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6 hours ago, Vaughan said:
The original Blue Line boats for France were indeed delivered by water across the Channel and down the French Canal system to the Canal du Midi. A journey taking 2 to 3 weeks, rafted up 4 or even 6 at a time but driven under their own power, single handed, by a crazy Dutchman. I forget his name now, but he never lost a boat, as far as I know!
I was told this story by some crane operators(hired in - a Norwich firm but forget the name) on winter lift out day at a yard by Wayford Bridge. The crane guys had been boat builders/engineers at Moonraker(among others) in the 70's and had plenty of stories from the time which had me fascinated, the world certainly seems different nowadays!
The boats going across to France apparently would have boards put up in the front wells to keep the spray out and "you had to pick your weather" and go for it! Fun times it would seem!
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Lovely to see a nice diverse fleet developing Clive, bit like the smaller yards of old, keeps things interesting for the nerdy boat spotters among us.
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Hi JF, we've used Jeckells a couple of times for canopy/covers and upholstery and always had a positive experience. If you can wait then their winter discount scheme makes for a pretty decent saving too.
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There is another Horizon 35 with the name Fleur d'Azur on the Broads, I assume a sister of the one above.
That Safari looks pretty high in the water to me, a project perhaps?
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Don't some 'all electric' boats have a hefty generator that has to run whilst cooking etc?
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46 minutes ago, YnysMon said:
Maybe there’s just a very wide boat on the foreground?
It's definitley wider now, there is a picture from one of the 'B.A.' lads weeks showing it full to the brim, with boats down the middle as well as either side. (big uns too).
19 hours ago, Broads01 said:There seems to be no room to reverse out for those in the foreground.
I daresay that was the reason for making it wider, I wonder when that was done?
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Here is chapter and verse from Highways England.
https://highwaysengland.co.uk/our-work/east/a47-postwick-to-ipswich-road-resurfacing/
Various phases planned, much of it overnight only but some contraflow also. This current phase of lane closures is due to last until 23rd of May.
I had the pleasure of a 15 minute (ish) delay coming home this evening at around 1730 hours.
Bit of a pain but it has to be done sometime I guess....
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42 minutes ago, NeilB said:
I expect you will get a warning when the level gets low, if it actually runs out the engine could go into "limp" mode with reduced rpm until the tank is refilled. As to how long the time is between the low level warning and actually running out probably varies between manufacturers but I would expect at least 100 miles or so.
1 hour ago, addicted said:We put 10 ltrs of adblue in our car and the guage showed 3|4 full.However after a few days it showed full. We know absolutely nothing about this stuff, what are the implications of running out
Carole
If it runs out on a VW the engine will not start, however you do get plenty of warning before this happens. Not sure what happens on other brands but well worthwhile familarising yourself with your particular car's requirements.
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23 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:
All or most of a 2.5L container
The tank capacity is about 10 litres so if 2.5 was filling it up to the brim then that's a bit odd for the warning to come up so early. Anyhoo, moot point I guess, just curiosity on my part.
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8 hours ago, grendel said:
(can you tell my old volvo doesnt have this, or emission control, and still passes the MOT with flying colours (due no doubt to the high mileages I generally do))
Tbf the MOT only checks smoke output on diesels, the standards for which are much tighter for newer models. (tested to a figure which is on the VIN plate, unless it's not there). Most of the DPF equipped VW's that I test produce too little smoke for the machine to register.
Adblue is injected into the exhaust as the catalyst to turn Nitrogen Oxide into Oxygen and Nitrogen(if I recall correctly)thus reducing that particular emission.
9 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:Ran a VW Caddy with Adblue once, needed refilling every couple of weeks when dashboard warning light lit up around every 2-3 thousand miles. PITA.
How much were you topping up each time? 2-3k seems a bit low.
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My Safari might sprout a reverse cam at some point but it's quite a way down the list behind such things as an engine that runs properly and windows that don't leak......etc etc
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Lovely old job Clive!
New engine too?
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Speaking of classic woodies The Six of Hearts is currently on Apollo Duck if anyone is up for a project...
https://www.apolloduck.com/boat/motor-boats-classic-for-sale/647596
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2 hours ago, Jemaki said:
Thanks for the info guys, there is no rev counter but the speedometer needles drops to zero when the event occurs..
You do have a rev counter, it's the big one in your pic that I think you might be calling the speedometer? Unless I have missed somthing, in which case......
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Right, second guess, £220.59
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Hmmm I reckon £198.67.......
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This is an Ex Nancy Oldfield boat so may already have some of the features required.
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Deffo going to be popping up to check things over asap after the 29th, can do it it a day so no worries there and will be waiting for the 12th before overnighting. Tbh I'd be happy to wait as long as needed if I could just do a monthly check on her to make sure all is well. As it is I haven't seen the boat since mid December. Fingers crossed all is well for myself and everybody else too.
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1 hour ago, CambridgeCabby said:
This is the one I like , 1970 mk I 358v8 fastback
Phew! I was having visions of this for a while there........
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4 minutes ago, Victoryv said:
4RS, I shouldn't like it ,I can't justify it, but!!
What Mouldy said.....
My current car is in the 'not needed', 'not justified' category buuut you gotta enjoy life aintcha?
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2 hours ago, Victoryv said:
May live to regret this !
Audi S5?
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If I have correctly understood your requirements, I think this one might do the job MM, it has Aux out as well as FM transmitter/Bluetooth etc and as far as I can tell it is powered soley off the cig lighter. I have no personal experience of it though so I apologise if it's rubbish.
Edit to add that I googled 'in car mp3' which brought up a big selection so there may be others that do the same thing.
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Some more info here https://normanboats.net/
Could be a Norman 18.5 Mk3(no port hole)according to info on the above website.
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The current models don't have any badges on the engine covers now. Well on VWs anyway....
Just Back From My 1st Experience
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Hiya LondonGuy, the Generator being under the bed is pretty much 'par for the course' on a boat, engines, pumps, batteries, chargers etc etc etc all have to go somewhere
The engine on my own boat is under the main saloon seating area which is also a bed if you want it.
There is a lot of woodwork missing at the moment but this will give you a flavour.....
It's the blue thing, bottom right(in case you aren't familiar).