episode 20 - The end of the Thames
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2024
- We end our Thames journey and head on to the Kennet and Avon Canal - Rich gets a prezzie.
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Love the speaker table 👍😘
wow kingfisher and a red kite all in 1 vid
Lovely spot for your table speaker! Such a nice video once again. What a pleasure to follow you!
Nice one 👍
Dave, Jo and Louie 👍😀🐾
Get some coasters for that table - cup rings will spoil it pretty quickly! (Fantastic purchase BTW.)
Red kite and the most beautiful ford of all a kingfisher wow amazing!! Love the table!!
Love your vlogs. Great combination of your canal travel and sharing of your life. I subscribed after watching the first one several weeks ago and quickly watched from the beginning. Thank you for allowing me to live vicariously from Virginia. Wish you posted more often!
Thanks Revonda. Virginia is somewhere I've always yearned to visit (probably watched too much Waltons in my youth). Thanks for watching and we hope to put up more regularly now we live aboard. Rich x
Same revonda ...just about to watch ep 21..... will have to wait for more after this one ....doh!!!
Speaker table + turntable + amp + crates of vinyl = you're gonna need a bigger boat!
Great vlog! Nice little speaker table, very nifty! Regarding your high revs and getting nowhere..I wonder if your belts need changing? Great scenery shots!
Great video, love the speaker table although I'd get a coaster for that cup 😁👍🔔
The table is such a great idea. Nice up load as always 👍👍😀
Hi Both lovely vid, you will be surprised how a small bit of crap on your prop can effect your engine performance if the area around the blade is reduced then that will reduce the force behind it
Hi Rich and Fran... Love the video. dead jealous you got such a good shot of the kingfisher 😊 your new speaker table is fantastic... Definitely on our shopping list for our boat. Since when is 3.00 too early for a glass of wine! Off to the GU tomorrow to take our stuff up to our boat and can't wait... Really enjoying watching your adventures.. Keep them coming 🍷🍷
Hi Steve, glad you're enjoying still. I know, who's clock watching :)
Hey the thames is a bit of a posh joint,I waved to you from my swanky house but you didn't see me ,I wish ha ha ,I love your speaker table it's Very useful and Very practicable super.thanks again for sharing your amazing journey.you two just so relaxing viewing it's a joy to unwind And I'm so glad your knees a bit better, can't wait for next episode cheers.and I do watch soapboatsoap they international now you know and like yous very nice and pleasant people.take care
Hi Robert. That stretch of Thames is really swanky. Thanks for your lovely comment and thanks for watching, Fran x
A lovely vid once again. I want one of those speaker tables, what a clever idea. Sounds good too!
Great video. I love that speaker table. Thanks as always for sharing your journey.
Another really good vlog ,how wonderful to see the Kingfisher .There is a narrowboat i saw near Wakefield called “Its five ‘o’ clock somewhere “ The phrase you used just reminded me of it !! Kind regards Terry Hammond
Another great video thanks, love the speaker/table x happy boating xxx
Six months cruising and that's the first time down the weed hatch? Wow!
I think we had been down before, but just not filmed it
Thank u thank u I am catching up watching ur vlogs as u can c I am a suscribed member for a while u guys r wonderful and u put me at peace I should have known better I apologize
No need to apologize, we are animal people too. In fact we were out the other night at 10.30pm rescuing ducklings from a ditch they couldnt climb out of. Glad you enjoy what we do. xx
Love the plastic free idea! Thank you for the video. Cheers from Canada.
Hi Fran and Rich,
No matter how brief, ha ha, your maps to help to follow your journeys.
Regards
Barry from NZ
The Kingfisher was a bonus end to another good vlog.
Hi Sally, thank you x
Hello you two. You always seem to be up to something interesting. That Thames trip is on our wish list. By the way, you can use any natural soap for shampoo, it's exactly the same thing. They might use a combination of oils which create less suds, as it will create more lather in your hair anyway. Back to vinyl ;) It's heavy stuff. Hope the holiday house is going well. Danny & Tasim xx (Soapboatsoap)
Hi Danny and Tasim. thanks for the comments. We loved the Thames but much prefer canal life. Your soap was wonderful. Are you saying I can just use normal natural bar soap as shampoo? Ill give it a go. The house is going well at the moment, lets hope it continues
fran xx
Great house news ;)Yes any natural soap should work fine. If you take a look at the ingredients, they should be about the same. A combination of oils which have gone through a process which changes them to sodium or potassium salts. So olive oil becomes sodium olivate.
just love it
Still think that Flux Capacitor needs a looking at Richy ......also when you cranked up your tune on ya new Bluetooth table your coffee cup ☕️ travelled 3 inches behind you☺️😉👍🏼
Really love your vlogs, so beautifully filmed and narrated..
Rich don,t forget that going downstream on the Thames[ or the Isis as it is known above Henley] that you will have a
1/2 [half] knot current with you,also the width of the Isis gives a different impression of speed compared to the canal,ALSO a new prop is 300£, plus docking and vat etc .enjoy your SWEETIES.
Hi. Another brilliant vlog so soon after the last one? Bonus for us. Love your new speaker table. Could you fit an access point directly about your weed hatch? Anyway thanks and happy boating.
We said exactly that Andrew, needs investigating. Thanks again for watching. Fran x
I’m enjoying your videos, only found you through the Bald Explorer, have started from number one and will continue to catch up. Also love iron work seeing the bridges all the different designs.
Thank you Ann - that's a long slog to get through them all :)
Will enjoy them all. Used to live in Oldbury West Midlands. Walked past the canal to get to the shops, it was always a treat to see a boat and give them a wave.
