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  6. Yeah. A cat is just going to let the burgler in, show them where all the best stuff is, fence the goods and split the profit with the burgler. Jen, who likes cats, has had two on a boat and is currently cat sitting for someone else, but understands how their twisty little cat brains work.
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  7. I only discuss my stern gland with medical professionals. sniffy
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  9. If you can take the fridge out and take it to someone to fix it will be a lot cheaper and less problematic in terms of getting someone suitably qualified. This guy is in Nottingham - I took my gas fridge to him to fix and he did it in an hour and charged me £50. http://www.motorhometech.co.uk/index.html If he's too far he may be able to recommend someone in your area.
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  10. It never ceases to amuse me just how out of touch with the modern world you can be!
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  11. I see this topic has descended into silliness - which is exactly how it’s meant to be. However, I have BIG NEWS....! I worked out how to start the engine...! And it started....!! Next stop - the electrics. I'm so chuffed. sniffy
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  12. Have to agree that the staff there really are boaty people & I reckon they would have tried to help.
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  13. I think there’s been some unfair comments about the staff at Midland chandlers at Penkridge. We stopped there a year or so back and they couldn’t have been more helpful. We had badly damaged a skin fitting on a exposed bolt arriving at a mooring in Brum. They spent ages working out the combination of fittings required to fix our problem. Im sure if they had known of this boat’s problem, they like any of us would have tried to prevent its sinking.
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  14. Many thanks for all your input. Taking off side covers and sump the engine looks nice and clean . Oil getting to all the important parts. Think there maybe a little bit escaping through the valves but it is not smoking does a bit on start up but settles down. Hopefully my friend is lucky with this engine. He deserves a bit of luck after all the wide boys that have taken him for a ride. Boating is not my thing but if it makes him happy I will do the steering while he does the fishing
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  18. If you have a shiny boat with glittering brass mushrooms, tiller bar and headlamp then it is de rigueur to have your fuel polished as well. ?
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  19. And here they are, made for me by Jason at Bollington Wharf on the Macclesfield Canal. Many thanks to all the help and suggestions on here. They're going to make (I hope) a real difference to my aching back - hope to try them out next week.
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  21. That was my concern (Post #6) if he is 'working' (say) 8 hours per day + travelling at both ends of the day then as an additional 'load' on his existing set-up of 10A/H per day it will pretty soon flatten the domestic battery and with not being able to run the engine for more than a couple of hours per day, it won't be long before he is on the forum "why have my lights gone out and the batteries gone flat - they are virtually new !!" (You can run a modern electric fridge for not a great deal more power consumption).
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  22. Thanks for your input everyone.
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  23. Wash your mouth out, no foul language on this site.. Casp'
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  24. Yes I had thought of that idea. Perhaps some box section uprights stuck to the gas locker bulkhead. The trouble is then there's no way of painting underneath. I suppose I could just prize them off or whack them off with a hammer when it comes around to painting. I think that's probably what I'll do.
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  25. You'll soon be able to upgrade to a Beta at this rate
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  26. Up to the level of the top of the cylinder valves, or other high‐pressure components where these are higher, the bottom,sides, and seams of every cylinder locker must be free of any: • holes, e.g. caused by drilling, rust or cutting; or , • cracks, splits or de‐laminations; or, • missing or damaged welds at seams; or, • other signs of damage or deterioration… …. that can be determined by visual examination to penetrate the locker to the interior of the vessel. So if you drill a hole and seal it gas tight with a bolt and sealant/paint, it is not a hole anymore.
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  27. A brass compression 8mm to whatever the thread is will do the job from any chandlery And won't break as easily next time the big footed oaf goes down there.
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  29. No the real point i am making is that they are purveyors of boating equipment not a boatyard. Locking up the shop to help someone saucepan out a boat might not be seen as important to their managers. Swindlers is part of quite a large group (arleigh i think) not individual business establishments. So essentialy they are shop assistants. As i said im sure on a human level they would care but they were at work and its not their business.
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  30. These are the controls for my Ecofan
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  31. A big dog is the best alarm, if not you can get dog barking alarms activated by pirs. Neil
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  33. I am there at the moment and it is closed
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  34. System 4-50 have just completed the frame and very easy and robust thank you for the info you gave it is members like you that make this forum a godsend for new canal boat owners I will definitely help others with the same info in the future it is a brilliant yet simple solution cheers
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  36. Yes; yes and yes again Nut; sound advice. And yes, cuthound - I worked out how to stop the engine. I foolishly thought that the sign on the ignition (where the key goes) that said "Stop" would do it but after getting over that naive impulse, I found the correct button to press. I don’t think there was any link to me doing that and someone in the next boat simultaneously being ejected 50’ in the air but you never know. sniffy
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  39. It was a good year although I don’t remember much about it, myself??? "Confession"? What confession? I'm confident of getting assistance, the original owner lives on the marina but works away during the week - I’ll track him down over the weekend and I know someone else moored there so things aren’t too bleak. My original post was more to see if this was a not uncommon way to start a boating career. There seem to be a lot more negative comments in general on lots of topics from posters here than I find when talking to boaters face-to-face. Those I’ve seen when walking the canal all seem very positive and filled with a "go for it" attitude. I'm also more than happy to get stuck in to learn some stuff and when I say budget is "minimal" I’m exaggerating the minimalnuss(?) for dramatic effect? sniffy
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  41. Ahhh I remember that feeling, great isn't it. Take your time, relax, spend a few hours a day opening cupboards and pressing buttons, tracing wires and it will come as you learn how your boat has been put together. Oh and don't feel daft asking questions, we all started somewhere and should never stop learning
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  48. Its a submarine - took the wrong turn after coming up the Humber and ended up on the canal. He thought it may save time not having to open swing / lift bridges, just dive -dive-dive. but didn't realise that the water is only 3 feet deep.
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