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I am having trouble understanding a stop solenoid clicking repeatedly. I get a flat battery passing too much current into the solenoid because it will not engage causing it to overheat.

And the harbour-master is very hot on the staying aboard stuff - the marina is surrounded by flats and they don't want it to become residential by stealth. Also you will only get a boat >30' in there when the lock is on free-flow at high spring tides, which rather restricts access.

Yes,indeed. This is what I thought but could not articulate.

I know you had terrible problems here, but the other side of the story is that we've done it several times with no such problem, just the occasional easily-cleared plastic bag/weed like on any other canal -- though possibly because you cleared all the mattresses and razor wire out of the way for us, so many thanks for that... 😉 We've had much worse prop fouls on other canals, I don't think it's fair to demonise the Rochdale for this (or this or other canals for being "bandit country") -- putting other boaters off a canal just means there are fewer boats using it, which makes it less likely that it will be maintained... 😞

Well that is kinda the point of the thread, so you probably should say it - as you did! My own boat is coming out there for a blast and 2 pack, so the more right you are in your opinion of Norton Canes work the better I sleep!

If it's commonplace, then it's acceptable to most people. It can't be one thing and not the other. ETA but not on this forum, because it has its own rules. Which is good...

I can't see into the future well enough to answer your question. The Rochdale has had a lot of stoppages over the last couple of years, its condition is slowly improving but then the CRT money is running out. It has alot of locks and a limited water supply so there will always be a much greater probability of stoppages. You can get all the way down to Sowerby easily, and could go as far as the Salter Hebble locks (use top lock as a winding hole). If you want to go further then that means going down into Manchester which is not for the feint hearted, lots of locks through a housing estate where you will get prop fouls from all the rubbish in the water. If you do this once and decide you hate it then you have a problem 😀 Do you need to be based in Todmorden? and where is the boat? Realistically you should allow 5 days to get from Tod to Manchester (though it can be done in considerably less if nothing goes wrong) so thats a 10 day overhead on any trip that you do.

Well that's very encouraging! Thank you kindly both. The photo is helpful; the local knowledge priceless. Thank you especially for the above and beyond effort of taking the trouble to contact the volly @billh, much appreciated. I'm watching the venue fiasco with interest and hoping there's a few folks higher up the postponement list than The Eagles! I'd have put "Boogie wit da hoodie" in that bracket, but i think I might be working with stale intel...

That's not the (residential) londonmooring site which was quoted though -- and it's leisure-only not residential (not even under-the-sheets...) "Please be advised that these are leisure moorings and that you are entitled to stay on your boat for not more than four nights in any 7 day period." The cost difference between the two is likely to be rather large...

60' is pretty much go-anywhere (at least, on the right boat...) but you need to be very careful on locks on places like the Calder and Hebble -- 57'6" is certainly less stressful for most people... 😉 http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/calder/locks.htm 62' is definitely restrictive Oop North...

Ensuring you catch and dispose of all the nasty contaminated water for correct disposal at a licensed facility of course 😉

Just musing and not for Lizzette to worry about. If the start battery was flat/shot AND it IS an energise to run solenoid, then judging by what we learned about the Shanks the stop solenoid may be a complicated but of kit with two windings and contacts. If so, the clicking can be easily explained by the flat battery, while the smoking (assuming it was the stop solenoid) could be explained by the flat battery not providing enough energy to fully move the solenoid and open the pull in coil contacts. If so, the low resistance, high currant pull in coll may well smoke if left energised for more than a few seconds. Note - conjecture, not fact, happy to discuss.

Don't forget floods too. A couple of feet shorter will make the canals around there easier to use. Five feet shorter will make it a go anywhere boat. Welcome to the forum, by the way. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/rochdale-canal-reopens-after-flood-repairs-completed

I used to live next to the river dove with a footpath on the other side, I was often surprised how clearly I could hear conversations as the sound bounced off the water. Bad language is now commonplace but that does not make it acceptable.

Gunk or Jizer i used to use, spray on, work it in with a brush, hose off.

Hello, I'm interested in buying a boat in Todmorden that is 62' long and I'm aware I can't travel eastward because of the lock length and I'm worried about the Rochdale, is it true that it is closed more often than it is open? Will I end up marooned in lovely Todmorden? Will it mean that any trip out will risk not being able to get back for months? I'd like to enjoy the canal system but fear that I may end up frustrated. Todmorden is lovely but am I effectively getting a static boat? Thanks in advance for any advice, I'm a new to this forum so apologies if I'm asking a vague question.

So that works out on say a 20m boat around £5.5k p/a?

I wonder what the cost of a widebeam mooring at Brentford is -- any guesstimates, anyone?