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Or perhaps they were moored next to boats who subsequently moved away, or perhaps the boat at the end left the space? Or perhaps you know them?

About 12 months ago lol. Seriously though dont know but i want to launch in spring - mid summer.

Very little done as work is slowly killing me and to tired to do much in the last week or so. Still lets see whats been done.Lets see then I made a panel to cover the rear of the main fuse box and also the water level indicator.This is removable just incase i need access.Just a panel of 4mm Sapele veneer so as to match the rest of the heads/cupboard.Water level indicator window, i still need to make a backing for behind the tube.For a while i was wanting to use a laminate the galley splash back around the window and cupboards but after much debate as what to go with i/we decided to just continue the Sapele veneer. I managed to do a little around the window but thats it as i need to order another sheet for the rest and more Hockey stick for the trim around the window.Oh yes, a few things i got arrived the other day aswell. Love the helm wheel and the horns are full SS, most are plastic and SS and as i am picky i got these second hand for a good price. To make the risers around the cooker i needed to rip down a 105mmx27mm length of Iroko, and me being me i thought i may aswell by a table saw, cheap mind you. So then i can do that and make the light holders for the cabin And not to forget a cabin step out of Iroko also if i have enough left, i could of gone to a joiners and ask then to do it but for what i paid for the saw why do that. I had to make a stand for it too.Only thing i needed to do was get a new blade for it and as it has a small 1/2hp motor it just did it with a steady feed through. Although it has done the job i have removed a 3hp 2800rpm motor from one of my compressors to use. Just make things that bit easier. Only thing to do is get a new pulley as the one it is fitted with has a 5/8 ( 15.87mm ) spindle and the new motor is 19mm. This is the finished cut of the risers.Lovely grain i thinkThis the sections for the light holdersI couldnt decide how to have the risers until T made a comment that they need to be low enough for the pans to sit on the hob. I stated with these. way to high.Then down to this after a much faffing about.These will be covered on the inner side in brushed SS and go up the back to the light above. Now then, cabin light holders. I made these as the lights i got are not easy to remove once fitted in place due to the grips they have. These holders will be screwed in palce then i can remove them to remove the lights if needed. I got 60mm fitting lights so if i ant to replace them i can easy find a new set. These are cheap lights at £26 a set of eight. May not last long but still we will see.Started with a large hole saw a went through at the lowest speed the pillar drill can which is 500rpm and only halfway as the pilot hole will be used next for the 60mm hole. OOpps i forgot the 60mm drill pics but you get the drift.To clean them back i fitted a flap sander to the pillar drill and moved the bed up close to it so then i had this to ease the job.Near finished product.I wanted a larger diameter holder by another 12mm but that was the largest hole saw i had therefore i need to make three little seats for mounting screws in the edges at a 45 deg angle.In the last few days besides the cabin big lights arrival also came the cupboard lights and door switches which i will fit asap. I cant decide on what eyeball light to get so here i think i will go with one of the cabin lights and get a seperate switch for it. Above the worktop there will be a small LED strip. Infact these are what i have got. So one in each cupboard and one above the galley.And the berth lights that arrived.Thats about it for now. Think i will have a go and see how the helm wheel fits this week, ah its dark after work, mite have to fettle a light on the deck now lol.

As there is no requirement to pass any sort of test prior to being allowed to handle a boat on the inland waterways there can be no requirement to know or understand the etiquette surrounding a 'sound signal'. I have always considered these signals to be more related to sea boating, and whenever I have used them on inland waterways it has only added to the confusion as the other boat operator has not had a clue what they mean. To be honest I do not even remember these signals now, apart from a single blast which means 'get out of the way as I am coming through' - and is usually supported by the high fore end on a large Grand Union motor

I can see how that could be a problem. Actually, I think the weed hatch is pretty useless - mrsmelly mentioned alcohol or weed, and I have tried keeping white wine cool in there, but it's simply not secure enough or a good enough hiding place. By the time you've finished cruising, gone below for a wee and then gone back aft to get the bottle, it's always gone! I know someone's pinching it, cos I've lowered it in there suspended securely on a cord so it's hardly even visible - they still take the bottle.

You were advised wrong. As long as you have a multistage (bulk/asorbtion/float) marine charger that can be set for your battery type and you on average don’t use more than 20w on the boat (so not taking more out of the batteries than the charger can put in), then the 20 watt is fine. If you use a genny to power the charger then that’s different tho.

