Alan de Enfield

Without you answering some questions, what you have been given is probably the best you are going to get. You need to help us to help you !

2.1% (about 700 boats)

Are you fit enough to lift a 25kg + generator off the boat and use it on the towpath ? in which case you can use a portable generator (which should not be operated on the boat) cost £2000+ If not, then you are going to require a properly built in generator that it wired into the boat, and has holes thru thru' hull for water cooling and exhaust; Cost £8,000 - £12,000 depending on size. What is you budget ? Have a read of this .................. https://www.boatsafetyscheme.org/stay-safe-advice/electrical-safety/generator-safety/

According to the C&RT figures released today, licenced boat numbers are falling, licence evasion is running at 11.8% (remember a few years ago when it was under 5% ?) and boats without a home mooring continue to increase, known CCers (not necessarily all liveaboards) now number 8825 or, some 28% of all boats on C&RT waters. Still a minority, but quickly becoming a 'major minority'.

PER FOOT (as he has stated several times now)

There are so many options - without knowing what you want it to run and what is your budget we cannot make any suggestions. Cost will be between £1000 and £12,000

Which is why I asked which Marine 16 product you had used. If you had used the emuslified additive it makes the water molecules 'stick' to the fuel so they travel thru the injectors and engine and out the exhaust. I think it may be possible that the water in your filter could have de-emulsified / separated if it had been standing for a while. Grasping at straws. Does the diesel smell and feel like diesel ?

OK, but all the labels are pretty much identical except for a single line of small print. The liquid in the 'bug killer' bottle is clear (like water) The liquid in the "Complete" (removes lacquer and gum deposits but not 'Bug') is 'Rose' coloured The liquid in the "Injector Cleaner" is Very dark (black ?) Anyway If you got to the bottom of the tank - I don't think you have water in your fuel.

Unless the tank was totally empty when you 'filled up' whatever was in the bottom few inches will still be there. Marine 16 is the companies 'trade name' and all their products are 'labelled Marine 16' What was the actual product you used - there are several "additives" listed on their website

Are you by any chance adding one of those weird water emulsifiers into your fuel (not biocide bug killer) ?

If you are sure you got water out of the filter drain, then you have water in the fuel. In the sample in the bottle there does not appear to be any water - therefore when you pumped some out of the tank, the end of the hose was not below the water/fuel interface and you just got fuel. Push you pipe in until you feel it hit bottom, then remove some "fuel" and see if that settles out. You may only have a couple of inches of water - I had over 200 litres of water in my tank. When you say you refiled your tank from empty - do you really mean the tank was empty, or there was no fuel ciming from the tank to the filter - the fuel to filter pick up pipe (inside the tank) is normally several inches off the bottom of the tank so as to avoid picking up muck, rust, rubbish and water. If you drained the tank until no fuel got to the filter, you probably have left 'inches' of water in the bottom of the tank. Ideally you should (properly) de-water your tank annually.

When you get water in your diesel it looks like this ; Diesel floats on the top of the water - you may have water in your fuel but that sample suggests you did not get your pick-up pipe down to the bottom of the tank That does not suggest water in the diesel

It would only be wrong if it was false ..... Libel refers to written defamation, meaning any false statement that harms someone’s reputation Your reputation is so poor that it could not be harmed by any statement.

Give it a rest and go and find someone else to annoy - you are pathetic !

But since that the rules have been amended, there are now three examples : While the “old” Directive considered the action of “placing on the market and/or putting into service”, the new Directive broadens the scope to the action of “making available”. All three concepts are now defined by the Directive. A product is made available on the market when supplied for distribution, consumption or use A product is placed on the market when it is made available for the first time on the market. The operation is reserved either for a manufacturer or an importer as the manufacturer and the importer are the only economic operators who place products on the market When you come to sell a secondhand boat, a distributor, a broker or private seller are now "making it available on the market".