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  2. I humbly accept that it was Varneys Lock. I wholeheartedly apologise to those I have disagreed with. Since the accident I have honestly believed it was Cropredy Lock. Hey ho! Onwards and upwards.
    5 points
  3. Update: CRT came yesterday. They agree it is too hard to operate the bridge. They will suggest that the contractor be called in to rectify.
    5 points
  4. In the interests of equality I really wish more women would expose themselves....
    5 points
  5. Maffi has been anything but rude to me in all the years I have known him. He is mildly eccentric, but so what. if you take the time to talk to him rather than abusing him over a platform, I am sure you would see another side to him. I get on with all different types of members on this forum, many having completely different views to my, why? Because we are boaters
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  7. I don't think Howard's comment was OTT at all. There are lots of bits of equipment on a boat that could be considered as non-vital. Do you really need an inverter for example which are also relatively recent introductions to leisure boats? For some reason whenever people have genuine BT related mechanical or electrical questions some people feel the need to start a debate about whether they need a BT. It's been done a thousand times already on this forum and I agree with Howard that it is unhelpful. Mine doesn't.
    4 points
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  11. Welcome to the world of Maffi where the norm is being rude, arrogant, swearing at others and generally thinking he owns the canal system. Just another day in his world...but of course those of us that point it out or have been on the end of his canal abuse are just liars.
    3 points
  12. Just say you are a friend of @nicknorman They will see you alright ?
    3 points
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  15. Some people have all the luck!!
    3 points
  16. I had a very busty women fully expose herself to me near Wolverhampton a few years ago, it was a bit of a shock. She had a summer dress on and lifted it up over her head and had nothing on underneath.
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  20. Thats where you are going wrong, either dont drop it in the first place, or pick it up yourself, or expect to get stick off Maffi when he has to pick it up for you and everyone else. Don't tell me, you own so many properties and pay so much council tax that someone else should do it for you.... ?
    2 points
  21. A bit harsh I reckon. I have got to know Mr Maffi over the years, not as a friend as such more passing boaters in the day. He is passionate about the canals and he does go out of his way to litter pick to the extent that he picks up stuff bigger than you’d think. People who abuses the canals and towpaths wind him up. I have read posts where he could be described as abrupt and possible rude. Get to know him better and yours and others opinions may change. I know he is more than capable to ‘look after himself’, but felt something ought to be said.
    2 points
  22. You get pinned between the tiller and the rail and suffer chest injuries. The issue of getting swiped by the tiller is one of low likelihood but high consequence. You make your choice based on your personal view of the risk. There’s no right or wrong.
    2 points
  23. I think that is the point I was trying to make but badly. Below the waterline we clean any scrapes or other mishaps back to bare metal and recoat with epoxy (and also antifoul but that is a whole set of other issues) we don't use Pioneer. Between waterline and strake there are several coats of Pioneer (one each time we drydock) on top of the epoxy. Anything that scrapes through that to bare metal may be touched up with ordinary primer if it's lucky and then pioneer, or just pioneer. Apart from scrapes there is little deterioration on that surface which is vertical and dry most of the time so that works fine. Above the strake as seen in the photos there is 2 pack polyurethene on top of epoxy as is the cabin. The cabin top has had extra coats of poly at different times since the original painting but it and the deck are now (14 years from the original paint) starting to show signs of loss of adhesion of the base epoxy as water can stand here. I shall put another coat on this summer ( if I am allowed out ) to try and keep it going otherwise it will be back to bare metal but I am putting that off as long as possible. I am a messy painter and mixing 2 pack is a nuisance but I am happier with it than conventional paints and it does dry reasonably quickly. The area that we have used Pioneer on is where most scrapes occur and is so easy to touch up. The Green bit isn't but I just touch up with ordinary acrylic and overcoat the whole lot with 2 pack poly when we dry dock - it doesn't seem to mind. Incidentally the SML acrylics are reasonably quick dry. Hope that makes sense!
    2 points
  24. You have been informed of the dangers, you can now make an informed choice, at least the forum has taken the responsibilty of explaining the dangers, you are now free to ignore the advice or follow it.
    2 points
  25. Whether my comment is a bit OTT or not is a matter of opinion - you have your and I have mine and there is room for varying views on what I am often reminded is a discussion forum. As for the ret of your comments, I don’t disagree particularly with anything you say but was merely trying to answer the original query which was for the OP to get a flavour of what might be involved in sorting it out. As often happens, however, whenever bow thrusters are mentioned, the discussion quickly morphs into the merits and demerits of having one on board, which is always guaranteed to bring out a variety of views. I have my own opinions but to some forum members I must be considered totally beyond the pale having not only a bow thrust but also a stern thrust! Ah well, one day I might learn how to use that tiller thingy. ? Howard
    2 points
  26. It was the Streetwise staff was threatened, who then refused to go near them. Seems a couple of the Council Marina Staff from Wisbech went down and had a word while serving court eviction papers (Big chaps according to fellow moorer whos shop overlooks the moorings). And the local elections next month may also have something to do with it. As the Town Bridge is a common place for candidates to tout for votes and seating councilers don't wish to be put on the spot. If a voter asks 'Why have you failed to remove these boats?'
    2 points
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  28. Indeed. It will be a big local story down here. Will keep all appraised.
    2 points
  29. Exactly, thats why you never sit or stand within the arc of the tiller. They are known as suicide seats for a good reason. If you want to sit down whilst steering either buy a trad-stern boat, or convert your steering to a wheel.
