----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Millin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: Electrolux fridge - help wanted
> Dorothy said: >> I think it is just the ignition, although I will check for cobwebs, > etc as >> Tarn is liberally supplied with spiders and their work. The button > does make >> a loud 'click' when pressed, but no spark appears in the little > window. > > In that case it could be two things: > Cobwebs or dirt (as Mike suggested) shorting out th electrodes > Faulty Piezo igniter unit > (Along shot third) Broken igniter wire > > >> Thanks again, every one. I am grateful - and impressed by Roger > remembering >> that Tarn was built by Midland Canal Centre! > I've never forgotten Tarn as it was a boat that I really admired all > those years ago at the National on the Lee and Stort (somewhere, > can't remember the name now). I have also admitted in the past how I > borrowed the idea for the wet steerer's area being separated from the > bed by that bulkhead. We've used just that on Albion. Somehow you > never forget a boat that really inspires a desire to own just such a > vessel. > Roger Well, thankyou. My late husband, Richard Bird, knew a thing or two about boats as he had owned Rigal and had a third share in Hadley at one point. A lot of thought went into the design of Tarn, most of it his (I thought of the built-in wine rack!) and of course, we nicked quite a few of other people's good ideas. Tarn won the Lionel Munk Trophy at Waltham Abbey in 1994 and several people then paid us the compliment of copying Tarn, or bits of her design. Now I feel really guilty for neglecting her so much! Dorothy
