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Somewhere in here I would imagine Of course, it depends how far above the full level the breather is and how well sealed your filler cap is so @LadyG may be talking cobblers.

I think @ditchcrawler is talking about Gosty Hill Tunnel. Single boat width, low roof (and confusingly a really high roof in places too) and a lot of floating rubbish.

I think you have @SeanMcP to thank for that with his essays on how only he seems to understand electric boating on UK canals when he is in Kentucky.

I bet if you had jumped the queue and used the lock there would have been a bit of tutting and shaking of heads to start with then others would have followed you

Not around here they don't.

Also it was Braunston tunnel, which is just plain horrible anyway. Blisworth is lovely in comparison.

I wouldn't worry about it or say anything. There's a high chance you're going to bump into either the wall or the other boat when passing in a tunnel so don't get annoyed and say something, you might not like what their reply is.

One thing I've found common with the riders of the electric motorbikes and the modified e-bikes is that the riders have got the wheelieing skill down to a fine art! The one who was tearing up and down the towpath at Long Itchington the other week did say hello and slowed down when passing any moored boats, which is more than a few boaters did over the weekend 😆

That’s the new winding hole at Thrupp on the Thames & Severn. The boat is indeed Dudley named after a man, not the place.

No 'loopholes' used. Just told the insurer and they were happy with it.

That's a shame. Did a bit of work with them, and Alan Faulkner, in the early 2000s on the North Walsham & Dilham Canal.

He's not mentioned RCD yet...

That's not true. I've taken out several car insurance policies in my name when the car has been owned by someone else (and their name as the registered keeper).

This topic comes up pretty regularly. In short, no there isn't anything to prove that the person selling is the legal owner of the boat. The boat listing on canalplan hasn't been updated in years for various reasons so don't worry that it doesn't show the latest name of the boat.

That's a relief. I was wondering how I was going to fill my time whilst procrastinating at work 🤣