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Sorry I'm not getting this. The guy has been taking the p*ss for 4 years, drives his neighbours round the bend with anti-social behavior, running a genny whenever, has a boat that is basically a scrap claims moving it was the cause of it sinking and people here expect all of us to feel sorry for him and hope he gets a payday. I truly hope he gets exactly what he deserves.

Near one of my moorings, on a clapped out unlicensed cruiser lived a seriously dangerous guy who bragged sbout stealing from our boats, and that from local knowledge we knew it was true. He stole coal, diesel, generators and anything else he could get, broke into a few. Police wouldn't do anything, couldn't even be bothered to interview either us or him. None of us were particularly surprised or saddened when someone set fire to his boat, nor were we bothered that he was asleep drunk at the time. He and his dog (which had bitten enough people for us not to care about that either) got off and survived unhurt, the boat didn't, he shoved off somewhere and all the thieving stopped. Trouble is, the law is useless against most antisocial behaviour, however bad it is, and so sometimes you have to treat badly behaved animals like you do similar nonhuman ones. Rules only work against people who recognise their validity, and pisstakers don't. Thus CRT takes years to get a liveaboard off the water, and everyone suffers for that time.

Happy summers recalled. The fortified farm, at one time an abbey, lies at Basseville on the Canal du Nivernais. It dates back to 1328

First snow of this year on the Huddersfield Narrow.

George Useless has said it, so it must be so. The sausage meat is the key. A bit of pickling vinegar does not make it a substantial meal. All academic to me in tier 3.

Not sure if this has been posted before.

Just over a year ago I ordered some Leoch Pure Lead Carbon batteries, after a discussion on here, and I think I said I'd let everyone know how I got on with them. Much more recently I was asking for people's experience of the typical difference between batteries' nominal capacity and their actual capacity; this is a follow-up to that too. Unfortunately I don't think I have anything terribly worthwhile to report. I got what should have been a 432Ah bank of Leoch PLCs fitted late last year, but very quickly got the impression that their actual capacity was not as advertised; following a full charge, I was seeing about 110Ah-120Ah counted out by my BMV before my Smartgauge showed a 50% state of charge, suggesting an actual capacity of 220Ah-240Ah or so. Long story short, after many, many emails back and forth and a bit of heel-dragging on both sides, I've just managed to return the batteries for a full refund. I've just fitted a new bank of the same size - the cheaper Leoch Superior Lead Carbons this time, as a like-for-like replacement wasn't available - and they do seem to have the advertised capacity. So it seems reasonable to assume the other ones were just faulty in some way, rather than that the manufacturer is routinely overstating capacity. But one year on I still have no experience of a non-faulty set of lead carbon batteries to share, I'm afraid.

Quite frankly Bob, in a narrowboat, if your chair is within Bluetooth range you're sat next to the bloomin' charger anyway!

Agree with all that. There's also a possible plus point from Covid-19 that many companies (and individuals) have discovered they don't need to go into an office every day -- or at all in some cases, my last day in the office was in March and I don't expect to get back in before next April -- and this will cut down on the number of commuting car journeys if it continues. Might lead to a rise in the domestic murder rate though... ?

Not my stupidity (but could be argued my stupidity in not checking). And could have been serious... I used to tow a big boat for the dive club. 6.5m RHIB with a 140HP Suzuki four stroke on the back. Boat was rather over a ton (without divers, diving equipment etc) The RHIB was attached to the trailer in two ways at the bow; a winch used for launch and recovery and, for additional security the painter was lashed tight to the trailer. Some people prepared for launch by disconnecting the winch and securing the painter, others by untying the painter leaving the boat retained by the winch. As we were a large group with different people on different trips, the inevitable happened one day... One person disconnected the winch, another the painter... I started to back the trailer down the slipway and noticed the bow of the RHIB start to move... away from the car... Floor the throttle (which, in reverse and low ratio wasn't that fast) and just managed to make sure the RHIB slid off into the surf rather than onto concrete. Then start a discussion about the benefits of a standardising procedures and having a checklist.

One or two posts have amazed me this past week. Shiny verses Tatty. Renting out and getting round the regs. travelling or not traveling during a pandemic.

I feel I need to report this post!! Whilst in general the thread has been light hearted about trivia such as cars it has now become serious to the point of even a suggestion of the removal of pickled eggs from pubs and that's too serious a matter for a canal forum!! ?

