7th November 2015
Slough Uxbridge Boxmoor.
sunset 4.20pm ... Slough Arm with Sarah ... #PogueAwayDay. ... on returning to Pentargon about 4.40pm, the Hampshire was fired up.
Ship's log for 7thNov2015 goes thus ... "pissed all morning so 1o/c start. Also Southerly winds gusting. Client's boat inside another long boat so over an hour was spent uncoupling and roping around before getting under way at 2.20pm ... Towards Slough and the terminal winding hole ... Turn boat with wind assistance, return to berth and tie up, including restoring shore power ... 4.30pm ... (so as to be sorted and back on board before dark)
Back to Pentargon to warm up the boat and make dinner ... Do some house-keeping + farceburk ... 2200 ish to bed ... cabin too hot" ... "Fire made up with 25 walnut sized nuggets, followed by 25 oranges and lemons ... flame thrower used while charging the meth crucible (10min) and left on for a further 20mins. by which time the fluttering was finished and the fire was under way ... The air regulator was brought down to 4mm until the chimney pipe was really hot. Regulator was closed and the air vent stopped off. 7am it was possible to restart it on the remnant coals ... assisted by the flame thrower" ...
The diary is written in patois Hiberno-English which may eventually be translated into decipherable Ingerlish.
I had to deal with sustained "leaf-mugging" recently and googled "leaf mugging" as you do.
" Leaf mugging occurs when the propeller picks up and retains sodden and partly submerged or suspended leaves on the blades, reducing the ability of the prop to move the boat forward. Provided [leaf-mugging] is anticipated, stopping the prop for a moment causes the water-flow over the blades to clear the prop. Sometimes a momentary selection of reverse, speeds up the process and when forward is re-engaged it is possible to see the leaves been churned away from the stern."
Leaf mugging has a huge and noticeable effect on Pentargon's forward way in the late autumn. I am accustomed to the wash and wake of the boat and know the correct patterns for my cruising speed of 3mph. Any change in engine note or wash tells me whether I have picked up debris or anything that can affect the performance. Developing an instinct for observations by sight sound and touch is an art well practiced on Pentargon. The propeller is uber important and it works best at 100% efficiency, whereas an engine might be able to turn it with one cylinder out! In Summer time, duckweed is a factor in making way for a different reason. Duckweed causes drag so that the hull is slowed through the water as LTC Rolt found with his 'Cressy' and Hugh Malet found with his 'Mary-Anne'.
On a narrowboat, the weed hatch is very important in ensuring that your propeller can work at full efficiency and Pentargon's weed hatch has been modified so that, when cruising it is possible to get at the prop in seconds. literally.
Slough Uxbridge Boxmoor.
sunset 4.20pm ... Slough Arm with Sarah ... #PogueAwayDay. ... on returning to Pentargon about 4.40pm, the Hampshire was fired up.
Ship's log for 7thNov2015 goes thus ... "pissed all morning so 1o/c start. Also Southerly winds gusting. Client's boat inside another long boat so over an hour was spent uncoupling and roping around before getting under way at 2.20pm ... Towards Slough and the terminal winding hole ... Turn boat with wind assistance, return to berth and tie up, including restoring shore power ... 4.30pm ... (so as to be sorted and back on board before dark)
Back to Pentargon to warm up the boat and make dinner ... Do some house-keeping + farceburk ... 2200 ish to bed ... cabin too hot" ... "Fire made up with 25 walnut sized nuggets, followed by 25 oranges and lemons ... flame thrower used while charging the meth crucible (10min) and left on for a further 20mins. by which time the fluttering was finished and the fire was under way ... The air regulator was brought down to 4mm until the chimney pipe was really hot. Regulator was closed and the air vent stopped off. 7am it was possible to restart it on the remnant coals ... assisted by the flame thrower" ...
The diary is written in patois Hiberno-English which may eventually be translated into decipherable Ingerlish.
I had to deal with sustained "leaf-mugging" recently and googled "leaf mugging" as you do.
" Leaf mugging occurs when the propeller picks up and retains sodden and partly submerged or suspended leaves on the blades, reducing the ability of the prop to move the boat forward. Provided [leaf-mugging] is anticipated, stopping the prop for a moment causes the water-flow over the blades to clear the prop. Sometimes a momentary selection of reverse, speeds up the process and when forward is re-engaged it is possible to see the leaves been churned away from the stern."
Leaf mugging has a huge and noticeable effect on Pentargon's forward way in the late autumn. I am accustomed to the wash and wake of the boat and know the correct patterns for my cruising speed of 3mph. Any change in engine note or wash tells me whether I have picked up debris or anything that can affect the performance. Developing an instinct for observations by sight sound and touch is an art well practiced on Pentargon. The propeller is uber important and it works best at 100% efficiency, whereas an engine might be able to turn it with one cylinder out! In Summer time, duckweed is a factor in making way for a different reason. Duckweed causes drag so that the hull is slowed through the water as LTC Rolt found with his 'Cressy' and Hugh Malet found with his 'Mary-Anne'.
On a narrowboat, the weed hatch is very important in ensuring that your propeller can work at full efficiency and Pentargon's weed hatch has been modified so that, when cruising it is possible to get at the prop in seconds. literally.
