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Post by Mr Stabby on Sept 6, 2020 19:32:41 GMT
For the first year I owned my boat I moored in Brinklow Marina and the issues are exactly as you state. By sheer luck of timing I managed to get my current mooring which is an offside farm mooring about a mile or two away from Brinklow Marina. Not only is it half the cost but I feel that the fellow liveaboard boaters here have far more on common with me than the Brinklow boaters who seemed to be more of the floating holiday cottage types. The side of the marina on which is was moored was referred to disparagingly as "the Council side". It's not a residential mooring in the sense that you can't use it as a postal address, but in real terms maybe 10-12 of us live aboard and so long as you respect fellow boaters and the farmer, nobody cares. I prefer being on a linear mooring where I can watch the boats go by, Brinklow Marina was more like a car park for boats and the one or two moving boats a day were the highlight of the day. The downsides are firstly that there is no electricity (although I have water) and secondly if I am facing the wrong way then I face a possible two-and-a-half hour round trip to wind the boat at Ansty (longer boats have to go further, to Wyken Arm) Yep, if I ever got a semi-permanent type mooring it would have to be online- probably as rare as hens teeth I bet Yes, I was lucky to get this mooring, we got chatting to a couple of boaters at Hillmorton locks who had just vacated it an hour or so earlier as they were moving down to Gloucester for work, we took our boat back to Brinklow Marina, drove straight to the farm, had a chat with a couple of the moorers and then knocked on the farmhouse door and asked if we could stay. In doing so we leapfrogged a huge waiting list, which some people have said was unfair, but we were there, we were presentable and polite, and I know from previous jobs I've had that if the Guvnor phones everybody on the waiting list then most people will have moved on and made alternative arrangements, so it was a case of being in the right place at the right time. I just paid my annual mooring fee again last week, I asked how much it was and Farmer Don said "Same as last year". He's said that every year for the five years I've been here, and apparently there hasn't been a rent rise for over 10 years. I don't know how long it will last, he's 94 now and his son doesn't seem to like the boats as much as he does. But I'll bash that bridge when I come to it.
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Post by Trina on Sept 6, 2020 20:07:01 GMT
We had our boat at Titford pumphouse in Oldbury for 12 years(sounds like a Frankie Howard script).We left as there was an aluminium recycling place nearby which suddenly upped their loud recycling at all kinds of hours.Also,a Weir recycling yard opened nearby which meant we suddenly had flies as we went up the 6 lock flight which then stayed with us back on the mooring.We didn't live there but we'd enjoyed spending boatee time there Flies & aluminium noise were the last straw !!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2020 20:21:59 GMT
I believe I saw what you did there, although my acquaintance with antiquated musical films is tenuous, at best....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2020 20:27:34 GMT
Yep, if I ever got a semi-permanent type mooring it would have to be online- probably as rare as hens teeth I bet Hi Tony, Any idea where you will be next weekend yet? we can do either saturday or sunday Peter To be honest Peter, I have a couple of car/rail trips to make next week, and I might end up sticking the boat in a marina for a few days rather than leave it on the towpath, but either way the chances are I won't have moved too far from Northampton by next weekend. I'll keep you posted, but it will be within an easy drive.
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 7, 2020 7:00:35 GMT
Changing the engine oil often will do no harm. Do not believe in the term 'service', but keep a list of what maintenance has been done, and a calendar to jot down the next times these things need doing. because oil journals are empty cause wear eh?
