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An update..... I found a CV boot that was the right size. Works well and looks neat.

Just before Xmas I picked up this model of an old narrowboat. It is 39” long and done in what might be described as ‘a naive style’. I think it is a real beauty! i’m wondering if it is a model of the Hardy that was in the news this year for sinking, and that is being currently restored.

**Pud admires her new pair of earrings in the mirror**

Last time I checked she hadn't got to me, I suppose I should check I have been a touch vulnerable the last few days

Water tanks are a bit like batteries on boats, You can have as much capacity as you have room for and can afford, but you still have to put back what you take out

Hi, joined a week or so ago. I am first engineer on a gas bunker vessel (big tanker). I have boated on canals a few times and find it a massive stress reliever. Intend to buy a boat when I have learnt more about narrowboat life and had a couple more hires under my belt. regards

Closer to home...

A mate of mine was servicing his and phoned me with a cry for help. He’d removed the leg and replaced the impeller and was driving the shaft with a cordless drill. When I looked at what he was doing I asked “Are you sure you’re turning it in the right direction?” He reversed the drill and out spurted the water. He said “Please don’t mention this down the pub!” So I went down the pub and said “You’ll never guess what Bob was doing...”

Have you bought a new hat? ?

That's right. I started off "camping" in my boat full time without any water or other services and gradually fitted it out while living onboard. 18 months later my dad asked me when I was going to get all my stuff out of his garage. I'd originally told him it would be there for about 3 months! I'd more or less finished the fit-out after 3 years of doing it on weekends, but nearly 14 years later I've still got a long list of jobs that need doing. By the time you've finished fitting it out the boat needs blacking and is starting to need repairs to various areas, and so it goes on.... You're not really getting out of the rat race, you're just getting into a different one!

Don’t think it’ll ever stop. It won’t

Bathing in cold water is not my idea of boating, neither is tying a water point up for 2 hours every 4 or 5 days. Its antisocial.