My absence has a reason behind and, no, I haven't been banned. I was literally struck down by some kind of potent virus and spent the last 3 days horizontal. I've never had an illness as bad, except maybe when I had pneumonia some years ago. Now I want to find out what the f*** happened to me. Monday morning I abandoned work and tried to cycle back home but couldn't pedal up the smallest of hills. I was shaking like crazy and walked and rode my way the several miles back to my bed. The next 48 hours or so I spent vomiting and stuck on the toilet. I was too weak to go and see a doctor so I just stuck to sipping glucose and purging my system. The good news is I'm recovered and can't wait to get back on my bike. But I'm curious as to what the hell kind of flu that was I picked up and how I got it.
Dondare said:
Actually, that's a bit worrying, he's never off for this long. Perhaps he's lost in a blizzard, or maybe gone down with his boat.
I've done some of this already. We closed up the seacock and opened up some of the pipes. We then turned the timer-belt round a full circuit which, in theory, should pump out any water. Nothing came out. I'm assuming no water is in there at this stage. Bear in mind I know nothing about engines. These boats came to me when someone died unexpectedly and I purchased them for a song. One boat I sold and the other I hope to keep. I'm reading as many books as I can on boat mechanics and engines but have a lot to learn.
stevebaby said:
Clean out the diesel tank,thoroughly.Clean and bleed the injectors.Charge the battery.Most truck mechanics will be able to work on diesels.There is no way to fit an outboard to this type of boat.Did you ever consider having the boat surveyed before you bought it? 😄
My absence has a reason behind and, no, I haven't been banned. I was literally struck down by some kind of potent virus and spent the last 3 days horizontal. I've never had an illness as bad, except maybe when I had pneumonia some years ago. Now I want to find out what the f*** happened to me. Monday morning I abandoned work and tried to cycle back home but couldn't pedal up the smallest of hills. I was shaking like crazy and walked and rode my way the several miles back to my bed. The next 48 hours or so I spent vomiting and stuck on the toilet. I was too weak to go and see a doctor so I just stuck to sipping glucose and purging my system. The good news is I'm recovered and can't wait to get back on my bike. But I'm curious as to what the hell kind of flu that was I picked up and how I got it.
It's an obvious case of garlic poisoning. Pity it wasn't cyanide.
Actually, that's a bit worrying, he's never off for this long. Perhaps he's lost in a blizzard, or maybe gone down with his boat.
i love this, it snows in Scotland for 48 days straight and England gets 4 inches in 'one day' and its the 'worst blizzard in the UK for 25 years'. Trains, cars and hospitals at a stand-still.
Yeah, perhaps he is stuck in a 2 inch drift on the m25.
In January 1996 we were in a B&B in fort william and in the morning the snow was literally higher than the front door. We had to dig out. The BBC reported it as, 'cold in scotland, turning a bit wintery in the hills'.
My absence has a reason behind and, no, I haven't been banned. I was literally struck down by some kind of potent virus and spent the last 3 days horizontal. I've never had an illness as bad, except maybe when I had pneumonia some years ago. Now I want to find out what the f*** happened to me. Monday morning I abandoned work and tried to cycle back home but couldn't pedal up the smallest of hills. I was shaking like crazy and walked and rode my way the several miles back to my bed. The next 48 hours or so I spent vomiting and stuck on the toilet. I was too weak to go and see a doctor so I just stuck to sipping glucose and purging my system. The good news is I'm recovered and can't wait to get back on my bike. But I'm curious as to what the hell kind of flu that was I picked up and how I got it.
Sounds like food poisoning to me, 'flu and you'd still be too ill to contemplate cycling irrespective of garlic consumption. It usually strikes within a couple of hours of eating or drinking the offending artical, so it should be possible to narrow it down. If it was the works canteen then you may have a case, see if anyone else was laid low at the same time. This is a bad time of year to get ill, take it easy for a couple of weeks to allow your system to recover totally. By the way, what kind of aquatic craft, exactly, do you now own? There seems to be some confusion.....
I've done some of this already. We closed up the seacock and opened up some of the pipes. We then turned the timer-belt round a full circuit which, in theory, should pump out any water. Nothing came out. I'm assuming no water is in there at this stage. Bear in mind I know nothing about engines. These boats came to me when someone died unexpectedly and I purchased them for a song. One boat I sold and the other I hope to keep. I'm reading as many books as I can on boat mechanics and engines but have a lot to learn.
Sounds like food poisoning to me, 'flu and you'd still be too ill to contemplate cycling irrespective of garlic consumption. It usually strikes within a couple of hours of eating or drinking the offending artical, so it should be possible to narrow it down. If it was the works canteen then you may have a case, see if anyone else was laid low at the same time. This is a bad time of year to get ill, take it easy for a couple of weeks to allow your system to recover totally.