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 7, 2020 7:07:32 GMT
Cheers Gazza, Northampton marina looks like a great shout- right before the Northampton arm. That'll split up the two legs nicely. Time-wise I would love to have a gander around Northampton, but there are a few issues to juggle. There is a funeral coming up one day this week in merseyside that I must attend (no day set), and I must go back to Stretham and get my car. I've found a website that allows you rent people's drives, and there are some in Wellingborough for £20 a month. So playing it by ear at the moment. the X4 bus service runs from Northampton to Peterborough, once every 30 mins Haha! My influence is spreading!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2020 8:04:55 GMT
the X4 bus service runs from Northampton to Peterborough, once every 30 mins Haha! My influence is spreading! What??? Every now and then I've had cause to use the bus over the last 25 years, sharing a bit of local knowledge with someone passing through has got bugger all to do with your influence 😕
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Post by peterboat on Sept 7, 2020 12:29:32 GMT
Hi Tony, Any idea where you will be next weekend yet? we can do either saturday or sunday Peter To be honest Peter, I have a couple of car/rail trips to make next week, and I might end up sticking the boat in a marina for a few days rather than leave it on the towpath, but either way the chances are I won't have moved too far from Northampton by next weekend. I'll keep you posted, but it will be within an easy drive. Cheers Tony will waut to hear from you
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Post by peterboat on Sept 7, 2020 12:33:44 GMT
because oil journals are empty cause wear eh? Thats the difference between someone that has been a mechanic all his life and yourself who is guessing at it! when you drain oil it leaves galleries and journals empty of oil so when you start the engine it momentarily runs without oil and oil pressure! in cars this is seen by the oil pressure light being on for a few seconds rather than going straight out
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2020 12:48:51 GMT
I remember Volvo Penta used to deliberately delay fuel injection allowing the cranking of the engine to get the oil round before the combustion processes started.
They probably still do it. Easy enough to achieve with electronic fuel injection systems.
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Post by brummieboy on Sept 7, 2020 12:50:00 GMT
Thats the difference between someone that has been a mechanic all his life and yourself who is guessing at it! when you drain oil it leaves galleries and journals empty of oil so when you start the engine it momentarily runs without oil and oil pressure! in cars this is seen by the oil pressure light being on for a few seconds rather than going straight out I have always left the stop up on my engine, turning it over on the starter until the pressure gauge starts to register.
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Post by peterboat on Sept 7, 2020 12:58:43 GMT
Thats the difference between someone that has been a mechanic all his life and yourself who is guessing at it! when you drain oil it leaves galleries and journals empty of oil so when you start the engine it momentarily runs without oil and oil pressure! in cars this is seen by the oil pressure light being on for a few seconds rather than going straight out I have always left the stop up on my engine, turning it over on the starter until the pressure gauge starts to register. Good move, problem is nowadays modern engines dont have that trick up the bores, and you know it will go wrong if you start pulling wires on the stop solenoid!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2020 12:59:18 GMT
when you drain oil it leaves galleries and journals empty of oil so when you start the engine it momentarily runs without oil and oil pressure! in cars this is seen by the oil pressure light being on for a few seconds rather than going straight out This of course is hugely dependent on the oil you are using. Many oils now leave a film on mechanical parts to help solve the issue you're describing. Additives such as slick 50 also provide this sort of protection.
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Post by peterboat on Sept 7, 2020 13:04:02 GMT
when you drain oil it leaves galleries and journals empty of oil so when you start the engine it momentarily runs without oil and oil pressure! in cars this is seen by the oil pressure light being on for a few seconds rather than going straight out This of course is hugely dependent on the oil you are using. Many oils now leave a film on mechanical parts to help solve the issue you're describing. Additives such as slick 50 also provide this sort of protection. I always used full synthetic because thats what we had in the garage, but 10 or 15/40 mineral supermarket oil is not so well endowed with additives and boaters will use whats cheap sometimes
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 7, 2020 13:48:54 GMT
Thats the difference between someone that has been a mechanic all his life and yourself who is guessing at it! when you drain oil it leaves galleries and journals empty of oil so when you start the engine it momentarily runs without oil and oil pressure! in cars this is seen by the oil pressure light being on for a few seconds rather than going straight out I don't think that galleries and journals will be 'empty' when you drain oil and replace it straight away - there will be an oily surface all over everything. Perhaps, if you drained the oil and left it for 6 months, and then replaced the oil and started an engine, there could be more metal-against-metal wear - but surely not for a couple of minutes?
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