Alan de Enfield

On the canals the bridge clearance depends on the beam of the boat - will your app work out if the particular boat can get under the bridge or not. Remember that the large majority of boats on the UK canals are under 7 feet beam - but a new breed of boats are coming on the canals that are 10 feet, or 12 feet beam. A bridge that a 7 foot boat beam can go under may not allow a 12 foot beam boat to transit.

Indeed you are, and have no control where the current takes you, my experience of boats drifting on my local 'big river' (The River Trent) is that the boat ends up drifting into the trees, gets stuck on a weir, or, rolls over 'upside down' as it goes over the weir. Example The more you post, confirms your lack of knowledge of the UK inland waterways.

But when Brooke posted He was just scaremongering and, his suggestion bears no resemblance to reality

Am I remembering incorrectly that there is advice ith LFPs to charge to 80% and discharge to 20%, giving an actual usable capacity of 60%. For FLAs it is to charge to 100% and for best 'life' to discharge to 50%, giving a useful usable capacity of 50%. As far as I am aware - the biggest benefit of LFPs is the charging time when compared to FLAs

That sounds amazing - presumably it also repairs and restarts your engine so you can actually use the route it has plotted, and take you to the safe haven, or, if your engine is now functioning correctly, why would you need to head for a safe haven ?

100AH LAs are around £100 a piece. There shouldn't be much, if any, rewiring to do. Yuasa L36-100 YBX Active Leisure & Marine Battery - 12V 100Ah 900A 8176932883447 | eBay UK Sailing Yacht Marine Battery Yuasa YBX Active L35-100 12V 100Ah 720A 3Yr Wty 5050694030314 | eBay UK Or even a 130Ah at £65 inc delivery 12V 130AH Leisure Battery DEEP CYCLE for Caravan Campervan Motorhome 130 AH | eBay UK

Just replace then with Lead Acid and when the requirements have finally been agreed and implemented , get the Lithiums put back in, complying with whatever the 'rules' require. If the boat is 'calling you' spending (say) £300 changing the batteries is a small fraction compared to what you'll be spending every year as a boat owner.

The seller has to do nothing - he is selling the boat and it is your choice if you accept it 'as is', or not, You can say to the seller that you will make a lower offer because of the work you will want to do, but the seller can just say "NO, the price is as agreed - take it or leave it".

You may be interested in the registration number, and name (Bezimeni) of my yacht When we bought it, it was too large for any hoists in Croatia so it had to go over to Italy for the survey. We kept her in Rijeka marina.

Well, to be fair, it would struggle to cause problems before it was built !

With your poor command of the English language your AI can never be anything but a Joke - its a shame to waste all your hard work because neither you nor 'it' can spell or write gramatically correct sentences.

But, as I'm sure you are aware, the builder will be the one who finished the boat (not the hull builder, unless the hull builder did the fit-out) so no help. The last one to work on the boat is legally the 'builder'. The paperwork should show the hull builder and, will have the transfer details and part 111A certificate confirming the hull was built in conformity.

Doesn't your RCD paperwork tell you ?

I have renewed my insurances for : House Car Campervan Horse Box Excavator Dumper Kawasaki Mule Various trailers Green Flag breakdown insurance Everyone has been settled at the same, or, a lower price than last year. The boat insurance quote from Craftinsure was similar to previous year, but, they now required a survey which would cost around £1000 all in. I changed to Haven Knox Johnson, it was ~£100 more than craft insure but no survey requirements. I wonder ............. Have you told them you have fitted Lithium batteries ?