I now read back and see that you woke up feeling ill. I still think it was food poisoning from what you describe, maybe a dodgy garlic clove?
Believe me it was no joke. I suspect food poisoning too. I've never had anything as bad in my life for the time it lasted. It was a f*****g nightmare. The worst moment was when I got back from work and crawled into bed. I woke up 3 hours later with cramping pains in my stomach and spasms (indicating a need to go to the toilet - and quick!). Next thing, my bowels just gave way and I was in one hell of a mess. Had it happened at work I'd have been finished. God only knows how people would have reacted. After that I had to go to the bathroom every 15 minutes continually. There were times I was throwing up in a bucket while crapping on the toilet at the same time. I was shaking and sweating buckets. Friends wanted to call an ambulance when they saw me writhing on the floor and vomiting. Today I weighed myself and I've lost well over a stone in weight. That's some loss. Still, it's just bad luck and I seem to be over it. Such is life. We all get ill, I guess. Er, my boat is a canal cruiser of about 25 feet but I call it a "barge" for fun as this pisses the boat community off somewhat.
Don Shipp said:
I now read back and see that you woke up feeling ill. I still think it was food poisoning from what you describe, maybe a dodgy garlic clove?
Believe me it was no joke. I suspect food poisoning too. ....... I had to go to the bathroom every 15 minutes continually. There were times I was throwing up in a bucket while crapping on the toilet at the same time. I was shaking and sweating buckets. Friends wanted to call an ambulance when they saw me writhing on the floor and vomiting. Today I weighed myself and I've lost well over a stone in weight. That's some loss.
The weight loss will be largely due to dehydration. Get your weight back up again before you do anything strenuous.
I've done some of this already. We closed up the seacock and opened up some of the pipes. We then turned the timer-belt round a full circuit which, in theory, should pump out any water. Nothing came out. I'm assuming no water is in there at this stage. Bear in mind I know nothing about engines. These boats came to me when someone died unexpectedly and I purchased them for a song. One boat I sold and the other I hope to keep. I'm reading as many books as I can on boat mechanics and engines but have a lot to learn.
If you are going to restore this thing you should really pull it out and check the hull first.It's pointless to work on the engine etc if you need hull work done.What is the hull built of and do you have any leaks?What's your bilge pump like?
If you are going to restore this thing you should really pull it out and check the hull first.It's pointless to work on the engine etc if you need hull work done.What is the hull built of and do you have any leaks?What's your bilge pump like?
He's indicated that this is not, in fact, a barge, but some kind of motor-boat with a fibreglass hull.
Captain Pugwash is not worth bothering about. I've give him some basic advice and he never took it. What he doesn't know is that three old school pals and I had a 40foot clinker built sea going boat, and we had a real Captain in Dave Ramwell who qualified as the youngest ever outgoing Master. His normal boat was well over 400feet long. Cap'n Rammers also wrote a book on the ill-fated Derbyshire. Check it on google. He retired in 1999 on 31st December, and moved because the insurers of the Derbyshire were after his blood. Our Government inquiry into this has cost about £100M so far. Oh yes Puggy, and we had two of us who were engineers, and Joe made things out of the finest brass and phosphor bronze that British Gas could afford. Get the thing on a cradle.
Captain Pugwash is not worth bothering about. I've give him some basic advice and he never took it. What he doesn't know is that three old school pals and I had a 40foot clinker built sea going boat, and we had a real Captain in Dave Ramwell who qualified as the youngest ever outgoing Master. His normal boat was well over 400feet long. Cap'n Rammers also wrote a book on the ill-fated Derbyshire. Check it on google. He retired in 1999 on 31st December, and moved because the insurers of the Derbyshire were after his blood. Our Government inquiry into this has cost about £100M so far. Oh yes Puggy, and we had two of us who were engineers, and Joe made things out of the finest brass and phosphor bronze that British Gas could afford. Get the thing on a cradle.
Strangely enough,carrera seems to have stumbled across a forum where there are a few people who could help him out,and are willing to do so.If I were a novice as carrera obviously is,I would welcome every bit of well-meant advice.If carrera wants the advice of a professional shipwright and skipper,please PM me,I'm happy to help out if I can. Interesting,a bit surprising,but gratifying that there are a few nautical types into bikes.Maybe I can get you all interested in wooden boats,which,along with bikes ,are the most energy-efficient machines we have invented yet. But maybe fred's right and he's just mad. 😄
Please bear in mind I've just been very ill and boats have taken a back seat. In fact this morning I woke up with the most hideous head-ache I've ever had and still feel weakened by this bloody virus, or whatever it is. Tomorrow I'm hopefully going to meet an engineer who will take a look at my timer-belt. He's going to try to find some markings on the engine, although I'll let him have my own jottings before we set out (as I jotted down what numbers I could decipher). If the guy can do the timer-belt, I'll have more work for him to do. Maybe we can start by booting up the engine later to see if it runs O.K. Then I have this idea of maybe wiring up a new control panel as one of the reader guages has cracked glass and the wiring isn't 100 per.cent. Yes, I am indeed a novice at this. The boat I acquired is about 25 feet long and would be accurately described as a canal cruiser. It has windows down the side and a makeshift shelter where the steering-wheel is. You steer from the rear of the craft essentially. The battery is also huge. All in all, as a novice I'm doing my best to pick things up. I did a good job cleaning the boat and managed to pump the bilge O.K. My uncle has a sea-boat and he's also been advising me so it's not like I'm ignoring what people have to suggest. I wish I was more practical, though. I think I'm going to have to apply myself and learn the ropes.
