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Varies widely according to the canal and even the bit of the canal. But surely if you are content to chug along at 2mph, you are not on a schedule. So why not pull in to the towpath side and stop to let the other boat pass? It’s only going to add a minute to your journey time, whilst saving the boater behind potentially hours of frustration. It’s all about being considerate to other people. So let’s have less virtue in going slowly, and more virtue in being considerate.

Because they were made aware of it and could have it fixed, if not it would have gotten worse. Dear anyone who has been watching or listening to my ongoing drone about my deposit... I've been quiet because things have been happening behind the scenes. You will all be glad to know that the saga is now over, with me being in receipt of a full refund as it happens, which I wasn't expecting so fair play to them. The moral of this story is if you think you are in the right, both legally and morally, don't be afraid to fight your corner. Even if you fail at least you know you did your best. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions as well, very much appreciated. 😊

It always rains on a Bank Holiday so why don’t the government simply give us more Bank Holidays? a week of them bunched together might help? a month of them back to back would be perfect. I’m sure it’s pissed down every bank holiday so far this year, if I were a gambling man I’d bet on rain this coming Bank Holiday.

Ah. The obvious explanation, with the Earth being flat and all, is that the water's gone over the edge.

Not as nice as the op in my opinion

That would only be relevant if CCers were moving their boats purely to satisfy the requirement of their licence conditions. Since everyone with a CC licence assures us that's not the case, and they're cruising around the system as a lifestyle choice rather than to exploit a loophole in the licencing system, it wouldn't make a difference...

It's odd when those who believe no one should be in any sort of hurry have insufficient spare time themselves, to permit a boat to pass.

The problem, as has been commented above by @nicknorman, is that not everyone has the complete flexibility to do that. If you have a fixed number of days to complete the journey to a set point, be that a hire trip or moving a boat to a mooring, you can’t afford to slip a couple of hours a day. Even if you build in contingency, you can only add so much. That means in the end that you have no choice but to run longer hours to keep on track. Overall I don’t mind doing that, and it usually starts to get much quieter after 4pm which gives a good few hours, but given the choice I would prefer to work efficiently and tie up at 7pm than follow someone working inefficiently and tie up at 9pm (or stop and wait for everyone else to finish and work through until midnight). I have noticed post-Covid the same mentality creeping in on some roads. A perfectly sensible, reasonably wide A-road with a 60 limit will now often have someone pootling down it not quite reaching 40. Individually they may only be doing 10 miles or so but if you catch a succession of them then your 1hr journey can often become 1hr20. If that’s each way on your daily commute, and the extra time drags you into a busy traffic period, you suddenly find 5hrs of your week are disappearing into sitting behind people. I sometimes find myself contemplating that, if they want to do 15mph less than me, would it be equally reasonable for me to sit in front of them at 15mph less than they want to do, ie 25? I then think life’s too short… Yes, roads are more often a necessity and canals a pleasure, but you could transpose the above driving behaviour onto waterways and locks. In the end some users do need to get somewhere on both. Alec

In a rush, no. But moving quickly and efficiently is a very different thing. Some boaters are into bird watching, some in visiting pubs, some in lockside chats ..... My main interest is the skill of boating, skills that can gained and improved no matter how long you've been at it. I would get edgy if I found myself behind someone who went incredibly slowly, but there's not a lot of point in trying to make them speed up. I would also hesitate to try to give advice - it may not be appreciated.

Here’s the details. Description and photos, looks a nice little boat for weekends and holidays, seating converts bed,may not suit everyone 🤔

I bought a motorbike (only 125cc) when I had a midlife crisis at 40. Had to sell it as I, quite literally, toppled over twice going round corners too slowly. The first time was riding the bike back from the dealership. My husband (a high-powered bike rider) was not impressed. 🙄

The boat doesn't have a licence number displayed, nor from the photos, a name (although that could easily be painted over by a thief).The front door doesn't look green in that photo, although that's what the OP says. Are there other changes to the boat's appearance since those photos? Where exactly on the Regents did it disappear from? Which direction was it facing (although at 38ft long there are many places where it could be turned)? When was the last time you saw it - presumably some time on Sunday 10th, but early or late in the day? Can any of your boat neighbours confirm that it was still there later than when you last saw it? Did any of them see it being moved? Can you confirm that the boat has a current CRT licence (and Boat Safety Certificate and insurance)? @horselover1999, You will have observed that this forum gets quick (if not always helpful) responses. You will also note a degree of scepticism about 'boat stolen' posts. So if you want help from here, it is very much in your interest to come back regularly with responses to questions and updates on your search (e.g. which lengths of towpath you have cycled). But if you don't come back or are evasive in your responses, people may assume the situation is not quite as you have described it, and that will impact on their willingness to help.

