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I've found time to record the launch but it's not all good news. We still have the clatter in the "gearbox" when in gear but not under load. The noise disappears as soon as you add some revs. As you'll read at:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/safari/230902bssissues.php
and
https://gregafloat.org.uk/safari/230904launch.php
we now reckon that it's not the gearbox but the reduction gear that is producing the noise and that, we're told, is a problem as it's not a part still in production. -
Singing the Blues is launched. But the fault in the gearbox still exists after one engineer has had two goes at fixing it and a second a third go. No wonder the boat was being sold! I'll update
https://gregafloat.org.uk/safari/
in the next day or two!
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#BoatsThatToot #NofolkUK #NorfolkBroads #boater -
The tank is back but still not fitted. The new tank has metric fittings. All the ancillary pipework now has to be changed to match the fittings. However, launch day is still to be Monday, when the work on the gearbox can be tested. The BSS Examiner will also call and, hopefully, issue a pass certificate. We can then pay the #BroadsAuthority toll and legally move the boat to our mooring in Colitshall on Tuesday.
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Dropped in on the boatyard today to see what the arrangements were for the revisit of the BSS examiner. The fuel tank was still not connected. It had to be returned to the manufacturer to be rebuilt. The internal baffles had been fitted horizontally, but there was to be no bung for a fuel level sensor to be fitted, as we will rely on the existing dip stick built into the filler cap. Result: the dip stick couldn't reach the bottom of the tank!
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@OccasionalDucks
Your image reminds me of one I took more than a decade ago.
It was an amzing day. I got to sail with a retired Thames Sailing Barge captain who was contemplating buying a #seahawk #yacht like mine. I was also allowed to sail the #tideway #dinghy he owned. The photo is found about halfway through the tale at:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/seahawk/2010tideway.php#boater #thames #sailingbarge #cormorants #norfolkbroads #norfolkuk
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@wlukewindsor
Do bikers have a different experience with herons?As a boater I find they take off when the bows of your boat get within about 50ft and proceed to land on the bank some 50yds ahead. This gets repeated up to six times until, instead of moving ahead of you they fly back past you and appear to settle at their original position some 300yds behind you.
It's made me assume they all have distinct territories, but I'm not clear how far they stretch.
#boatsthattoot #canals #boater -
@mlanger @badger0us @anamckellar @jbsegal
And if you want something more current then keep an eye on:
http://nbharnser.blogspot.com
A fellow Norfolk resident Brian supplied the sink in my old yacht as recorded at:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/seahawk/3rr2008.php#boatprepOops! Forgot all my usual hastags on my earlier replies
#boatsthattoot #liveaboard #NofolkUK #NorfolkBroads #boater #canals #canallife -
@mlanger
It wasn't intended, but is turning out that way. As one of the subscribers to the GregAfloat mail list says:Anyway, you are experiencing what I call the onion effect of restoring old "stuff". You peel and cry, peel and cry. But eventually you have enough onion rings to have a huge plate of fried onion rings! (You may not have experienced that delicacy, but if your cholesterol level allows it is delicious.)
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It's been an intense couple of weeks of work on Singing the Blues. There's a 4000 word update at:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/safari/230823boatgutted.php
For those less inclined to read there's 21 photos to view.
The boats's insides have been stripped out to allow the fuel tank to be replaced. More issues have been found that our surveyor should have picked up, but we hope we're within sight of being launched before the end of September. I've even begun to clean the outside! -
@PKYo @StephanieJane @Narrowboat_LunaBetty
#narrowboat #canals #boatsthattoot #boater
I am a little over 6ft and did #harecastle #tunnel northbound in 2002. I don't recall being asked to wear a hard hat which, even then, would have been a requirement had there been a real issue with headroom. Both these images show that where there is a sudden drop in headroom the arch was yellow painted. In the second image you can just make out the northern portal ahead of the boat in front of us. -
@mlanger
Back in the 80s all our (UK) #government run #water #companies were #privatised, thanks to right wing government dogma. The government then set up a regulator whose function was primarily to keep prices low. Of course, that didn't stop the companies paying out enormous dividends, but it did stop any investment to update the infrastructure,The result is that, now there is some recognition that #climatechange is real, we have near bankrupt companies and #infrastructure not fit for purpose. It's not that we need the existing infrastructure repaired we need more #reservoirs and #pipelines to shift it where it's needed.
