Leeds & Liverpool shortboat "NIDD"

[Guest]

 

I remember that another forummember posted a video about posting pictures, but it's too bad I can't find his post.

 

 

I'm deeply offended

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=38816

 

It's 'pinned' in the Technical & Account Support forum.

[bargemast]

I'm deeply offended

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=38816

 

It's 'pinned' in the Technical & Account Support forum.

 

 

Excellent Martin, I just managed to find your video-instruction again, but nothing better then the information posted by the man who made this very well explaned video.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter.

 

p.s. I am sincerely terribly sorry for not remembering, and not using what's left of my brains to think logical, and look at the most obvious place.

Edited November 9, 2011 by bargemast

[Bargenidd]

Hi George and June,

 

the water tanks are the same! Structurally, we have made no changes - if it aint broke, don't fix it! Mainly what we have done is considerably updated the interior, upgraded the 220 volt wiring, add lots of insulation. Removing the Kubota genset was a hell of a job! The only way of getting a new one installed would be to cut out the wheel house floor and somehow manoeuver a new generator into place, so we took the easier option of buying a 6KW air cooled generator which is outside the wheelhouse it a box, near the gas bottles which I had moved outside as well.

 

The engine is working very well and I service it every 250 hours and never push it hard. Great to hear the actual engine's history! It starts easily, although the starter motor occasionally needs a tap of a hammer at the side to engage. As there is no rev counter, I do not know the revs, but I know the sounds and Nidd cruises along nicely on the canals at around 5.5-6 km/h. We came down the Rhine at 14 km/h two months ago!

 

When at the shipyard in July, the prop needed to come off as there was a slight shaft buckle to repair. The shipyard engineer made a great suggestion of cutting a piece out of the rudder, so now the prop can be removed easily without touching the rudder.

 

We are thrilled to learn so much more about Nidd as the seller gave us hardly anything, through the broker, so what we have learned here is fantastic and much appreciated. If anybody has anything they can send me, please drop me a line.

The picture uploaded today is of us at our former base at Homps on the Midi where we spend the past five years. I will get together a few current pics and post them asap.

 

Thanks again everybody

 

Graham & Roz

Edited November 10, 2011 by Bargenidd

[bargemast]

Hi George and June,

 

The picture uploaded today is of us at our former base at Homps on the Midi where we spend the past five years. I will get together a few current pics and post them asap.

 

Thanks again everybody

 

Graham & Roz

 

 

Evert CadIJ, the man who took the photo of NIDD at Homps did this during his summer holidays in 2010, while bicycling with his wife as much as possible along the Canal du Midi, where there isn't much of a tow-path at many stretches of the canal where you can cycle.

 

Unless it has drasticly improved since I was there with the hotel-barge I had in 1981.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter

[Bargenidd]

Here's the wheelhouse now

 

 

Here's the lounge

 

 

Here's Nidd for sale in 2005 and below, a few years earlier in England

 

Here's a couple taken during the last shipyard visit in July 2011

 

 

Edited November 10, 2011 by Bargenidd

[bargemast]

Martin, Carl or anyone clever enough to make us (me) less computer aces able to see the photos posted by Bargenidd.

 

Thanks very much in advance to whoever does it.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter.

[Guest]

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http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3411/cranelift.jpg[/img]

 

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/158/loungeq.jpg[/img]

 

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4235/niddvarious1.jpg[/img]

 

Here's a couple taken during the last shipyard visit in July 2011

 

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3411/cranelift.jpg[/img]

 

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3387/cranelift2.jpg[/img]

 

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209.jpg[/img]

Edited November 10, 2011 by Guest

[cuttsie]

Thank for the photo,s .

Out of interest do you know what weight the crane can lift on the photo, as i was told by a guy who,s job in the Merchant navy was to calculate ships weight by length , beam, and depth in the water, That Nidd would weigh about fifty ton.

I thought that this was a bit over the top but when i think of the 1/4 inch steel plate to the full length of the hull .plus the concrete balast and the rest of the fit out then it could be about right.

Any Thoughts any one.

Cheers Judd.

[bargemast]

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http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3411/cranelift.jpg[/img]

 

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/158/loungeq.jpg[/img]

 

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4235/niddvarious1.jpg[/img]

 

Here's a couple taken during the last shipyard visit in July 2011

 

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3411/cranelift.jpg[/img]

 

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3387/cranelift2.jpg[/img]

 

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209.jpg[/img]

 

 

Great stuff catweasl, what a clever man you are, I am most grateful for your help.

 

They are all visible now, apart from the last one.

 

Many thanks,

 

Peter.

[Guest]

Great stuff catweasl, what a clever man you are, I am most grateful for your help.

 

They are all visible now, apart from the last one.

 

Many thanks,

 

Peter.

Don't think there is sufficient info in the last link, but somebody with more idea than I may be able to fix it.

[bargemast]

Here's the wheelhouse now

 

 

Here's the lounge

 

 

Here's Nidd for sale in 2005 and below, a few years earlier in England

 

Here's a couple taken during the last shipyard visit in July 2011

 

 

 

 

Hello Bargenidd,

 

thank you very much for posting your photos, you have to give it another try if you have some more, I'm sure it will work if you do exactly step by step like Martin's video shows.

 

It took me several tries too to sort it out, but that was before this video existed.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter.

[Timleech]

Hello Bargenidd,

 

thank you very much for posting your photos, you have to give it another try if you have some more, I'm sure it will work if you do exactly step by step like Martin's video shows.

