[Kelvin enthusiasts]

any help to you?

[33hp or 42hp Vetus?]

60 ft 22 tons 20 HP does me ok

[Battery Electrolyte Level ?]

1 litre gear oil bottle would do the job

thats what i do or a fairy liquid bottle and some airline that you use on fish tanks

[Gate pulled off on T & M]

Having been up and down this canal quite a bit one does find the wedges/bolts loose and I get the impression that they need to be checked regular and fixed tight or as the gates get hit/close/ opened that collar can get looser and looser.

 

I have got a lump hammer out and tightened the odd wedge before now. It's the same as going and sending water down if a pound is empty. Years ago it was normal to try to fix things. Now in our Nanny state a lot of boaters wouldn't dirty their hands.

 

Im sure that if there was enough boaters around on this lock they could have lifted it back on

[Boat builder recommendation]

dave clarke also at boughton camp ollerton(the original partner of R&D)

[Can't Engage Neutral]

can you disconnect the cable at the gear box and try forwards neutral and reverse with no cables connected if you can its likely that the cable/s need adjusting,

if it doesnt work there maybe something wrong with gearbox but unlikely

[leicester ring]

Going anti clockwise the last lock on the Soar appears to be Ratcliffe then the Trent then Sawley Locks is this the 30 minutes Denboy or am I reading the map incorrectly? Which is the manned lock I like the sound of that!

radcliffe is the last lock apart from redhill flood lock which should be open from radcliffe to sawley lock around 40 min sawley is manned then you have sawley flood lock should be open and its abot 15 min from there to derwent mouth 1o min to shardlow pubs

[How not to mess it up.]

Why DO you paint a water tank - to make it pretty for the legionella?

 

 

To stop it rusting and tainting the water

[liveaboard and mooring from newb]

the K & A is one big marina,, over crowded

[Leicester(shire) beer anyone?]

Excellent plan, but I hope you mean 6pm not 6am !?

pm

[Home Brew]

Oh I just found a recipe for green tomato wine

 

I cant do click's I'll get one of my friends to do it for me .........................Denboy where are you ?

there you go

http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~goodwine/tomatowine.htm

[Leicester(shire) beer anyone?]

Anyone fancy helping to get my boat from Willington to Loughborough, Friday afternoon and Saturday?

 

Original 'crew' can't get the Saturday off work

 

If you can get to trent lock for frid roughly 6 oclock we can go down together

[Gate pulled off on T & M]

if the wedges have come out of the collar it could easily have just fell off

[leicester ring]

advice for the trent ......you will be on for around 30 minutes from derwent mouth to soar mouth 1 manned lock in normal working hours then on the soar an anchor is not compulsory

[Solar Suitcase from Maplin]

not sure on that, but i would connect it direct to batty`s thru the cig lighter and i think you would loose a lot of power from the panel due to the wire loss,leccy experts will be along to tell me i is wrong

[Ashby in october]

Hi friends,

going for a solo trip along the Ashby in october, just checking there are no problems, and looking for any updates to pubs closed down etc. nothing worse than getting all neatly moored for the night and then finding the pub is no more!

duztee

At the rate they are closing down there might not be any left by October

[Mistakes]

[How not to mess it up.]

You are probably thinking of Ray Cullis - who used to be the only member of Nottingham's now disbanded River Police Unit! Also ex Royal Navy and now running Trent Boat Handling & Afloat Training Courses.

 

Highly recommended and especially good with with those who may have a few qualms about taking charge on the water.

Thats him

[cratch cover]

ps he has some on ebay in blue at the min

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10mts-36-COTTON-wate...id=p3286.c0.m14

[cratch cover]

got my canvas of ebay guy does loads of it and its the bees knees tough and waterproof

Its a bugger on needles though

[How not to mess it up.]

Ray ******(?) does courses in nottingham ill find out some details for you

[photo upload]

I was very happy wiith Photobucket and could very quickly upload an image even quicker than Moley could brew up his next batch but now the latest one (I had to re-register as it rejected my sign on) is total gobbledegook and I gave up with it after 1 hours og b*****ing about - so it's no piccys from me folks.

Its not changed that much

[photo upload]

thats the one i referred to in original post it isnt accurate thanks anyway

Are you familiar with the procedure thanks

yep that guide does work i even managed it

on your pic in phot bucket under the pic you want the last set of goggledegook is IMG code right click on that and select copy then when you want to put pic on forum in a topic right click again and select paste the gobbledegook should appear,then select submit or reply and presto it should work

[advice needed. gotta sell quickly]

Thanks Brich and dor.

Has anyone used ebay to sell and buy?

What have been your experiences?

And don`t forget the high charges for the privilege of seling on there

[Pets on the Towpath]

Sure .............

I'll be in the Swan next weekend ...................I'll be the one sat on the norty step according to Ally , thou why she thinks that I have no idea

Erum thats my seat your on about