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nhp651

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #150 on: May 08, 2011, 06:56:00 pm »
Quote from: three knots on May 08, 2011, 11:25:36 am
The previous Chairman has stood down ,but the Comment maker  who caused most of this rumpus ,with his other associates still remains in his position on the clubs Commitee
The club membership seems to be suffering a little  but things do tend to sort out .Let us  wait  ,never know what lies around the corner ,it could be worse.
these numpties on the committee wouldn't be there without the vote of the membership, so they either must ALL feel the same, or are scared of the committee....either way, the club is doomed, very doomed.........

RISE UP AND REVOLT...........and get rid of the plonkers.
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pettyofficernick

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #151 on: May 11, 2011, 08:39:55 am »
Quote from: garston1 on May 10, 2011, 10:54:46 pm
Hello, I saw your piece on BBC NW Tonight and took notice of your comment about you being disabled etc. How can you work 16 hour nights and be that way? You have to be careful at NB about what you say, there's plenty would sell their soul for a quick buck.

I do 1 shift a week sitting in an office monitoring burglar alarms. I am allowed to do this under the permitted work rules, I was encouraged to do this by the DWP, they, infact, paid for the course and licence to enable me to do this. It is all perfectly above board. I have had several PM's from the some of the more sensible members of NBMC, who have told me that I am more than welcome to use steam powered boats, but not as a club member ( I am not anyway) also, I believe the signs are to be altered by the council to that effect. So as far as I am concerned, the matter is now closed. Many thanks to all for the support shown on this forum, all that remains to be seen is what will happen when I go to the lake with my boat, It should be finished in the next week or so.
Regards
Nick :-))
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richtea

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #152 on: May 11, 2011, 01:17:09 pm »
Good luck Nick,
please let us know how you get on.
Regards
Richard
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chingdevil

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #153 on: May 12, 2011, 02:32:21 pm »
MODERATION

Thread cleaned up as it was moving towards personal attack, stick to the subject or the thread will be locked


Brian
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wallace

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #154 on: May 12, 2011, 07:31:00 pm »
As a member of New brighton model boat club and sails on most sundays my hobby is to sail and build model boats and to make friends down at the lake,this matter needs to be put to bed from now as its getting abit stale and reading alot getting too personal everyone is entitled to the own opinion but enough is enough lets all sail together may it be elec or steam its a public lake ,and in 6 years of sailing at new brighton have not seen one as yet the lake is big enough for all,so lets have fun I will be at the lake on sunday and i just hope there is no talk about steam, or my head may just blow hot.
So come on everyone just put it to bed i wont be on this page again I will stay on my page ie warships which is a very nice section.
       :-)) :-)) :-)) wallace  :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))
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firedup

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #155 on: May 12, 2011, 09:25:53 pm »
Could I ask a simple question? If steam is such a rare sight on the lake why the fuss in the first place?  >>:-(  
Steam tends to be found in model boats in one of 3 forms:
Small commercial steam plants ,well below the 3 bar rule (too small to be a major risk no more dangerous than a speed controller catching fire seen 3 of them in one day!!!!)
Larger expensive commercial plants, cost a lot so owner has given  it a great deal of thought
Larger own built, owner has given a great deal of time to the build the model tested it had it passed and insured the model.had tested
I have built a model steam engine and I have built a boiler which I have tested I have also built war ships, scale sail ,tugs, scratch ,built kits the lot it seems to me we are too small an interest group "model boaters" to be putting each other down like this.
I hope those who started the trouble continue to enjoy model boating but do so at the far end of the lake away from the majority of people on the lake who I am sure just want to have fun.
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john s 2

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #156 on: May 12, 2011, 09:39:35 pm »
As mentioned before. How long before a Lipo lets go at the wrong time? With increasingly high outputs it is
only a matter of time. The price is steadly reducing. So more boaters are buying. Its possible to wrongly
charge with bad effects. Im not against Lipos. Just pointing out the increasing dangers of misuse. Its not
steam that threatens. John.
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Yarpie

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #157 on: May 12, 2011, 10:12:54 pm »
Quote from: John s on May 12, 2011, 09:39:35 pm
As mentioned before. How long before a Lipo lets go at the wrong time? With increasingly high outputs it is
only a matter of time. The price is steadly reducing. So more boaters are buying. Its possible to wrongly
charge with bad effects. Im not against Lipos. Just pointing out the increasing dangers of misuse. Its not
steam that threatens. John.

Shhhhhh John s, you never know who may be reading this. %)

Some club Chairman (or group) somewhere may consider your article on Lipos as grist for the mill. :o

Let's hope for harmony in our hobby, and pray that this was indeed an isolated incident. :-))

Yarpie.
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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #158 on: May 12, 2011, 10:32:31 pm »
Point taken Yarpie. John.
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pettyofficernick

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #159 on: June 20, 2011, 08:47:09 pm »
Sorry folks, cant resist it.

 ;D ;D :P :P
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The long Build

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #160 on: June 20, 2011, 08:50:10 pm »
 :-)) :-))  Did you sail it though ! 8) 8)
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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #161 on: June 20, 2011, 09:53:30 pm »
Quote from: The long Build on June 20, 2011, 08:50:10 pm
:-)) :-))  Did you sail it though ! 8) 8)
And tow a swan food dispenser behind it........ :-))
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pettyofficernick

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #162 on: June 20, 2011, 09:56:28 pm »
Indeed. bit of a damp squibb though,the boiler could not keep up with the engine and it kept running out of steam. once the wind blew it back in, shut the valve, waited 5 mins or so for the pressure to build up, then another few minutes sailing, 'twas fun fiddling about with it though. I am now on the lookout for a Pipit boiler or similar. photo,s not very good, but there it is, on the water. %) %) ok2 ok2

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rockets

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Re: Steam boats banned
« Reply #163 on: June 21, 2011, 07:43:34 pm »
'NO PETROL OR STEAM DRIVEN BOATS'

Lets all get down there with glow fuel and diesel engined boats. Neither of these fuels are petrol so they won't have a thing on us.
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