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Well it's got to be nicer than leaky Thetford seals.

Well I have shared on my Facebook page in the hope that walkers, cyclists etc who appreciate our canals, and don't contribute in any way can help if they wish. Doubt most will. I don't currently have a boat, and so don't pay a license fee. I have made a donation as I want to give a little back

Not much. Boat licences provide about £20m out of CRT's total income of £185m (2016/17). Absolutely spot on Alan. My only complaint with the towpath upgrades is the lack of mooring provision when they go edge-to-edge with tarmac or concrete and do not provide rings or bollards. Goat chains work well if there is something to hook them round, but this is not always the case.

Poetry, art, re-branding, duck-lanes, stupid notices, F***ing stupid notices, resurfacing cycle-paths that used to be towpaths, moving mooring bollards and rings to accommodate cyclists etc.etc. Edited to add A great line from the re-branding press release https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/canal-and-river-trust-brand "We understand how important it is to maintain the historic waterway infrastructure in our care and we are spending more money on that vital work year on year." Does anyone here buy that?

Auntie Wainright, can I please get a set of accessories for the 99 I am buying, if it comes with one? You know, raspberry sauce, sprinkles, m&m's etc.

I don't know any of the OP's

If you buy a reverse model, does that take the stitching out of a fabric? A bit like those staple removers!

No cos your an EEeeeeeeeeeeejut

Director of what????

Between 99k and 210k according to the above.

But you are a MupPet!

Iran it past Mrs Rusty as she is a feline fan (other fans are available).She had no ideer,and best suggestion was to sock-it and see.

I can't work this one out. A Persian car pet is obviously a cat, but we are not even told whether the socket set is metric or imperial?

Hi all we posted a report tonight. Hopefully successfully! If not we will have to go through other channels to reactivate the subject of our stolen narrowboat on the forum and post again. our journey since we last posted has been both frustrating, tedious and a roller coaster negotiating the Police investigations and Court procedures. Also the investigations are still on going, therefore we once again are unable to fully report to you the facts. However, the net appears to be closing and we will post on the forum the conclusion and also, if permitted, on the canal world magazine. However we thank you once again for all that you did, the support we received was amazing and carried us through what a traumatic time in our lives. Thank you all!

No it doesn't. THIS is a slipper stern....

To be fair that is not a repair....It is a complete bodge . It is undoubtedly undermining the surrounding stonework so you will see stones falling in around it leading to even more obscene cement bag bodges. If you can chuck cement bags into the gap then you can lift the stones out of the cut and reset them correctly. No excuses...it is a terrible job that should have been condemned and reinstated at the contractors expense.

The Freight group was formed to look in detail at what prospects (if any) there were for increasing the tonnage of freight (currently about 275,000 tonnes per annum) carried on CRT waterways, the major ones especially. Ian was a valuable member of the group with his knowledge of logistics and freight generally. Mark is head of rail and sea freight (this includes inland waterways both in the UK and abroad) and organised and championed continued use of water for moving Cemex materials - inland waterway examples in the UK including the very long running movements at Attenborough (until pit closure) and the very large tonnages moved on the River Severn and Thames currently. He also owns a narrow boat and boats extensively! The Group, chaired by Dr David Quarmby (also a boater) produced a report which was accepted by the Trust to positively encourage freight on its waterways - the Commercial ones in particular - though the coal boats and other similar users were welcome users on the narrow canals. The group recommended making a start in the north east, prioritising the waterways radiating from the Humber because they offered the most potential, looking at developing a site at Stourton as the Port of Leeds. The group assisted with the revival of the oil traffic to Rotherham then stood down (but could be revived) as the task was finished and a steering group has taken the Port of Leeds project forward with designs, planning permission, costings, partnering with port operators, obtaining funding etc. It's expected that the sea dredged sand initiative from Hull to Leeds (Fleet) will start this summer (all being well) as a first stage in this development. In answer to the question of costs everyone on the partnerships and advisory boards is a volunteer, no-one gets paid. I would also echo Alan's point that towpath improvements, waterway art projects and similar activities are almost all funded by third parties. Regards David L

I would have though a pair of Bet Lynch earrings and a faux leopard skin clutch bag might fit better

You've still got Adele locked in the engine room?

I thought you said last week you'd already had the op?

Yes, but we only want a typed reply. No pictures.

Stick with the lever, Rusty. You could ask Mrs Rusty whether she has a knob, but be prepared for an answer you might not like!

You want me to go and check if I have a knob? ETA. Or a lever

The suspense is killing us. Go and check!

