Alan de Enfield

Well, if the boat has been built in compliance with the RCD it must have a practical and usable means of unaided boarding, (from the water). Apparently seveveral PCA surveyors have suggested that the 'welded tab' is insufficient to comply, suggestion being there should be tabs welded on the rudder, giving 'steps'. It is very diffficult to be in the water and try to get your foot up the the surface level and get a foot onto the top of the rudder.

Several reasons : Canal users would : Break them Burn them Lose them Local yobbs would : Steal them Wedge them between the gates Play jousting across the lock Throw them into the lock

I'm sure you coud have got the same message with 1/4 of the words ! 😈

Not very far (unless you are in a canoe) it gets extremely shallow (inches) and very rocky. Do not proceed past the 'limit of navigation' marked on the charts - to do so would (probably) invalidate any insurance, and if you got stuck you'd be 'on your own'.

Not all anchors - many people have realised the Danforth is not worth having and have invested in a type that actually works. @LadyG has a very good anchor - latest generation and more likely to pull her "T" off than fail to set correctly.

Probably not !

He is still on the forum - known as @rusty69 when wearing rubber or leather suits.

I learnt it in Cubs and Scouts.

Rope ladders are not designed to be climbed the same way as a conventional ladder Unless the bottom of the ladder is secured, you'll just end up 'upside down'. A rope ladder is'climbed' from the side.

Seems a bit 'odd' - how can a box be both sealed and vented ?

So a newbies 1st post on that Piston-heads' forum AND on this forum -and the question is identical. If it walks like duck and sounds like a duck its probably "Artificial Ignorance"

If you are drunk, bang your head as you fall in, have a heart attack, or ........................ Then you probably are unable to stand up. The canals are generally less than 3 feet deep, but, you can drown in 6" of water.

You forgot running a vehicle costs - but, still not bad for 15 minutes work ! Yes, but you only file once a year.

"Go Limited" - problem solved.