I wish there was someone who could tell me I have this wrong?
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Disaster!
Singing the Blues has a #BoatSafetyScheme failure notice.
I think it's a clear case of our surveyor letting us down with an inadequate survey.
Read the details at:
https://gregafloat.org.uk/safari/230810bssfailure.php#bssI've emailed the folk at https://www.imarest.org/ and given them the details asking whether they feel I have a case against our surveyor and asking how to proceed. No response yet!
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Yesterday we packed the car again and set off with another load of #furniture, only some of it #flatpack, and other supplies to make the #cottage in #PrestonBrook habitable.
Guess who got in #trouble when unloading the car at our destination? My #excuse is there's 30 yards of muddy #towpath to walk along to reach the cottage.
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The day after we arrived at #PrestonBrook I managed to rebuild all the furniture we'd taken to the #cottage
By the end of the next day, we'd done some more #IKEA #shopping and there was a single bed in the second bedroom.
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@ccohanlon
Not surprised with that given what you've posted about #storm #babet -
The other Norfolk. Island that is. Feels like a lifetime ago, but it was only September. Meet some marvellous people on that trip.
I'm stuck here in my bedroom for a few days. Might finally get around to organizing my RAW files and video from recent travels.
#Photography #NorfolkIsland #LumixGH6 #Fotografie #ThePacific #Lumix #MavicPro2
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A neighbour has a granddaughter with a #music scholarship. She can't read music and is dropping behind other #students. She also has #Synesthesia #synaesthesia. In her case she hears music as colours.
My neighbour asked me if I knew any #programmers who might be able to produce some #software that could visualise music as colours rather than a convention musical #stave, to help overcome her #difficulty.
Other solutions/ideas welcome!
Please boost!
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We seem to be in a pattern of alternating grey days and #sunny #days. Here's this morning's #BBC #WeatherWatcher upload.
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@mlanger
The #BBC #LookEasr also used one of my #WeatherWatcher pictures tonight. It was taken yesterday. #stormbert -
@mlanger @jfk
That view is wonderful - if you like urban.I'm a country boy by adoption. This is the view from our lounge, taken this morning for my #bbc #weatherwatcher submission.
We're on the market, in case your interested!
https://youtu.be/VfqQr2elZag?si=HxAzcoxQwfrIk5Xm -
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/jen-kiggans-offshore-wind-project-support-trump-funding-pullback/291-d6aaa7d1-4c28-41fa-9645-0ef4f7f690d8 “We still have been staunch advocates for that offshore wind project because of the economic development that it's brought to Virginia's 2nd district, the number of jobs, the importance for energy security, which we know we don't have enough energy to meet our needs, especially on the defense side” #Virginia #wind #energy #shortage #inflation #USPolitics #NorfolkVA
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https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/virginia/trump-norfolk-offshore-wind-project-cuts-abigail-spanberger-response/291-06b98eef-3c21-4b54-896c-ab9790c57bb2 #Virginia #wind #energy #shortage #inflation #USPolitics #NorfolkVA #EconomicDevelopment #jobs “Trump admin cuts $40M Norfolk offshore wind project; Spanberger calls move a blow to Virginia”
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Norfolk Branch Naval YMCA, Virginia, c.1909 - Rotograph Co Postcard
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Good morning from #oceanview #NorfolkVA
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@jwildeboer nice stats... here in #NorfolkVA not so much unfortunately
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Thanks AtlanticComicCon!
We're finally back from our road trip down and back to the very mermaid-y Norfolk, Virginia for the first ever AtlanticComicCon!
Here's a cryptid/mermaid Kamikaze, a Kamerkaze if you will.
Or is it Merkesha?
#comics #webcomics #mastoart #atlanticcomiccon #norfolk #norfolkva #mermaid #cryptid
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Community Beach, Norfolk VA August 18th, 2024.