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  4. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79073000/jpg/_79073012_94414924.jpg Darwin effect is not considered, floods are not counted. I do agree that schools nowadays in this country do not teach swimming like they did when I was a kid. Kids nowadays arent allowed the freedom they were when I grew up jumping off the sea wall at blackpool into the waves. My daughter has had two swimming sessions with school since she was 11, she is now 15. Luckily, I have taught her how to snorkel, canoe, and swim under water, how many kids don't have that.? scary really.
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  8. Whilst i agree that two overhead cupboards for £300 is somewhat optimistic, if haveing them made by a joiner, but £3000 is extravagent, something between £600 and £900 should cover two decently made cupboards. I suspect their costing is based upon DIY joinery, in which cas they would cost me somewhere around£100 doing the work myself.
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  9. I am sorry the only trading boats I support are those that travel. If its on a permanent mooring it may as well be on the bank and leave the water clear for boaters who want to boat.
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  10. So if I'm living in my car but can't be bothered to insure it that should make me immune to such police action, is that the case? I'm afraid that my view is that no-one is being forced to live on the cut against their will. After the purchase of the boat, the only three things that they need are a boat safety certificate, insurance and a licence. If they cannot be bothered to do that then go and live somewhere else. If you can't pay your rent in housing you get evicted, if you can't pay your mortgage you get repossessed, if you aren't going to pay for a licence then you should get turfed off. The handbook on life I got didn't say anywhere that I should be entitled to whatever I wanted,some things you have to pay for!
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  11. Why were you seeking to find a means of reading it in any particular way? As is my wont, I report the facts and comment accordingly. It is usually best to read my posts at face value, without seeking to identify a pigeon-hole to cram them into, nor seeking to conform them to a pre-supposed agenda. You are to be commended for seeing no way that it could be read in any other way than it was written; not everyone is thus capable.
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  13. ...Although we had a share of an Ownerships Calcutt boat (2003) with a Turkish 'BMC' that had a lot of problems, and was changed for a Nanni after just a couple of years. Returning to the subject boat, it seems to me it was built in 1992 and has been lovingly and enthusiastically neglected ever since.
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  15. re-bottomed in OAK? trad done in ELM, but more recently (sue to teh Dutch Elm desise) we use Oppepy (I know that not how you speel it!!). if OAK do they mean the Garboard (the bottom plank) or any of the other side planks/knees or Keslon that are normally Oak? in terms of boating differcutties (bottoming out) dont worry, no extra wear (significant anyway). in terms of maintenance ... wait, is it a "composit" or complete woodend construction, in that, is it a steel (Iron) boat with a wooden bottom, or a complete wooden constructed craft? IF its a composite, once a year (every two if your feeling confident) get it out and re-caulk the bottoms, IF its a complete wooden boat you'llbe wanting it out EVERY year to inspect, caulk and tar if not perform regular re-plankings .. not wanting to scare you, but they are alot of work (not that a steel boat isnt) but you cant just take it to any baot yard, they have to be specialists, or in our case a bunch of nutters who do it all in-house! check out MykAskin's you tube video of re-planking/steaming a plank on the NB Spey (uploaded a month or so ago) to see a sped up version of the actual fitting, the vid doesnt show the years of inspections to know which planks to attack, the week (just under) of prep to do that job and the week (just under) to do all the finishing jobs after to make it float-able (sheering, caulking, tarring, Ice plating, cross pinning etc). Owning a wooden boat is a labour of love... and I love it! but its not for all... please do ask questions if you want more info/do go ahead, we're an open and honest group who will give advice till the cows go home "back in my day..." the old boy will go on and on ;-) Jay.
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  16. They would not get the arrears in licence fees for boats summarily seized, although I see no real reason why they could not file a money claim for those - but they are not entitled [so far as I can see] to deduct those sums from any subsequent sale of the boats. The '83 Act entitles them to recovery of the removal and storage costs [and a few boats are restored to owners on payment of those charges. From July 2012 to the present, of boats seized, 9 were returned upon payment of the charges, 8 were disposed of]. So far as the court Orders are concerned, for ‘Melmar’ on 9 July 2012, costs were awarded, to be assessed with consideration for the defendant’s financial status [Legal Aid was involved]; for ‘Shuna’ on 13 August 2012, costs of £995 were awarded; for ‘Tiffin’ on 17 September, costs of £1,000 were agreed to be paid to CaRT [the case was resolved by Consent Order without a hearing, in the interests of costs]; for ‘Aston’ on 12 October 2012, the opportunity was given to the boat owner to pay arrears in licence fees to avoid seizure, and costs were awarded of £1,147; for ‘California’ on 24 October 2012, costs were awarded of £1,375. As no court Orders were sought for the summary removal of the other 30 boats in the period July to November, there were obviously no awards for costs, but where owners could be identified, there would doubtless have been money claims, or else simple demands for the costs of removal, as per their authority under the ’83 Act. Failure to cough up would have meant sale under the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, as in the 8 cases mentioned in my first paragraph. As of November that year, there were 1,124 boats currently within the enforcement process respecting licence defaults. That was a pretty good whittling down of the over 4 thousand as at March that year. It would appear that most, even of the 1,124, were resolved outwith either court action or summary seizure [although some of those could well have entered the court process later – or indeed, have been seized, post November 2012]. It might be of interest to note that not a single one of those latter, thousand plus licence evasion cases, involved CC licensed boats – all were home moorers.
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  19. That's right. All the old working boatmen used to moor stern-in in their marinas, shortly before hooking up their horses to the 240V mains and taking their water cans to the stainless steel water point.
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  20. Think there's a stoppage in place at the moment. Perhaps he wants to be first through when it reopens
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  21. bob I bought my 92 yo mother a tablet and she is fine checking the weather and downloading photos I send. Now my 68 yo sister does not have a clue and does not want to know and I am afraid she is not on her own. Also there are a lot of elderly boaters who simply can not afford the technology
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  22. Rob Bryan at Stoke Golding on the Ashby has got to be the one. He works out of a tent by the Ashby Boat Company. Result is first class and he uses a really good signwriter. Give him a call on 07748951837 or 01455213255 and go and have a look at his work. You'll be well impressed.
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