So they (CRT) controlled the weather with chem trails to create the drought to coincide with the licence review

'Traditional' narrow boats do have a flat bottom all the way to the stem post. The upswept baseplate is a recent introduction, done mainly so that you don't need to add triangles to the bottom of the side plating as they curve round towards the stem post. All done for cheaper/easier fabrication, and nothing to do with efficient hull design.

A bicycle is good for this. Facebook London boaters and River Thames Boaters. Also tell the CRT. I doubt it is far away and a bike ride in one direction is 50/50 likely to find it. I would go Paddington arm first as that is more remote and somewhere a bad actor would be able to do something more easily like repaint it. Unlikely to have come off CRT water as it is not possible to get out of Limehouse or Brentford other than by booking passage using your CRT licensing account. It will be on the GU or river Lea navigation. . As a backup I would also contact P&S marine in Watford as they handle a lot of road transport jobs. Outside chance if organised that it could have been put on a truck. I am not sure how arduously the boatyard check ownership. I recovered a narrowboat on the Thames recently which had been taken away without owner knowing. It turned out to be his ex. She had broken in and driven it a few locks down the River and he did have the keys so it was technically a theft but a domestic not a random. He clearly had no idea where it was. The successful recovery was facilitated by facebook Thames Boaters. Lots of people do go on fb so it is quite a handy tool. I am blocked from fb London Boaters due to my anti NBTA position so I can not place content on there. Someone else may be able to. It's a big group with a lot of followers.

Theones that really p**s me off are the ones who come up behind you when passing moored boats, or fisherman - when I speed up at the end they disappear back into the distance, until come the next lot of moored boats when they’re right behind me again - they’re actually cruising at a lower speed than me, but since they’re not slowing for moored boats their mean speed would be higher than mine.

You can let someone past almost anywhere if you want to. Just throttle right down and pull over to a stop if necessary, if you push the bow bankwards it will get you sucked back roughly into the middle again. Or as Nick suggests moor up for a minute. It’s been interesting reading some posters here who’s “canal time” has got to the point where they don’t appreciate others do have a schedule and do need to get somewhere at a point sooner than the poster recognises. One persons good speed is another persons too slow. Just let them past.

Give it up immediately. Stop for a cuppa or lunch or something. Life is too short to let tossers like this get under your skin.

My reply was always " it's half past three" I could never hear them properly without my hearing aids in.

I have to say I find it very irritating when supercilious people say “Oooh you mustn’t rush on the canals!”. It is a very selfish attitude put about by “holier than thou” people. First of all, wanting to make reasonable progress, as opposed to taking every opportunity to waste time and be inefficient, isn’t rushing. It is being expeditious and not pissing about incompetently, virtue signalling about how clever they are not to have any commitments. Secondly sometimes people don’t have the benefit of having absolutely nothing to worry about other than how much time they can waste whilst waiting to die of old age. People have reasons to be at certain places at certain time. Hire boat returns. Getting to the shops /pub before closing. Meeting relatives off a train. Suddenly being told that a relative has been taken ill and needing to get back. Many and numerous reasons why people have a schedule. So anyone who thinks that no-one should ever need to be on a schedule is thoughtless and stupid.

IanD has explained it properly. I can only add that intuitively I doubt the design would make any discernable difference to fuel consumption at the speeds most canal boats travel. It sometimes makes me laugh when I hear things described as ECO this or that, because most of the time it's just people wanting to make themselves feel good while at the same time indulging in copious consumption. Like when Kevin McCloud describes a huge project on Grand Designs as an "Eco-house" because it's well insulated and has some special windows that reduce heat loss. He completely ignores the embedded energy & emissions required to build an enormous building and that it's completely unsustainable for 2 people or a small family to live in a building of that size. Likewise, if you want an "Eco-boat" don't commission a special design. The best thing you can do is buy a second hand boat that's already been built.