It's so good to hear people are winterising their boats already with October nearly out and November just around the corner! This, of coarse, is welcomed by the proper boaters, I mean those who cruise all year round, who value the peace and solitude that comes when the warm weather boaters hang up their windlasses. Oh for the miles of boat free water and empty moorings, locks with no ques and kingfishers escorting you along the cut entertaining you with their speedy flight. No, you winterise your boats and moor em up tightly, for us that will be cruising, may not notice you as we glide on by. And at the end of the day, oh the welcome warmth as you kick your boots off and sup tea and cake! Roll on winter! Nipper

This has happened to us & you end up looking like Percy Plonker. You then have to move your nicely moored boat so you don't look as if you're moored like a t***.

I`m seeking inspiration. I`ve installed two sets of glass bi-fold doors in my bathroom/wetroom set at 90 degrees to form a cubicle which belatedly I have realized that the boats motion means that they tend to "swing" about. I`m trying to find a simple, not to invasive method of holding them in place against their respective walls when not in use. Whilst I`ve tried the rubber type angled door "jams" not only do I not like the idea but they also slide anyway on the wet surface. Any ideas?? Lateral thinking hats on please/

Hopefully more accurate than either of my SmartGauges, lol!

The raised sections along the gunwale are locating lugs for the fibreglass 'blue tops'. Where they carry onto the fore deck they act as cants

These quite popular on some Facebook groups and probably does all the OP wants or needs http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/dc-120v-300a-wireless-volt-ammeter-power-meter-battery-charge-discharge-capacity/172278832577

What happened to the third boat in this series........ Mon?

Her sister boat Wey.

Reminds me of my favourite Lord Peter Wimsey line: "Au contraire as the man said in the Bay of Biscay when asked if he'd dined."

The weed hatch always strikes me as very poorly designed. It makes it very damp and difficult to light.

It will give Tom Crossley AKA Victor something else to blame on CRT's maintenance. Regardless of what the cause was.

Yours is a Woolwich though isn’t it? On more than one occasion I’ve been told that Northwichs don’t stop

I hope I can give the OP some good advice. Like any purchase decision it's all about what you get and at what cost. What you get, boating. Boats are mankind's oldest mode of transport after their feets. They are not given names and attributed with identity and soul for nothing. Feeling the vibration of the engine through the deck, the thrust of water on the rudder through the tiller and yes the motion underfoot. A motion that becomes predictable and comforting ridden like a motorcyclist leaning into a curve as an instinctive flexure of the legs as you and the boat learn how to work together. As you practice you take pride in being able to place her alongside like kiss my hand and sliding her into a lock without touching at just the right place to step off. Working the lock itself in a safe, confident boatmanlike manner. Peace and quiet. The vee shaped ripple that points to the little whiskered nose of a water vole, the electric blue flash of a kingfisher, the wading menace of a heron. What it costs. You need to be self contained. Power. You have to generate your own. Remaining on a shoreline means you lose all of the above. Water. Easy, plenty of places to fill and a tank could last a long time, like until you are back on your mooring. Gas. You need to be able to transport and fit gas cylinders, like you said, you have a man for that. Not running out can be managed. Toilet. Pump out every five days sound irksome to me. You will get into the habit of using facilities ashore as much as possible to conserve your toilet capacity. In winter you want to pump out more frequently to have as much space as possible if you get iced in. A spare porta potti for emergencies is a good idea because your man can trundle off with the same sack truck he uses for gas bottles. Notice I don't mention £s. Now how experienced is your man? Does he have the required level of boatmanship? Is he used to steering, ropework, lock operation? Without these skills all you have is an inadequate flat. My best advice is to hire a narrowboat, about this time of year would be good. go and look for yourself at the country park that could be your home, and talk to boaters on the towpath. You may well fall in love with it, then you can think about living that life.

Bathroom scales could be taken into the shop and a happy H,H,hA, Hankooks half hour spent weighing all their batteries.

I did exactly the same several years ago. I could have saved you the trouble

But whatever happened to your old batteries could easily happen to your new ones : Example : Is your existing battery charger an 'ok size' but is boiling the batteries by putting out 16 volts ? Is your consumption going to continue to exceed your input ? Simply changing the batteries for new ones (that you have killed without knowing why), and replacing the battery charger without knowing why may not solve the problem & just be an expensive short term fix until you manage to kill the new batteries. You really need to undertake a review of all of your electrical equipment that both 'consumes' and 'generates' power to ensure that it is balanced. You also need to put in 'systems' to monitor and control both your charging and discharging cycles - a battery which is not fully charged (every day) will start to sulphate and reduce its capacity - after (as little as a few weeks) this can kill the battery. How do you (will you) monitor your charging levels ? Ideally you should charge until the tail current is 1% (some say 2%) of your battery bank, so, with a 400 Ah bank when your charger is outputting 4 amps, and has done that without change for an hour, it is safe to consider the battery fully charged.

