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  1. I have no interest in these except being a satsified buyer These lifejackets are around £270-£300 new, and this chappie is selling them for £40 inc 48hr delivery. Vaccum packed and unopened. I have had some from him in previous years and they are excellent lifejackets. (ordered another one from this batch) Designed for 'offshore' use for people in heavy Winter clothing they have almost twice the buoyancy of 'standard lifejackets' and exceed the MCA requirements for 'turning you face up' Have a chin support to keep your mouth out of the water (and a hood to stop waves going in your mouth or up your nose) Have crutch straps so they don't slip over your head. Twin chambers each having enough buoyancy to keep you afloat. The offshore industry 'cycles' its stock even before the expiry dates - they have 2 years left (typically 4/23) before they are due for commercial re-certification, and will last for years in leisure use. It is probably cheaper to keep them for 3 years and get some from a future batch than it is to have a lifejacket serviced. Ideal for wearing when 'Winter locking' on icy surfaces. I'd recommend them even for 'muddy ditch' usage. https://www.findafishingboat.com/lifejackets-crewsaver-275n-twin-chamber-new-unused/ad-114225 https://www.crew-safe.co.uk/acatalog/Crewsaver-Seacrewsader-SOLAS-275N-Twin-Chamber-Lifejacket.html The Seacrewsader 275N Twin is designed to SOLAS 2010 regulations, and outperforms the new requirements to provide increased performance in the most demanding environments. Improved body angle, mouth freeboard and face plane angles make the Seacrewsader even safer at sea. Together with the improved rotating times each chamber is fitted with two 60 g CO2 cylinders, activated by UML MK5i standard automatic inflation mechanisms* - and a 3.5 psi relief valve to ensure full buoyancy during single or double chamber inflation. The Seacrewsader 275N Twin is designed for extreme working environments and is also suitable for abandonment purposes. The high buoyancy level provides added protection when heavy work gear and clothing is worn. The new, more compact cover is a robust fabric to withstand the most arduous conditions without damage to the lifejacket and internal bladders. Crotch straps come fitted as standard.
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  8. I'd say the coal vs wood thing is a red herring. Somehow, somewhere combusted gases are escaping your stove into the cabin. If this was my stove I would stop using it IMMEDIATELY. CO is extremely dangerous and I can tell a story about a relative semi paralysed by it dragging his unconscious family outside (they fortunately survived) if that will encourage you. Once I had stopped using ANY fuel in the stove the next thing I'd do is work out where the leaks are emanating. I keep smoke bombs for this purpose (available from chandleries). Any one of the rope seals could be the issue - the fact that smoke escapes the door suggests that that's the problem - I'd have replaced these on the strength of your newspaper test! Depending on the stove there might be seals in the actual body of the stove. It is expensive but necessary to recondition your stove and replace all of these seals eventually. I personally would blank off the mushroom vent that is near the chimney. Another possibly cheap/easy fix to improve the draw and get the exhaust further from the cabin is a longer chimney. I'm not as experienced as the other posters who have replied and perhaps I'm more paranoid than they are, but I would not mess about with a stove. Test for leaks, replace all the ropes, block off any ventilation near the chimney, use a longer chimney, and yes clean the flue out regularly.
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  11. So your few months of living on the cut makes you an expert to add to your vast list of professions? You condemn those living in a "cheapo" marina as having a "bad track record" Your attitude madam is some of the very worst kind of prejudiced and hypocritical I have ever come across!
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  15. I dont know what the processor on my rasp pi is doing any of the time.?
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  16. I met one of the trip boats out of Birmingham (something 4 awhile) in a tunnel with two big lights on it, as we got closer he turned them both off, I wondered where he had gone to.
