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Those who are suggesting more draconian measures remember the OP says his requests have been answered with "threats and abuse". We don't know who/what we are dealing with here. In my professional life, among many other unpleasant duties, I have had to attend evictions from property and on one notable occasion I had to remove someone from my own. It is not something to go gung ho at, people at their wits end often have nothing to lose.

I think what depresses me more about incidents like this is that if, for example, they had parked up, come round to the back door and politely asked if we would mind them blocking our drive while they just nipped to the shop, I would have doubtless have agreed. In fact I would have thought what nice people and they would have though the same. Instead of which the encounter left us both thinking the worst of each other. This came up in the recent thread about running engines after 8pm. It's not so much the noise, it's the lack of consideration, the rudeness, and it's so avoidable.

Another option would be to see a lawyer and make a claim for a refund of 100% of licence costs and 50% of mooring costs for the length of time that this has been going on. Finding a suitably experienced lawyer might be tricky though. It seems to me that CRT are in breach of contract with you, for both the boating licence and the mooring licence. My first thing would be to contact Matthew Symonds on this (he's the current Head Of Boating). Email: Matthew.Symonds@canalrivertrust.org.uk and copy in richard.parry@canalrivertrust.org.uk Ask for a meeting on site This situation is utterly unacceptable for you and Canal River Trust have a responsibility to act. If CRT don't deal with this, go to the press: Towpath Talk, Canal Boat magazine etc. Are you a member of the IWA or NABO? They may be able to help too.

Untie and set them adrift Without any witnesses 🙂

That is exactly what I did when I arrived at Great Haywood at 07:00 only to find a boat moored directly outside the only working waterpoint. The owner seemed upset that I had woken him, but failed to understand that I couldn't moor in front of him to get water because my hose wasn't long enough. I just ignored him and filled my tank.

If you stop the flue pipe a little below the top of the collar, you can slope the silicone sealant down towards the flue, so that any condensate which runs down the inside of the chimney is more likely to find its way back down towards the fire. A projecting flue forces this to flow out across the roof instead.

Having established that HVO is not snake oil and that it can more than adequately meet inland boaters demands (be that as a fuel for propulsion or for heating and cooking) IWA are now turning their attention to promoting the fuel more widely across the inland waterways system. Supply usually responds to demand so boaters can make a huge contribution to this exercise by simply asking their suppliers to stock it. At the moment I am only aware of two marinas and one fuel boat that stocks HVO but I suspect several more are in active discussions with the fuel distributers.

Increasingly, I hear the same from a small subsection of boaters, when discussing the shortcomings of CRT.

Electricity usage.

We think it's a good scheme - instead of whining that CRT staff don't understand boaters needs, take them out and show them. We've already taken two CRT staff out since the scheme restarted. Just bear in mind that the staff don't want or need several hours of ranting by grumpy boaters. Show them the bits that could be improved by all means, but also remember the role of the people you take - a payroll administrator is unlikely to be able to arrange much dredging!

I would suggest that when you are not using the stove you remove the chimney and have a cover over the collar to stop rain going down the flue, and when you are using the stove have the chimney on but no chinaman's hat, so moisture in the flue gases is either carried away with the smoke or runs back down the inside of the flue.

Sorry about the brain fart, blame Covid-19 (everyone else does). If you really do need every inch of the canal to get your boat out here's what I would do. I would write - and I do mean write, not email, to CRT and send it by recorded delivery. Explain to them that despite several complaints by you and others, these boats remain moored in clear contravention of their licence conditions. Explain that you cannot access the canal whilst these boats remain moored in this area as you need the entire width of the canal to navigate safely. Tell them that you need to move your boat for essential maintenance and that you intend to attempt to move it on xxxxx date and make that say 2 weeks away, but the longer the better. Explain that you cannot guarantee that when you move your boat that there will not be an impact with one or more of these offending boats. Say that it is the duty of CRT to enforce licence conditions which is why you are giving them enough notice to have these boats moved. By doing this you are doing everything reasonable to avoid the risk of damage. Should you then attempt to move your boat and collide with one or more of the offending boats no-one can claim that you have acted irresponsibly and IMHO you would not be liable in any way. Of course you could go further and seek legal advice but in the end the law tends to favour the person who acts in a reasonable manner so if you do everything to make it clear that you are being reasonable, you put yourself in a safe position.

Will be interesting to see if this is the original film then on vhs or one of the re edited ones where many of the stills & clips of the true working boatmen that where sent from Bulls Bridge junction to stk braune for a days filming have been cut out = picture clip in original= Dad & Grandad in vhs film

So, from the posts in this thread, various people assure us they have been let down by Three, Vodafone, O2 and EE. Just goes to show they are all worse than CRT!

