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[albitz]

Guy Martin - northern mentalist tea addict, usually seen falling off motorbikees at 200mph on the Isle of man, has recorded a series for BBC1 about restoring a narrowboat.
The first episode has just finished and it was excellent. Its a celebration of old fashioned British engineering. They built a little blast furnace to smelt iron to cast a kettle for the boat, went to Wedgewood pottery and made the mugs to drink the tea from (among his other eccentricities he drinks at least 20 cups of tea a day), the rest of the series should be well worth watching.

[Mysteryman]

Sounds gripping.

[TheBoy]

It was a decent programme...  ...but it needed more than 20hp. 2000hp would have been more fun

[TheBoy]

I wonder if a narrowboat could plane, given enough power

[albitz]

His day job involves a lot more horse power.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAoWRDGix6g

[Martin_1962]

Will set up repeat later

DOCUMENTARY: The Boat That Guy Built
On: BBC 1 HD   
Date: Sunday 6th March 2011 (starting in 3 days)
Time: 18:30 to 19:00 (30 minutes long)

A Cup of Tea. Episode 1.
Guy Martin starts a six week mission to renovate a neglected narrowboat with inventions from the Industrial Revolution. In this episode, he builds his own 18th-century blast furnace to cast an iron pot so he can boil some water, then learns how to throw his own traditional Wedgwood mugs so he can enjoy a perfect old-school cup of tea.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles, 4 Star)
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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.tv/?p=1&r=2674

Copyright (c) GipsyMedia Limited.

[albitz]

I thought the boat lift was a very impressive piece of engineering.
Its  available on iplayer for those want to take a look. 

[the alarming man]

that was one hell of a piece of engineering 

[Gaffers]

I wonder if a narrowboat could plane, given enough power

I doubt it, the power required to get a norrowboat above hull speed would in effect make the barge sit lower and defeat the object.

I have plans in a few years for a small 2 seater boat and a miggy engine though 

[albitz]

Be ambitious Guffer - use two. A 6 litre v12. 8-)

.....or W12.

[TheBoy]

We've had a few 4l v8 skiboats in our time. Hmmmmm, V8....

[Gaffers]

Be ambitious Guffer - use two. A 6 litre v12. 8-)

Size/weight/displacement is an issue, a V6 lump with a small hull area and some skegs will do the trick.  I may need a nice meaty exhaust though

[aaronjb]

Be ambitious Guffer - use two. A 6 litre v12. 8-)

Size/weight/displacement is an issue, a V6 lump with a small hull area and some skegs will do the trick.  I may need a nice meaty exhaust though

Nah go on, get a V8 in there: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280638289333&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

(The programme we were originally talking about sounds interesting too - must record that )

[Tony H]

I wonder if a narrowboat could plane, given enough power

I feel that if planing speeds could be achieved it might just p!ss off a few people on the banks of the canal especially when struck by a mini sunami when walking along the tow path 

[CaptainZok]

Well that was more interesting than the bloody football.