floydraser

Project for the Grandchildren: find a way to grind up old GRP and use it in a 3D printer. Print your Grandad a new 37 footer!

While waiting to find an engineer, Google "turn a fridge upside down to get it working?" and see if you think it's worth a try. A fridge engineer told me about it a few years ago.

Hi, Yep, DO.8 is on it's way! I've been over a couple of times but I've also been busy with Volvo brakes, a caravan holiday and an air pistol. I've just watched DO.7 again to remind myself how far I am behind and I still haven't sorted my waterworks, but thanks to this forum I'm pretty sure I know what the solution is. To get the water hot enough to qualify for being called "hot" I have to turn the flow control down to a point where it upsets the pump which then pulsates. Searching the forum revealed the need to fit an accumulator for which I am currently waiting to be delivered for fitting this coming weekend. I'll also be looking around to see if there is one fitted somewhere in the boat already! There is now a decent bed so staying over is now a pleasure. New curtains have brightened up the saloon and the wardrobe doors have gone, to be replaced by more practical drapes. The big news though, is the progress on restoring the mechanism to retract the canopy. Thanks to expilot and the owner of Bonnie, another HE37, I now know what to go looking for and where to go looking for it! The front wheels of the mechanism run on a steel bar supported by timber. Water gets in easily - goodbye timber - canopy drops and stays put. This weekend's main job is to take a panel off the outside to see how bad it is and make some drawings etc. The restoration involves creating a system to manage the rainwater through the boat rather than trying to keep it out all together. Terry, the owner of Bonnie, has done a great job by having stainless steel channel custom made for the job. I'll post here when DO.8 premieres! Thanks for asking.

I wonder if that means one could build a few apartments, a gym, sauna, and a new "pub" using the same name? Still a pub with the same community value. The above doesn't seem to mention the originality or architectural significance of the building itself.

Apologies to the OP for the digression but this is the kind of thing that seems to happen with redevelopment; WMV has been redeveloped a lot over the years, especially since their major flooding (2009?). As hinted earlier (the poo thing), they were so shodily built it won't take much to bring them down!

I'm not sure the trains run all night? Not enough to disturb my sleep at the Gardens anyway, and I'm a light sleeper! Having stayed at Windermere Marina Village in Her Majesty's Lake District, I can see the appeal: You build a load of "apartments" with all the latest gadgets as standard. Then you sell them to rich people who watch "Homes Under the Hammer" but don't want to get their hands mucky. You include possibly a gym and a place where you can eat vastly overpriced food off a piece of slate. Make sure you stay on the top floor though, otherwise you hear the sound of someone's poo whistling past your ears at 7 'o clock in the morning when the flush! Form an orderly queue here.

Do we know what form of development? I thought they packed up building new boats. Shame if the pub goes, nice place to eat. If they leveled the step down into the lounge which catches me out every time, it would be perfect!

We bought our Springer from a breeder who made sure we were aware that we would be expected to clear up after our dog whenever it fouled in a place regularly used by the general public. That was back in 1993. I reckon all dog owners should know the score by now.

I’ve found that electrical items in my boat can be controlled remotely via the internet at a very reasonable cost. This is of course, over and above the cost of the mooring which in my case provides 240v shore power and Wi-Fi. I’m no computer expert or electrician but a basic understand of both is enough. The Sonoff switch is available in a few forms but I use the TH16 which will handle up to 16amps, plenty for most domestic items I would have thought. It is also available in 10 amp but the price saving is minimal. In basic set-up it allows you to switch a circuit on and off. Optional extras are a submersible thermometer or a temperature/humidity sensor. A TH16 and temp/humidity sensor together are less than £15. Wi-fi plugs are also available for not much more if you shop around. The Sonoff is controlled via a free app which you download to your smartphone and it will also give readings for which ever sensor is fitted. It all came about because of damp and mould in my boat, and the fact that it’s 135 miles away! I bought a recommended desiccant style dehumidifier and via the app, I am able to monitor the atmosphere in the boat and control the dryer accordingly. It works a treat and I usually have the dryer on for a couple of hours or so in the night, obviously less and less as summer comes along. I have now bought another TH16 ready for next winter to control the frost heaters. Both the dryer and the heaters have settings which would take over in the event of Wi-fi failure, and circuit breakers beyond that; all safe. Just remember to test it before coming home! Here is a video of my installation: As a postscript - I have now learned how to use the timer functions of the software and find them very useful. Under my boat’s dark blue cover I’ve seen 39 degrees one sunny day and 90% humidity one cold night! Floyd

None at all, see bottom of page one; it works.

