On 22 Nov 2009, at 18:07, Graham wrote: > Baz penned " As a temporary crew member on a well known SMH vessel I > was privileged to photograph a weedhatch on use a couple of years > back: > <http://baz-juniper.fotopic.net/p52194621.html> " > > Obviously a class boat seeing the bricks on the bottom baffle plate > - no wonder UM had to have ballast removed ;^)
That's a waterside patio ! In all honesty those bricks are still there and were put there originally to (successfully) dampen some resonance down below that I thought was cavitation induced. It became an irritation on the G&S where we would normally cruise fairly fast. Back on the dirty ditches we never hear it, but the paviors are still down there, presumably. Beeky
