That'll be Derby Retail Therapy, not Canal & River Trust, then. After a lazy start we caught the 10.24 into Derby. I left my reading specs in Boots to get a new nose pad fitted, one having dropped off the other day, and we had a happy time in Lakeland, where I got a replacement roasting tin, a new salt cellar and some little pie dishes. Actually, I was looking for something to keep dripping in, but these were cheap and came in a set of four.
What we couldn't find was a butter dish, but discovered a small independent cookware shop near Debenhams which had one by Luminarc (that's French for Pyrex). It has a nice moulding of a cow on the lid, just in case you're not sure what the dish is for.
We then had a good lunch from the Thai Noodle Bar in the food court in the Westfield Centre; decent portions of Singapore Noodles (me) and Thai Green King Prawn Curry (Sheila) for £6.20 apiece.
A quick visit to Sainsbury's to get a paper and some bread, and some humous, and we ambled back to the bus station to wait for the one o'clock back to Mercia. It's noticeable to us how much cleaner buses are these days; at least the ones out of Derby are.
After unloading the booty, we popped into Aqua to check up on what the drill is for tomorrow morning. The new prop has arrived, and we're to be ready to go on the dock at half eight, probably actually getting in at 8.45. Ho, ho, we shall see. Since we need a pump out, we'll probably go across there at eight and do that first.
I'll try and get some pictures of the two props to put up tomorrow, but obviously, when I manage to blog depends a bit on when we get off the dock.
We've reinstated the bow and stern fenders, having left them off whilst the new paint dried as hard as possible, so we're all ready to go in the morning.
Bruce, as I'm addicted to technical info It would be nice to know propeller sizes old and new, gearbox ratio and engine size.
ReplyDeleteWe fitted a Crowther in April due to the original being a "singer" which resisted all the normal fixes.
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ReplyDeleteWe're staying with the original size, which is 18x12. This is as recommended by Crowthers for most Tim Tyler shells with a Beta 43, as far as I can see.
The reason why Peter went over to the Aquafax prop is that it is much less sing prone, partly because it comes already ground off down the trailing edge, and partly because it has less spinning mass.
We have the standard Beta 43 + PRM 150 2:1 box. I did briefly consider going up to the Beta 50, but experience on the Thames the year before last shows that even with 70', the 43 has enough guts to do the job.
We do a bit of tidal work, but never under anything like strong stream conditions.
HTH
Bruce
Thanks for that Bruce.
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