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Hi All, Last year we had a lovely bedroom installed under our tug deck but as winter has drawn in we are starting to see signs of mould. A quick spray of vinegar/remover does the trick but I think it's time to accept we need some proper ventilation in there / also concerned about upcoming BSS. The carpenter who installed the bedroom suggested a mushroom vent on the deck, but we feel it would ruin the aesthetic and would be a tripping hazard, another suggestion was to put vents in the gunwales, but i'm concerned this could be a problem when we cruise the Thames in the summer. I'm thinking that we could cut some holes in the sides of the hatch that used to provide access to the hold. Wondering if anyone has any other suggestions or solutions. I can post some photos if it would help. Thanks, Ed
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A videos from my time working on tugs at great haywood. Just some random moments really: Smaller the boat, greater the fun - so just imagine the fun you can have in a canal tug boat! I happened to be involved with dredging operations at Great Haywood in early 2015. While I was there, I did some filming of the operations. Some of it is a bit shaky as I was concentrating on steering rather than filming! Two tugs were employed on the job. Plover had an ex-Genset HRW3 in her. Thor was IIRC powered by a 3-pot Perkins. The crashing about in ice was the only way to get the flat fronted tug through the thick ice. By setting up a wave ahead to break it first, and then using the bow wave to break the ice into smaller manageable bits. It was a bit rough and ready, but did the job.
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Just in time for the festive season, I present to you a trip from Liverpool Docks, across the Mersey, and onwards up the River Weaver to Acton Bridge, for the Steam Gathering held there in early October. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFhsIOGghtM From the description: Join the 1913 Steam Tug Kerne on her trip from Liverpool to Acton Bridge on the River Weaver via the Manchester Ship Canal. It's not a simple trip, first having to wait for the Seatruck Progress departing for Dublin, along with other vessels. Once we had picked up extra crew at Ellesmere Port, the problems didn't stop as we needed to find the newly dredged channel into Marsh Lock, the entrance to the Weaver. As it was shallow a pump with rigged up to take cleaner water as the boat plowed through the mud at various points allow the River. Even getting a tow over the worse part, where the Daniel Adamson later got stuck. Happy Christmas one and all, Myk
