> very long, and coal consumption becomes uneconomical if you try to
> fire it really hard for very long.
Yes - the effect of speed is even more obvious on an oil-fired boiler
where even a slight change in throttle opening can make the difference
between the boiler beating the engine and the engine beating the boiler.
> - Also, she does draw the best part of 3ft, so espicaially on
> smaller canals, such as the oxford, higher speeds are not practical
> anyway.
>
It did seem to us that the problems of depth were especially bad from
Aynho south, where I assume silt gets into the canal from the river and
then gets deposited in the still water.
>
> Daniel
>
Sean
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