    2 points
  30. Having taken the boat out for the first time since last Summer. Needing to buy plywood, I cruised through town to turn round passed the railway bridge before returning to the March Town Centre moorings which have since been cleared of baton tossers by the Council apart from three who are screaming human rights' and refuse to move. The number of boats moored on end of garden moorings is much reduced. At least 50 boats have either gone or been sold since last year. Many well now be in the London area now.
    2 points
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  32. It was definitely Varney's lock ... I believe Mike the boilerman had some personal testimony ... but he's no longer here. Rog
    2 points
  33. I don't think that comment was unhelpful and I do think yours is a bit OOT. Bow thrusters are a comparative recent fitment to leisure boats, especially inland boats and narrowboats in particular. Bow thrusters are far from vital equipment so when one is faced with a large bill its logical the consider if the faulty equipment is really needed. I would suggest Tracy's comment was spot on advice that the OP is free to accept or reject. By your logic if a light fitment fails one should replace it whatever the costs rather than do without it. If a fridge fails one should replace it even though its October so it won't be needed for months and even then it's not absolutely vital, its only convenient so a bit like a bow thruster. One thing is for sure, its only leaking oil out, not water into the boat so the next time its out for blacking welding over the tube would almost certainly cost less than the repair or replacement.
    2 points
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  35. As a bit of a lockdown project I have been developing a web site as an outlet for my photographs of Historic Narrow Boats. The site was started in January 2021 and is very much a work in progress especially on the menu presentation. It will almost certainly contain a few errors which I would be happy to be told about so that I can correct them. The site is at: http://www.timshistoricnarrowboatphotos.uk/index.../homepage Enjoy
    1 point
  36. Picking up litter doesn't give me any special rights. In the same way you dont have any special rights either. I am still contemplating talking to the police about your threats and stalking! PS its about 14 tons so far!
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  38. Sorry, didn't mean to sound grumpy. Sign of the times. Heron is a bit short in the leg department.
    1 point
  39. I posted this a while ago it is a piece cut from our roof and left out in the garden, there are 2 coats of epoxy and one poly all Jotun, the roof had been constructed from preprimed steel but I suspect not totally devoid of rust, rust is now starting to creep under the paint and it is lifting at the edges and a couple of spots in the middle, on the actual roof regular recoats seem to have kept deterioiration at bay so I am hoping for a few more years. Incidentally the foam insulation seems to be sticking better than the paint, it was put straight onto the primed steel
    1 point
  40. Such doom and gloom in reply to a simple question. I would do exactly as you have suggested, find a picture or a boat with exactly what you want then either buy the wood, Iroko or other, and make it yourself or have a carpenter/joiner/boatbuilder do it to your specs. As you say, sitting on the steel rail or the wooden seat both have their 'dangers' but at least one is more comfortable than the other.
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  42. The assisted passages via CRT stopped a couple of years ago. There's usually a few vollies around, and they are a good bunch.
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  44. Wouldnt know if it has been turned around? All I do know is that heading south the upper bridge landing is on the starboard side as is the operating gear as is the lower landing, you do not cross the bridge at all.
    1 point
  45. I should go to Specsavers, I read that as 'explore' and not 'expose'. In fact I thought the thread title - 'exposure on the L&L' meant someone had been found frozen half to death clutching the tiller of a narrowboat . Need more beer.
    1 point
  46. Interesting post for the following reasons which I'm sure other have come across. If you search on apollo then its usual to find the most expensive boats are listed are with "London moorings". For example, I found a very nice boat which if purchased in the midlands (or without a mooring) would have a value of £50k, the advertised price with its London mooring was £105k. The mooring fees were listed at £6k per year. So if I buy and then take my £50k boat back up to the midlands or wherever, can I then sell the empty mooring spot for £55k? I suspect not. In any marina or private canal side moorings outside of London, I have never seen value added to a boat sale price because it has a mooring (with the exception of when there is freehold land attached). The mooring is always controlled (owned) by the owners of the marina/land etc. and the boat owners have no rights to sell/transfer the mooring. In London the complete opposite seems to be true! Regarding my purchase, my only option it seems is to pay the purchase price and take over the mooring, then buy a very inexpensive boat of the same length and swop the boat over, take my new boat away and then re-advertise the boat with its "London mooring" for the same inflated price. A lot of hassle but the only way I can see of buying a "London moored" boat without making a large loss.
    1 point
  47. Absolutely! I have the same argument with them every time - plus arguing that as a narrowboat I only need one gate opened at any time. I remember speaking to the (then retired) locky who had first put up signs saying the paddles should be wound down. He had meant that after dropping the paddles (under their own weight, of course) you should check, using the windlass if necessary, that they had seated themselves properly and he was almost screaming with frustration at his signs being mis-interpreted in the way they are now.
    1 point
  48. Why do you want the biggest possible boat that will fit? That will be a pig to negotiate, for you and for every other boater around you. The official dimensions are indicative and to be used for guidance. You may well find pinch points which your theoretically possible boat won't actually pass, particularly with regard to water depth, but also bridge headroom, where the available height through arched bridges is dependent on the width of the cabin top. Is this boat going to be kept on a permanent mooring? If not are you familiar with the rules on 'continuous cruising'? If you design your boat to just fit between Liverpool and Manchester then what happens when you are not 'mainly' boating on this section?
    1 point
  49. Be my guest come down and try it now since they 'fixed' it!
    1 point
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