I read this requirement (a) as being for the importation of 'new' boats into the EU and the request that they be free of tariffs - so how does this affect your current boat & boating There are currently 1000s of UK boats visiting the EU but I cannot envisage there being many (any ?) boats visiting Europe from the Canals of the UK - but, should such boats cross the channel, to an EU country they would be subject to the same rules as any boat visiting from any non-EU country. Any boats from any of the worlds canals that are non-EU based will have the same restrictions and T&Cs to comply with. The concern (appears to me) to be the status of visiting boats, not the status of boats already legally registered and operated in the EU Union Goods status means what ? Simply that it can cross borders with no tariffs being applied - it still must comply with EU construction and use regulations and still be VAT paid in an EU country. Does not registering your vessel in the country then make it a (say) French boat rather than a UK boat ? I know when we looked at leaving one of our boats down it Spain, it had to be Spanish registered and became a 'Vessel under the Spanish Flag' Registration (Matriculación) under the Spanish flag is required for boats spending over 182 days a year in Spanish waters. The majority of Capitania Maritima (Maritime Authorities) are able to register/re-register vessels. The Commandancia de Marina Mercante can also carry out this procedure. The cost of registration includes a matriculation tax of 12 percent of the vessel's value. Once the boat is locally registered the Skipper then also comes under Spanish Maritime Law and must have a qualification to suit the boat. Licences fall into the following categories: Patrón de Navegación Básica (PNB) (Basic Navigation Skipper) Licence to skipper a sailing yacht maximum 8 metres in length or a motor boat maximum 6 metres (with a motor appropriate to the size) provided the boats stay within 4 miles of the shore Patrón de Embarcaciones de Recreo (PER) (Recreational Vessel's Skipper) Licence to skipper a motor boat up to 12 metres, within 12 miles of shore Patrón de Yate (Yacht Master) Licence to skipper a yacht up to 20 metres within 60 miles of land Capitán de Yate (Yacht Captain) No limitations Patrón de Moto Náutica (Motor Boat Skipper) Patrón de Moto Náutica C (licence C to skipper boats under 55 CV) Patrón de Moto Náutica B (licence B to skipper boats between 55 CV and 110 CV) Patrón de Moto Náutica A (licence A to skipper boats from 110 CV) Both Spain & the UK are in the EU and the boat has 'union goods status' but this is not an optional registration. Once registered, the boat become 'Spanish' and UK sea-faring laws and regulations no longer apply to it.

For goodness sake IGNORE tri-arted or thin wall cable specifications amp wise and only go by CCSA. The amps rating is only concerned with the propensity for the cable to catch fire/shed heat. Tri-rated cable will produce the same voltdrop for any given load and length as any other type of cable Its main advantage is that it tends to be thinner so more can got through a given hole - not so important on boats. If Tri-rated is cheaper or its the only time available in the CCSA you need then fine but do not think it can SATISFACTORILY carry higher currents than standard PVC. IOt wont, the voltdrop will be the same CCSA for CCSA.

Stop that! You'll set that mtb bloke off on one again.

5 amps is 5 amps, it matters not if its at 12 or240 volts. Its the amps that does the heating and consequential voltdrop. The only think that MIGHT differ between 12V and mains cable is the mains cable will have insulation capable of holding in mains voltage so as long as its true multi-strand cable (e.g. not the old three strand per conductor domestic stuff) mains specified cable will be fine. Can't give you a minimum cable size until I know the current (amps) that may be drawn from the socket. I assume that you mean the total cable run out and back is 10 metres. A quick calculation based on a guessed 3 amps current suggest 2 sq mm CCSA would give a voltdrop of a fraction over 0.2 volt but oyu need to add the voltdrop on the existing cable to that so perhaps go for 3 or 4 sq mm CCSA..

I think you've had to work hard to take umbrage here and in your subsequent post Phoenix, and your sweeping repost is probably worse than the original sin you perceived. I'm one of "the rest of you", I do have both sympathy and interest (as I'm sure many of us here do) so I'd prefer not to be tarred by the brush you're wielding. We all share boating interests, and what affects the one often affects the many, so it's wee bit counter-productive to divide and conquer ourselves.

If I go to another country I expect to abide by their T&Cs - if I don't accept them I don't go. In South Asia for example you have to regularly leave the country. There is even a thriving industry of Taxi drivers collecting up 'foreigners' passports and driving over (say) the border between Vietnam and Cambodia, getting all the passports stamped and then coming back. You do not have to live outside the UK - You adapt & comply with the requirements of the world you have decided to live in - it is no more than we are expecting foreigners to do on coming to the UK.

Not sure why you are not interested in the fate of those who may wish to move to Europe in the future, but in the here and now what happens if Belgium customs inspect my boat after brexit and say I have to pay duty on it, if I return to UK, your boat has been gone over 3 years please pay duty on it, if I return to UK and then back to Euroland. Nor am I happy that I will presumably not be allowed to stay over 3 months even if my boat is. If you don't care about the effects of Brexit on your fellow countrymen then please ignore this thread.

Hand Cranking and that Flake advert... Comedy Gold!

How do you get milk out of a chicken?

Indeed. I wonder if I have a rare form of dyslexia whee I see figures upside down?

I know one about chickens...

Ah, that reminds me.I know a joke about bees.........

Its against efin-safety init.

What has my steel Post Office tank got to do with Polly Olefins?

No, I'm going to say that today.

Ok - you are free to go off topic now - I'm intrigued by Persian carpet socket set and a tug - does it work with cruiser/trad sterns as well???

Take the injectors out, turn the engine over and see what comes out the injector holes

Too much information.

If I could ban anything it would be alcoholic day boats.

Chas Harden (Clicky) is cheap and has some great short break deals. He is also one of the nicest folk I have ever had the good fortune to meet on the cut.