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Yes also interested to see the Ocean Princess feature, having read about their exploits. Just shows how seaworthy a properly prepared narrow boat can be, even one of fairly conventional design
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Are these things able to remove poisonous chemical as well? Just thinking about the incident in Birmingham where a load of solvents and other nasties were washed into the canal while tackling a warehouse fire, killing all the fish in the surrounding area!
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I don't see why it shouldn't be used. I started a similar thread a month or so ago, but thinking of using waste heat from the exhaust to distil canal/river water
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The horror! I'll have nightmares!
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I don't like the new Vista/7 user interface. Particularly how there's no 'Up' button in explorer! (I know you can press Alt up-arrow, but it still doesn't work properly) but it just seems much less intuitive and messy XP feels cleaner and more straight forward to use.
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Even if you can't swim it's useful to bear in mind that human beings are pretty buoyant and you can float around on your back without expending energy. I do worry a bit about Weils disease when rowing as one frequently gets blisters which can become an open wound - not ideal when you inevitably get your hands wet with river water
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Perhaps a new base plate and bow/stern are built, with just the sides and maybe part of the roof being used from the original? You could then swap many of the internal fittings over too, although would probably need an uprated engine. I wonder though if the saving in steel work would be worth it when you consider all the additional work of dismantling the original boat!
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So how does one ensure that the resulting boat isn't a bit bent? Do you build a framework to hold everything in the correct position before you start replacing bits? Or is the basic structure of the boat still sturdy enough to keep its shape during the rebuild?
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How much of the original boat is actually usable though? Or is the idea to use each piece of wood as a pattern with which to make new parts?
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I suppose you could drop in a V-shaped piece of steel that fits around the bows at the waterline, roped in place. That would take the brunt of any ice punishment to protect the paint.
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Ah yes sorry, misread it - I did say 'if' they were 75ah though
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Surely if you have a controller it will take whatever current you're getting from the panel and reduce the voltage to say 14v which will then be at a higher current? If they are 75ahr @ 6v and there are 18 of them, you'll have a bank of 675ahr @ 12v.
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Grappling hook over the balance beam? Bow mounted trebuchet...?
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Yes that's what my boat will have - but then you need two weed hatches of course, or some other method of prop access. Perhaps hydraulic pods which swing up out of the water for cleaning
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Maybe if they build a really huuge marina it would act like a reservoir
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I wonder if they use the same paint as on the Thames locks?
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RS is quite expensive, but they have a deal with my employer which gives a reasonable discount and free delivery - so I just add my own card and get stuff delivered to work
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There's a lot of footage on YouTube: I came across this guy while rowing in Abingdon a couple of months back - he had a tender full of salvaged wood
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Running pwer dill from a small generator
AJLintern replied to David Schweizer's topic in Boat Equipment
My old Porsche has been off the road for about 3 years and always starts fine on the last petrol it had in the tank. -
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Oh yes, I can see that - but it's just the tree trunks and the dappled light
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I can only see jpeg noise...