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  17. Finally got around to sitting in front of my computer and writing some code for the home made BMS which I’ve attached to the CALB cells. Well, just one set of cells ie 200Ah which is plenty for the moment. Firstly, pleased to see that the voltages of the 4 cells are within 2mV of each other as supplied from China. Secondly, wow the internal resistance is so low! Adding my power supply to charge at 5A (which ok is not much in the context of 200Ah) only increases the cell voltage by about 3mV. Amazing! I will have to be careful to ensure clean contacts etc for the interconnects, otherwise there is a good chance that the interconnect resistance will be more than the cell resistance! And also wrote the code to operate the Tyco BDS-A battery disconnect relay, which as we know needs a pulse of around 75mS to operate. It takes about 3A and having a longer pulse or worse, somehow leaving the 12v applied, will no doubt melt the coil in short order. So it’s important to have a robust pulse generator. I know that MP created some dedicated hardware for it but for me it was just 7 lines of code. And 4 of them were to turn off low and high priority interrupts (to ensure the processor wasn’t distracted doing something else) and turn them on again afterwards. Then just 3 lines of code, 1) turn on the MOSFET, 2) wait 75 mS, 3) turn off the MOSFET. Easy Peasy! Does demonstrate the advantages of using relatively low tech like a PIC or Arduino whereby being in total control of the processor, vs say a Raspberry Pi with a huge linux operating system whereby you don’t really know what the processor is doing half the time.
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  20. Confusion with the boat's chimney?
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  24. Just found this thread, and joined canalworld! I worked on the Soar job at its inception, and continued for most of the long hot summer. The biggest problem was the mechanical unloading... Despite having an absolutely superb 360 driver, (Alan???), the shuts were in a terrible state pretty quickly. This led to gravel getting packed solidly into the bilges, and on more than one occasion, a sharp corner puncturing the hull. A time of my life I wouldn't have missed for anything, despite the relentless work and less than ideal conditions. "Shirley" was steered by a wonderful bloke called Ralph (Mould/Moulds???), who had worked pairs for a fair proportion of his life, and who lived on a houseboat down the backwater at Thurmaston Lock. "Whitby" was steered by a hilarious character, Barry from Brum, who's humour and friendship were much appreciated. I often stop in the area if delivering nearby, and walk down Mill Lane for a reminiscing session on the lock bridge. Ive got a painting somewhere of WYE in Thurmaston lock, which John West did for me a couple of years later... I'll post it if I dig it out with the xmas deccies!
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  25. This ^^^^ tells me that it's been neglected badly, because if the owner can't be bothered to do the blindingly obvious when they're trying to sell the thing, or maybe hasn't the knowledge or skills to do so, you can't possibly believe it's been otherwise well maintained. Find yourself a boat someone has loved and cared for.
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  26. Don't be fooled by The Weasley words used in the emotional prose ....... 5 years of looking after her ...... the space nice and light ......... keeping you nice and warm throughout the night ....... great for breakfast on a sunny morning ......... slowly making her way back into London. None of which is quantifiable let alone relevant. £30K is a lot of money for a 70s boat and an excessive amount for a Springer.
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  27. Bl**dy hell ! Is that the going price for a 46 year old 47' Springer? Walk away.
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  28. Ah right, got it. There are walls either side of the canal, which can be seen in winter, around there. I was told today at the old junction boatyard they remembered the gravel bridge down there. Apparently some would treck down to the junction to turn at times. There is a wider section there, presumably where the winding hole was. The boatyard has been running since the 60s, but was in the family before, from the 40s, when it was colloquially known as Dickies duck farm.
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  29. We had one on a 30 foot NB, very efficient and from memory no problems with condensation (probably due to the excessive 'ventilation' around the doors') Passed a number of BSS examinations as still compliant under 'grandfather rights'. Sold it and it went down to London (Brentford) as a Liveaboard.
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  31. 1.5KW Finesse boats figures Finesse went cruising up your bit of canal in a 65 footer it was drawing 1.5 KW to cruise at 4mph
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  32. Like the breach protection gates at Marston Jabbett at the entrance to the Moira Cut. Cottage & gates long gone.
