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Works on women as well

Just a friendly word of warning. I do not look at canal stuff on you tube as a general rule, however I once had one come up to watch so I did!!! I then looked at several others often by what it seems are prolific posters. These people give mountains of advice on all things boating and living aboard. It was blatantly obvious to me that apart from much of it being incorrect that many, in fact nearly all are newbie boaters with less than five years boating. Just be careful what advice you follow!!!!

It was something wrapped around the propeller! Thanks for your help.

My boat is 1.7719940454002541×10-15 light years long.

Was it one of those pipe fenders dangling on a rope that some people insist on leaving down when cruising?

Where's he going then??

Did he??? I thought he was dead! But being serious, it is more that the proprietor has an "I have an irrational hatred of CRT (and BW previously) and seek out every opportunity to heap criticism on them even if this involves making stuff up", kind of thing.

We could always have another poll, to see if we get the answer right a second time...

Do you feel 'life is better by water' ?

Despite the high starting current the in use time is so short you on;y discharge start battery by a very few amp hours so they last for many years - probably 10 years or more unless you have a starting fault.

Fixed that for you!

The first canal I took the current Mrs T, when we were courting, was on was the Roachdale from Sowerby Bridge, to Summit and return. It will sort out "The men from the boys." You will learn much about boating and relationships. Survive that and you will manage any canal. Stunning scenery and Hebden Bridge is well worth spending a day or two in: http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/ Shire Cruisers: https://www.shirecruisers.co.uk/index.php Well appointed and turned out boats.

Although I can and do think and speak and use some imperial units such as pints of beer and miles per gallon I am mainly a metric thinking person. I have not only worked in metric and SI units my entire carrier but also received education in the same since the start of my secondary school education. I think, therefore, that mm are every day and ''real ''units and inches are units from bygone era that rather quaintly remain in use in some sectors.

Thanks for coming back and telling us Danny, so many don't bother. Without in or out of gear info it was the most likely thing to fit the symptoms. A dive plate failing would probably go quiet in gear with revs on.

Thanks Wotever, I'll nip up there and get it. I have my oxy-acetylene gear out to remove someones rudder bearing I could have soldered a new port in at the same time.

Refer to post 12

Do you have a mains land line on your boat? We have fitted these and are most useful when hooked up. Not had any issues with any attachment being "Buggered up." We also use the USB sockets from the inverter when cruising.

Most common on narrowboats is 5/16'' 8mm, but get 1/4'' too just in case.

Ok you are pretty near us .we have a problem we are off to sort out our overseas affairs at the time of the silly election. We will be gone before postal ballot papers come out. so use our address. In return we will nominate you to proxy vote for us. this is on condition you use all your votes on the monster raving looney party. oh god said looney on the forum... it will snow. however in our constituency they will be represented.

1) I believe there are only two-sizes, by a length of each. 2) Find someone with the same gland / shaft size and ask them 3) Wait till you get it out of the water - It'll be out for at least 7 days so you can measure it, nip to the chandlers (or buy on line with next day delivery) and pop it back in.

The Daily Mail of the waterways news outlets. Doesn't let fact checking get in the way of their editorial line. I've pointed out minor errors to them in the past and they have corrected them speedily. When the fact invalidates the entire thrust of the piece it has been ignored.

You haven't read DaveP's post #3. I've tried to report this post, but the tablet I'm using isn't letting me.

Thank you everyone. I have now fitted two pieces of walk on glass in my boat. No problem with condensation or fitting.

Batteries loose a surprising amount of capacity when they get cold, take them to the pub with you to keep them warm, ideally sit right next to the fire. If you can coax them through the winter you can probably get another year out of them. ...............Dave

There is of course the oil boat, supplies oil and will remove your old oil. Supplies stern grease and paraffin as well, highly recommended

It was an M & S Bank.

Yep, they send loads of crap out every year. Just bin it. Unless you are one of those boring phaarts that likes to be on bloomin committees cos yer a nosey so and so

These peeps are doing us all a favour working out the various bits and pieces required for this new battery tech, by the time those of us who don't do the bleeding edge of tech are ready to install these bats, all the complex stuff will be sorted, it's a win win Plus of course they enjoy this stuff, I mean really really enjoy this stuff and good on em

On reflection, How was this "feedback" obtained? Was a poll conducted to determine whether the forum should include a Political and Current Affairs Forum, or was a decision made by the admin team, based upon the lobbying of a vociferious minority? As six of the eight threads started in the Political & Current Affairs forum, since it was introduced, have been started by the same person, perhaps it should be re-named the "Parahandy Soapbox" forum.