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That's great where do you cruise her in Florida? Glad you are enjoying the videos.

Well to be honest this is the first boat I’ve owned/restored, and one of the first vlogs I had ever done and I was more interested in the former than the later, but stick with it because I think I have got better over time.

Glad you liked the vlog. Secret is to get lucky with the weather, and have a good Pilot.👍

Thanks for that, glad you liked the vlog. Now watch episode 37 the pulse jet fireplace for the end of this saga. HNY👍

No you were right first time. It is the diesel pump for the central heating boiler.

@@DutchBargeRestoration Ah!.....Should the Pumps not be at a 30 degree Angle?....l have been running Eberspacher 2d's in my full time camper van for 8 years now...and think l have seen its the same for the Chinese heaters...Mine do click on start up....and again when getting back up to temperature....but quite in-between times...Cheers

@@terrylynch1259 the pump is fitted lower than the fuel tank and rising up to the boiler. Wasn’t told a specific angle to mount. It’s a funny old pump that seems to work with an electro magnet clicking for a measured dose of fuel. Not so bad as we are in France now so don’t use it much.

@@DutchBargeRestoration If you check on the Instillation instructions you will see it says to mount the pump on a 30degree angle.....You have a perfect Sound Chamber where you have it installed!.....try hanging it without touching Any Timber/Metal Work...then packing it with a loose sound deadening insulation material...l will try to find you a link re the 30 degree for the pump....Cheers...France Sounds Far Tooo Hot!🤔🌞🌞🤣

Pourquoi?

You are not suggesting getting a Lancia this close to water are you?

Thanks for that, made my day. Glad you are enjoying the journey, stay tuned, lots more to come hopefully.

Don't you mean Seaman Staines🙂

Nathan helped me get across the channel as well, top Pilot. Nice to hear from you Beth, haven't seen any videos lately, hope all is good with you?

@@DutchBargeRestoration Yeah, took a break before the project got on top of me, I'm sure you know what I mean ☺️, but new video today!

@@TillerQueen Good to hear it. Hang tough, one job at a time, and you will get there.

Thanks for the info, it is indeed very lovely if difficult to keep clean.

@@DutchBargeRestoration Often when I pass by somebody is outside wiping it down! Wonder if it's Dave. ☺️

Hi, glad to know the vids are useful. I did most with brushes and rollers, but for the barge black I used a cheap electric sprayer. I had to dilute it with white spirit to get it to go through the gun, happy with it as it made the job quicker. Will let you know makes etc when I get back to UK

@DutchBargeRestoration ah great. I was looking at an airless sprayer which would perhaps not get blocked. I'm in The Netherlands and they do it alot with rollers but it seems alot quicker and less messy to spray. That's if your sprayer does not bloke and end up becoming a hassle. That's my worry about. But I guess using both techniques is perhaps best

@@fraserstewart7359 Hi, back now and the sprayer was a Wagner Wallperfect, designed for spraying emulsion paints in houses. I'm sure an airless one would be better but a bit more expensive. The Wagner only cost £99.

Thanks for that, I like giving things a new lease of life, glad you liked the video

It's not that hard and I'm sure you would have done it very well but maybe not what you are going for. Look fwd to the scotch eggs as long as they don't roll off.

A lot of wind doesn't help the audio, also at night the phone worked much better than the GoPro but the sound is worse. Maybe I should do subtitles.

What about voice over

I've put the subtitles on, hopefully this helps. Thanks for letting me know.

Not this year since I redid the fuel system and filters. Touch wood!

@@DutchBargeRestoration I have heard your engine when it's ticking over and it sounds to be "Hunting" quite badly, not a nice constant speed, this could be part of your problem of it stopping ,often just after you close the throttle, I suspect you could have a problem with the govener(part of the fuel injection pump)on the actual engine It could just be out of adjustment,it could have parts missing !, you mention loosing some bits into the bilge from the excess fuel device ( cold start ). It could be as simple as that bit missing, as they can often work as a damper on the govener mech. whilst the engine is running, If you can find anyone with experience on fuel injection pumps they should be able to help, it may be all it needs is setting up with a twist of a screw or tweak of a spring to get away from the hunting situation , please do not try stripping the govener down yourself this needs someone with knowledge of injection pumps, serious engine damage can result if it goes wrong ! The chap who overhauled your injectors may be able to help you more if you explain the symptoms to him. Cheers, Bob.

Thanks for the advice. I think the stopping problem has now been fixed, however the engine does hunt at tickover, refurbing the injector pump is on the list.

Hope that will cure the starting issue as well, I have seen this before on other engines where all that is required is a small adjustment to cure the trouble, but whilst it persists other problems can surface that would otherwise have not,( starter ring gear etc.) The missing cold start components could be the issue to all of this as on some injector pumps it can have a damping effect on the fuel rack(in the pump)thus stopping the hunting / cutting out etc. Hopefully your pump chappie can address this for you sometime soon. Safe sailing, Cheers, Bob

Thanks a lot, happy new year.

Thanks, have a happy new year.

There I an automatic changeover switch that senses a feed from shore power or the generator. In affect when the generator is on it's as if you are on shore power, which means we can use high draw appliances, charge battery banks etc wherever we are. So truly self sufficient as long as we have diesel.

I think you are right, it is too fast. I wanted to show the whole long pound. Slower would mean the video would be very long and I thought people would get bored.

Thanks for that, really made my day. Will maybe do a video walk through of the boat next year, before we make the channel crossing just in case. Money wise, I will have to add it up, stopped counting some time ago. What materials did you want to know about?

Thanks Kevin, should keep the sun off.

Yes I thought that but it was too far over and didn't fit against the foot treads. I think we are on the right track but just couldn't make it work.

Hi, thanks glad you are liking the videos. Length 16m not incl rudder, width is 3.6m, around 80-90 cm draft, airdraft 2.2-2.3 m. Hope you enjoy the K&A.

She gets a lot of attention when we are out and about, and quite right to, at 120 yrs old she should be the star of the show.

Thanks. Nice to see it working right for a change.

Glad you like it. You live in a lovely part of the world with great pubs.

Thanks Nigel, just reverse, theory is that the backwash of your propeller under the hull and the thrust will get you back out. Worked in this case.

Thanks a lot.

I would go and see Steve at the Tom Jones boatyard in Windsor (see episode 38). It's a proper boatyard where you can do your fit out on dry land. Plenty of help and expertise on hand too.

Thanks for that, there are plenty more in the pipeline. I will be trying to upload new stuff weekly.

You may regret saying that. We went all the way to Bristol.

Will give it a go next time I'm in the bilge.