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  1. A little ink and watercolor doodle of the inside of my little boat, School Days. Painted from inside said craft.
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  2. Coincidentally BSP is doing a bit of plumbing today, obviously I mansplained and gave her my bag of plumbing bits and went for a snooze. Funny thing plumbing, there's always more trips to screwfix and more bits left over than anything else, and the bits left over never seem to be the right bits for the next job
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  6. Shore electricity supplies and central heating are common, telephone landlines are a rarity. Best thing to do now is hire a boat and experience what they're like and this is the best time of year to do so because: 1. It's cheaper and 2. If you buy a boat, this time of year more representative of how life aboard is. After you've done that, you'll have lots of answers to questions which you wouldn't otherwise have thought of and lots of questions which you wouldn't otherwise have thought of. You'll also know a few things you don't want in your boat and a few things you must have, and your questions will be much more meaningfully so they'll get you better answers too. It's not the only way (some folk just jump and hope - some win some lose), but it's probably the best.
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  7. If the boat is Dora, then I don't think it's a Northwich Trader. In fact it seems to avoid some of the excesses of a Northwich Trader, such as vast numbers of faked rivets on the whole superstructure, and in my personal view is a very much nicer boat as a result!
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  13. Over many years a recurring subject is the debate on the requirement to have your boat licenced whilst in a 'Private' marina. The 'NAA' (National Access Agreement) which forms the contract between C&RT and the marina owner stipulates that any boats in the marina must be licenced - this is a commercial contract and nothing to do with any 'legal requirement' under the various waterways acts. It is simply to help C&RT ensure a minimum of un-licenced boats 'sneak-out' cruise and return without buying a licence. Marinas that pre-date the NAA are unlikely to have the 'must be licenced' clause in their T&Cs. Attached is the Summary of the NAA : Edited by Magpie Patrick – MP has included those suggestions made but has not made any attempt to verify them! So, to start the List of marinas where a licence is NOT required Ashwood (Links to Staffs & Worcester) Barry Hokins (Atherstone) Belle Isle marina (River Witham) Colwick Marina (River Trent) Crockers (Nr Shardlow) Crooke (Wigan) Farndon Marina (River Trent) Hallingbury Marina, River Stort Harefield Marina (GU) Hawne Basin Kayes arm at Stockton Naburn Marina (York) Newark Marina (River Trent) Preston Marina (River Ribble_ Shardlow Marina (River Trent) Shobnall Marina (T&M) Stafford Boat Club Stortford Boats, back water. Whilton Marina (GU Daventry) In a slightly different category - Preston Marina (River Ribble), this is really aimed at coastal boats and has direct access to the sea without using CRT waters, but one can get to the Lancaster and the Leeds and Liverpool without needing another licence Add the ones YOU know about. NAA Agreement Summary.pdf
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  15. nope, previous marina had shared 16 amp to bollard so really 8 amp per socket, strangely many people put thermostatically controller heaters to prefent frost damage. So when cold snap came all the heaters tried to come on about the same time, most bollards tripped and even one whole jetty went out about 30 bollards. without access inside the boats to reduce the load,s the only way to restore power is to unplug boats, which boat do you chose to power and which do you let freeze?
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  16. Well, if they were passing a group of moored boats, then they wouldn't slow down again to pass yours as they were going slow already. If you're moored up in the middle of a couple of miles of moored boats, then I'm not surprised people didn't slow down. Golden Nook on the Shroppie is the classic, and I'm afraid my opinion is that if you're going to moor there you have to expect people to go past at only just under cruising speed. And people have been known to moor just round a bend, when you don't even know they're there till you've got past them. Finally, if one is pottering along at 2mph, as many seem to do these days, there's no need to slow down at all. I would be interested to know where you were moored, though. Almost everyone who goes past my moorings slows right down - the only ones who don't sometimes are the day boats.
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  19. To be pedantic that’s the Malvern. Only the front end is the original Australia as the stern after decades sunk in the flashes in Cheshire was too far gone to restore. Paul
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  20. I'd have to go in low regardless, it's right at the top of my budget, but I don't think it's the right engine for me. Lovely shell though. Browsing the Gardner spares catalog, much more reasonable.... bx
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  21. I doubt I could afford a RN badge after the boat, or fuel. that's why I'm so wary of the engine! I could polish the brass with my own tears I suppose.......
