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33 minutes ago, Meantime said:
only the Mods won't let me post the good ones
There's at least 500 still awaiting authorisation.
You may be joking on that one but the jokes thread shows a lot of mine outlined in red as not allowed, can't imagine why...
34 minutes ago, Meantime said:I still post them because at least the Mods get to see the good ones.
I'm hoping that bit rings true or my avatar will be too accurate.
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7 minutes ago, CambridgeCabby said:
I would normally go for the fish and chips
Not an option in a pizza parlour....
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1 minute ago, YnysMon said:
also, I gather that Oakfired at The Royal Oak,
Yep, We've had the dog in there before a couple of times.
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20 minutes ago, Gracie said:
Heels and Prosecco
Welcome aboard
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I wondered how long that was going to take.
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10 hours ago, ptrehearn152 said:
Love boats, love boating, what else is there?
Beer and motorbikes!
Hi.
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7 hours ago, dnks34 said:
Will you be bringing a dog or are you looking to avoid their company!!
Avoiding will be the hard bit on the broads, I can't imagine anyone wanting a pub without a dog or two as long as they're well behaved, same goes for the people on that one.
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I would say it's highly unlikely that all were fitted with pumpouts, that sort of thing would depend on the customer/use/waterway of the original buyer.
At least a boat without gives you more choice of where to fit things and fittings.
"possibility of fitting a pumpout" could mean it has had a sea toilet in at some stage which can be used with a holding tank as well.
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Wicken lode in nice, it's the only waterway where I've felt like I was winding my way up a hill then winding back down again the other way, it's a very strange feeling to get on flat water, it must be down to the way so many fields are a good way below the river.
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47 minutes ago, annv said:
Hi Biker Its always good to store a Gel coated boat over winter to let it dry out along with a coat of Emulsion in the bilges, you dont have to antifoul every year when doing this and its safer on the bank over Winter as well. John
Never heard of using emulsion in the bilges.
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Ea have a shocking record of not dredging on the great ouse, don't hold out any hope on them doing what's needed, they are well practiced in excuses for expensive operations if there's no photo/paper opportunity.
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And if you get different colours don't forget to paint "other way up" or "help" on the bottom as none of us have ever done it before and it would be completely new.....
On great ouse at river speed it's mostly cosmetic so don't spend too many beer tokens on the job.
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It's not hard, a quick wire brush to shift any loose bits and slap it on with a long handled roller, start at the visible bits and work under and when you run out give up as you don't get that much on the river and if pressure washed as soon as it comes out if falls straight off (let it dry and its like concrete), it will only really make a difference to sailie boats and planing boats.
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4 hours ago, Gracie said:
Walk the school run they say, it helps with fitness and the environment they say, so I did what they said (whoever they are). I got caught out in 40mph winds, torrential rain and my brolly blew inside out, thought I was going to take off like Mary ruddy Poppins
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Link to YouTube video please!
Got to the pub and back dry despite hideous looking clouds overhead and the torrential hail we drove through earlier, I think the dog was most happy about it, she hates rain.
Now just got to get back to the pub dry......
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33 minutes ago, Mouldy said:
At least it’s getting light earlier and dark later!
So you can see the bridge you can't get under for longer.....
There's a lot to be said for the southern rivers.
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19 minutes ago, marshman said:
I see on the news that after another dry winter, Sicily are beginning to ration water with some places only having water every other day - mainland Spain is not much better!!!
An export opportunity to bolster BA coffers and reduce the tolls then?
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With a tow available it would be better to run it and find out.
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A danfoss compressor will run the same on 12 or 24v, I'm pretty sure the controller feeds it 12v whichever input volts used.
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9 minutes ago, grendel said:
useful at the ant infested mooring on the river side of wroxham broad
Oops! I got it wrong as well.....
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23 minutes ago, Bikertov said:
(need to anti-fowl the hull this week)
Unless you have a fear of water bourne chickens I would use ant foul instead...
Assuming your fridge has a danfoss compressor you can get an add on controller with an extra temp sender that runs the fridge harder when the volts are up (charging or shore power) and lets it run a bit warmer when the volts are down and runs the compressor slower to reduce power usage, good for if you're sitting at a mooring for a couple of days after a run, I have one on my fridge and it works well.
https://www.indelwebastomarine.com/int/technology/isotherm-smart-energy-control/
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If you're tempted with the dripless seals I believe the asap orbitrade ones have a vent and feed port so you can feed some raw water from the pump and never have to burp it.
Just make sure you don't mix metric and imperial measures as your shaft could be imperial.
I also believe Guatemala shrinks on cold day....
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But Griff you're a bloody Yorkshire man, you have balls the size of Guatemala, you can repack a stern gland in the water have a vax handy and pre cut the packing around the exposed shaft (ooer Mrs.) and it don't come in that fast, it saves the cost of a lift out.
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1 hour ago, BroadAmbition said:
Thanks for asking,
No one has upset me
See! Told you we gotta try harder, upsetting a Yorkshire man takes proper determination, or expecting him to get a round...
Ow chuffing much????
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8 minutes ago, Gracie said:
mind that boat coming the other way Gracie
Just kidding of course
We know you're kidding, you run and hide when something comes the other way....
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4 minutes ago, rightsaidfred said:
as with unrealistic speed limits on the roads
Are there speed limits? When did they come in?
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Meantime
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We can all play at that game.....