October 22nd, 2008
Thames River boats - high maintenance or cheap to run
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which does spins and zips about the river, through to the river buses
continuously serving London’s commuters. The nature of a water jet is
that it sucks in water and pumps it out to create drive for the vessel
which of course means any floating debris also gets sucked in. This can
cause problems when for example a log or plastic lid gets wedged in the
inlet and restricts water flow. Often back flushing can solve, but when
it is well and truly wedged divers are required. In fact divers have a
lot of action on the river.