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Kidderminster Lock has a rise of 11' 10" with a short gate. The water bounced off the sides and into the well deck.

It's a trad stern so the engine is forward of where you stand when cruising? Your posted diagram clearly shows the engine well forward of the tiller bar. It's not strictly mid-engine, though - I'll give you that. What I meant was it's forwards of the person steering and open to view, which I find attractive. Horses for courses and all that.

I’m not sure why allowing people to stay put, to reduce unnecessary water loss, is complicating things? Or why it would be ‘creating hassle when normal practice is resumed’ (to quote Arthur)? Fair enough, if people like you and Arthur feel it necessary to move, then do so. Frankly, we’re not bothered either way, although I do tend to get bored in the same place for too long. I’m not sure whether being bored justifies wasting water though. As for the ‘poor reservoir management’, I couldn’t agree more. It’s also the lack of repair of failed pumps and leaky locks. The weather is only half the story. 🙄

Just checked and AI came back and said …. Yes, microbial-induced corrosion (MIC) can be caused by components found in cow slurry. Specifically, sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) present in slurry can produce hydrogen sulfide, a corrosive gas that accelerates the corrosion of metals, particularly in pipelines and storage systems. GREAT!!! Not!!!!!

Also slit or clit... 😉

As an ex steel yacht owner, I kept a Hartley 32 built from Corten Steel in Wellington Harbour, NZ, for eight years. During that time I was active and dilligent in my research about anodes/corrosion/best practice for coating to keep it in good nick. I had not at that time, nor have until today reading this post, ever heard about MIC. Perhaps it does not happen in a marine enviroment? If that is so, perhaps salt might kill it? Anyone have any information?

And who said owning a boat reduces stress? bless you for your reply. muchly appreciated

Eh? The engine is in the back cabin under your feet as you cruise. Yuck!!

Even a 70 footer usually is fine on these locks with gate paddles up from the start of rising - clearly they were specifically designed with 70 footers in mind and as speedier transit as possible so making gate paddles that filled the boat up would be a seriously faulty design feature ? Are you sure there wasn’t something in the bit between the gate and paddle or on the lock wall redirecting the water? Found a wellington boot a trainer and (hard to remove) a bucket up the Stourbridge. Kidderminster is that sort of territory too.

Highly unlikely I'd have thought. (Unless the cows have rusticles.) But I know nothing about this really, and I doubt anyone else here does either! I suggest you ask chatgpt if MIC is caused by cow slurry.

What is long term about "Should C&RT relax the 14 day requirement until water levels recover?" You seem to disagree with yourself as you go on to say the problem is shortterm.

Hello crew… Ive just taken a mooring at the end of a farmers field… I’m due to be away shortly and whilst away it appears the farmer is to be spreading SH1t on the fields.. (cow slurry I believe) I understand that this can cause MIC? should I move away while he’s spreading this misery? I thank you

Broadly yes your insurance covers you, but you won't get to sue the surveyor and win if s/he fails to notice the hull is a colander. Their T&Cs will say something like "It wasn't my fault if I didn't notice it, so tough luck". Depends why you want a survey. What is actually happening is the marina you mention wants to sell boats. Buyers like the boats and say they want a survey, and naturally ask the marina if they know one. The marina, wanting to speed the sale will have a list of surveyors for you to call, so you call one. They will probably do a completely honest survey but once the calls (and the survey fees) begin to roll in, they begin to feel a subtle pressure to maybe not look too hard at any areas that might make the buyer think again about buying the boat, just in case they marina begins to notice and stops handing out their name. So if you want a 'warts and all' brutally honest survey it might be better get someone not on the marina list. If you just want it so the boat can get insurance and you understand this pressure on the marina surveyor, its fine to use them. Just my worthless opinion, you understand...

Yes I am not clear about this and it is a bit late to get my head around it but anyway I see I mis-wrote. What was actually written was degC/min-Ah. I'll edit my earlier cockup. But that little detail aside (!) my point was about the differences between LFP and the more energy-dense chemistries, around a factor of 100.

Only in Reform majority council areas (apparently)

I was talking biological sex, which apparently is OK and still only has 2

Oops, posting in too much of a hurry!!

Then move on as I will ... until such time as they've closed the locks and we therefore can't any longer. There's no need to create complications long term. Last year was one of the wettest on record. I'm sure the water issues will prove once again to be short term, exacerbated by poor reservoir management and repair. Rog

You cannot say that - apparently there are now 26 legally recognised genders in the UK

Lucky you - wish I had that access! I’ve been trying to grt access via Uni, but not having much luck so far ☹️ Could you enlarge on that unit please? It appears as though the Ah would cancel out? https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0699 I’m reading through it now.

Maybe I'm totally misunderstanding, but that reads to a simpleton such as myself, that a (say) 600Ah bank could increase by : 2x 600 = 1200 degrees C per minute. I doubt that is correct so could you show a calculation, as an example, of what that formula means in real life ?

Unless that manufacturer is Sterling, in which case that is perfectly acceptable!

Your insurer is only likely to ask for a survey on a boat older than 25-30 years, depending on the insurer. If you have a survey done by somebody holding one of ghe qualifications they ask for, and the underwriters accept the survey and the boat sank a week later due to eg hull problems then I’d think it unlikely they would quibble about paying out. I’d also think it unlikely they’d pursue the surveyor (or his insurer) - more likely they’d refuse to accept surveys done by him in the future. Possibly worth choosing legal protection option if you’re worried about this area. In terms of keeping an eye on the surveyor, most I’ve used are quite happy to answer any questions you have as they go along. NB I keep saying him/his - are there any female inland surveyors ?