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14 minutes ago, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2015

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Fishing on the Tidal Trent and Torksey Lock, Fossdyke Navigation

 

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Your fisherman had a bit more space than when I passed there a couple of years ish ago. I still chuckle at the determination of the fisherman who carried on fishing despite being surrounded..

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On this day 2018. Salhouse Broad

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On this day 2014. Freeman on the Humber 

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On this day 2011. Fishing boat approaching the visitors moorings at Wells next the Sea. (and no he didn't slow down for the moored boats!)

 

 

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On 29/06/2020 at 18:48, John Liley said:

Dukinfield.jpegDukinfield Junction, Ashton Canal, 1965

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On this day 2009

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Dukinfield Junction Ashton Canal

 

On 30/06/2020 at 07:34, Athy said:

Proper industry!....and then, as now, kids doing daft things.

 

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On 26/07/2020 at 15:18, jake_crew said:

I guess a Kromhout, Widdop or big Bolly engine.

 

Did they get it going I wonder, they take a bit of starting.

 

Reminds me of the TV series traversing the Grand Canal in the E 83 with a similar engine.

There was an awful lot of rust around that engine so we did not feel inclined to try It was a CIE maintenace barge, apparently just left to decay, though I would guess that, in the canal enthusiasm that was starting to build, someone will have taken the boat over and restored her Regrettably I did not take her number, though another photo reveals that she was M thirty-something.

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On this day in 2003 as far up the Thames as we could get, about 5 miles past Lechlade and just short of Hannington Bridge in the distance just past the bushes in the  second pic.

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Johnsons Hillock, as part of the Lancaster Canal 200th Anniversary, July 2019. After tying up and getting everything ready for opening, there was a long and torrential downpour which kept even the most hardy towpath walkers away.

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13 hours ago, ElaineMary said:

Steering the tug when attached was no problem, the tug on its own had a mind of its own.

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They certainly are a handful.

 

If you want to slow down, just knock the revs off, or in extremis, go into neutral.

 

If you use reverse they'll be straight up the bank.

 

We had the offer of coupling up to a pan and going for push at Braunston rally last year, but decided that was not the time or location for the "first time".

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Thanks for teaching me a new expression. I assumed that a "graving dock" was a dock where ships went to be dismantled (the state of this ship's hull supported this notion), but I have looked it up and it's not that at all.

 

Edit: a little digging shows that she was sold to a new Greek owner in that year, so presumably he was having her refurbished. She was indeed dismantled, in Bombay, five years later.

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This barge was built by Peter Nicholls for Les Samson Seen on Logh Erne. Les had taken his NB Leo built by Nicholls to Ireland for the Shannon Erne opening and decided to stay settling into the Shannon Harbour Community and even serving in Liams bar. He decided to have this wide beam built and the NB was part exchanged. When the new boat was ready the exchange was made and the new boat came back to Ireland. Unfortunately it did not perform well and to cure the problem a plate was fixed over the top of the prop and the different prop fitted. This improved it but still some cavitation noise and vibration. 

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57 minutes ago, jake_crew said:

They certainly are a handful.

 

If you want to slow down, just knock the revs off, or in extremis, go into neutral.

 

If you use reverse they'll be straight up the bank.

 

We had the offer of coupling up to a pan and going for push at Braunston rally last year, but decided that was not the time or location for the "first time".

At least these had a wheel house. I did some steering for Land and Water at Fazely when they were dredging there. The tug was one of UCC ‘s which when single wanted to dive in given any revs and when pushing a loaded pan had a problem stopping if somebody decided the bridge hole was theirs!

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