stevebaby said:
Strangely enough,carrera seems to have stumbled across a forum where there are a few people who could help him out,and are willing to do so.If I were a novice as carrera obviously is,I would welcome every bit of well-meant advice.If carrera wants the advice of a professional shipwright and skipper,please PM me,I'm happy to help out if I can. Interesting,a bit surprising,but gratifying that there are a few nautical types into bikes.Maybe I can get you all interested in wooden boats,which,along with bikes ,are the most energy-efficient machines we have invented yet. But maybe fred's right and he's just mad. 😄
Actually, I did take the advice you offered. I think the engine is now drained. My dad worked all his life as an engineer but myself, I'm fairly clueless. I recall when I got my first bike it took me over an hour to manage to put the back wheel back on and slip the chain on the cassette. Now I can change a flat in seconds, fit cassettes and do my cables O.K. I can also fit my derailiers after a bit of hard work. But engines are a step-up for me. My cousin works with aeroplane engines so he would fix my boat engine easily. Problem is he's busy. For now, I'm reading up on diesels and trying to pick things up from my uncle who sails the seas. I would like to think this may become a hobby for me in the coming year when I'm not cycling. But when I man the helm, lock up your daughters as my driving skills need some tuning.
FredC said:
Captain Pugwash is not worth bothering about. I've give him some basic advice and he never took it. What he doesn't know is that three old school pals and I had a 40foot clinker built sea going boat, and we had a real Captain in Dave Ramwell who qualified as the youngest ever outgoing Master. His normal boat was well over 400feet long. Cap'n Rammers also wrote a book on the ill-fated Derbyshire. Check it on google. He retired in 1999 on 31st December, and moved because the insurers of the Derbyshire were after his blood. Our Government inquiry into this has cost about £100M so far. Oh yes Puggy, and we had two of us who were engineers, and Joe made things out of the finest brass and phosphor bronze that British Gas could afford. Get the thing on a cradle.
Please bear in mind I've just been very ill and boats have taken a back seat. In fact this morning I woke up with the most hideous head-ache I've ever had and still feel weakened by this bloody virus, or whatever it is. Tomorrow I'm hopefully going to meet an engineer who will take a look at my timer-belt. He's going to try to find some markings on the engine, although I'll let him have my own jottings before we set out (as I jotted down what numbers I could decipher). If the guy can do the timer-belt, I'll have more work for him to do. Maybe we can start by booting up the engine later to see if it runs O.K. Then I have this idea of maybe wiring up a new control panel as one of the reader guages has cracked glass and the wiring isn't 100 per.cent. Yes, I am indeed a novice at this. The boat I acquired is about 25 feet long and would be accurately described as a canal cruiser. It has windows down the side and a makeshift shelter where the steering-wheel is. You steer from the rear of the craft essentially. The battery is also huge. All in all, as a novice I'm doing my best to pick things up. I did a good job cleaning the boat and managed to pump the bilge O.K. My uncle has a sea-boat and he's also been advising me so it's not like I'm ignoring what people have to suggest. I wish I was more practical, though. I think I'm going to have to apply myself and learn the ropes.
Blox, I told you things absolutely weeks before you got the 'flu, so don't try and sop the rest of the posters with excuses.
Strangely enough,carrera seems to have stumbled across a forum where there are a few people who could help him out,and are willing to do so.If I were a novice as carrera obviously is,I would welcome every bit of well-meant advice.If carrera wants the advice of a professional shipwright and skipper,please PM me,I'm happy to help out if I can. Interesting,a bit surprising,but gratifying that there are a few nautical types into bikes.Maybe I can get you all interested in wooden boats,which,along with bikes ,are the most energy-efficient machines we have invented yet. But maybe fred's right and he's just mad. 😄
I haven't noticed that Carrera takes advice on anything if it differs from what he is going to do anyway. Of course, his posts don't give the full picture so I may be totally wrong about this. He also takes on too much and the boat is moored a hard bike-ride away from where he lives, so it doesn't get as much attention as it needs. Everyone is mad, it's simply a matter of degree.
