Non-slip adhesive matting and other jobs

Non-slip adhesive matting

Took me about 2 months to get hold of this stuff. It’s a large sheet of non-slip adhesive matting for the roof of the narrowboat.

It’s like gunwhale tape. But much fatter.

It’s got and adhesive back.

It takes 3 people to fit this sheet. I know because I did it with 1 person, and it’s completely full of bubbles. You need a roller also, to be fair. This stuff will tear your hands apart if you try and smooth it with your hand, or anything with else for that matter. You need to lay it with 2…… and roll it with one!

Too late now.

Fairleads

Simple 5mm tapping out into the roof.

Got some medium thread lock and put it onto the zinc bolts.

Felt fairly happy about the finish.

Battery bank

Finally added the two batteries to the battery bank.

Now got a full complement of batteries. Fit for watching TV on cold winter nights in front of the fire.

Nether Hayford -> Weedon Bec

Not a big move, but a move. Perhaps a mile or so.

Weedon has some CRT facilities!

Bins….

Wehey!

Here’s some pictures of my current moorings.

Weedon Bec
Weedon Bec
Weedon Bec
Weedon Bec

Low profile

It’s not as low profile as Nether, as you can see, there are plenty of boats and boaters around.

It’s not far from both the village of Weedon, which is on the A5, or the Tesco Express which is walking distance.

Mobile signal is good. Continue reading “Nether Hayford -> Weedon Bec”

BMC 1,800 alternator

Just taking the old one out and putting the new one in.

Couldn’t be more straightforward really.

Old one looked plenty dirty. I think the water pump leaked when that broke, meaning the engine compartment was very humid. This is reflected by the black gunk coating the mounting, blades and inner workings of the old alternator.

BMC Alternator

BMC marine alternator - old and new
BMC marine alternator – old and new

Plenty dirty, and a bit smelly.

I’m sure the pump leaked a fair bit of water onto the belt as well, this has sprayed off in streaks around the various fitting and furniture of the engine compartment.

TBH, it was only a matter of time before it stopped working.

Started it up this morning. It appears to have made no difference whatsoever to the charging.

More charge

25th Sept – As an update – Did a 2 hour cruise, with reasonable engine speeds and it seems to have had a longer lasting charging effect on the batteries.

12v Battery monitor

The voltmeter was showing this for around 3 hours. A two hour or so improvement on before the new alternator was fitted.

It indicates the battery bank is at between 12.5-13V.

First Patreon Pledger!

It’s taken since December 2014. Today I finally got my first Patreon pledge!

$5.

Maybe it will take another 3 years to get another…

Who knows.

Here is my bio taken from the Patreon site:-

A patreon site to support my site which has been running for over 14 years as a personal and travel blog.
Recently, it’s images and stories have been removed from the Google index in the name of ‘hate speech’.
My site has never printed or published hate speech. Much of the content removed was unique pictures and articles picked up on my travels. Mostly how-to, and other articles, pictures and tips to help other travellers.
Also, it has printed articles underlining the lying hypocrisy of the mainstreammedia and the NWO/establishment in trying to paint that the garden is rosy, whilst sweeping the facts under the carpet.
This site stood against that. Now Google stands against it.

About Patreon

Patreon is a site that simply allows you to pledge money to people for ongoing projects in return for gifts and rewards.

The most basic gift at the moment, is a link, but obviously, I can write articles and stuff in the future if people keep pledging.

Every little helps now Google is trying to stamp me out!

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