Hi Bruce and All, Nice Mr Dyke, how kind, and true :-)
Now then, if you look here http://www.andrewdyke.co.uk/Narrowboat_Ultimate/1422002.htm (picture 3 from bottom) you can see the weed hatch cover in the background left and here http://www.andrewdyke.co.uk/Narrowboat_Ultimate/140302.htm (pictures 7 and 8 from top). It is indeed held in place by 4 flush filling screws. The slot enables one to pick the weed hatch cover up and beneath is a tube connected top and bottom to another plate the same size. The whole lot fits in a square channel. On the odd occasion I have had to get at the prop, it is long way down and long arms are a benefit. However I can honestly say I have only been down 6 or 7 times so it's not an issue. Later SMH boats have a lift up weed hatch, which is easier, but the hinges stick up, creating in my view, a trip hazard! Regards, Andrew Chairman of Wychavon (blog) http://tinyurl.com/nbcfad Web Site www.andrewdyke.co.uk Web Site www.mayorofevesham.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Napier Sent: 21 November 2009 15:21 To: Canals List Subject: [canals-list] Hudson weed hatches Over on the BSA blog, Mr Millin and I are having a debate, so far good natured (wonders will never...), about the configuration of S M Hudson's weed hatches. He says: > Sorry to contradict you old chap but a Hudson has a hatch in the > stern deck also. The problem with a SMH is that you have to unbolt > the hatch (about 6 bolts) to access the trunking and then reach down > to the uxter plate and beyond. Yours has the same length trunking, I > believe, but a liftable hatch. I reckon that you're going to have to > develop 'ape' arms.........I couldn't possibly comment. I reckon: > That's not my memory of how it was on Lord Toulouse with that nice > Mr Dyke. Do you recall our fun and games with his Beta Tug at the > SBC Gig before last? > > I was the one grovelling under his stern deck, and there weren't no > trunking, baas. > > Trunking or not, still doesn't affect how far it is to reach from > the deck to the prop. Most shells are the same, with a deck level > hatch, aren't they? Certainly all the ones I've had to deal with in > hiring and O/S days were like that. > > Of course, for people of normal growth, it isn't a problem... Tim Tyler's, of course, have trunking but the stern deck hatch is free to lift. I thought only genuine trad working boats and accurate copies like Roger Fuller's and Graham Edgson's didn't have such namby pamby facilities as an easy way to get at the prop... Any other contributions from SMH owners here? -- All the best Bruce Follow the building of Sanity Again at http://sanityagain.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
