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I would think that after winding those screw type anchors in a few times you’ll be fed up with them, especially if the ground is hard. Then you also have to unwind them to get them out. With traditional pins a few taps and you can wiggle them out.

Admit it, you just watched it for Penelope Pitstop 😉

If the outlet from the calorifier was turned off then the PRV still should have been doing the job of your new expansion tank. It's just like any other system when the taps are closed. Or are you saying the feed TO the calorifier was turned off? In which case, yes, there was nowhere for the pressure to go.

The PRV on the calorifier should have been doing the job of an expansion tank on the 'hot' side.

So why the question? I must apologise for the "stirring up" comment as I had read @john6767's comment as being from you which made it look like you'd spotted some wide beams moored up then got notifications to say they were moving which made it look like you were saying "oh look, they do move".

So why the question? Or are you just trying to stir things up?

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Moving from place to place like any other boat. Why the confusion? Wide beam boats have to book passage through the tunnels hence the notifications.

Also remember that the likelihood of you getting something wrong when boating is directly proportional to the amount of people watching you at the time. i.e. with no-one watching you will be able to moor like a boating god. With 6 people watching you will be in the trees on the opposite bank having knocked your favourite coffee mug into the canal.

I would think that most boaters on the waterways haven’t got any certificates and have just picked it up as they went along. There are helmsman courses that you can do and I think they are held in quite high regard although they aren’t mandatory and will probably help you build on your existing skills rather than show you exactly how to do things. The yachty/power boating/lumpy water types on here will bang on about certifications and training but in reality on the canals and small rivers it isn’t necessary. Edited to add: I did do a RCR engine maintenance course and found that extremely useful.

[pedant mode] You’re going to need a bigger boat [/pedant mode] An often mis-quoted quote.

A lot of subscriptions aren’t direct debits but just charge your card every month. If you use a debit card to set up the subscription it comes out of your bank account.

I’ll have to introduce you to my mother. We have enough mugs and cups to enable 27 people to be on board and all drinking out of a clean one at the same time. The boat sleeps a maximum of 4.