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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 7, 2019 15:52:02 GMT
I'm beginning to think for the few days time I'm saving going via the Trent, it might be worth just going via the canal. Then I don't need to worry about my engine overheating and can just get on with it. And I can go up the Anderton Lift, which would be a bit of (brief) fun! Oh rubbish - why would your engine overheat? You're going DOWN the Trent, not UP it. The Anderton Lift is always broken - they're always "waiting for a spare part from Italy". Just because it's a wide river doesn't mean you have to go flat out. Whatever, all routes are good.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 16:00:32 GMT
I'm beginning to think for the few days time I'm saving going via the Trent, it might be worth just going via the canal. Then I don't need to worry about my engine overheating and can just get on with it. And I can go up the Anderton Lift, which would be a bit of (brief) fun! Oh rubbish - why would your engine overheat? You're going DOWN the Trent, not UP it. The Anderton Lift is always broken - they're always "waiting for a spare part from Italy". Just because it's a wide river doesn't mean you have to go flat out. Whatever, all routes are good.
I'm just going from what the above are saying. I'd rather go the quicker way but anyway, I'll see what TD says when I get a bit more info about my engine.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 7, 2019 17:59:35 GMT
River Trent not good at the mo...
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Post by kris on Mar 7, 2019 18:02:23 GMT
River Trent not good at the mo... where's that
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 7, 2019 18:05:17 GMT
I don't know because I got it off Facebook but someone said it looks like Stoke Bardolph at the pub.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Mar 7, 2019 18:17:11 GMT
Oh rubbish - why would your engine overheat? You're going DOWN the Trent, not UP it. The Anderton Lift is always broken - they're always "waiting for a spare part from Italy". Just because it's a wide river doesn't mean you have to go flat out. Whatever, all routes are good.
I'm just going from what the above are saying. I'd rather go the quicker way but anyway, I'll see what TD says when I get a bit more info about my engine.
The photo's you posted are fine, no need for anymore. The existing cooling system pipework, hose connections and skin tank indicate that your engine is, or should be, equipped only with a combined water jacketed exhaust manifold/header tank - in practice on that model it's the same casting but without the heat exchanger tube stack fitted. All the same, have a look at the front of the engine below the alternator and see whether or not there is a second water pump (with a flat front cover held on with six small slotted head screws) situated between the alternator and the fuel lift pump, which is just above the engine beds. If there is it means that this engine was supplied for heat exchanger cooling rather than keel cooling or the (inadequate/undersized) skin tank cooling that is installed. The skin tank looks, in comparison with the overall length of engine and gearbox, to be covering about half the area of hull plating it needs to, which for that engine is 9 sq. feet. Add to that the fact that it's moulded dimension (width) is way over the ideal and it's unknown whether or not it's fitted with sufficient, or any, efficient baffles, and it's a dead certainty that you won't be able to run at anything like full revs/power for more than a minute or two before it brews up. The good news is, or might be, that if the engine is fitted with a raw water circulating pump and there is a heat exchanger tube stack in the bottom of that header tank/manifold casting, it would be possible to rig up temporary heat exchanger cooling for your trip on the river. Failing that, there are other things that can be done temporarily to improve the existing cooling system's performance. Don't give up on the quicker, easier route via the Trent just because your boat's cooling system isn't up to the job, . . there's always a way round any problem, including very careful planning/timing of departure and arrival times downriver to Keadby !
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 18:25:37 GMT
Tony, you mean foxy's advice that there's nothing to be concerned about is rubbish ! I'm shocked and stunned Rog
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 7, 2019 19:02:08 GMT
I didn't say that. I said the Trent looks like a pussycat but I'd still swat up about it before surfing the Aegir. Anyway, how did this boat in the picture drown? I thought boats were things that floated?
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Post by JohnV on Mar 7, 2019 19:02:42 GMT
Tony, you mean foxy's advice that there's nothing to be concerned about is rubbish ! I'm shocked and stunned Rog one of the advantages of my suggestion to Welly of breaking the trip into sections, is that it makes it easier to go with the tide and not have to work the engine (and yourself) hard
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Post by TonyDunkley on Mar 7, 2019 19:06:15 GMT
River Trent not good at the mo... There's nothing amiss with the river, . . just the way people leave their boats tied up without head and stern ropes, and springs, rigged to allow for changes in water levels. Somewhere around 3 feet of fresh came on in the upper Trent last night with another foot or so today, . . nowhere near enough to cause problems for anything that's left properly moored in sensible location, such as alongside a lock-cut wall or a floating stage. From the background scenery this location does appear to be the Ferry Boat, on the Trent below Nottingham, between Stoke Lock and Burton Joyce.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 19:20:13 GMT
His mooring ropes still look tight Rog
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Post by TonyDunkley on Mar 7, 2019 19:32:17 GMT
His mooring ropes still look tight Rog How can you tell ? The head and stern ropes are under water, and so are any springs that might, or more likely might NOT, have been on it. The one single line leading ashore from part way along the boat isn't, and wouldn't have been, serving any useful purpose at all.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 20:43:50 GMT
It was a joke.
In poor taste in view of the poor owners loss, but a joke notwithstanding.
Based on the assumption that the boat is still moored where it was left.
Rog
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Post by Mr Stabby on Mar 7, 2019 20:47:08 GMT
His mooring ropes still look tight Rog How can you tell ? The head and stern ropes are under water, and so are any springs that might, or more likely might NOT, have been on it. The one single line leading ashore from part way along the boat isn't, and wouldn't have been, serving any useful purpose at all. The smiley after the post might be a clue here, Tony.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 20:52:31 GMT
It was a joke. In poor taste in view of the poor owners loss, but a joke notwithstanding. Based on the assumption that the boat is still moored where it was left. Rog That said it is currently safe from disappearing down river without its rightful owners onboard.... 🤫🤐
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