Alan de Enfield

So, was the engine running during the wash, or not ?

Presumably you had the engine running as well - the total (max) draw would be ~ 145amps.

When I have a complaint with ASDA, I call them on the phone and it is immediately credited back to my bank account. No ifs or buts - if you are not happy you get your money back.

Ooops ! The potential problem will be the Gardner engine that now needs to meets Stage V emissions standards. Stage V regulation introduced a new limit for particle number emissions. The PN limit is designed to ensure that a highly efficient particle control technology—such as wall-flow particulate filters—be used on all affected engine categories. The Stage V regulation also tightened the mass-based PM limit for several engine categories, from 0.025 g/kWh to 0.015 g/kWh. ES-TRIN What is it and where does it apply? | YDSA Up until December 2019 there were allowances made for older vessels on the understanding that if they had remained in compliance and held a valid certificate issued under earlier forms of the regulations, they could continue to be certified despite failing in respect of newly introduced regulations. If the certificate has been allowed to lapse, this allowance no longer applies. Thus: a vessel which is to be newly certified or has allowed its old certificate to lapse must adhere to all rules, as in force at the time of the certificate’s issuance. The rules are constantly evolving and thus keeping certification current is important; more so in older and/ or converted vessels.

And do you have a problem finding them ? I do have that problem, but it just tends to be one of the pair that does the vanishing.

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).

landlord noun [C] (OWNER) Add to word list B2 a person or organization that owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people for the use of it: Who is considered a landlord? A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a lessee or renter). A landlord is not necessarily the property owner. The owner of a rental property can be involved in every aspect of the rental process, or he can give someone else the power to act in his stead.

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'