 

It took me several tries too to sort it out, but that was before this video existed.

 

Cheers,

 

Peter.

 

Funny, I'm not seeing any pics at all. Am I the only one?

 

Tim

[Guest]

Funny, I'm not seeing any pics at all. Am I the only one?

 

Tim

These should work except last one

 

 

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3411/cranelift.jpg[/img]

 

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/158/loungeq.jpg[/img]

 

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4235/niddvarious1.jpg[/img]

 

Here's a couple taken during the last shipyard visit in July 2011

 

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3411/cranelift.jpg[/img]

 

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3387/cranelift2.jpg[/img]

 

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209.jpg[/img]

Edited November 10, 2011 by Guest

[Timleech]

These should work except last one

 

 

http://img713.images...1/cranelift.jpg[/img]

 

http://img694.images...158/loungeq.jpg[/img]

 

http://img840.images...iddvarious1.jpg[/img]

 

Here's a couple taken during the last shipyard visit in July 2011

 

http://img713.images...1/cranelift.jpg[/img]

 

http://img32.imagesh.../cranelift2.jpg[/img]

 

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209.jpg[/img]

 

Nope.

 

Nothing within the message (there's no at the start of each link), & if I click on them I get 'server not found'

 

Tim

[greywolf]

great pictures.although not in there element it is always interesting to see the parts of the hull normally submerged.

[Guest]

Nope.

 

Nothing within the message (there's no at the start of each link), & if I click on them I get 'server not found'

 

Tim

Sorry not sure why. They open OK for me on two different computers. I am in Linux will try windoze.

 

Yes they open (slowly)in Windoze too. Must be a setting on your PC?

Edited November 10, 2011 by Guest

[flatplane8]

Barge Nidd is in the first 'A Home Afloat' book by Gary Cookson (not the second edition). 2-3 pages of photos and text.

[Bargenidd]

Hi everyone.

 

That shipyard crane can lift 50 tonnes and while it does not have a gauge, the operator reckoned Nidd was about 40 tonnes based on how the crane behaved and the settings needed to lift Nidd.

 

As regards the photos, I spent two hours last night registering with the ImageShack site to upload the photos as well as several attempts on this site to add the links. When I used the "insert image" icon, it alraedy has the interet http//: start. If I remove it to avoid a duplicate of the direct link friom the ImageShack site, I get an error message. If I leave it and add the complete link, repeating the http//: this site accepts it but I see no pictures. It is so much more complicated than other sites where I can just upload pictures directly.

[Timleech]

Sorry not sure why. They open OK for me on two different computers. I am in Linux will try windoze.

 

Yes they open (slowly)in Windoze too. Must be a setting on your PC?

 

They work today, by clicking on the links. Strange.

 

Tim

[bargemast]

Hi everyone.

 

That shipyard crane can lift 50 tonnes and while it does not have a gauge, the operator reckoned Nidd was about 40 tonnes based on how the crane behaved and the settings needed to lift Nidd.

 

As regards the photos, I spent two hours last night registering with the ImageShack site to upload the photos as well as several attempts on this site to add the links. When I used the "insert image" icon, it alraedy has the interet http//: start. If I remove it to avoid a duplicate of the direct link friom the ImageShack site, I get an error message. If I leave it and add the complete link, repeating the http//: this site accepts it but I see no pictures. It is so much more complicated than other sites where I can just upload pictures directly.

 

 

Hello Bargenidd,

 

don't let those little problems stop you from posting your photos, as there will always be someone clever enough to put them up properly

 

To them nothing (computer wise) is a problem.

 

Peter.

[Chris Pink]

 

 

 

Here's a couple taken during the last shipyard visit in July 2011

 

 

Edited November 11, 2011 by Chris Pink

[Bargenidd]

Thanks Chris,

 

you have the magic touch!

 

Graham

[bargemast]

Thanks Chris,

 

you have the magic touch!

 

Graham

 

 

you see as I said : "There will always be someone clever enough to put them up properly", and here you go.

 

Good job Chris.

[Bargenidd]

Hello again everyone. I've an update to the Nidd story, as reluctantly, she is up for sale again!

 

My wife Roz fell on the canal bank and wrecked her knee ligament. She has had surgery and is doing well, but we have come to the conclusion that barge life would be too risky, especially when there will be occasional unforeseen need to jump off with a bow rope etc. We have looked at every possible way of getting around the various crewing tasks safely, but we feel this is our only way forward, so if any of you know of somebody interested in a barge, please let them know. Nidd is looking and performing great and really would require little to be done before somebody could move in and sail away. I have her listed on several boating web sites.

 

Again sincere thanks to everyone who provided information and photos of Nidd's past which was fascinating to read as well as the help to, upload the pictures.

 

Best wishes

 

 

Graham

[Tam & Di]

Hello again everyone. I've an update to the Nidd story, as reluctantly, she is up for sale again!

 

My wife Roz fell on the canal bank and wrecked her knee ligament. She has had surgery and is doing well, but we have come to the conclusion that barge life would be too risky, especially when there will be occasional unforeseen need to jump off with a bow rope etc. We have looked at every possible way of getting around the various crewing tasks safely, but we feel this is our only way forward, so if any of you know of somebody interested in a barge, please let them know.

Graham

 

You've presumably made up your minds, but we NEVER have anyone jump off Friesland. We mostly lassoo something from the boat, and working from the boat to the bank is the norm. Very occasionally there is nothing to catch onto and someone might have to step off in a dainty manner, but why couldn't Roz steer while you stepped off?