Which network or company you don’t get shafted at some point. 😩

1pmobile which uses EE could get you (Matty) out of a hole £15 for 50gb lasts 30 days. Obviosly cant be O2 as its crap, almost no signal here and no internet at all.

Ive been caught twice with 3 contracts, never ever again. I pay a few quid more for a proper service.

Yay! You'll be outfoxing the Foxes next!!

the Usually Krap Chinese Accessory perhaps?

“.... Some houseboats, such as a 60×12 wide-beam canal boat, offer greater square footage and more lateral space than a one-bed flat in Liverpool,” says Andy Farrell of Bluepoint Marine Services which provides services at the Liverpool Marina complex.... " From here https://ymliverpool.com/living-aboard-choosing-a-home-on-the-regions-waters/18843

That would actually remind me that my water tank was empty, tie up to their roof ,climb over with hose and start filling.

Rightly or wrongly I don't tend to use "Aga" as shorthand for these appliances, but it did lead to a very odd conversation with a friend of mine who has just bought his wife an electric camper van. He said it was ok but he wasn't too happy with the "range". We got quite a long way down the road before I realised he was referring to the miles travelled on one charge...

But good convenient moorings are not always easy to get. There are an increasing number of antisocial "boaters" on the cut and we can't let them control our boating. In the last two days have met three boats moored just about on the lock landings on the Oxford, a bit of a pain when you have a full length boat. It did occur to me that the OP should get the papers involved, CRT do not like bad publicity. "Boaters pays top price for mooring and is forced out by thugs" or something like that

Jack Griffiths was working the boats Bargus and Uranus in 1944. There are some photos of him in the photo archives of the Imperial War Museum but I do not have a reference number for them. The name given in the captions is wrongly given as Gribbis though.

Flush with, or slightly above the top of the collar. Definitely not to the same height as the chimney, or it will be destroyed by the next low bridge, or tunnel. The point of canal boat chimneys is that they are removable. Your location says Doncaster, so low bridges are not common, but cruise further away and you'll find them. Use high temp silicone sealant between the collar and flue to give some compliance to prevent high forces being put on the stove top by the heat expansion of the pipe when it is hot. Jen

Johnson make a submersible bilge pump that can be operated with a solid state level detection device, so no moving parts, but they ain't a cheap option

My experience of trying to get CRT to move a boat that has moored up on the offside has been fruitless. This boat has been there over a year and therefore must have managed to get a new license! Give up your mooring and go somewhere else, life is too short to deal with this, it's just a recipe for stress.

by way of an update. Hubbie invested in an battery reader. We were chuffed to find that all batteries were reading good. A bit of detective work identified a loose wire behind the ignition switch. found by sheer good luck, I am so pleased to say , she turned over and started a treat.

We've had a fair few of these "bad phonecall experiences", maybe its got better or maybe some people are better than others, but had a few calls earlier this year to book a volunteer to help down the Rochdale and once I was through to the local office (I was transferred quickly) they were totally switched on. They knew the Rochdale was hard, they obviously had knowledge of the volunteer, they suggested that the stoppage on the Rochdale 9 was likely to over-run a bit and the Ashton (yes they knew the alternative route) was a bit low on water. We mutually agreed to delay a week. CRT can be very good when they try.

I've just signed up. But ticked no to family members. I'm all for CRT staff improving their knowledge of the canal network, but I'm not providing a free family boat trip!!!

Don't mean to be picky but I think you mean Dave Moore. Doug Moore was another "renowned" shell builder.

Thanks Neil, good advice, which I'll follow on this occasion, only thing is I can't see myself doing this everytime I want to get out. The fact it's a No Mooring should mean I shouldn't have to do it in the first place.

Dog, not fed for a day. Leave the doors open.

Any generally accepted or recommended speed limit of 2mph only exists in the eyes of people who like to control other people because of the sense of power and importance it gives them. To any vaguely intelligent person a 2mph speed limit is utter bollocks. A reasonable speed depends entirely on the nature of the canal at that point. I don’t think you will find many boats on the Thames passing moored boats at 2mph because it is an entirely pointless waste of time. Ditto some of the huge wide deep northern canals. On some canals 2mph is too fast. A shallow drafted cruiser can pass much faster than a deep drafted narrowboat for the same degree of disturbance. The whole thing about relating it to a speed is just a massive demonstration of stupidity and ignorance. Expecting people to pass at 2mph on a wide deep canal or river is a feature of self important, controlling and entitled people.