martynwhiteley
Active member
What a great and eventful trip, even if (in true MD style) MedDreamer was too busy Med dreaming on Sunday to switch his mobile on, so it was just me and Timothy Taylor at the Ship Inn (Madonna would have been jealous).
Of course the weather was fab, and the new little D1.7 performed admirably – most of the time. It caused major panic only on one occasion, when I was trying to keep up with an F37 through Selby. Not having done the trip before, and being unsure of the air draft through the two bridges, I thought it useful to keep a few hundred yards in his wake (and a very large one it was too!).
Got through Selby ok, but somewhere between there and Cawood, the engine suddenly cut out from 3000 rpm. Fortunately we were in a wooded area, not near any bridges, ‘cos there was a 5 knot tide and we were moving up river with no control.
Despite my Coastal Skipper training, I’d never tried or practiced anchor dropping on ‘Wishful’, fortunately it went smoothly, and although it didn’t totally arrest movement, it slowed it down dramatically, and we avoided crashing into too many trees!
Thought at the time it may have been a high temp cut out, but there was no alarm. It did feel more like fuel starvation, but new filter, 10mm plumbing, clean stainless tank with all fresh diesel? After draining the filter a little, and having stood for 10 minutes, it spluttered back into life.
The journey back was perfect, and I was trying the push it harder to see if it would repeat its problem, once we were on open water (and the running in hours had been exceeded), but it never missed a beat. We kept on the plane all the way from Goole to well passed Trent Falls, but had a sticky moment approaching low water in the Humber when I had to list the leg a few times to avoid running aground. However we still missed the afternoon entry at S Ferriby, and anchored outside the ‘Hope & Anchor’ until available entry at 20.15 hrs.
If your really bored, here are some snaps….
Still Smiling (before the loss of power event /forums/images/icons/smile.gif )
Wishful sunbathing at Naburn Lock
One of the (many) gas bottles (sorry we did see the fridge, but the photos blurred!)
Poetry in Motion (or Birchwood and Merc 1.7 in perfect harmony /forums/images/icons/wink.gif )
(recorded 25.2 knots max on the GPS! albiet tide assisted !)
End of a great couple of days, just waiting for the lock (but still plenty of Foster's left!)
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=blue> Real boaters do it on the Humber </font color=blue>
Of course the weather was fab, and the new little D1.7 performed admirably – most of the time. It caused major panic only on one occasion, when I was trying to keep up with an F37 through Selby. Not having done the trip before, and being unsure of the air draft through the two bridges, I thought it useful to keep a few hundred yards in his wake (and a very large one it was too!).
Got through Selby ok, but somewhere between there and Cawood, the engine suddenly cut out from 3000 rpm. Fortunately we were in a wooded area, not near any bridges, ‘cos there was a 5 knot tide and we were moving up river with no control.
Despite my Coastal Skipper training, I’d never tried or practiced anchor dropping on ‘Wishful’, fortunately it went smoothly, and although it didn’t totally arrest movement, it slowed it down dramatically, and we avoided crashing into too many trees!
Thought at the time it may have been a high temp cut out, but there was no alarm. It did feel more like fuel starvation, but new filter, 10mm plumbing, clean stainless tank with all fresh diesel? After draining the filter a little, and having stood for 10 minutes, it spluttered back into life.
The journey back was perfect, and I was trying the push it harder to see if it would repeat its problem, once we were on open water (and the running in hours had been exceeded), but it never missed a beat. We kept on the plane all the way from Goole to well passed Trent Falls, but had a sticky moment approaching low water in the Humber when I had to list the leg a few times to avoid running aground. However we still missed the afternoon entry at S Ferriby, and anchored outside the ‘Hope & Anchor’ until available entry at 20.15 hrs.
If your really bored, here are some snaps….
Still Smiling (before the loss of power event /forums/images/icons/smile.gif )
Wishful sunbathing at Naburn Lock
One of the (many) gas bottles (sorry we did see the fridge, but the photos blurred!)
Poetry in Motion (or Birchwood and Merc 1.7 in perfect harmony /forums/images/icons/wink.gif )
(recorded 25.2 knots max on the GPS! albiet tide assisted !)
End of a great couple of days, just waiting for the lock (but still plenty of Foster's left!)
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=blue> Real boaters do it on the Humber </font color=blue>