I would like to thank Terry and Pam, owners of Bonnie, for their help so far, and also expilot for the introduction. I met up with Terry and Pam on Sunday afternoon and the knowledge gained was priceless; at the very least it's saved me hours and hours of chasing my tail. At most it could have saved me hundreds of pounds putting the right the damage caused by me chasing my tail in the wrong direction! (Does that sound like experience talking?) It helps that Terry has done all the work on Bonnie himself so he can relate fully to my problems. If you see their boat, admire the topsides woodwork; all terry's work and superb. Remind me never to moor alongside as mine will be in the shade! Thanks forum.

Well I think I have found the solution: Grease. Apply to the rear at high tide, then apply to the front at low tide. Result: a quiet night. Thanks for all your helps.

It's amazing what you see when you stare for long enough; I've just spotted reference to "map C or F" at the top of the first map so I think C/56 probably refers to a continuation map. I found this scrap in my Father's stuff after he passed away in 1996 and I was always fascinated by it. I think there is something in the DNA because one of my Grandsons has the entire London Underground system memorised. Dad and his brothers had a holiday on the Broads sometime between 1945 and 1952 when he got hitched.

Crikey, imagine the health and safety issues that would cause today!

Oh my word! I am going to play for hours on there! Thanks for posting this. Just as it is, it shows the tramway down to the quay but no bridge over Breydon. Fascinating.

On the Berney Arms website there is a photo of the gate at the side of the White Swan, is that the one?

Hmm, but do they smell of old lock gates? (aplogies for swearing on the forum).

I think thats the stuff to go for unless... my friend has to get some silicone grease for plumbing purposes and if he has to buy a decent quantity it may be worth him squibbing some of that on as a first try. More research says that hornets are attracted to sweet foods and not grease anyway. Not mentioned so far but he is actually concerned that the wrong stuff may instigate deterioration of the wood? My friend intends staying there long enough for it to matter!

Thanks for the suggestion. I had a quick look and it contains the magic words, "clean both surfaces" or something like. It's actually great stuff to have around though; it's excellent on plastics.

Not sure about that Mark, I think where the hinge is penetrated it stays quiet most of the time. The problem is caused when the finger rubs underneath the bridge. My friend says.

Looks like it according to Google. Painted over history!

Thanks Howard, thats a vote for Teflon.

Howard, I've just looked at the Berney Arm website and found there was a link line between the Beach station and the line near to Vauxhall station. It went alongside the White Swan which some oaf has now painted black! From 1994 to 2012 I drove for the famous pocket-slapping supermarket now in the Vauxhall goods yard. As the road goes behind the station next to the river, I remember seeing a flat bottomed, double ended punt like boat with what looked like a home made cabin. I have a time-lapse type memory of this boat slowly disintegrating over the years until nothing was left. It looks a bit cleaner round there now according to Google streetview. I don't remember ever going to any of the defunct stations. I never used the Beach station as a lorry park either but there are a couple of original canopy supports with the railway company's logo cast into them at the entrance. Floyd.

I’m sure some of you well travelled people have experience of natural lubricants and I’m hoping you can pass on some wisdom to someone who had a more sheltered upbringing: a friend of mine. This friend’s boat is moored on a floating finger next to where the bridge from terra firma sits (the "bridge" which connects to the fixed jetty). There are two steel plates on the upper side of the finger and the underside of the bridge is wood. My friend was wondering if there is a good lubricant available to stop the finger making a noise during movement? Smell is important: he doesn’t want it to smell like a pair of old lock gates (sorry for swearing on the forum), nor does he want to attract insects like the Hornets which seem to grow to the size of small dogs around Brundall. Any suggestions will be passed on discreetly. Thank you in anticipation.

I thought this may be a place to show this scrap of paper. It must be from a very old Broads guide but how old, I don’t know. I have a vague memory of collecting a load of timber from a yard and having to be careful not to twist an ankle on the rails sunken into the yard's surface. It would have been in the early 90’s when I was driving articulated lorries for a living and I think it was GY.