Onewheeler
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I used to leave a couple of hours before high water at Gloucester. Go against the flow as far as the boat at Ashleworth, time for a couple of pints then jump on board as the flow starts to reverse. The pub is shut now though so ignore me.
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I doubt an otter or mink would have got onto the roof. A cat maybe, or a puma. Around our mooring on the Thames otters eat the heads of fish and leave the rest. Weird!
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On 02/08/2023 at 17:14, ditchcrawler said:
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Nowt clockwork here! A very practical transport solution that takes up half the space of a bicycle! Real ones don't need any electric either.
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Some of the bridgies are useless. Memorably when one on a blind bend came out and waved me through for me to find a sculler coming the other way just outside the bridge hole. Panicky stops from both of us. She would have made a lovely figure head though.
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I've used both VPN Easy and Surfshark on Three (and probably Vodafone going back a long way).
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For fittings you need something like this: https://www.pfjones.co.uk/planar-fuel-stand-pipe-807.html
It's not clear if it's got a metal dip tube but it looks like it. You might be able to make something from a brass tank connector by filing some flats on the side so it can be carefully inserted into the tank via a cut hole and then screwing the nut down with a suitable sealing washer (taking appropriate cautions not to drop it in the tank). That's how my Webasto dip tube is fitted, it came as part of a fitting kit. No idea what the fitting is called.
The kit was supplied a lot of years ago by
BK Marine and Vehicle Heating 01926 810310, maybe *.****@btinternet.com or possibly 01489 799800No idea if they're still in existence.
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I've used hydrophobic oil absorbent mats from RS in the engine bilge for years (something like 872-5722). They soak up the oil, not the water. The mat gets changed every two or three years, usually after I've made a mess of changing the oil filter. The water / antifreeze from minor leaks gets pumped out occasionally and taken to our recycling centre where they have an antifreeze tank. Nappies work well for cleaning a separate bilge after dumping the coolant into it for the occasional change.
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Our French boat is shared with a DIY syndicate. Six shares, five partners (one has two shares). Works well but we all get on. We've "bought" months during April - September, but swap fairly promiscuously. The winter months are available for anyone to use so long as they rewinterise, the French canals are largely shut over winter. We pay £600 - £1000 a year depending on how much work is needed and how much is in the account.
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On 10/06/2023 at 21:47, Onewheeler said:
Yes... There seems to have been some limited chucking-out of CMers opposite Christchurch Meadows, but they've just moved. There are now a few below Osney Lock opposite the lower entrance to Osney marina, upstream of Sheepwash channel (which was otherwise a nice, quiet spot to tie up), around Donnington Bridge and in various other places. Also tied up near the Perch and going down towards Sandford Lock.
Pleased to see that enforcement letters went up on the CM boats upstream of Sheepwash channel on Tuesday. Probably won't do any good though, although at least a couple seem to have moved off.
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1 hour ago, MtB said:
Really?! Goes to show how long it is since I've boated through there.
ISTR there was a long term problem with CMers above Osney Bridge and in Dukes Cut, so is the Thames filling up with CMers and overwhwelming the enforcement too?
Yes... There seems to have been some limited chucking-out of CMers opposite Christchurch Meadows, but they've just moved. There are now a few below Osney Lock opposite the lower entrance to Osney marina, upstream of Sheepwash channel (which was otherwise a nice, quiet spot to tie up), around Donnington Bridge and in various other places. Also tied up near the Perch and going down towards Sandford Lock.
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22 hours ago, MtB said:
I was wondering the same. The entrance to Osney Mill Marina is below the lock anyway!
Being picky, it's the mill stream entrance above the lock, surely.
Osney Mill Marina has an upper part and a lower part (I know, I moor there!)
It's a bit tight turning above the lock but feasible if there's no fresh on (but beware that the current goes up when the lock is filling!) If in doubt, go down through the lock and there's plenty of room to turn below the next bridge down. (There is plenty of room immediately below the lock too but you'll be facing the wrong way which makes it awkward unless you have a bow thruster). There's no room to turn in the lower entrance to Osney Mill due to long term overstayers moored opposite (which is a pain in the arse for me!)
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Looks like a solder bridge (or spatter) top left of lower picture. Doesn't look original anyway.
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The temporary drop in terminal voltage with current drawn is very non-linear. My batteries drop 0.2 V with quite a small load (say, the fridge running or the lights and radio) but a much bigger load doesn't take them down much more. I did find a report on it somewhere but I'd struggle to find it...
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On 21/02/2023 at 12:24, Tracy D'arth said:
Temporarily short one positive to the negative bus bar with a bit of wire. Go to the other end and with multimeter measure resistance, continuity, between both the positives ( one at a time) and a negative. One of them will be short circuit, the other open circuit. The short one is the one still connected to the negative bar at the other end.
It might be a good idea to check that the wire you're about to connect to -ve hasn't any voltage on it! Just in case...
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We replaced a knackered BMC1.8 with a Beta 38 a few years ago. Almost a drop-in replacement, just some minor mods needed to the mountings. Kept the gearbox, and from memory the bell housing is compatible. Beta took the gbox and housing to fit it, even gave them a nice respray. I did a lot of preparation for the new engine myself, resulting in a bill of less than £500 from the fitter ( a good chunk of which was craning the engines out and in).
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Lancaster Canal is good for being near the coast. I often fancied Glasson, leisure moorings come up fairly often and there's an adequate bus service to the big town..
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I've used Sadolins on a bit of shelf behind the sink at home which gets wet (dish cloths get dumped on it). Still looks good as new after ten years. Classic as the first coat then Extra for another two.
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If the East Street moorings in Oxford are full then a good option is on the towpath side upstream from Sheepwash channel and below Bossom's boatyard. There's always some space to be found between trees, nice and quiet, you might need to do some vegetation clearance. It's strictly speaking 24 h but the sign has been nicked and I've only seen warning notices on boats once. An easy walk to Jericho and the railway station.
You can usually find somewhere to tie up well below Folly Bridge opposite Christchurch Meadows, but it gets very busy close to the bridge. A lot of the "long term" boats seem to have been moved on.
If you're under 30 ft or don't mind a long reverse, you can often find a mooring at the bottom of the dead end beyond Isis Lock on the canal level. There's space there for a couple of boats after the residential moorings.
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If there's oil underneath the selector shaft that's likely the leak. It's an easy fix in-situ but get the correct o-ring. I recall there's a post on here from five or six years ago on how to get the o-ring out easily - if my memory is correct after disconnecting everything from the selector you turn the engine over and the shaft and o-ring pop out.
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Слава україні! Ура!
I'll have to buy some for my lovely Tanyas.
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39 minutes ago, haggis said:
Loo has just flushed so can be put back together again. The porta potti can be stored in the shower
Ideal for multi-tasking!
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9 hours ago, Loddon said:
Very few if any will tell you if N-E is reversed. To be fair they are all much of a muchness.
The only time I use one is as a check when plugging in to a new shore supply, once 20 years ago I found a reversed L-N supply so hardly worth having it.
You'll find plenty of reversed L-N sockets on the mainland, as well as centre-tapped feeds. We have a phase adaptor which gets used regularly.
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I use Millar Mitts which I'm surprised to find are still on sale. The fingertips fold back onto a velcro tab. Otherwise cheap Wilkos gardening gloves.
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I prefer spring-loaded blinds, secure the cord at the bottom with a small cleat and they're much tidier in a small space.
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Need to repaint the top of the Boatman stove, it's currently mostly rust finished with a wire brush.