I am eighteen Months into my rebuild from shell up, I got the boat from CRT as a wreck. my pictures will not spin.

Interiors sell boats not eco credentials

Daventry Reservoir at the moment. If this is all a conspiracy 'they' aren't very good at it. Looks very like a chronic water shortage to me.

This week I moored by Rugby golf course and saw the crest of an umbrella peeping above an accommodation bridge that goes nowhere. I couldn't resist a quick nosey and I saw some enterprising person had erected the golf umbrella above their tent, presumably to create a little artificial shade to minimise morning discomfort in this hot spell.

I was thinking about chemtrails this morning as I boated along under almost full cloud. If the "cloud seeding" branch of the conspiracy theory (other branches are available) was true then now would be a good time to show it working and demonstrate the benefits. Or perhaps it's a cunning plan by "them" (whoever they are) to make us think it's not really happening.

And the paint shops which have bookings but no customer boats to paint

The sounds vs light time delay was even more weird to witness when standing there. Granddaughter (age 9) had expected flames . Probably also an expectation influenced by Hollywood .

With the drought continuing and CaRT closing canals and rivers left and right, I thought, "what does my boat really need right now? I know, it really needs a brolly holder, so I don't get wet steering in the incessant rain we aren't getting." Similar to the commercial ones, but uses the tiller pin to hold the brolly vertical. 40mm waste pipe, which fits nicely over my brass tiller extension. A solvent weld T, which needed relieving a little inside with a 38mm holesaw to fit over the tiller. Posed with a too small brolly. I will need to get a taller one so I am not crouching. The new brolly I'll be shopping for will need a smaller diameter handle to fit in another length of 40mm waste pipe to be welded in to the T. Not quite there yet, but encouraging progress. Looks neat too.

I think he’s been living there for some years, so probably has seen 4,000 or more tides to gauge the height at the right time. See the Chris Witts video about Maisemoor weir. He mentions the levels are low.

I recently came across a builder trying to build a spiritual sibling to the ECO-Hull bow, though it ends up looking more like the bow from Batillus class french supertankers of the 70's. Floating Ohm is pushing a hull design with an elliptical bow, and a combo stern mixing elements of typical vertical wall rear swim and a slipper swim (sorta conceptually similar to bulbous skegs on modern cargo ships to enclose the shaft). The argument there is a thinner rear swim that can only accommodate an electric motor and not a diesel engine makes for cleaner inputs to the propeller. https://www.floatingohm.co.uk/ They have a video explaining some of the design choices. Notable is a schilling rudder with top and bottom endplates, which they use to great effect demonstrating maneuverability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKET-R8_Y9M The slipper stern bits make me suspicious of squat though. The elliptical bow does seem to be one evolutionary branch in the pursuit of efficiency and maximum volume however. Though if the goal was minimum wake, something like this psuedo-catamaran M form bow that's basically a wake eater design is amusing. https://patents.google.com/patent/EP3335976A1/en?assignee=naviform&oq=naviform Though that does bring up the interesting question, can squat be fought off with some kind of trim tab or hydrofoil, or even a simple downward angle of prop shaft? If the primary goals are improved hydrodynamic efficiency, with secondary goals of wake reduction and bottom disturbance, would extending the baseplate all the way to rudder cup fight squat and bottom disturbance?

Strange name for a bridge - does it have a lot of graffiti or something to make it 'jazzy' ?

I’m tempted to shout back - Tie your boat up properly. See so many with no springs out and the ropes they have tied up with look like washing lines, so their boat can move several feet before the rope becomes taught.

Obligatory pic of Tixall Wide

I think you will find it is down to an lack of rain since the middle of February actually.

For a leisure boat the rads would be fine, but like you say there's nothing like having some sort of stove. Might be easier to install some sort of wall mounted stove like a Dickinson. You can have a proper poke around the boat here https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=Xo9eKBj35ye&brand=0

It does look like a nice boat. The crossbed can be a bit of a pain. Many need some degree of preparation each night. Having a fixed double where you can just lie down when you fancy with all the bed made is very nice to have. We were told cross bedded boats tend to be slower to sell? It looks like it’s turning circle is impaired at Hawkesbury junction but that’s probably a user determined scenario .

Illegal.