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pete.i

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    Moved now to where we want to be.
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    No boat now.

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  1. I've had both. A 30 foot narrowboat and a grp cruiser. My cruiser was a Shetland and getting into the cockpit was a bit of a trial as the side was high so it meant lifting a leg or two which even at 65 was a tad hard. The narrowboats that I have had was just a step onto the back which 99% of the times was at the mooring or pontoon level. The other problem I found with the shetland was keeping it in straight line especially if there was a bit of wind. It wasn't too bad but I found the narrowboat much easier. A friend of mine had a 56 foot narrowboat (Zuny I think) that had a covered cockpit and wheel steering. I did helm that a few times and it was okay. I have given up boating now as I moved to an area without any near canals.....Ah no it was Zuni, this one....... ooppss that's copyrighted so it's gone.
  2. What does an ethanol fireplace bring to a living space? Any living space can include an open fireplace design now that ethanol fireplaces are widely available and accepted as an effective source of heat. Whether you are building, renovating or renting, you can introduce an open flame appliance at any time. I thought about one of these in the house we have just moved to. We have no chimney and there was a very old gas fire with an external flue which looked ugly. So I had all that ripped out with the idea that one of these flickering ethanol fire things which didn't need a chimney would be a good idea. problem was they gave out very little heat. Okay a lack of heat wasn't particularly a problem as we have central heating but they didn't look good in my opinion so we settled for an electric jobby with a flickering flame effect that was oodles cheaper, didn't need to be installed by some bod with a bit of paper and gave a decent amount of heat when switched on.
  3. When I had this problem on my BMC 1.5 and a friend's BMC it was the O rings. They are fairly easy to change and this is the thread that helped me.
  4. I used closed cell adhesive foam tape on my windows. My frames were screwed in and I had to reseal two windows. They weren't leaking when I got rid of that boat 5 yrears later.
  5. The last boat that I had a couple of years ago had one in that was leaking. I replaced it with the same type of bladder and cover and it was fairly easy. Of course everything was in place so I didn't have to run pipes or connect up pumps or anything. I no longer have that boat but it was all okay when I sold it.
  6. Unfortunately not. It depends on how well they have been looked after. With the best will in the world steel and water do not play well together. Also the effects of electricity on steel hulls has to be factored in. You need to do a lot of research and also realise that most of the things that you need to know about buying a narrowboat will be down to you. You will have to get a survey but that is absolutely no guarantee that the boat you choose is good. Also you must realise that sellers will not point out the bad bits no matter who they are. Good luck, I have bought 3 boats before I stopped using the canals and they were all good. My first one was well over 30 years old. Buyer beware and um caveat empress or what it's called which basically means the same thing.
  7. Those wires are quite tight on that sharpish edge of the engine. My guess is that that blue and black wire chaffed against that edge wearing the insulation until it shorted with the engine. Witout knowing where that black and blue wire goes it's imposible to say for sure that that is what caused the isolator burn out but it could have. I would rejoin the black and blue wire and replace the isolator and then keep an eye on things whilst running the engine or whatever it was you did when it burnt out. If all is well then some protection is required between that loom and the edge of the engine.
  8. They are brilliant pieces of kit. The only idiots are the ones behind, who seem to think a pram hood makes you slow, and can't be bothered to try to pass and then come on a tin pot forum to complain. How stupid is that?
  9. Most, if not all, presenters are total twits.
  10. I bought my first boat when I was 60. I gave it up when I got to 70. I'd had 3 boats in that time. I enjoyed the time I had but a move to South Wales, where I was a long way away from a canal and the roads to the nearest navigable canal were basically cart tracks, made the decision to give up permanently for me. I will admit that my age, 72, did play a significant part in that decision.
  11. Having owned both, 2 narrowboats and a GRP cruiser, I prefered the cruiser although all the disadvantages posted applied. It was nimbler, it was nicer to sit in and drive and the cabin was better although smaller than both my narrowboats. I wasn't a live aboard and I don't think I would have considered living on my cruiser. The cruiser was a lot cheaper to buy than both my narrowboats. As for windy conditions, I had problems with windy conditions with all my boats. If the wind took the cruiser when trying to moor up it was much easier to control than both my narrowboats as it was very much lighter.
  12. Whilst the wording could have been a tad clearer if you think "that makes no sense" then you are part of the problem although you are not alone. I gave up the canals two years ago as I could see then the possible way things were going.
  13. Okay a futile attempt at keeping dirt out.
  14. Maybe the glove fingers are a futile attempt of containing the injector leakoff diesel. Looking at the small part of the drive pulley that can be seen, and it really isn't very clear, but looks like it might be a grooved pulley rather than a V pulley. If it is then the alternator pulley would have to be a grooved pulley as well and that isn't normal on what looks like a Lucas alternator.
  15. I'm pretty sure that all the early 1977 cars I had had AC 127 alternators fitted. They were an Austin 1300, a MK3 Cortina, a 2.2 Rover and a Vauxhall Chevette. I went to Hyundai after those. The last one I bought for my boat with a BMC 1.5 I got from Ebay. That was a couple or three years ago.
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