that a canal boater would use ie some form of bitumen. And the underwater part of the hull is being painted in antifoul to keep the weed growth and marine wildlife at bay so you do not have a boot line.

That black gloss paint is what I know as a boot line. Phil

Just asking, but the term Blacking really means Antifouling or have I missed something. Phil