On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:49 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > We (Wood Hall & Heward) pumped up a narrowboat called Sherwood today just > below Picketts Lock on the River Lee, the water was halfway up the windows, > it was caused by a weed hatch being fitted the wrong way round and fouling > the front of the integral fuel tank. The restraing bar had been re-fitted but > the lid was up 3/4inch at the rear, from the front it looked OK. The boater > said he had been down the weedhatch at Enfield (2 locks north). > I hope that this will be of some use to you all out there, it might be worth > a check on your hatch to see if it could happen to you. > Must go now, got to fill all the pumps and head to the next one at Bow Locks. > J Roger Alsop
Easy to do, especially if you don't know the boat well, but we had a better one. We were crossing the River Humber (the boat is moored on the Driffield Navigation) and the prop ventilation - thanks to the rough waters - was causing serious shaking in the boat. We had to keep the power on to keep with the tide. It wasn't till after I walked towards the back after a rest when I noticed water coming out of the side of the wooden engine covering. The water was up to the alternator, but had been leaking into the main cabin (there is a 2-3 foot steel partition between the engine and the rest of the boat, for some time. We took out something like 100 gallons of water out, and now ensure that the weedhatch is well secured. The screw had rattled loose over time realeasing the presure and letting the water in. http://shoestring.zapto.org/pics/Crick/index.html has the full story and pictures. Cheers, Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
