RMS Queen Mary, screw

This is the sole remaining installed screw of the RMS Queen Mary (1936)

Photos by John Clearwater, 18 January 2020.

screw of the RMS Queen Mary (1936)

screw of the RMS Queen Mary (1936)

screw of the RMS Queen Mary (1936)

wrench for the retaining nut for the screw of the RMS Queen Mary (1936)

retaining nut and cap for the screw of the RMS Queen Mary (1936)

retaining nut for the screw of the RMS Queen Mary (1936)

B-427, Type 641 Soviet submarine

This is the remains of the Soviet submarine B-427 which used to be a tourist attraction in Long Beach, California, USA. The interior was closed in 2016. 
B-427 was a Project 641 hunter-killer submarine used to protect the Soviet SSBN fleet in the north Pacific Ocean. It was built in Leningrad in 1971 and was based in Vladivostok until 1994. It had a crew of 78 sailors.

For submarine and ship modellers it is a lovely study in rust. Photos by John Clearwater, 18 January 2020.

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

B-427, Type 641 submarine, in Long Beach USA, January 2020

February 2020 Meeging

Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will meet on Tuesday February 4, 2020 at 7 p.m., at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean. Interesting show and tell items will help get you through the cold of February.

A boat in Lock 7, of the Ottawa Lockstation,
preparing to enter Lock 8.
Photographed July 21, 2019.

January 2020 Meeting

Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will meet on Tuesday January 7, 2020 at 7 p.m., at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean. Have you got model ship building resolutions? Tell about them at the January meeting. Remember your show and tell items.

May 2020 be a rewarding year for you.

December 2019 Meeting

Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will meet on Tuesday December 3, 2019 at 7 p.m., at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean. Good weather for being indoors. Look forward to interesting discussion and show and tell items.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year, 2020!

November 2019 Meeting

Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will meet on Tuesday November 5, 2019 at 7 p.m., at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean. Good weather for being indoors. Remember your show and tell items.

Boats at Lower Nicholsons and Upper Nicholsons

Lower Nicholsons and Upper Nicholsons lockstations, each with one lock, come after Burritts Rapids in the Rideau Canal. They can be accessed on the east side of the Rideau River from Burrits Rapids Road or on the west side from Heritage Drive.

This boat secured to the waiting pier at Lower Nicholsons while the people travelling on it had a meal at a picnic table in the shade. The blue line on the edge of the docking platform tells that it is for boats waiting to go through the lock.

Lock 18 at Lower Nicholsons has a lift of 2 metres (6.5 feet). There is a 300 meter channel from Lower Nicholsons to Upper Nicholsons, with another 300 meters beyond that, where there is a weir and dam on the west side. All the channels in the Ridea Canal system were dug by hand, i.e., men with shovels.

Visitors to Lower Nicholsons and Upper Nicholsons can walk the length of the channel on the west side. Here you can see the boat that has left Lower Nicholsons approaching Upper Nicholsons, which has a swing bridge on Andrewsville Road.

Visitors to Lower Nicholsons and Upper Nicholsons can walk the length of the channel on the west side. Here you can see the boat that has left Lower Nicholsons approaching Upper Nicholsons, which has a swing bridge on Andrewsville Road.

The swing bridge at Upper Nicholsons has been rebuilt three times since the canal's completion in 1832. Each time it has been rebuit exactly the same as the original. Just like the origninal a canal operator swings it open and shut by pulling or pushing it into position, all eight and a half tons of it.

October 2019 Meeting

Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will meet on Tuesday October1, 2019 at 7 p.m., at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley Avenue, Nepean. Bring out your show and tell items.

Dragon Boats at Hog's Back & Boats at Clowes

Here are three pictures of dragon boats south of Hog's Back lockstation followed by some boats going through the locks at Clowes.

The Hog's Back lockstation has locks 11 and 12. Locks are numbered progressively from 1 at the Ottawa lockstation to 49 at Kingston Mills. The total lift at Hog's Back is 4.4m (14.5 ft.). (I have seen Hog's Back written 'Hogs Back' and 'Hogsback.' Most Parks Canada signs and literature use 'Hogs Back,' though I have seen them use the possessive. I'm pointing this out in case you feel an urgent need to correct me.)

The Clowes lockstation is southeast of Burritt's Rapids, accessible when travelling westward on Heritage Drive  (County Road 2) by taking the first left turn after Andrewsville Main Street – the road number is 495; there is a very small sign across the road that says 'Clowes) with an arrow pointing to the dirt road. The bridge at Andrewsville over the Rideau River is closed in the winter. Lock 20 at Clowes has a lift of 2.3m (7.6 ft.) An unmaintained foot path to the north that crosses private property leads to the weir (small control dam) for the Lower and Upper Nicholsons lockstations.)