[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That shouldn't be a problem on the Limehouse - Teddington trip, since if > > you > > do it with the tide you can do it normal canal revs. TheonlytimeI've ever > > seen any sign of my engine getting too warm while of the tideway was when > > I > > was trying to keep up with President and Kildare (and they were running b > > reasted - which shows just how powerful that steam engine is). > > Hi Mike, > > I was on the same cruise, and I also had to push my engine to keep up, but I > wasn't running completely flat out (just very close). I thought it was just > me, and my knackered (at the time) Lister (top speed at the time 4.7mph!). > From your comprehensive and brilliant website I noticed you had a British > Leyland 1.8 in Felis Catus II, so you should have had no problems keeping > up! >
I was on the same trip too (assuming we're talking about the May 2004 St Pancras Cruising Club trip - and I don't recall us having much trouble staying ahead of P&K (I was photographing them for a magazine article) so we were trying to keep just ahead of them. Our National DM2 is usually quoted as 18hp, compared to the 19.5 of our previous Lister SR3, although I can't say I've noticed a great deal of difference on the occasions when we're in deep enough water to run the engine close to maximum speed. Maybe it's just that Fulbourne (being an ex-working boat) is built with a fairly long swim at front and back and therefore goes through the water (and feeds water to the prop) more efficiently The National engine actually seems to prefer being worked fairly hard - I'm not sure the same could be said of the SR3, although once we'd got a decent cooling air duct installed it didn't seem to mind. Martin L ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
