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David Mack Veteran II

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1 hour ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Just out of interest. What is the reason for the small fender attached to the eye hole at the top of the rudder? Protection in locks?

It wasn't being used as a fender. The rope it was attached to was being used to hold the rudder over at 90 degrees, there being not much room between the back of the boat and the door to the dock (at Circus Field Basin, Aylesbury).

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Jen-in-Wellies Veteran II

Jen-in-Wellies

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3 minutes ago, David Mack said:

It wasn't being used as a fender. The rope it was attached to was being used to hold the rudder over at 90 degrees, there being not much room between the back of the boat and the door to the dock (at Circus Field Basin, Aylesbury).

Thanks for the explanation.

PeterScott Veteran II

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2 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Just out of interest. What is the reason for the small fender attached to the eye hole at the top of the rudder? Protection in locks?

Aha: there's a long answer to the question, which is more fun than a short one:

 

And had I not stopped to listen to 'More Or Less' on Radio4, I might have finished  before David 🙂 Anyway:

Aylesbury Canal Society were long-term occupants and leaseholders of the canal basin close to the centre of Aylesbury, (Canal Society's picture)

 

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spacer.pngand initial proposals for redevelopment of the basin had insufficient compensation for the Society needing to move out, and interesting-negotiations (as in The Legal System, Lawyers-from-Big-Houses, etc) led to a brilliant new replacement facility at Circus Field, a mile outside Aylesbury town centre.

 

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The design specifically included room for Fulbourne's 71'6" to be hauled up the track into the drydock (wetdock is parallel and alongside in the new building). Inside the drydock, it is a tight fit,

 

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hence the protection of rudder from the door, and expensive door mechanism from the rudder, which is provided by the fender as in the earlier picture.

 

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So my short answer was to be "to protect the door shutter" 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

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14 hours ago, PeterScott said:

Aha: there's a long answer to the question, which is more fun than a short one:

 

And had I not stopped to listen to 'More Or Less' on Radio4, I might have finished  before David 🙂 Anyway:

Aylesbury Canal Society were long-term occupants and leaseholders of the canal basin close to the centre of Aylesbury, (Canal Society's picture)

 

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spacer.pngand initial proposals for redevelopment of the basin had insufficient compensation for the Society needing to move out, and interesting-negotiations (as in The Legal System, Lawyers-from-Big-Houses, etc) led to a brilliant new replacement facility at Circus Field, a mile outside Aylesbury town centre.

 

With these two photos I am very far from convinced that the redevelopment of the Town Basin could be classified as an improvement.

Now a remarkably sterile place surrounded by particularily bland buildings, without any relationship with it's history.

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PeterScott Veteran II

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9 minutes ago, MartynG said:

Ah yes the new sign that cant be seen from the river 

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West Stockwith  Lock River Trent / Chesterfield Canal

 

Yes, and beavering along with the tide, there's this useful sign to tell me of a speed limit, which I'm likely to have no way of measuring against, and in any case telling the tide to go slower may well have no effect. _sigh_ Perhaps when it is updated it could use the new rainbow version of the logo ,seen on a van at the basin this afternoon 2022.

 

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2 minutes ago, PeterScott said:

 

 

Yes, and beavering along with the tide, there's this useful sign to tell me of a speed limit, which I'm likely to have no way of measuring against, and in any case telling the tide to go slower may well have no effect. _sigh_ Perhaps when it is updated it could use the new rainbow version of the logo ,seen on a van at the basin this afternoon 2022.

 

 

 

 

A lot of lumpy water boats including mine have a speed log to measure speed through the water as  well as GPS speed.

The tide on springs at west Stockwith can run in at 3 knots so  a narrowboat could easily exceed 5knots SOG .

However the speed limit  doesn't really apply to narrowboats which are not capable of creating sufficient wash to cause a problem.  

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David Mack Veteran II

David Mack

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On 19/01/2022 at 20:19, PeterScott said:

On this day in 2009

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on the lifeboat and at the controls

 

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King GeorgeV entrance lock, River Thames Compare 19Jan2009 (posted this day 2021)

 

 

 

And a year earlier, on this day 2008

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Sharing King George V Entrance Lock with HMS Exeter.

PeterScott Veteran II

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On this day in 2021

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Lilly Loch, with Blackhill Transmitters.

The loch is now a small reservoir created / enlarged in 1836, and with the larger Hillend Reservoir, supplying the Forth&Clyde and Monkland Canals.

photos ©  Alan O'Dowd through  Geograph (#2)

PeterScott Veteran II

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2 hours ago, David Mack said:

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... [21 Jan] on this day 2008

Sharing King George V Entrance Lock with HMS Exeter.

 

Gosh, that's me in a silly hat in the first pic ...

 

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... and stepping off on the lockside for this version of the picture. If you need a parking spot for D89, I suppose King George V Entrance Lock is as good as any. The water level goes up and down while those pesky narrowboats pass through.

 

 

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And they didn't share the locking fees with us , either 🙂

 

 

We pooled lots of pictures from all the boats at the time. TimLewis's are those from HMSExeter's side of the lock.

 

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PeterScott Veteran II

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On this day in 2012

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and contemplating a hydrographic report on the River Ure in the clubhouse

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