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Plumbed the Thetford loo into the hot pipe (by mistake). The resultant hot flush was rather comforting on a chilly morning.

On several occasions I have started the engine .... cast off .... jumped aboard ... and reached for the tiller ........... which I forgot to fit.

Not boat related but have, on no less than three occasions over the years, caught the water from a U-bend in a bowl then emptied said bowl in to the sink I've just disconnected. Edit to add .. and whilst attempting to sort out an unshipped rudder, undid the huge nut on the swan neck, to watch the rudder fall out of the back of the boat and effectively nail us to the canal bed. To this day I'm not sure how I thought undoing the nut was going to help.

You are right to describe CaRT as " a navigation authority" but would be wrong to say that it was only a navigation authority". To sustain its financial position it has to fulfil a range of KPIs which encapsulate the government's view that the canals should be enjoyed by more than those who boat in the water. I have yet to see any significant evidence to support the description 'financial mismanagement' (be careful regarding libel!) which is not a conclusion justified simply because you disagree with their priorities and budgets. Given that they are trying to achieve the impossible (a funding package that is, by all authorities, considered inadequate, set without any effective plan for how they might magically close the gap) it would be reprehensible if some of their initiatives did not work out. "Anyone who has succeeded at all they do has never done anything much" If there really had been financial mismanagement over the timescales you imply then any responsible auditor should have qualified the accounts by now. (But they would not be first to fail to do that!)

Put the tiller extension on the tiller, started the engine, untied the mooring lines, set off, kersplash! Forgot to disconnect the shore lead from the electric bollard. It pulled the bollard from its base and sunk it in five feet of water. Fortunately for me, the bollards were then due to be replaced soon anyway, so I didn't have to pay for a new one. Jen

If it helps NABO have objected to the recent award by the EA of a contract to the management of its visitor moorings to a car parking company who are wanting a lien of your boat in the event of non payment of a penalty ticket.

Lurv it - its amazing how 'leaky' some of those old cables can be.

Removing a gearbox, pushed shaft and prop right back into the stuffing box, finished job, used scaffold pole to lever shaft back into position, tightened everything up, started engine, engaged forward. hell of a banging and clattering, forgot to remove scaffold pole, prop a different shape than it used to be.

From your pics, I would suggest this is not 'kids' or petty thieves who had the heavy steel away instead of the easier to nick and possibly more useful wood planks. They would have been more 'fun' to throw in the canal or build a boat with. More likely a stolen to order or 'we need some steel plate' kind of theft maybe?? You could build a deep pit type of trap by covering the exisiting hole with tarp and leaves so they fall in when they come back to nick the second one ? Better still wire it up live to 240v instead.

Run - the bus is going without you!

Yes, it is the the local distribution network that people forget when saying the grid can cope. The high voltage side (down to 11kV) can, but the local distribution network, (which is much more expensive to replace because most of it is buried) is always sized to meet the load (plus a small percentage for growth, most of which has aleady been taken up because of its age). Tesla Superchargers are rated at 100kW or 150kW.

Damn, and I thought I had spotted it and amended it before anyone noticed. ?

Ricky isnt for saying how much his system costs I know how much the motor is however he doesnt want to give the also rans an idea of the way forward. As for your beta 43 thats at 2800 rpm, given that most top out at 2000 rpm its more than likely nearer hi 20s and then their are the twin alternators and a hydraulic gearbox so maybe low 20s see how that horsepower gets eroded

How long before we see that covered life-boat covered and cc-ing the K&A???

I'll set my tame 'yobs' on them - 20 sixth formers. They'll sort em out. They are quite disgusted be the behaviour of their 'peers'. We saw little evidence through Kiddy, although that was the location of our encounter with big fat boat owner who really should have been wearing a shirt and thought he owned the canals was.