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Just get a life you lot.

We had a lovely cruise today towards the next chosen mooring spot, overcast but the sun was there somewhere, chugged along feeding the ducks and swans as we passed. A lovely crispy cob filled with bacon, mushrooms and eggs appeared magically from the galley as we cruised along. mmmm Came round the corner towards the water point and there was a bloody boater there filling up. Incensed. Anger, Rage. Complete tosser, I took his CRT number to report him and then decided to take direct action as I couldn't wait to fill the tank until March 16th when the boating season restarts. I steered directly at his boat, hitting him at 5 knots, must have snapped a couple of welds as his boat sunk to the bottom of the river within 2 minutes. Fantastic result as not only could I fill up. but his water hose was on the bank still running so I didn't even need to get mine out of the under deck storage compartment. That'll teach 'em.

I wouldn't think so, those who are looking for something to complain about make it their life's work rather than those of us who sometimes just have a bad day. Someone who randomly shouts off threats and expletives at someone they know nothing about isn't just 'having a bad day'.

A 3 am wake up call from our forward mounted carbon monoxide alarm this morning. Caused by the burning embers of last nights firewood. Be careful out there people. Install alarms if you haven't already, and check those batteries for those that have. Here endeth the lesson Time for bed.

A I said, fiendishly awkward. Step 1: Find your digital luggage scale. Step2: Realise you don't have one and go and buy one in Argos Step 3: Lift your gas bottle out of the gas locker and put it on the scale Step4: Realise the hose is too short so try to do it INSIDE the gas locker Step 5: Note the gas bottle weight and start the water heater Step 6: Run out of gas so go and buy a refill Step 7: See Step 5 Step 8: After 55 minutes of the test you run out of water Step 9: Cruise half an hour to the water point. Discover it is frozen so pour a kettle of boiler water over it. Step 10: Realise you don't have any water.... Give up and try another day

I don't think you should have walked away. Rather, I think you should have run! If there's a bad smell about a deal, it's far better to be well away from it. It's really tempting to persevere, particularly if you've fallen for the boat, but your antennae served you well here in my view. Good luck in your continuing search.

A broker has no legal obligation to ensure that the ’ships papers’ are available - the seller signs a contract with the broker stating that he will provide the papers upon completion. It sounds to me as if the broker actually went above and beyond what they needed to do. Buying from a broker gives no more ‘safety’ than a private sale. Extract from contract (the seller is the owner NOT the broker). 7 Completion Completion shall take place within [7] days of Acceptance at a location mutually convenient to the parties and preferably in close proximity to the Vessel. It shall be a condition precedent to Completion that the Broker is in receipt of the full Purchase Price as detailed in Clause 1 and the properly executed original documentation detailed in Clause 7.2. Immediately upon completion the Seller will give delivery of the Vessel to the Purchaser and will hand over to the Purchaser the Delivery Documents described in Clause 7.2. The parties shall record the time at which Completion occurs by means of a Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance for the purpose of notifying their respective insurers. 2. The following original Documents shall be prepared by the Seller and held by the Broker in advance of Completion and shall be delivered to the Purchaser on Completion; Where applicable, an undertaking shall be given by the Seller to the Buyer to delete any Registry entry pertaining to the Vessel Any delivery order or authority necessary to enable the Purchaser to take immediate possession of the Vessel; and Where the Seller is a company, certified true copies of the corporate authorities approving this Agreement and appointing the signatories for the Bill of Sale; An express written declaration by the Seller that at the moment of Completion and delivery to the Purchaser the Vessel is free of all debts, claims and charges of every kind; Evidence of compliance with the Recreational Craft Directive; Evidence by way of original or true copy documents, which have been certified as a true copy by practising lawyer, regarding the VAT status of the Vessel including Builder’s invoices, evidence of VAT payment and dates of arrival in the European Community; The Certificate of Registry in respect of the Vessel, if applicable; A properly executed Bill of Sale relevant to the Purchaser in favour of the Purchaser or his nominee; The Builders Certificate and Bill of Sale and all subsequent Bills of Sale in the Seller’s possession relating to the Vessel; Clause 2 is often modified to read : "The following original Documents shall be prepared by the Seller and held by the Seller in advance of Completion and shall be delivered to the Purchaser on Completion"

I'd have done the same. I'm pretty gung-ho about buying boats with no survey but I DO like to see a sheaf of papers and history. Either that or spend a good few hours on the boat with the seller personally to assess how well he knows the boat with my stream of unpredictable questions. Trickiness from sellers like you describe make me run a mile however. Same applies with the "intriguing and unusual technical set up" you mention. This screams trouble to me. Keep looking. There ARE honest and sensible private sellers out there. Same with brokers but they are fewer and rarer so be especially wary when dealing with a broker. Estate agents in drag, most of them. But not all.

