qwertybjg wrote: > --- In [email protected], Steve Wood <st...@...> wrote: >> >> Having managed to do only two miles from Great Haywood to Tixall in >> increasingly thick ice today I was wondering whether the sort of ice >> we get on the cut is capable of holing a steel narrow boat or would >> the boat get stuck fast before any damage could be done? Before >> anyone asks I lost a little paint on the bow right at the waterline >> today but there is no other damage! >> >> Steve >> NB Bream >> > > Methinks that at canal speeds, there is no real possibility of holing > the steel. I actually find it relatively hard to imagine ice going > through a fibreglass boat but I have been told that this is something > to be careful of when passing moored fibreglass boats and sending ice > skidding towards them.
Since most GRPs are outboard powered, I would doubt if they would be able to start anyway - the waterpump is only just below the water level - since they are often 6 rubber blades, one might rip them all off. I managed to chop bits off all 6 blades when a small stone got in mine years ago. Would only cool on 3/4 throttle or more.... 15HP on 18ft cruiser - 1/4 throttle was 5mph, 3/4 was.... a bit quicker... 8-) Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
