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  1. I think your pizza hut family now use the ferry inn Timbo. 3 times i have seen the same family pull a similar scam. There is always at least 12 of them and they always seem to cadge at least a free dessert. Makes me irritatingly incandescent to see thispathetic behaviour and if it happens next time i am there I will be so tempted to make a scene to cause them some well deserved embarrasment..Another thing i despise is when people consider shop assistants and waiters / resses to be fair game for abuse. They just do it to massage an already inflated ego and think they can get away with it. Its just so wrong as unfortunately most of the time they do get away with it and it needs to be stopped.
  2. Hi robin. Have been following this with keen interest but so far have been very restrained in jumping in. The important thing to know about marine diesels is that the shorter the stroke, the higher the revs, the lighter the engine then it aint going to last compared to an engine of the opposite qualities. I was in marine engineering for 20 years and saw the old school slow revving, long stroke plodders replaced by the more modern counterparts i.e. cat, cummins, scania, volvo etc. Was this a good move? In a word- no. Example. Small fishing boats in grimsby that had been running engines like Gardner's and kelvins for over 40 years, were persuaded by the new school manufacturers to change to them promising low maintenance costs and fuel efficiency. Did this materialise - no! In fact after anywhete between 5 and 7 years they were looking for a replacement for them. Moral of the story, high revving short stroke engines are bad news in my experience in the marine environment and personally i do not like cats nor cummins for that reason. Yanmars to me on the other hand always seemed to be a reasonable compromise between a modern and old school engine. I know i may sound like a luddite and very old school where this is concerned but 20 years experience teaches you a lot and having seen the shift from the old to the new, it left me quite unimpressed. Naturally in a boat things are diffetent as it is difficult to fit the larger, heavier older engines and i am not recommending any brand here but the principal applies. Thats why beta, nanni etc are successful engines, they are based on tried and tested kubota industrial engines that are designed to run all day long at varying loads and are capabale of sustaining high power outputs for long periods reliably as oppised to an over turbocharged, screaming engine that our american cousins favour. So do my opinions seem biased. Yup - dead rigjt they do and i unashamedly admit they are but more importantly this bias is based on experience as opposed to hearsay but i do emphasise is only my opinion. Just to give you a bit of food for thought mate..... Cheers Trev
  3. It was the same at Irstead this weekend just gone. Twice we wild moored and twice there were a gang of yobs on a boat very nearby playing loud music until 3am. When I say load, I mean loud - it drowned out my TV. Saw a couple of HW boats go past about 11am sunday doing about 9mph and with 2 big PA speakers mounted on the Bow, so guess they must be the prime suspects. All I can say to them, whomever they were, is thanks a lot for shattering my peace and I hope your holiday was terrible. rant over. Dont usually react that way but just been doing 10 days of 12 hours straight at work and was so looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I think i will paint my boat grey, register it with an HMS prefix and mount a 4 inch gun on the bow.......... now wheres that registration form.....????
  4. Havent managed to catch the name of the boat yet but that is filmed aboard an Alphacraft 42' lowliner, one of the sister boats to the one I now own. Mine was built about the same time as this video as BB Brink of Day. Nice to see one in action on film........
  5. Seaflo sump type complete with submersible bilge type pump and float switch. Had one on my narrowboats for years and found it very reliable, quiet and fully automatic as the float switch does all the work for you. About 55 quid if I recall correctly. Hope this helps Trev
  6. Had sunlit horizon 2 last year. I am six foot one and bunks were very comfortable. Headroom not so. Kept banging my head on the doorfdoorframes and could not stand upright in the bathrooms. Otherwise a fine boat. Trev
  7. Yup. Complicated calculation involving displacement, hull profile, desired top speed, desired minimum speed, engine output, gear ratio et al. I could probably figure it out mathematically but go to a prop expert and they can figure it out in minutes. By the way, 4 blades much better than 3 for broads speeds. It's akin to having a low ratio box like on a 4 x 4. Great for control.
  8. Well, you know what it's like Clive, they never report facts............. ...
  9. Some real Bargains there, I figure a few people are going to end up with some real value for their money. In fact I think it is some of the most sensible boat prices I have seen when compared to other yards disposal stock prices.
  10. Ferry marina have just announced it officially to all their moorers. They are hoping to be up and running by end of this month.
  11. If it was a Perkins with the radial fuel pump, it was not uncommon for Them to run off and or so strange things.. Don't know the exact reason but it was something to do with a hydraulic governor built into the fuel injection pump. Apparently when they went wrong the most inexplicable things could happen and always ending in the engine refusing to start.
  12. If malanka reads this. Passed you today at ludham bridge it was me waving like an idiot- you looked totally baffled . So greeting again from Giddy Kipper. By the way, boat looks lovely, nice to see her back in her natural environment. Cheers Trev
  13. Once carried machine shop swarf when in the merch . We had exactly 72 hours to get from port to port and were told under no circumstances to open the hatches until at our next destination. Very dangerous stuff and carried in bulk at 2000 tonnes, very likely to spontaneously combust due to the oily nature and the sheer pressure at the bottom due to the weight and density of it.
  14. Ahh but you could scoop someone's eye out with them. And from quite a distance judging by the length ...... The nanny state is just amazing isn't it?
  15. Before doing anything check your battery voltage. Low voltage causes shutdown and a green flashing light as I found to my cost in the winter when aboard and had forgot to switch battery charger on- doh! Hth Cheers Trev
  16. Nice one Charlie cracking job. Looks the poodles privates now fitted. Thanks again and well worth the cash, highly recommend anyone to buy one. Cheers Trev
  17. Rag disposed of, I set fire to it!
  18. 21.00 hours. Royal Navy time and the RN had provided the basis of some of our finest traditions that our great country follows. 9pm is what you get on a digital watch, 21.00 - ships chronometer - GMT invented in Greenwich for the RN and followed by the rest of the world. Rule Britannia
  19. Just Danish oiled my bridge doors, they were a bit faded and Sun bleached. Look a lot better now ready to complement my new wooden Morse control knob. BA will be rendezvousing with us about 21.00 to do a light jackstay transfer on her way down the Ant. Better go get washed, I stink of Danish oil............
  20. Don't quote me but I believe all ultraflex and Morse control levers are 3/8 thread. That is of course the ones that have knobs.. ...
  21. Put me down for one please Griff. It will look nice on GK' s flybridge control and if it helps forum funds then it's win win! Cheers Trev
  22. Nice one, I will write a review on it then............ Cheers Trev
  23. Put me down for one please Griff. It will look nice on GK' s flybridge control and if it helps forum funds then it's win win! Cheers Trev
  24. Hi Carole. I use craftinsure.com all my narrowboats were insured through them too. The 250 is fully comp all risks and a write off value of 40k with 5 million third party liability. All actual policies underwritten by Zurich. They are excellent. Hope this helps. Cheers Trev
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