Unfortunately most boats are lacking in some or all documentation, probably because the owner treats it as a hobby, not a piece of property like a house, or a valued investment like a painting. I have sold 2 boats, and in each case the buyer was surprised that there were any documents, and amazed when he received a full dossier of everything he could possibly need. Like you, I would expect everything to be hunky-dory and I would expect the broker to ensure that was the case, particularly verifying that the boat was the property of his client and that it was free of encumbrances, just like a solicitor selling a house. Unfortunately life is not so simple and the broker will not want to be left holding the baby if owt goes wrong.

I believe the broker is at fault here. He should have had sight of the correct paperwork before the boat was advertised. Did he in any way lead you to believe the boat was VAT paid and the vendor had title to it? If so you should speak to the broker about your out of pocket expenses and hope he will be making a contribution to your costs. Did you pay an initial deposit ? If so what did the contract signed at that time say about the situation if the vendor should fail to complete the deal ?

Said boat also left a load of crap behind on the bank sadly ,straw that broke the farmers patience

I loved xp. I loved him like a brother man, but he's gone. We must get over him and find a way to move on. Hes gone to the pearly Gates. (These too belong to Bill) Mint anyone?

Only for Temperature Indication and Radiant Phenomena Verification And to ensure that the Enthalpy Stuff is easy to Comprehend.

I have 2 Immersions ,so there!

He's in Birmingham, not Cowley

I know that! but some garages have a blanket policy nothing over 10L.......... Try filling (as I do) a 25l petrol outboard fuel tank. The joys of unattended auto pump fuel stations.

Whats one of them and can you get one from Amazon?

It brings meaning to their life

Presuming it is a false and you have checked as Rusty has mentioned above... Are any of your domestic batteries on charge and gassing? Hydrogen gas can upset detectors and trigger false alarms...

Do you eat Ryvita and not chew it enough??? A rubber liner would probably not be a good idea for a pumpout, when you suck the tank out with the pumpout machine the whole liner might sort of turn inside out and get sucked out along with the contents. This will sound daft, but can you (or a competent metalworker) cut the entire back deck/counter off to get access, rebuild or remove the tank, and then put the deck back on. It sounds drastic, but in skilled hands an angle grinder and a welding set are quick and effective tools. In the kit car/classic restoration world people routinely "cut and shut" to get better access to difficult to reach places. Turn the back into storage and get a nice new plastic tank under the bed or somewhere convenient. ...........Dave

Man would of course have to hold bucket upside down. Never any mention of a diesel fuel cell so I assume it has too many problems. Would be great if it could be done. Diesel is a safe high energy fuel, we could convert it to electricity with a high efficiency and use that to drive a vintage electric motor in engine room. ..............Dave

There's a huge BOC right next to the canal at Wolverhampton. Maybe Wolves has a cunning plan to become the boating centre of the Universe, a bit like Braunston is now. Its dodgy stuff hydrogen, the molecules are so small that they can escape right through the steel of the cylinder containing them. They would then react with the Oxygen in the air, using it all up, possibly suffocating anybody in the boat, and the resulting huge amount of water would cause the boat to sink. .............Dave

"... Gas delivered next working day BOC use our own vehicle fleet to deliver your gas cylinders. Delivery charges will apply which cover both delivery and collection of empties. Please note, in some locations BOC offers fixed delivery schedules, therefore, for a limited number of customers, next day delivery might not be available. Please check expected delivery date in your Order Summary. ... I understand they do not supply to balloons that are in flight but can manage surface areas with some road access. For MTB I'm sure they would be happy to supply TWO bottles in case he has difficulty with just one.

