Yes - many people bend the weed hatch retaining bar by over tightening. On the non tidal cut not fully tightening us not an issue, but to tackle the flood tide of the Severn we had the motor on full for over an hour and suspect the extra pressure from the prop rotation caused the leak. Not helped that the seal strip was worn in places
When we started shipping water in the Bristol Channel from the weed hatch (due to hammering the flood tide) and nearly capsized the scuppers certainly didn't help
In Leiden in the Netherlands the canal bridges are very low. Old orange ship's lifeboats are very popular with the local residents. I wondered why until our friends took us on a short trip to town to see a music festival hosted on a pontoon in the canal - we had to lie down on the twarts to get under each bridge
Is there a video of this ship going under said bridge?
Hi all!
My wife and I are looking for another one week share in a narrowboat. I am an experienced boater. We are retired so don't mind what dates we get (not mid-winter if possible) and we don't mind too much where the boat is. I would prefer a trad/ semi-trad stern layout and at least 4 berths - so something in the region of 50-60 feet?
Anyone looking for another owner?
Thanks
Tony
That problem arose a few years ago on our, privately managed, shared boat.
on the linen issue, once in a shared ownership boat you might be able to ask another owner who lives near the boat to store a set of linen for you (and duvets in our case)
Ours is a Blackstone gearbox similar to LM1xx
There is no filler as the engine oil lubricates the box There are 6 bolts holding the cast aluminum cover
There is a separate 3/1 reduction box
Our Blackston gearbox attached to Lister HR2 is coming out of forward gear after about 1 hour boating. Reverse OK. Locks in again when engine cools down. Then the same. Any suggestions why this is happening?
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