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Post by ammodels on Jul 16, 2016 22:56:39 GMT
I bought a gardening tool for digging moss from between paving stones. It has a hook with the curved edge sharp. Good for weed hatch errands. I painted our weed hatch unit and surrounding walls a couple of weeks ago, nice and clean. I pop down straight away if anything suspect. Stuff round the prop stops our engine from running at top speed. At top speed I can hear a whistling sound, like the turbo of an Intercity 125 Valenta engine. My son thinks our weed hatch is where we keep our 'stash'. I was looking at one of those the other day in a garden centre and thought how useful it would be for prop cleaning, daft really when my boats are less than 4" in draft and I can lift em out the water to clean any props
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Post by JohnV on Jul 17, 2016 6:38:28 GMT
I bought a gardening tool for digging moss from between paving stones. It has a hook with the curved edge sharp. Good for weed hatch errands. I painted our weed hatch unit and surrounding walls a couple of weeks ago, nice and clean. I pop down straight away if anything suspect. Stuff round the prop stops our engine from running at top speed. At top speed I can hear a whistling sound, like the turbo of an Intercity 125 Valenta engine. My son thinks our weed hatch is where we keep our 'stash'.
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Post by JohnV on Jul 17, 2016 6:39:19 GMT
I bought a gardening tool for digging moss from between paving stones. It has a hook with the curved edge sharp. Good for weed hatch errands. I painted our weed hatch unit and surrounding walls a couple of weeks ago, nice and clean. I pop down straight away if anything suspect. Stuff round the prop stops our engine from running at top speed. At top speed I can hear a whistling sound, like the turbo of an Intercity 125 Valenta engine. My son thinks our weed hatch is where we keep our 'stash'. I was looking at one of those the other day in a garden centre and thought how useful it would be for prop cleaning, daft really when my boats are less than 4" in draft and I can lift em out the water to clean any props What a stash ?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 17, 2016 7:28:11 GMT
Got it off now, luckily I managed to get it off using the boat hook so didn't get wet...it was EXACTLY what I thought it was going to be judging fro the noise, a short length of rope with some metallic object tied to the end.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 8:17:25 GMT
That's a rope from a rubber tubular fender. The washer is for stopping it drop down - there's a knot under the washer. Boaters, eh? Always chucking their rubbish in the Cut. Make sure you follow tradition by leaving it on the towpath so some other cunt can throw it back in! 50p going to the Hedgehog Hospital. I'm sure a lot of these come off in locks. I still don't understand why people have fenders deployed when cruising, and they cause boats to jam up in tight locks. We rarely use them when mooring up now...but that's mainly because we've had some nicked. (see I can post without fucking swearing too...)
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Post by kris on Jul 17, 2016 8:27:50 GMT
It something I've heard a lot, "why do people have fenders down when cruising." Well for me there's no way I could get to the front of the boat to deploy a fender quick enough sometimes especially as it would mean leaving the tiller and throttle. So it's easier to leave them down, I have to lift them up for locks otherwise I wouldn't get in. So surely it's something that differs from boat to boat. Is the not leaving them down whilst cruising convention just aesthetics?
Ps not to disappoint you all, here's a swear word ARSE.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 8:46:21 GMT
It something I've heard a lot, "why do people have fenders down when cruising." Well for me there's no way I could get to the front of the boat to deploy a fender quick enough sometimes especially as it would mean leaving the tiller and throttle. So it's easier to leave them down, I have to lift them up for locks otherwise I wouldn't get in. So surely it's something that differs from boat to boat. Is the not leaving them down whilst cruising convention just aesthetics? Ps not to disappoint you all, here's a swear word ARSE. Lol...so it's your fault then you lazy git (not sure if 'git' is a swear word).
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Post by kris on Jul 17, 2016 8:51:02 GMT
You would have ask foxy if git counts as a swear word or not. He seems to be the swearing monitor.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 8:51:24 GMT
I always run with fenders. There is no chance of them coming off. Tie them properly, use the correct rope etc, and most importantly, be a widebeam. 😄😄😄😄
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 8:52:04 GMT
BTW. Les Allen famously hated fenders. He said that's why he put all the effort in making rubbing streaks for his boats.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 8:52:49 GMT
I always run with fenders. There is no chance of them coming off. Tie them properly, use the correct rope etc, and most importantly, be a widebeam. 😄😄😄😄 ...and you..NOOOoooo...
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Post by kris on Jul 17, 2016 8:59:24 GMT
I use the term fenders loosely, as tyres are the appropriate item for a boat like mine. They are down all the time except when in locks. I need the when moored because of the number of times I'm hit by hire boats.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 9:12:58 GMT
I use the term fenders loosely, as tyres are the appropriate item for a boat like mine. They are down all the time except when in locks. I need the when moored because of the number of times I'm hit by hire boats. That's really all I was trying to say, fenders can cause problems in locks and can get drageed off. I've had to use tyres sometimes when mooring next to a ledge. A nice man who runs a tyre place beside the canal near Brum gave me 2 Go cart tyres for that purpose. I presume some boats don't have rubbing streaks too. So fenders might be the only way to prevent the hull getting damaged in a collision.
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Post by kris on Jul 17, 2016 9:21:05 GMT
I'm not sure of the exact wording, but they are mentioned in the legislation for boats. Something like every vessel should adequate and appropriate fenders ready to deploy to prevent damage to other vessels and the infrastructure.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 9:38:40 GMT
I'm not sure of the exact wording, but they are mentioned in the legislation for boats. Something like every vessel should adequate and appropriate fenders ready to deploy to prevent damage to other vessels and the infrastructure. Well obviously we all have front and rear fenders on the pointy bits which are more prone to causing damage or taking damage. I'm not sure how side fenders help much if a pointy bit of another boat hits the side of ours though. Not unless the side is protected the whole length (i.e rubbing streaks....see what I did there?).
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