You guys are so much fun to watch! Keep on the sustainability game. No experience with narrowboats, but experience with sailboats and fishing boats: Sounds like your prop hasn't got the right pitch for your engine/gearbox combination. If the engine revs freely but you do not get appropriate speed you might want to increase the pitch. Keep on truckin'!
Hi Guys, Love following your exploits, keep up the good work. A bit of info about propping (or changing props). Changing prop by 2" in pitch (one size) up or down will alter rpm by 2-400. Thats a rule of thumb but after 25 years+ in the industry I haven't seen an exception. Usually a much cheaper alternative than a ratio change unless you need a big step, which you don't. Don't fall into the trap of trying to use prop or ratio to bring your rpm back to nothing. The ratio/pitch is also there to accelerate or stop and control the maximum torque loading. So not wanting to overload you with science, I suggest you talk to a prop specialist who will be able to help you but he may want to know your existing prop's pitch. Can't wait for the next installment!
Cheers, Jayne & Vern N.Z.
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Nice 👍👍
Another great vlog guys, thank you
Love the table/speaker piece 😘 x
Maybe the prop is the wrong pitch.
great vlogs guys! so cool. your a great help as i'm in the process of looking for my first boat. keep on chugging along :)
Best of luck in your search Garry
I spent years trying to photgraph kingfishers, with little success. and you spot one while cruising. I am really envious. Plus the hawk at the beginning. What kind was it? When I was last in the UK all one saw were kestrels and a sparrow hawk if you were lucky. Now "sort of Imteresting"has red kites circling him and goodness knows what lining the river/canal. Great shots:)
Hi Paul, it was a Red Kite, I love Kingfishers and we happened to be somewhere they were in abundance but difficult to capture. This one stayed still long enough but i cropped the footage in the editing to zoom in. Rich.
Gotta have your sweets mate, did you find a proper shop with all the jars, God there's not many about now. I took my daughter in one of the last ones inthe boro about 30 yes back and she couldn't believe it lol I heard it finally closed a few years back, so sad. I think you need to get the gearbox and prop checked out to be honest
Some Slade would sound fantastic on that table..
Grease the ster gland check gearbox oil, or other alternative get a bigger pitch prop or a higher ratio gearbox.
Note to self when using your Bluetooth speaker you may max out the volume on the speaker & think thats not good, while its playing music via a device mobile or iPad ect turn the volume up on that device but as well.
We also found it hellishly slow turning off from the thames....its science that slows you down apparently...our boat is similar to your in struggling with speed we have a 35hp isuzu and a baby prm120 gearbox which means 3 mph tops!!! And cruise at 1200 rpm. Can go above that as the throttle drops bk on me.....perhaps a governer....god know. Great vid as ever rich and fran 👍 matt and jo
Hi Matt an Jo, guess will have to live with the prop speed etc, by the way done Woolhampton bridge and lock - cranked it and flew in the lock, had to do real sharp reverse in lock, all in a fun days cruising.
Like your logo/profile pic x
Glad you've made it through ok. Depending on the flow it can be real trouble maker....
Natural bar soap is how shampoo used to come. Here in the states we have a large number of natural bar soap makers. Seems to be much better for my hair. The suds can make a shower a bit slick. Be aware. When done, set the bar so it will dry out good, so it will last longer. You can stock up and as the bars dry over time, they tend to last longer. You are less likely to have allergic reactions to natural products like goat's milk soaps.
How often do you post? Is there a particular day? Is it weekly?
Usually we post about once a week, but dont have a rigidly set day as it depends where we are and what we have been doin. We only post when we think there is something worth showing
@@FloatingOurBoat I thought so but just wanted to check ☺
The scenery you managed to capture on the Thames was amazing. Another great video both of you. A question if I may - How much fuel have you spent since you have taken on the boat and also to get into perspective the amount of fuel used and cost what are your estimates for the mouth of the Kent and Avon to Bristol in monetary terms? Appreciate that if it is not being too nosy. Keep the videos going x
Now the big question -- are the Sports mix the Maynards ones or the Lyons ones. If my memory serves me right the black ones are liquorice in the Lyons (far superior) but blackberry in the more common Maynards. Sorry if I have spelling wrong - this is from my memory of the 1970's when I lived in the UK. :)
Hi Kate. Maynard's are for wimps. These are the proper licorice ones. Needless to say they get eaten first. Thanks for watching, Rich xx
What is that music every time it comes my husband has a laugh and mimics it Katie
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It's a bit of an ear worm. x
Just wow agen
My wife would tell me off for putting a hot cup on the new table without a coaster haha makes rings apparently ?? 😳
Ha ha, antiques experts call it patina. Thanks for watching.
Hey Fran, why was Richie sitting behind you on the sofa, and he's been embalmed !!!!!!
The table could double as a coracle for those fishing trips, could the boat sluggishness be due to your going uphill?
There should be a difference now you've cleared the prop, do you check your gearbox oil levels
John, we wondered what the hec you were on about so we just re-watched and we are both cracked up can't stop laughing - so hilarious, I've never seen Fran laugh so much - well done.
Boat is moving much better now.
Thanks :)
Floating Our Boat l was busting a gut myself and thought l could message you immediately,
Funny how your head works, thought for a minute Ritchie had, had too much soap and walnut cake again, and turned into one, heh, heh
Found this -‘. On a river, if you find your revs increasing but no proportional increase in speed then your are probably ventilating’ @ www.thefitoutpontoon.co.uk/propulsion/propellers/
Geez. I’m an animal person and I’m sorry but no one checked ur dog after that horrible cry or offered it comfort. Fran u laughed. Did u know what was wrong?
We had to watch the video again to understand what you meant. It was not one of our dogs that cried out but a passers by. We would certainly made a fuss if it was one of ours. Thanks for watching.