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Absolute joy to get out at last today, first time this year, even having to cancel our traditional Christmas cruise due to care issues. We even set off in the dark last night, just because we could.

It’s my boat. The silencer is welded at the edges. There is no drain hole. The clamps don’t leak exhaust gasses. The silencer is in the engine bay. A top technician from Autoterm visited the installation as the heaters were in their infancy in 2019. He was complimentary about the standard. The boat safety inspector inspected the installation at the last safety check and was very happy. I’ve never seen a narrowboat with the silencer mounted externally either. We run the heater everyday and I there is no exhaust leaking from anywhere except outside the skin fitting. The boats diesel engine silencer is in the same engine bay space so you suggest this silencer is moved to the outside of the boat too? So, it’s probably best to mind your own business and concentrate on your own boat (if you have one!)

Looks like it comes with its own pot of gold!

Hello all I hope this is ok? I’m a small time YouTuber on canal restoration. A few weekends ago I helped on a dig with KESCRG on Westfield lock on the eastern end of the missing mile. This involved digging things out mainly. Here is my video on it, I hope you enjoy https://youtu.be/HGxubEXzm4w This is what it was like at the beginning of the year when I was filming down there previously. https://youtu.be/M_D71X0mwLI I’ve also been there this weekend for another dig (not volunteering this time just filming) and will be there again in 2 weeks helping again with KESCRG

How about making it really difficult and spotting a CWF boater who is happy?

What does DNA stand for? . . . National Dyslexic association. Last time I told that joke on here, someone came and started explaining no, it should be NDA....

Depends on the boat club. In my case, I didn't meet any official from the club until after I joined and was offered a mooring. Even after a year there I hadn't met the commodore....and his boat was the next one up the mooring to mine! Like most moorings, there were a number of boats that never move and who's owners are practically never seen.

I don't like the idea, not because I'm against the concept specifically but more because this place lives or dies on discussion and even though it can be frustrating for the old hands to see the same topics raised time and time again the forum needs new members and that's how new members get involved, by asking questions. And I have a real soft spot for the forum and we need new involved members

I gave up posting advice on anything as I realised I don't know anything.

There is no issue with discharging Li below zero. Down to about -20 anyway, and you are never going to get below that. The internal resistance will be a bit higher at low temperatures and this will cause a bit of heat to be produced which will raise the battery temperature a few degrees under fairly heavy load.

As modern log burning stoves all seem to cost upwards of £1000, I can't see users giving them up willingly.

There’s a few criteria for notices, can’t remember them all but think its categories like Closures, Events, Notices, something like that. Perhaps if a CRT office bod wrongly categorises the mail and you don’t have all the options selected? Or sometimes my spam filter takes exception to the odd one, especially if they dump a load at once. Think i’m signed up for Oxford, Coventry, T&M as most likely routes at minute for us, and Hudds Narrow because its down the road and i’m nosey I’m not sure if i got the notice or not, but surely if it was in your cruising plans you’d check the stoppage map as well? Also i’m sure there will be someone who’ll ignore everything on purpose and plead ignorance for an overstay on a convenient mooring.

That's worth knowing. Agreed. Perfectionism or fussiness should be avoided though.

Or even, the pro-Brexit posts in the Brexit threads!

One problem seems to be is that if say, a 58foot mooring is advertised, and a 45 foot boat bids and takes the mooring, this then becomes a 45 foot mooring on the next sale of mooring. Lots of evidence of this in case anyone thinks I'm making CRT stuff up to be more interesting.😀 In fact, their own website shows pictures of this in the flesh.

Obviously it is C&RT's fault they are short of money, they should have diverted some of their lock-gate manufacturing workers over to making facemasks.

Oh dear, it's not a good advert for the standard opf local paper reporting. But worth it for the word "shuggle".

I think old Listers suffer from a cracked fuel pipe behind one of the covers on the side. This gobs fuel out which drains into the sump and over-fills it. Or something along those lines. Someone smarter than me will be along to explain properly I expect...