I hope Gary Doswell's alternator pulley problems are resolved. We recently had cause to call River & Canal Rescue (RCR) when, following a grounding in high wind on the Upper Thames, the rudder was found to have lifted out of its bottom bearing, writes Paul Burke.
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THERE is little doubt that with the number of failures reported of the main drive pulley on the Beta 43 narrowboat engine, it has a major fault.
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AFTER four years, once again elections are being held for the Canal & River Trust Council, that includes just four people representing boaters out of the 40.
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IT MAY be remembered that Gary Doswell had a problem with his Beta Marine 43, with River & Canal Rescue (RCR) being unable to rectify (Not impressed with RCR)—here he tells of the conclusion of the problem:
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IS THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) encouraging cyclists to speed on our towpaths, writes Allan Richards?
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A HIRE boat stuck under a railway bridge over the Yare on the Broads, caused train cancellations and delays whilst engineers could assess any damage.
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A STOPPAGE notice has been published by Canal & River Trust concerning Cholmondeston Lock on the Middlewich Branch, with no explanation.
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WE RECENTLY had a similar mechanical failure as Gary Doswell, when the bottom pulley of our BMC1800 came off and broke into pieces, writes Dave Stead.
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IT WOULD seem that River & Canal Rescue (RCR) have a problem with the crank nut on the Beta 43 engine, as another boater had the same problem as Gary Doswell. (Not impressed with RCR).
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THERE have been a spate of burglaries from narrowboats moored on the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes.
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