Alan de Enfield

I bet you don't move very far !

You must only run your engine out of gear when moored (It is one of the 'rules' in your licence application) Obvioulsy you can run the engine in gear when cruising ! The ideal revs are when your battery monitors show maximum charging - this is normally a fair bit above tick over.

Somewhat concerning (or should be) for 3rd parties entering your boat.................... Dated 2018 The World Health Organisation has published guidelines for indoor exposure to CO are just less than 88 parts per million (ppm) over a 15-minute period or no more than 30 ppm in a 60-minute duration. In August the UK regulations on the safe working exposure limits have seen a significant reduction of allowable concentrations of CO in a workplace atmosphere; 20 ppm for an 8 hour period and 100 ppm in a 15-minute time weighted average short-term exposure. Initial research from a group of BSS Examiners using four-gas analysers since December last year has yielded results that suggest that each year, examiners may step aboard 300 boats that have 20 ppm and 27 boats that have 100 ppm of CO in the cabin when equipment is tested as part of the BSS Examination. This would present an enhanced risk to anyone aboard or entering the boat at that time such as first responders to incidents or BSS Examiners about to start work as engine exhaust fumes have indicated that CO levels in the cabin space increased initially after engines were turned off. The BSS Management Committee, with the full support of stakeholders on all three Scheme committees, are commending public support for the proposal for mandatory installation of CO alarms on boats with accommodation spaces.

NO - not other parties on your boat ! You really should read the BSS justification documents relating to the requirement for CO alarms to be fitted - I did not say they were correct but that is what was stated by the BSS and the MAIB. In the past two years new information about the potential risk to boaters presented by CO has brought the need for action into focus. From the recent evidence collected, people and their pets aboard their own boats are at medium risk of CO poisoning from sources of CO generated outside of the boat by others e.g. the use of engines and appliances on adjacent boats. The recently identified potential risk cannot be controlled by boat owners themselves. The risk is enhanced by the fact that CO is a hidden danger. The circumstances fall within the remit of the Scheme to have in place measures that protect boat owners from the activity of others. In these circumstances a mandatory new BSS Requirement is warranted, as opposed to an ‘Advice check’. There have been a number of fatalities over the recent years from Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning on boats largely from large petrol engine exhausts. However in the past two years new information about CO has brought the need for action into focus. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) tests have shown that petrol-engine exhausts cannot just fill a boat with fatal concentrations of CO in seconds, they can also emit enough toxic gas to form a potentially deadly atmosphere within adjacent boats.

The 21st December is the shortest day (Winter solstice) Edit for spooling errur

A bit odd when you criticise someone for doing what you have done !

If you look back at the BSS consultation on CO alarms, you will see that this was the reason they introduced them into the BSS requirements - not to stop you being killed on your own boat, (they cannot do that) but to stop you killing 3rd parties (which they are allowed to legislate for).

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The way it works for a boat nor to be subject to VAT (post Brexit) is for a 'certificate of location' confirming where the boat was at 11pm on 31st December 2020. If your certificate shows that it was in the UK then it does not become subject to VAT, if it was outside the UK then it would be subject to VAT. I would suggest that it may work the same way bringing a boat from the UK to the EU, it will require a certificate of location showing it was in the EU at midnight on 31st December 2020, or, it will be subject to VAT on arrival. I doubt that many boaters on this forum will be aware as there is not much chance that they will be affected - you may get a clearer story if you contact the Dutch Barge forum, or the RYA, or any others that may have been in the same situation. If we go to Irealand, France etc then we need this letter to show the customs officials in those countries, and our own Customs officers on our return. Here is part of the 'location certificate' for our "Cat"

I've always known it simply as a 'block and tackle'

It may be more advantageous to actually find the reason it 'beeped'. There again if you put it outside and go back to sleep you may have nothing to worry about ever again.

Certainly written by the NBTA - but - you cannot disagree with much of the comment 'as being valid', the problem is that there is no explanation of the background or reasons behind the decisions or actions. eg : 1) where is the explanation that Ward was extracting the urine for more than 10 years before the final action was taken. The same report acknowledges that while the trust cannot “disregard the needs of those living on boats on its waterways”, it “is not and should not be a housing charity, nor a statutory housing provider”. 2) it is not explained that C&RT do not have the legal powers to define what movement is required for CCers, and when they have tried, NABTA have taken legal advice and pointed out to C&RT that they cannot do anything not specifically granted to them by law. 3) no mention of C&RTs amending the travel distance rules to accomodate familes with school age children. 4) it is not C&RTs fault (or problem) that many boaters are disabled and/or living in poverty - the laws still apply, and, as C&RT pointed out in the article the Government will pay for many of the boating costs (licence, moorings etc) for those in need. If boaters decide to spend their 'licence / moorings' money elsewhere then they must accept the consequences. “Boaters are often on the fringes of society,” itinerant boater Christina Hemsley told Novara Media, and the CRT’s boater surveys support her: according to the trust’s 2023 data, 27% of live-aboard boater households earn below £20,000 (the national median is £36,700). In 2023, Wiltshire council found that 29% of local continuous cruiser boaters had gone hungry due to poverty. Another council found similarly. 33% of boaters are disabled" In a statement to Novara Media, the CRT pointed out that its welfare team “help [boaters] access the support that is available – including Universal Credit and benefits that will cover the cost of the boat licence … We also provide equality adjustments and support for boaters who have shorter-term difficulties.”

You could argue the same regarding CCers (and it wasn't my suggestion)

In which case, liveaboards should also pay CT.