The two you've missed out are walking and cycling. When the 1955 photo was taken, most people would be getting around that way, along with buses and trams. Employment and shopping would be much more likely to be closer to their homes. The government are making a (for Tories) reasonably good start on encouraging both, with considerable complaints from a noisy minority over a few bike lanes and traffic restricted areas so you can cycle without feeling like you could die at any second and walking without choking on fumes. A lot more still to do. It is a long process, a lot of which involves reducing the distances people travel to reach the places they regularly need to go as well as changing the way they get there. Jen

How about if it sinks having been moved into the middle of a multiple-boat argy bargy with a load of heavy steel things? Again, just going on the 'facts' as reported — it may have been in poor condition, but it may also not have sunk if it were remoored appropriately. We will likely never know. Ultimately the production company have created the problem for themselves by moving it without permission. If they hadn't moved it and it had sunk on its mooring, this conversation would not have happened. They've implicated themselves in a situation where it will be impossible to prove that they are innocent. Licences and the general attitude of the owner are separate problems. Conflating them only creates confusion. Edit: what if it were your pristine, wooden classic motor cruiser that had sunk as a result of their poor mooring skills? The production company need to be held to account for their actions to dissuade them from taking liberties with other property in future. This is important regardless of whether the boat had the right to be there in the first place.

But the lockers are probably OK ...

For the Weaver some decent mooring pins are all you need. Try some 3/4 inch diameter round bar about 3ft long. Point one end and hammer em well in. Then tie to them at ground level. They will do for Vale Royal, Devils Garden and Acton Bridge. Northwich, Winsford and by the lift have rings, bollards or are OK for piling hooks IIRC. There is not a lot of passing traffic ?. On other CRT rivers you are pretty much limited to provided moorings which tend to come with rings/bollards/piling. The Warwickshire Avon has a few spots amenable to mooring pins but is mostly about provided moorings.a

Poke a hose down the pipe - with water turned on and flowing - the water will soften any blockage and eventually blast a way thru' it. If the hose doesn't have enough woompf - You can actually get a special hose for a jet-washer with a 'ring' of small holes on the nozzle end, they are used for clearing blocked drains,

Colecraft did the electrics...it was a sailaway I’ve included a pic won’t let me load anymore.

Sounds like the contents dried out and a large chuck got stuck in the pipeline. What you are doing will move it, probably back into the tank where you may be able to rake it out. Is there an inspection hatch on the tank?

Bullsh*t.

It’s a bit confusing! The manual implies no changeover and yet the photo shows mains wires in and out. Is it possible that someone has somehow installed a changeover relay inside the inverter? Maybe you should take the bottom cover over the connection area off and have a look (post a photo).

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in my case I might take 2 dogs for a walk in the muddy countryside, then go to B&Q to collect bags of sand and cement and 3m long timber one day, then the next day I tow my boat 100 miles to the slipway, where it stays for a week before I retrieve the boat (sometime doing damage to the tyres/wheels and underbody because of the poor state of a couple of the slipways that I use. how will I do that if I don't own my own versatile car that I don't mind getting mucky, and occasionally suffering minor damage that I can live with? how will a farmer who has a 4x4 that is used for towing on the farm, towing on the road, and general family duties, manage?

Even if it is true that the boat was not lawfully on the waterway, (which I'm not sure has been proved) what on earth makes you think Netflix have any authority to cause it to sink? That would be an easy way out for CRT on occasion wouldn't it! Boat not paid its licence? - sink it and remove the wreck. Boat too long on a 48 hr site? - sink it! Tam

I'm amazed at the amount of people on here who were never taught '2 wrongs don't make a right' when they were children. The pitchforks and mob justice mentality on here is just depressing. Predictable but still depressing.

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My most profound apologies to all CWDF members who were offended by my crass and unthinking slur on the great pickled egg. Not just a great pub snack, but now a substantial pub meal for those lucky tier 2 people. I will go sit on the naughty step and think about what I've done. Jen

this ^^^^ The streets where I live are becoming impassible not because of the traffic but because of parked vehicles. I can't think of many high value luxury* items which are bought on the assumption that someone else will pay for their storage when you are not using them (well, I can, canal boats!). It's got to the stage where people will buy and tax a "banger" not as transport but as a sort of small shed for storage. And trailers / caravans don't cost to keep on the road; some of them have got small trees growing around them! {parking rant over} This attitude also skews the costs private v public transport. If the local bus company was allowed to abandon their vehicles where the drivers shift ended they could be much more competitive. [ * - Oh yes it is! ]

None of us know what happened, its all only hearsay. DILLIGAF about some boat that appers to be a sinker and unlicenced and whose owner appears to be an objectionable freeloader. I will answer that with a two letter one word answer NO My boat would not be left in that state or position so more whatifery.

Just to give a representative example for the benefit of the thread: my boat is about to turn 30 and has just yesterday had a survey for insurance purposes. The majority of the steel has lost, overall, a couple of tenths of a millimetre or less, and there's little pitting but up to a maximum depth of 2mm. I suspect that might be at the better end of 30 year old hulls, but it's not normal for steel to turn to cheese in that timeframe.

It would make a good bonfire once it's dried out?

Whilst I do not want to get involved in your personal slanging match, I do think Mr Chagall has a point.