To be honest your concerns are perfectly valid. In an attempt to answer your Frontpage requirements I Google a simple question "Wysiwig for Linux" and came up with this https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=222786 If you look through that thread it can be a bit intimidating to non Linux users. I think the thread perfectly illustrates the Linux culture as it currently works. After 6 months on Linux I don't find any of the threads answers intimidating or frightening but I can perfectly understand anyone, particularly a small business user, running a mile. I would suggest Mike that you could possibly slowly get use to the linux way if doing things after a while it all makes sense. Whether it makes sense as a business is another thing but fir personal computing needs there can be no harm in having a backup plan to Windows if the need ever arrives. Good luck with whatever you decide, appreciate there is no easy decision

Was in B&Q yesterday, there was a box full of what I think was brushes for lined chimneys for sale, I think they were a cheap offer. We have a 'Brunel' stove in the house and every couple of years it blocks where the flue exits the back, ash and soot build up on a baffle plate and a few sticks come down the chimney from the magpies so if you sweep it just have a furtle around the bottom of the flue as well.

Didn't that Morecambe and Wise have a better way of putting it .... "All the words are right but not necessarily in the correct order" ..........Dave

Are you aware of MtB and Rusty's ongoing discussions ? MtB may just offer Rusty £10 for it , or Rusty may just buy 2nd one for comparison purposes.

I was going to start a new topic, but here seems a good place for a reminder. If you try testing a CO alarm with a joss stick, it may not go off due to the above mentioned time delay. Most detectors will have a special test mode which either raises the sensitivity or reduces time delays. Once activated a joss stick (incense stick) will set it off quickly. If you've lost the instructions that came with your alarm you can find them on the internet.

They’re also used by some kit car owners Dan. Tyre pressure is a bit of a guess with a kit car so go for a run and when you stop check the tread temperature in the centre and two edges. If the centre is much higher then the pressure is too high and vica versa.

I actually used to have one. I never used it though for several reasons. Firstly it was a bit short for use on the K&A and you just don’t need one anywhere else. Secondly despite being ally it was significantly heavier and clumsier to handle than my plain wooden gangplank. And thirdly it didn’t float, so if I dropped in, recovering it meant messing about with the boathook. I gave it away in the end.

Are you confident your stove has no leaks? Most stoves don't emit any gases into the cabin. I would cap the flue and put a smoke pellet in it to check. I realise gas could exit through the air controls.

Loads of them abandoned up on mount Everest going for free. The things mountaineers cross holes and crevasses on. Flights from London Heathrow.... Jet Airways, change at Delhi to Himalaya airlines for Katmandu, then start walking, take wellies, gloves, scarf, bobble hat and toilet roll.

i had all the computing power I needed at work, and someone to sort it out if it went wrong. As soon as I retired I replaced my Dell, running windows, with an Apple mac book pro (I had to beat myself over the head at the price) and have been completely satisfied since. Numbers is not as powerful as excel but it is easy to learn and good enough for my purposes. Pages is more or less the same as word as far as I can see (only problem is I can't ask my secretary for help when I get stuck). If cost is not an insurmountable problem, I would advise you to go the Apple route.

.....so just think how much quicker the essential oil would have spread down the boat with a real one! Way to go Ecofan!

IMHO cruising after dark should very much be done when ever you feel like it. There is something rather wonderful about night boating especially to the soundtrack of a slowly thumping vintage engine.

I agree with this. In my time and I have been oopnorrf and darn saarf on the system I have never been given a levy of £25 a night to moor, there are hundreds of miles of places to moor without anything but the normal 14 days for free rule. I think rose tinted specs or something are coming into play re conditions of the cut as much of the areas I have used such as The Coventry to name just one are in way better condition than when I moved onto my first boat at ansty in 89 with the bottom being very near the top and numerous uncountable amounts of rubbish, three piece suites and cars int cut. I am buzzing off downt to Bristol starting in march then we will nip up to York and I don't envisage many problems on the way. Yes and whats the big deal with CART knowing where I have hidden 68 feet of boat? Why do people care that CART want to know where their boat is? I don't care a hoot simply comply with the few very easy rules and I get nowt but assistance from CART.