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[Awfullynicefella]

Ron

Do you have any headroom issues on the Ouse?

[Ron Mc]

Hi 'Awfullynicefella',

The only place I can't get is into Bedford itself, the bridges are too low, the majority of larger boats have to lower their windscreens flat, unfortunately having a hardtop does'nt allow that.

atb Ron Mc

[Awfullynicefella]

What about on the middle levels, as I had an opurtunity of a morring at march

[Ron Mc]

I have never sailed the 'Middle Levels' and have no info from anyone that has taken a hardtop cruiser through, this link may help you find answers to you query though.

http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/index.php

atb
Ron Mc

[Awfullynicefella]

Hello again,

Just an update on how things are going with Great Escape, my refurb is now complete and the boat is on the water, I am very, very happy with it. I launched it at the beggining of June and have since been out on the Wash and covererd some 500 miles cruising the east midlands.

I am however after some advise, I have been experimenting with props, I have tried a 15/19 and a 15/17, (I found with one the boat achieved about 6 knots cavited a lot and would rev to the gate, with the other the boat seemed much happier, max revs 2400 RPM and giving 7.5 knots, this is the one I am currently using. Do you think this is around the best performance I could hope to achieve on a single perkins 4108 on a 270 leg?

Rinus, very sorry I will get your questionare completed and upload some photos ASAP.

[SteveB]

If you know the max revs at wide open throttle then you should be able to achieve this fully loaded, too much pitch= labouring engine and black smoke, too little pitch= high revs with little bite from the prop, hope this helps, Steve