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And you still have to do the winterisation.

3diii is an interesting one. Our water pump started to just not work well with low flow and a reluctance to turn off. Took it out and opened it up and it wasn't scale or anything from the tank as we had an inlet strainer, it was basically furred up with limescale.

We had a prv valve stick and what was left in the water tank got pumped into the engine bilge ( not the drip tray) without us noticing. Moved the prv vent into the rear cabin bulkhead so it vents into the deck drain in plain sight

We've got a twin bunk cabin at the back with a wet locker with heated blower in it. Cruiser stern and we keep the doors and hatch closed in the rain. Been using the boat since 1986 and never really had any problems with the beds getting wet.

Or has things like calorifiers, inverters etc tucked away in places. Easy to hide a horizontal calorifier under a bed, less easy in a living room

How many bedroom areas does it have? Potentially won't you then end up with Living room, bathroom, kitchen, bedroom? Reverse layout usually has kitchen and living room at the back I think

So the answer seems to be potentially nothing to several thousands with the possibility of not doing it all at once. I guess it's really a matter of getting the boat and finding out what works and what doesn't

Most of the time if I really need to know my speed I time mileposts with an old world mechanical stopwatch. Or if the sun is shining you can do it by knowing a fixed length along your roof and time the shadows.

OK so I dug through the testing data I collected : DATE(track_date) min_speed max_speed average_speed 2026-06-27 0 5.919 2.393 2026-06-28 0 11.51 2.584 2026-06-29 0 5.462 1.678

I've seen position jump backwards on the shroppie, so you end up covering the same water twice, as well as all the sideways jitters. Again meaningless in a car travelling at 30mph but it all adds up on a canal

I do know that Pokémon Go will report "You're going too fast" when my phone is sitting on the cofee table just down to jitter in the GPS. Not sure what useful data a speed app on a phone will give you on the canal system Playing around with GPS location tracking for canalplan it often reported an accuracy of about 100 metres, which if you're on a canal boat is several boat lengths. 10m jitter seemed quite common, so that's you moving from one of the cabin to the other in a second or so. Can't remember if I logged the reported speed, will have a look this evening

Wondering why you think a multi fuel stove is needed? If the boat currently has diesel fired CH then why not leave it in. As for solar and batteries why not do it in a phased way, upgraded the existing batteries and do a power use survey. Will you be cruising a lot? If so then how much solar do you need? Don't forget that in winter when you're less likely to be moving solar will be generating much less.

It's the sensationalist headings, the click bait titles like the one in this video or "Disaster Strikes" with a big white arrow pointing out the sunken boat. They're not delivering it as news - they're delivering it as a way of earning money.

Is it only me who feels a bit uncomfortable about people basically cashing in (via adverts) on other peoples misfortune?

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