tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490581806872830289.post6154482626547854678..comments2023-05-30T13:14:44.754+01:00Comments on Nb.Yarwood: MICKEY'S EARSNb Yarwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14806115768980012184noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490581806872830289.post-83057750631093228032011-12-21T20:51:39.615+00:002011-12-21T20:51:39.615+00:00You'd laugh at a drowning woman Sue?You'd laugh at a drowning woman Sue?Nb Yarwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806115768980012184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490581806872830289.post-10486384965277963932011-12-20T14:07:25.656+00:002011-12-20T14:07:25.656+00:00Oooh when will you be coming to water-ski down the...Oooh when will you be coming to water-ski down the Thames - cant wait!<br /><br />Sue, nb Indigo DreamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490581806872830289.post-18893316487433882492011-12-19T07:59:27.161+00:002011-12-19T07:59:27.161+00:00Hi Bob
The timber being used to trim Yarwood is Sa...Hi Bob<br />The timber being used to trim Yarwood is Sapele, 'poor man's mahogany'. I certainly recognise Perkins engines<br />a. they were fitted to the double decker buses i learnt to drive in many years ago and<br />b. the Perkins plant is in Peterborough where we have a house.<br /><br />As for the prop, it has a 20 degree pitch with wider blades, i.e. compensated. The John Deere engine is a three litre low revving beastie so this prop should shift a goodly volume of water which will aid the water skiing along the Thames...<br />LesleyNb Yarwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806115768980012184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490581806872830289.post-49924004155330841362011-12-18T21:07:05.480+00:002011-12-18T21:07:05.480+00:00OK, now I have a bunch of prop-related questions!
...OK, now I have a bunch of prop-related questions!<br /><br />But first, a non-prop question: what species of wood is it that I see being used to trim the openings? It is beautiful.<br /><br />OK, now the prop. <a href="http://windborneinpugetsound.blogspot.com/2011/04/fourth-w.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Eolian</i>'s prop</a> looks just like <i>Yarwood</i>'s new one. But it is a 20 x 14, meaning that it is designed to absorb less horsepower, I suppose. <i>Eolian</i>'s power plant is one you are sure to recognize, since it was made on your side of the Atlantic: a Perkins 4-236, rated at about 75 HP. How many horsepower do you have in <i>Yarwood</i> to drive that 22 incher? And what is its pitch?<br /><br />bobRobert Salnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236481906016930762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490581806872830289.post-62017453065453589022011-12-18T15:28:46.580+00:002011-12-18T15:28:46.580+00:00Don't understand the vocabulary, surely not. T...Don't understand the vocabulary, surely not. Thee of Apropos, segue etc.? <br /><br />Personally I think narrowboats out of the water look like oversized horse troughs. Mind you unladen work boats look like horse troughs even when in the water.Nb Yarwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806115768980012184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490581806872830289.post-26976532741710383912011-12-17T18:56:57.425+00:002011-12-17T18:56:57.425+00:00I don't understand a lot of the vocabulary, bu...I don't understand a lot of the vocabulary, but Yarwood is actually starting to look like a boat!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04197180612133846844noreply@blogger.com