Ballast

[Alan de Enfield]

4 minutes ago, Dave .Morialta said:

Sorry for being stupid what's the utter plate?

It is a spelling mistake, it should read Uxter plate.

 

Uxter Plate = The steel bottom plate of a narrowboat's stern counter deck, where it projects over the propeller and rudder. 

[dor]

3 hours ago, Dave .Morialta said:

Sorry for being stupid what's the utter plate?

It’s the very last ultimate bit of the uxter plate.

 

And yes, I also thought the ‘weight’ was a nice little pun.

[TheBiscuits]

3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

It is a spelling mistake, it should read Uxter plate.

 

Uxter Plate = The steel bottom plate of a narrowboat's stern counter deck, where it projects over the propeller and rudder. 

 

Whilst preparing mine for blacking I was sat down, reaching up at a stupid angle with a cup brush on an angle grinder, getting a face full of ... stuff.

 

I called mine an utter [something] but it wasn't plate!

[Alan de Enfield]

1 minute ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

Whilst preparing mine for blacking I was sat down, reaching up at a stupid angle with a cup brush on an angle grinder, getting a face full of ... stuff.

 

I called mine an utter [something] but it wasn't plate!

I was tempted to suggest that it was a plate were you put your utter before uttering your toast, but thought that may confuse Dave.

[Sea Dog]

3 hours ago, Dave .Morialta said:

Sorry for being stupid what's the utter plate?

Sorry, autocorrect interfered with uxter plate! The flat bottom above the prop and below the steerer.  The usual thing with most leisure narrowboats is to have this sitting about an inch below the surface so the prop doesn't draw air in from above, known as ventilation.  It's worth checking if you're moving ballast about.