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Hudds Lad

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Hudds Lad last won the day on December 1 2020

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  • Birthday 16/06/1972

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  • Location
    Best Yorkshire
  • Occupation
    Retired Ninja
  • Boat Name
    Alluto
  • Boat Location
    Dunchurch Pools Marina

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  1. Usually text-to-speech has a slightly posh middle england accent, never heard a Brummy one before. Even if it was, it's not the usual style of wrong intonation you get with a script/AI voice. Very odd.
  2. Well, its not wrong. Very strange voiceover, oddly emphasised.
  3. Subscription items that can be locked and unlocked by Elon. Oh, you didn't renew your navigation package? No steering for you.
  4. Hudds Lad

    RCD

    If he's based at Dunchurch, i'd guess it's New & Used Boat Co. as they operate from there
  5. The grant received from the Millenium Commission was £12,840,000, they originally offered £15,000,000 but English Partnerships whittled this down. Total estimated cost of the restoration since the formation of the Huddersfield Canal Society in 1974 was £45,000,000 (incidentally the Society is 50yrs old today!!).
  6. Was probably having you on, all geese are called Steve to confuse the authorities
  7. A slower speed on the router then maybe? Might have a look for a bit and have a test.
  8. Being a much-maligned marina moorer, ours get a lot of weather Lost one to one of the storms in the marina last year, vanished like an old oak table, fender and all. Then J snapped one last year using it to pull the boat in for some reason (she did once pull an oven door off too, doesn't know her own strength).
  9. Is HDPE easy to work? Can it be machined easily or does it melt? Only ask as the hangers i made are starting to delaminate after two years of service despite being well painted and i was thinking of using a different material once the spares have been used up. Pics for reference, i know the one showing how they tie-on isn't the best but it's all i could find.
  10. I fettled a longer one for the shareboat as a few of us wanted it long enough to stand inside the doors. This assumes you still have the old one to measure from. I measured the original tiller bar for first hole and drilled a pilot hole then enlarged it (don't go too big too soon, i tried to jump from pilot hole to full size bit in one go and it kept grabbing the bit, step up in sizes or get one of those conical step drill bits). I also made a U-shaped box to hold the tiller bar in whilst i drilled to keep it straight as i didn't have access to a vice when on the boat, wedged in with some shims to stop it rotating. Once i had the first hole done, I placed in situ and aligned using the tiller pin, then drilled the next pilot hole straight through whilst on the bar, then continued to enlarge to correct size. The hardest part was getting the new handle in the new bar, both came from Midland Chandlers and were allegedly the correct size. Even after copious sanding the fit was so tight i didn't need to use the wedge. That handle is never coming off, ever Pretty much as @ditchcrawler has said above. I also had to make a new step-side bracket to hold both the old and new tiller bar as some owners wanted it as was, but that's another story and the joy of shared ownership
  11. I'd deffo look for a valve, we had the opposite problem with our MV Hydro 5-S where we got hot water but rads were stone cold. Turned out to be a closed valve that we didn't notice as the big red wheel had been removed
  12. They do flollop and vollue beautifully when the mating rituals are in effect, although the mournful globbering of those that don't find a mate can bring a tear to the eye
  13. Surely at that point Sod's Law comes into play?
  14. Possibly refused planning due to all the blue Pagoda's, willow tree planting and little bridges you can't get a boat under
  15. Because most of the "stories" are skimmed from Facebook groups these days, and written by trainee "journalists" in an office in Manchester. Not worth wrapping yer chips in now.
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