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  33. I did a camping boat trip with Ralph mentioned in post #35. We used to work with three fellows when they had a big group and they did the same for us. He was on a single motor and we left Stenson (our base) for a weeks trip. When we got into Sawley lock he said “when we got out of the canal the old motor shakes your hand”. Never heard that before but sums up well the pleasure of being on deep water.
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  35. I worked in the industry, developing onshore wind farms in England, Scotland and Wales, offshore wind turbine arrays, and singleton turbines, for more than 25 years, but this isn't a dick-measuring contest. Subsidies to the wind energy industry have led to the position we are now in, where onshore wind energy is cheaper, without subsidies, than fossil fuel energy souces. Offshore wind is going the same way. With no subsidies in the eaarly years (of whatever form) it would have taken much longer to reach this point.
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  36. Microwaves are for heating up baked beans. Once you advance your cookery skills to be able to heat them in a pan, you have no need for one in a boat - and your alternator/batteries will breath a sigh of relief!
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  37. From my experience of cruising at night, a super-bright headlight isn't needed once your eyes are dark-adapted, anything bright enough to work as a tunnel light will work just fine as a headlight -- but you might want to alter the aim. It's not like a car where you're zooming into the darkness at 70mph and need to see clearly a hundred yards ahead...
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  38. Are you aware of how much 'leccy a microwave uses? The 'wattage rating' of a microwave is the amount of power going into the food, not the amount it uses. A microwave will typically use 2x its rated output, so an 850w microwave would actually draw 170amps from you battery. If it takes 10 minutes to defrost and reheat you frozen 'stew' then you would (probably) need to run the engine / alternator for 25-30 minutes to replace it, Managing electricity will be the hardest thing you need to learn, and having an 'electric' boat is even more difficult.
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  39. You do know I was not condoning that course of action, right Alan? Thanks for pointing that out though, just in case my sarcasm was too subtle for some!
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  41. Red Indians in their wigwams and Eskimo's in their Igloo's have roaring fires on the inside. The wigwams don't catch light and the Igloo's don't melt. Eskimo burglars use a blowlamp.
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  42. Being pedantic - I'm not sure if an average of zero is possible. Since the instantaneous readding can't be negative the only way to zero average is if every single reading is also zero?
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  43. If you can afford to buy at London prices you can afford the rail fare to visit a selection of good boats in and around the middle of England, or where there is a cluster of boats. To help us out, give us a clue, are you going to try to constant cruise in London with or without a car, or bike, or using public transport? I am assuming you want to liveaboard all year round. Do you have a mooring? Have you considered this? Do you know that there are very few marinas or moorings with residential planning permission for residential boats. You will be lucky to find a marina which will 'give you a postcode' Boats are expensive to run, and need maintenance. Don't think you will be investing your capital. You will need to generate your own electricity, heat, and find water. Dispose of your own sewage. Neither of the boats you have shown would appeal to me, neither of them are 'good boats' imho. If you have spent a lot of time researching, and come up with these two, I am perplexed.
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  46. All the talk seems to be of electric power. The aspect of hydrogen power and fuel cells seems to have been not mentioned. There is a boat on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal which has that type of power. It is by Birmingham University.
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  47. The blurb states " Can be hard to start in cold weather " loosely translated this means " Its knackered and will not start " and also why is one glow plug missing and easily fixed of they have supposedly maintained it well? Its a LOT of money for an old springer an you can do better.
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  48. Thanks for this and yes what you said is pretty much what was in my mind. A route to Staines following the Colne Brook was the only feasible one that I could imagine but is quite a long way and would still involve some major engineering works. Keith
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  49. precise? not quite - that's only an approximation to thirteen significant figures. as teacher would have said : "needs to try harder". coat ..................................
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  50. Can't see its anything whatever to do with being LEDs. Doesn't matter whether they are tungsten, halogen, fluorescent, sodium or anything else. They are all just as dazzling if they are too bright and poorly angled.
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