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A pet Canary is more reliable than a smoke alarm.

A good wheeze to stop the boat drifting away is to just tie a heavy weight to the end of your centre rope and chuck it over on the opposite side so that if your main ropes are let go you won't drift far.

My Elu drill still going strong after about 30 years. One battery has lost half its capacity that's all.

The longer ones usually had a Lister SR3. Springers also have that angle chine too but they're bows are not so fine.

Usually bomb proof. My first boat was one of of those. Proper marine installation. Plenty of room in the engine compartment for proper marine set up with Dodge Fenner thrust block. As I said proper boat bows that cut through the water easily making them very economical on fuel unlike most modern narrow boats with a horrid bluff bows trying to shove a wall of water in front.

Proper sharp bows, cut through the water properly so only need the Lister SR2 that was normaly fitted.

I've found especially with some of the cheaper tool batteries is not to leave them for a long time so they discharge completely, they might not recover even trying to kick start them from another battery of the same. Give em a charge up every few weeks if not in use

,I once called into a fish & chip shop near Coventry. There was no menu displayed. I asked the girl what fish do you have. Just fish, she repied. Yes but what type of fish is it, again she said. I think its just fish. I left and drove back to Ilford hungry. The best i've had was Haddock and chips in Grt-Yarmouth, caught that day and melted in the mouth. Since I try to pick a shop that is close to another one so there's competition for the best.

Steam is invisible.

I use an old 1950's Limit fan on the boat bought it for a fiver 40 years ago, brushless, fantastic.

If you walk along with a headlight on keep it tilted down. Nothing worse than some pillock come towards looking at you and dazzling you. Vehicle headlights are bad enough in broad daylight as well now.

Capt Tolly's is very good for small weeps. Keep running it along the window frame it will keep disappearing into the hole, keep running it along until that stops.

the only bloke to ever finish a boat on time was Noah.

Pop Pop tube propulsion is safe and simple. Camphor chip is too.