Hhmm, Neil's original quoted posting has got a bit mangled. It's something to do with my ditching of IE8 (which was driving me to distraction with its extraordinarily slow response) so I've changed to Firefox which is like a rocket compared..........however, it doesn't co-operate as well with the Google toolbar web form spillchucker (I post on the web). When I try to use that it spill chucks part of one word and part of the following which has resulted in a mangled Neil posting..........mind you, the logic of his posting was pretty mangled anyway ;-))) Roger
--- In [email protected], "roger_millin" <roger.mil...@...> wrote: > > Neil wrote: > > > Sounds like Mr Edgson copied most of the good bits of an R&D weedhatch > > > arngement (wwhich Ray did as standard on trds annd semi-trds siince the > > 1980's)...except the weehatch itsself ;-) > > The plate clamped down to the top of the uxte platte is most disconcerting, > > especially once you have stugged to crrack the seal and watch the upstad > > fi > ill with water. Having struggled to remove the weedhch on an n early Edgso > > boa > oat (under the counter, it had no hatch in the rear deck at all) no wonder > > he copied a tried and tested design ;-) > > In your dreams ;-))) > Graham likes to see the boats ballasted so that the uxter plais is just out > of the water at the very stern. In that case no water comes into the upstand. > ever. Albion was ballasted a bit lower than that and I had to do a small mop > up after each weed hatch session. Once mopped out though, no more came in. > The advantage of that design was that the weed hatch plate was so much > lighter to lift out as it only comprised of a short solid shaft mounted to > the bottom plate. No struggling with plates top and bottom and strong > (anti-vibration) leg/s in between. Never had to stuggle to crack the seal > either. One sharp push on the upright shaft and it released. > > > > > So how does the weed hatch work on Phoenix? > > A struggle under the stern deck (at the stern of the engine room)is the > simple answer to that. But, in 2.5 years on Brunel on one the shallowest > canals in France I *never* had to get down the weedhatch so I'm not too > bothered about the prospects for Phoenix. There is also a shaft mounted > cutter blade on Phoenix so there is even more protection for what it's worth. > Roger >