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  22. The second most interesting this is how to spell 'skool'. Its 'skool'. Most boaters think it is 'school', but it isn't. So now you know.... Have to say I still disagree. A correctly working SF stove is WAY safer to have on one's boat than a faulty gas hob. All the CO goes up the flue. The hob is flueless so all the CO froma faulty hob stays in the boat with you, the user.
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  27. This was the same (or appeared so) when we bought ours in July '2016. We missed buying a couple of boats because we thought too long about them. It took us a good two months travelling up and down the country, nearly every day, getting 'our eye in' and feel for the market (we learnt a lot about boats during that time). We also created a rapport with the brokers and sales bods where we could. They knew what we wanted, what we didn't want, and what we'd overlook. We got a phone call one Friday afternoon after a broker had been to see a boat (first owner, who'd become ill) moored in the 'back of beyond' within the Churnet Valley, and we travelled about 75 miles to see it the next day, Saturday morning. We'd only been on the boat 5 minutes when we both said 'this was the one'. We asked the advice from the sales person (who had become a friend) and she said people normally make an offer 5% less than the asking price. She phoned in our offer to her office, within 5 minutes the deal was done, our first offer was accepted, and the deposit was paid. Hand on heart, we've never regretted our quick decision, and often count ourselves lucky. We were glad we 'cultivated' the brokers we liked.
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  28. I think the raven is visible at cassio lock on the left too
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  30. Hey. That doesn't count. Nor does repositioned favourite chair or plumped comfy cushions!
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  33. Thank you, all, for your very interesting and varied comments. Of course there will have been similar discussions before, and I'm sure this won't be the last. This shows that it is an important subject. If you haven't already seen it, the "How to be a considerate boater" pages have a great deal of information that I have found useful in the past. (http://www.willowwrentraining.co.uk/considerate/howto.html) This is what they say about passing moored boats: also: I was honestly surprised at the number of boaters (hirers and others) who cruise past with hardly any reduction in their normal speed. Not a huge deal, but it is inconsiderate. Even tied up like a kipper, with springs normally reserved for rivers, you can sometimes hear the ropes groaning under the strain. And yet, it's clear that some just don't recognise it as a concern. I'm sure we have all seen boats cast adrift after their pins have been pulled out. I was also dismayed by the amount of rubbish left along the canals. The GU near London is in a class of its own here, but this is even apparent out in the countryside. Some of it clearly not left by boaters, but equally, some definitely was. Fenders, plant pots, solar led flowers, a disposable barbeque, even a lifebouy were all items that we picked up or picked out of the hedgerow on our travels. I'm quite sure that no one on the forum would do this sort of thing, but perhaps if we all encourage each other to clear up some litter as we go along and dispose of it properly we could all do our bit to help keep the canals cleaner and tidier.
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  34. DM's should walk it through a tunnel alright though.
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  35. I've only ever spoken at length with one RN owner, and he was bitterly disappointed with his DM2 saying it was grossly underpowered for his boat. I offered him fifty quid for it but for some reason he seemed to want to keep it rather than get a better engine. The fool....
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  36. I don't know why they bother. It must be so demoralizing for their staff when Channel 5 always beat them to everything they show.
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  37. Good advice above from Rusty and Blackrose but suggest you dont paint it this weekend! Far too cold. Dont try and paint if the temp is near the dew point - always try and be 3 or 4°C above - otherwise you will have condensation on the blacking will not stick. Look for the dew point on various web sites such as xcweather.co.uk. Unless you have a heated paint shop, I would wait until April now. Paints with solvents dont like average temps below 15°C. You can get away with low temp epoxies but I wouldnt. Too much of a compromise.
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  38. I think the thing to do is also key the surface prior to applying the primer. In general if you apply subsequent coats soon after previous ones you don't need to key them because (assuming the paints are compatible) you will have good molecular bonding. It's only after coats of paint have been left for some time that keying is required. That is unless you're after the perfect finish, in which case you should rub down between every coat.
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  39. Why not ask if you can rent the workshop buildings from them, employ the redundant staff and run the workshop facility yourself? If if you don’t fancy this idea, it will probably give you an insight into why they don’t want to run it either
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  41. After the first 11 words I thought you must be talking about CWDF
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  42. Reminds me of the ultimate put down to a flasher. "What do you think of this love" "Well its like a p*nis only a lot smaller"
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  44. yer maffs is sadly floored. 18 boats each 60ft long = 1080 feet = 1/5 mile approx.
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