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jb_castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 535
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 01:23 am: | 
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Last Saturday we had a gathering of the bateaus for a 5 hour round trip. I removed the St. Lawrence from my boat and installed an 8hp Nadler for this trip. I would have been running all out to keep up with the pack and didn't want to punish the 100 year old motor that way. Jim Delahoussye does a good job of describing the trip here.
http://riverlogue.blogspot.com/ |
keith
Senior Member
Username: keith
Post Number: 294
Registered: 02-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 02:59 pm: |
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Enjoyed the post JB. Hope to make it to your outing next year.
Keith |
rbprice
Senior Member
Username: rbprice
Post Number: 315
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 10:30 pm: |
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A really great posting JB about a really great place. Thanks very much.
Bob |
miro
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 460
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 01:42 pm: |
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Hi JB - how did the boats stand up to the work out - especially David P's boat - it was probably the oldest one there.
It's a grand tribute to Mr Ory to have the trip take place - he's a one of a kind guy.
MIro |
jb_castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 536
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Friday, May 28, 2010 - 10:45 pm: |
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I guess I had the most trouble. I launched and the carb started flooding(carb from the St. Lawrence). Took it apart to find the float split at the screw hole. This is one of the first plastic floats that were offered. It was spongy, they've since reformulated them to resist alcohol better. We started on our way and the engine was running pretty erattic at the speed we were traveling. Increasing speed seemed to smooth it out, asdid lifting up the timer handle. I didn't want to stop to trouble shoot because the entire parade would stop if someone had trouble. I removed the timer cover and could see some arcing between the brush and contacts. This was one of the early Lockwood timers with the rotating brush and contacts in the micarta ring. A bottle of water poured into the timer leveled things out for a few minutes. When we stopped I was able to see the problem, the brush was worn to conform to the ring, it was riding a little high and rubbing on the insulating ring as well as the timer contact. Scraping some of the insulation off with my pocket knife made a world of difference, but running against a 5mph current for several hours constantly missfiring consumed a lot of fuel and I had to borrow a gallon to finsh the trip. I'll remove the brush and reshape to a crown, so it has to contact in the middle. One of the other boats had a little trouble with trash in the fuel but no one had to use a tow rope. David's boat performed well, he proabably has more long trips on it than the rest of us. |
Jim Delahoussaye
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 12:08 pm: |
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It sure was a privelage to be included on this trip. My camera got a good workout. In addition to the post on Riverlogue that J.B. mentions above, there is an amateur video (about 9 minutes) that lets you get a feel for the trip and the sound of the engines. All four horsepowers were there, I believe. The video is on YouTube under the name "Pilgrimage to Bayou Chene" and it's now on the Riverlogue blog as well. Take care folks, Jim |
richardday
Senior Member
Username: richardday
Post Number: 871
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 05:44 pm: |
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Enjoyed the Riverlogue blog. Thanks for posting it. |
miro
Senior Member
Username: miro
Post Number: 469
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 11:17 am: |
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Here's the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLGnEYTCAl0
I love the forward, reverse and neutral demonstrated by Mr Ory - he's a one-of-a-kind guy.
He sure is a treasure for he bateaux community.
And I feel privileged to have visited with the boatmen and gotten to know them.
miro
miro |
johnny
Senior Member
Username: johnny
Post Number: 314
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Friday, June 25, 2010 - 10:48 pm: |
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Thanks for sharing this, I really enjoyed it very much. Looks like a lot fun with great! people. |
