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| stratford4528 |
Posted - 30 Jun 2018 : 10:29:50
I see Philihun mentioned depth of water on the Chesterfield canal. are most of the canals shallow for want of dredging. Some of you might remember the problems i had with my 32 on the Monmouth canal.I draw 2ft 3" to the tip of the Sceg on my Enfield and had the prop broken in 2 days. Took the CRT to court and they put a top London barrister against me. What chance did I stand when they must of spent £20,000 to beat me.
My idea is to design and build a jet propulsion for my 32 to get over shallow water. Would like to hear comments.
Bob |
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| Marmag |
Posted - 10 Jul 2018 : 16:03:34
It's the same on the Lancaster canal very shallow in parts. With the hot weather the water depth is down around 6 inches.I have never seen any dredging being done here as for the tow path they seem to be spending tens of thousands in parts. Why should we have to pay for this.this year I have hit the bottom twice with the result of my engine suckling up mud and all kinds of crap totally blocking my cooling system .
P's I have a inboard volvo engine.
Mark pugh |
| stratford4528 |
Posted - 09 Jul 2018 : 21:10:37
If I had had a lot of support from other boat owners I would have won in court. Enough people could have payed for a legal team.
As far as I can see The canals are getting worse.
It is all top show with the CRT The tow paths are looking good for the walkers and cyclists who don't pay anything towards the running of the canals also around the locks it looks maintained.
But under the surface of the water where know one can see they don't care about,
The boat hire companies dare not say anything because the CRT would refuse them a license if they complained to much.
Every day I look at my 32 which took me 5 years to refit and I wonder if I will ever go on the canal again.
You all pay a license to use a canal that is not fit for purpose.
Comments were made in court that if I had won my case it would have opened a flood gate for other boaters to claim.So they had to throw a lot of money to stop me winning.
In the CRT there is too many chiefs and not enough Indians. And a vast amount of money wasted which could be used on preserving the canals.
I have designed a cost effective way of dredging the canals with very little effect on boaters. So a canal could be dredged all year.
If nothing is done some canals are going to be restricted to the very shallow draught boats
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| philihun |
Posted - 09 Jul 2018 : 20:17:27
Some folk from our club have had severe problems on the Selby canal, (River Aire - Yorkshire Ouze link) due to to duckweed and bottom growing weed. Worst in years some say.Must be the hot spell.BTW they were not outboards but raw water inboards.Thankyou Honda, just give a burst of reverse and no shear pin to change it keeps going( so far anyway}
pr hunt |
| Mad Harold |
Posted - 09 Jul 2018 : 14:00:07
Sorry to hear about your court case.Yes,shallow water is a problem I think almost everywhere.I am in Huddersfield and sold my Norman 20 [very sadly]and bought a 30ft steel narrowboat [22inch draft]because of constantly grounding my prop on the Norman.
I did look into jet drives but the cost was too much for me.
I did a not very satisfactory fix by fitting an auxiliary trapezium outboard mount and fitting a small outboard [8hp] and with fitting chains to the mount,I could adjust the depth of the prop.
It was not very satisfactory because unless the prop is deep,the thrust is much reduced,however it got my boat over some quite shallow bits. |
| cliveshep |
Posted - 30 Jun 2018 : 12:58:38
Typical response by a big outfit, your prop might cost what, £150 tops, and they spend a small fortune avoiding paying for it. The change would have carried out an absolute rake of dredging but that would never occur to the desk-bound pc numpties does it? Anything, no matter how wasteful, to avoid doing the right thing!
Finally living the dream!
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