I bought one like this from Amazon 3 years ago. https://www.amazon.co.uk/ThermoGuard-Thermostat-Electric-Greenhouse-Conservatory/dp/B00CBUGPS8

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I did hear we had some cold weather was on the way so I wintered as well. 1. Take a couple of bags of coal off roof and put inside front cratch. 2. Move a summers detritus off the Epping.

He is right. They did not get an existing Act changed, they got the wording of the Bill that became the Act changed. It is open to anybody affected by provisions in a proposed bit of legislation to lodge a petition against it. If discussion with the promoters cannot resolve the differences, the matter goes before a Select Committee, and all sides present their arguments for and against, with any proposed amendments. Sometimes, the process is effective in bringing about relevant amendments to the Bill, so that the subsequent Act as passed is worded very differently, and with added and omitted provisions. This process is being followed with the Middle Levels Bill, with a Select Committee yet to be appointed. It is doubtful, however, that this committee will be anything like as thorough and conscientious as that chaired by George Mudie MP. Empowerment of the people seems to be slipping these days, but also, fewer people are showing themselves sufficiently interested to engage in the process. Back in the nineties, boaters were more widely active in protecting the interests of both themselves and the system they enjoyed. I wonder whether, perhaps, that is because these days it is far easier to vent one's opinions in public on a keyboard, rather than expending the considerably greater effort and commitment of personally participating in the Parliamentary process. The 'history' of the 1990 Bill as it went through its unusually long progress through Parliament, is all within the Parliamentary Archives down in London. I have posted up all of the Select Committee minutes both from the Commons and House of Lords, on the scribd site. You can find them all listed if you navigate the site aright; first of the Commons SC here - https://www.scribd.com/doc/297239606/SC-Minutes-1990-Bill-Day-1-1993 There is a great deal more than this to read through of course, with the Petitions themselves, and the evidence adduced, including publicity surrounding the issues at the time. I have most of it, though have not yet published it.

Dear OP. I suspect the motion sickness you feel is not motion sickness at all, but the repressed fear of spending £100k on a Big Mistake.

sometimes what can come across as patronising on here is just other users trying to make you think carefully before you leap in. all too often we see a new user buying a boat with little / no experience and then... we get the posts of "why are my batteries flat... I charge them for 10 minutes each day" after about 7 months (usually in winter) the user vanishes (never to be seen again) and the boat appears for sale at a brokers / on ebay / on apolloduck. your post raises concerns since it sounds like you have never spent any time on a boat and are rushing into possibly spending 100k on something that you may not be able to stand being on for more than a few hours. on here the users vary from absolute beginners to people that have spent the majority of their lives in boats (I know a couple are over 40 years), in my own case I was raised on the boats from 3 days old until I was 10(ish) and then spent 30 years on dry land occasionally borrowing friends boats before buying my own boat 2 1/2 years ago. now as I mentioned before I am looking at buying a dutch barge and selling my current boat, house and land based businesses to live on the boat permanently. I don't intend to spend my time in a marina but as I understand it the waterways I want to be on have no concept of continuous cruising so the boat will have to have an official home mooring (even if it is never there). overall this will cost more than my land based living and will mean a drop in income from giving up the businesses but I do have an internet based income stream that it seems will cover the costs fairly easily (final yes / no will be in february after testing this income stream for 12 months) AND I have enough savings to cover my costs for 5 years if it all goes wrong and I suddenly end up with zero income. but (probably the most important bit) I know exactly what living on a boat entails, I still remember oil lamp lighting, the elsan "bucket & chuck it" toilets, water from a buckby can (or if you were on a posh boat a foot operated pump), and if you wanted hot water you boiled a pan / kettle. mains on boats didn't exist and 12v was limited (on posh boats) to a couple of 12v strip lights.

Cut your losses and do what every sane person does and fit a cassette. You know it makes sense.!!!! Edit to add: At least when you are frozen in you CAN empty a cassette – that’s why folks with a PO also have a cassette / Porta-Potty.