twbm
-
Posts
1,946 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
6
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Blogs
Store
Everything posted by twbm
-
Hopefully we can agree that unsecured rings tend to disappear pretty quickly. So the starting point for this debate is no lifesaving equipment at all within a useful distance. Comments about the time it takes to dial 999 and get the code etc are missing the point. A device that takes a short time to release is a bloody sight more use than a non existent one.
-
This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
-
Who'd a thought we had that in common?
-
You talk about the mechanical and electrical stuff in your post - a lot of what's installed in narrowboats in the way of engines and utilities is very similar to what can be found in river cruisers etc., so you may have a few places you can look and learn nearer home.
-
Whatever the outcome, you should be cynical if the answer comes from a bloke ...
-
Or you could have a little common decency, realise the boat behind is going faster and make due allowance in the manner in which you drive your boat by getting out of the way? You wouldn't do 30 mph in lane 3 of the motorway would you?
- 205 replies
-
- 10
-
-
But that means having to adopt the same (possibly unnecessarily) slow speed as the boat in front whether it suits or not. I've had boats going so slowly we had to knock ours out of gear to stay away from them, and the only way to get the message across to the oblivious crew was get up close.
-
Misleading - they are always looking for new crew members irrespective of whether or not a particular run has sufficient volunteers. Prospective members always welcome on the boats.
-
I'd need to know what you consider to be a fair cruising speed before assuming the other boat was going over-fast. Even a part loaded working boat needs plenty of water to make 4mph so if it caught up with you my money's on you being a dawdler. Before being at lot further away than 'less than a boats length away' from you it would have been very obvious it was going faster than you. All you had to do to avoid the 'intimidation' was let it past sooner.
-
Three locks up, on the towpath side, Wych House Lane seem to have access. (I'm looking at Google earth).
-
Can't help with your technical problem. But also can't let this pass without saying I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.
-
This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
-
What Mike said .. and you're going upstream which is the easier direction, I think. Do the 'ferry glide' into moorings - just enough power to hold against the current and a little bit of rudder.
-
Surely you need one for the tiller?
-
.. and a Meatloaf lyric too.
-
This may not help, but I would suggest you are at lower risk on a boat than being stuck in a flat in one of the less desirable parts of a town with no option but to stay there. Some basic security precautions should keep you safe ... Bettie and others have made some good points regarding choice of mooring and 'bedding down' routines.
-
This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
-
I was standing in Brighton yesterday musing upon this very point whilst looking at the sides and knees in the hold. From the gunwales down to about 18 inches up from the bottom is mostly original. Everything else is proper Triggers Broom stuff.
-
This post cannot be displayed because it is in a forum which requires at least 10 posts to view.
-
If HMRC ever get their teeth into this, there's one simple obvious solution. Two tanks, white in one, red in the other for diesel burning heaters. Same as everyone who runs a diesel car and oil fired central heating. If you heat radiators and calorifiers option A is use white diesel, option B is take 'em out. Sorry - I see no reason for boat dwellers to get a break on this.
-
To be fair he says he's prepared to post it to the UK or US so you wouldn't need to drive it far if you didn't want to.
-
People often make the mistake of going too slowly in tunnels - it's (I believe) easier to steer if you get as close to normal cruising speed as you can. More thrust on the rudder, more responsive boat so an easier trip and less time in the tunnel. This probably wont help with the nerves but you'll get it over with more quickly. Oh - and if you do venture further afield don't get caught out by the water coming down the vent shafts ...
-
Nope, I reckon boat. If the bank was irregular enough they could be at 90 degrees to the bank but 45 to the boat ... it's all about stopping the to-and-fro, innit.
-
I think that's your answer - sea-toilet removed at some time, one was fresh water in, the other not-so-fresh out.
-
If I may ... this 'always pass moored boats at tick-over' is cobblers. Every boat is different and the impact on moored boats is dictated as much by the depth of water they're in and how well they are moored as the speed of passing boats. And no matter how tight your lines are, if they're at 90 degrees to the boat, you ain't properly moored.
