Lister HR2 - Starting the Engine on board Narrowboat Archimedes

[scooby1372]

Oh great vids ;)

[scooby1372]

cool, are they still about?



[mykaskin]

@scooby1372 No, they sold up, moved back on the bank.

[scooby1372]

Wasn't archimedes once owned by a couple called trish and allen?

[mykaskin]

@scooby1372 Was indeed.

[suterman100]

Hi,

My mate has a HR2 in a 60` boat, with a 22"x22" prop but thinks the prop is too big, what siz do you have on yours?

Thanks.

Ps, see y videos for his canal boat launch.

Mike

[mykaskin]

Hi, It's not my engine (I have a JP2 - check my other videos), but Archimedes has a 24 x 24 prop on her. She is nicely prop'd but suffers from prop walk (paddle wheel effect) - always a problem with "square" props.

I notice your mate doesn't have any more room to swing a bigger prop, but if I were him (and he wants to spend the money), talk to Crowther Marine in Oldham who will calculate the best prop for the available size - probably a "high efficiency" (large blade area) one.