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ap4098 | 1 Mar 2010 09:57

Re: dirty fuel (Was Heron 57' question)


--- In canals-list@..., "Phil Rushton" <rushton <at> ...> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ap4098" <Brooksap <at> ...>
> To: <canals-list@...>
> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:37 AM
> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Heron 57' question
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> > Snip all
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> > Just a reminder for anyone marking a dipstick.
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> > The fuel pickup pipe should be above the bottom of the tank to allow water 
> > to collect below the pickup and not enter the system. Personally I would 
> > always have it about 2 inches above the bottom but there is no way we can 
> > easily find out without running the tank dry or draining it - both rather 
> > troublesome.
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> > So please make a mark 4 inches above the bottom of the tank and treat that 
> > mark as absolutely empty. That way you should not get any engines cutting 
> > out at inconvenient times.
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> > While on this subject please, if you are not using a fuel additive or have 
> > done so already, have a go at draining the water from the bottom of the 
> > fuel tank. In most narrowboats something like a hand or drill pump with a
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BARRY HOLLAND | 1 Mar 2010 11:44
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Re: FoI website


---Nev Wells, who blogs about his boat Waterlily which he moors at the  
Hunts Lock, Fradley, has drawn my attention to this useful site:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/

It's set up by the MySociety folk who do the write to them website,  
and you can use it to generate Freedom of Info requests to UK  
authorities.

Probably I'm the last to hear about it, but it seems like a good idea.  
 
 

It would be if one didn't get ''ACCESS DENIED'' when one clicks on it!
Barry
Nb nothingsurprisesme 

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BARRY HOLLAND | 1 Mar 2010 12:05
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Computers--what else??

---Nev Wells, who blogs about his boat Waterlily which he moors at the  
Hunts Lock, Fradley, has drawn my attention to this useful site:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/

It's set up by the MySociety folk who do the write to them website,  
and you can use it to generate Freedom of Info requests to UK  
authorities.

Probably I'm the last to hear about it, but it seems like a good idea.  
 
 

It would be if one didn't get ''ACCESS DENIED'' when one clicks on it!
Barry
Nb nothingsurprisesme 

I say that but I'm gobsmacked that ALL the above entered my SPAM box instead of my INBOX!!
This, after logging in this morning to find I had NO messages in my inbox & NO folders.
Logging out & logging in again solved THAT one but as for the arrival in spam, well.......
Barry
Nb shakeshisheadslowlyindespair 

 

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Ann Harvey | 1 Mar 2010 15:40

RE: Heron 57' question


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Message Received: Feb 26 2010, 07:30 PM
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Subject: RE: [canals-list] Heron 57' question

  

From Trevor Sheppard

Hi folks,
Are there any other owners/ex-owners out there with a 57 foot Heron who 
might be able to tell me the capacity of the fuel tank?

57 foot heron! Never mind the fuel tank, what ever size is the wingspan?

I'll get me coat :-)

Regards,

Andrew

Never mind the wingspan - how much does it eat?  No wonder some whales are endangered.
Ann

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dave hearnden | 1 Mar 2010 16:12
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RE: Re: Heron 57' question


John,

Where are you based I have a Makros card.

Im near Enfield where there is such a shop.

Moose

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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:35:20 +0000
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> > On 27/02/2010 19:39, Sue wrote:
> > > I have got a 'day' card before now at Makros. Just ask at the front desk.
> > > Sue
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> > Ooo - that's interesting, Sue - did you tell them you were in business 
> > then (their website seems anxious that 'Jo Public' doesn't get in..)?
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> > Trevor
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> I was buying sweets for a 'national' so I may have had some wrg headed paper. Invent a business or charity.
> Sue
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John, | 1 Mar 2010 20:19

Re: Heron 57' question

It's not me - it's Trevor that wants one and he's in Surrey! I'm oop north (land of real ale and fish and chips!) 
John

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Andrew Dyke | 2 Mar 2010 11:16
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RE: Re: Heron 57' question

It's not me - it's Trevor that wants one and he's in Surrey! I'm oop north
(land of real ale and fish and chips!) 
John

And Mr Millin and ................

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Graham | 2 Mar 2010 12:04
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Re: Oooop North


John ended with " up North (land of real ale and fish and chips!) " to which Andrew added " And Mr Millin and
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Well, everywhere has it's down side ;^)

Graham
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Bruce Napier | 2 Mar 2010 13:05
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Re: Re: Heron 57' question


On 2 Mar 2010, at 10:16, Andrew Dyke wrote:

> And Mr Millin and ................

BW licensing at Leeds, who recently tried to fob me off with a  
reissued number for Sanity Again, which would have made her appear to  
be about 12 months older than she is.

When challenged, the woman at Leeds explained that the original boat  
to which it had been issued, Chloe, was similar, so they thought it  
would be OK.

Chloe is a 20 foot Norman GRP cruiser, and SA is of course a 70 foot  
steel narrowboat....

Full story here

http://nbsanity.blogspot.com/2010/03/gentle-work-in-early-spring-and-more.html

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All the best

Bruce

Follow the building of Sanity Again at
http://sanityagain.blogspot.com/

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roger_millin | 2 Mar 2010 15:25
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Re: Oooop North

Andrew quipped:
> John ended with " up North (land of real ale and fish and chips!) " to which Andrew added " And Mr Millin and
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And Graham added: 
> Well, everywhere has it's down side ;^)

Whaddya mean, they're grateful for any missionary that comes north and shows them the true path. Having
said that, I'm a bit of a convert, I wouldn't go south again other than to France, as the life here converting
the lost souls is so much better than the southern experience. ;-))
It is, truly, a hard life but someone has to do it! I've just come back from the pub after another session of
trying to convert the northerners to the benefits of southern beer.......it's proving difficult, so I
may just have to go back and try again, and again, until I achieve success! ;-)))
Roger

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