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Interesting comments above (and welcome back Dr B!). I've fairly recently returned to CWDF after really quite a long time away. I don't find it particularly lacking in participants, even allowing for the fact that the political stuff is getting diverted somewhere that I largely dot have to see it - a major improvement in my view. I am discouraged however to see some have retuned who seem to think it more important to make the last derogatory post in a thread than to actually address topics about boats, canals and rivers. But the "noise" is still very much secondary to the genuine, and often very interesting content. Long may it remain so.

Yarrkshirre if CRT has it's way...

But how do you find the cat?

Surely in Wales they would be Corgie rather then Dinky

This boat has a cat aboard who is well travelled https://oleanna.co.uk/

When we initially did this the conversation we had with our designer( we had help from a boat designer ) at the time was about making a wide beam and so we agreed that we would make this however, looking back we should have stuck with a narrow boat rather than the wide beam size as most canals are more designed for a narrow boat rather than a wide beam I think if and when we do another one it will be more narrowboat etc size

I have always regarded Hollingworth Lake as an inland mini Blackpool! The closest point on the canal is Smithy Bridge.

If I understand the question correctly then unusually I have to disagree with Eeyore. If the inverter output is not already tied to earth (ie it’s floating), there is no live or neutral. Whichever is connected to earth becomes the neutral, the other one being the live.

Why? It seems informative and has engendered discussion. If he had put a link to a selling website then I could understand, but he has simply put an invitation to ask him more questions and an ordinary email address to allow this. I think it gets fed into a large shredding machine and the results are pelleted for reuse. Definitely much more recyclable than GRP, and arguably recyclable with lower energy inputs than steel/aluminium.

If the OP doesn't already have a petrol outboard then (depending on the charging arrangements) I think the best move would be to remove the engine and replace it with a battery bank, this would at least partly solve the ballast issue and give a much greater range - thus removing the need for a back up petrol outboard. This all assumes the batteries can be charged on board when the boat is not in use.

Not necessarily. Some of them might get sucked away down the wires to a different house. Probably, but you'd have to look really closely to read them....

Today’s Update: Looks like priority has been given to Canal traffic.

15 tonnes of Lithium batteries? It could make quite a good rapid recharge station for passing electric boats. Cover in solar and fill it with batteries. People could plug in for an hour or two to top up their cruising range.

This will be an electric boat I think.

I've encountered bras like that.

How about when the whole boat lifts up as it goes over the obligatory washing machine on the Rochdale creating a significant point load.

Lark in a very unusual place for a narrowboat. @Captain Pegg this is the mark to beat on the Challenge I think! 😀 (only shallow-drafted boats need apply)

A rufff update! He is doing really well and has taken to boat life. Defo lives up to his name! Was no bother on our first jaunt out on the cut. Doing great with his training overall. He doesn’t like travelling in cars gets a bit sicky, but he will get there!

How did you climb the lamp posts?

Good morning rgreg (and Graham) Thank you so much - that's exactly what I needed to know. It's extremely kind of you to help me out so quickly. Kind regards Chris

Given that mains electricity is alternating current, I suspect the same electrons in the cables within your house simply shuffle backwards and forwards very quickly. This means that everyone's electricity is the same as when the supply was first connected to their house; sourced from high sulphur coal in most cases...

Will epoxy stick to it? Just asking for a friend 👍

Clogs are/were found all over the place, not just Holland.

Stock-pile. It was all part of the EU plan that each country had to take a minimum number (millions) of road cones each year to keep the road cone manufacturers in business (a bit like the butter mountains and the wine lakes). Being a relatively small landmass our storage areas were soon filled and the only place left to store the road cones was on the roads. Hope that answers your question.

Well I suggest you either protest, threaten to move out, move out, or both, all everything. Tell you what, I wont post any more on here so you can plan ahead and not waste any more time multi answering my posts. If I think of something else useful, I may post again. 👍

Which allows them to impose all sorts of conditions and requirements on the owners with out having to bare the financial consequences. As they are not an elected body like the government this is unfair. The total loss of that bridge would have been of no consequence to the vast majority of the population.

No you wouldn't. You need to rate the shunt for the maximum current it is going to see, not the battery bank AH capacity. What size inverter do you have? That will be the biggest current draw. Add in extra current for lights, pumps, 12V fridges and the like. Get a shunt in excess of that. A 3000VA inverter, for example, could draw 250A to 300A, or more from the batteries, if it will support short term extra power supply. For most boats, a 500A shunt should suffice.