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And if BW had had the sense just to increase licence fees all round to take into account that everyone, even Higgs, has to moor somewhere, rather than penalising home moorers alone, they could have cut collection costs in half, scrapped half the bureaucracy, and CRT would have a lot more money and we'd all be paying the same.

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As one of those young whippersnapper new liveaboards people love to moan about, I'd say we've done pretty OK over the last 90 days...

And best of all, mebbe we'd have fewer of Higgs' half-baked arguments about it! On reflection, probably not.

Unusual for a relatively young boat to be surveyed every 4 years. The Boat Safely Certificate requires an inspection every 4 years. Could this be what is being termed a survey? The BSS is aimed at ensuring that a boat has safe gas and electricity on board so that it doesn't blow up and take out other boats. It is nothing to do with hull thickness etc.

Use the search box to find the numerous threads on exactly this subject. The main problems are the onerous extra requirements if you plan to let your tenant go out cruising, along with what you do if when you want the boat back, it is nowhere to be found. Possibly lifted out and cut up for scrap while you are away! In summary, don't do it.

4 days up and 4 days back is very compressed for a delightful waterway.

Nah. You put the bread on the gunwales and the swans come and eat it and the algae ...

On this day in 2022 HNC ,Springwood Railway Viaduct, Longroyd Lock No 4E Compare 23Apr2022

I take it you made the most of the 14 day stays and were only actually cruising for 4 or 5 'fairly easy' days. You've certainly done enough to be a CCer. No moaning here !

Moored by mailbox in march for four days shared me breakfast with Street people each morning no drama

Generally the folk by the cut with assorted substance and mental health issues are lovely.

I know very little about phones but understand that swollen lithium batteries are dangerous if left on charge and the cause of many fires. As Bizzard says they are easy enough to replace if you google them. It’s just not worth the risk

Your going to sell up and live on this dream boat, can I ask your age and how much your prepared to spend on this dream boat? How much do think this dream boat will cost you with your quirky ideas?

Welcome, a lot of ideas and a lot of re-inventing the wheel???? To save all the expense and time. why not just buy a standard Narrowboat and do all the inland waterways and when you’ve done all you want of that, sell it and buy a coastal cruiser and do coastal waters? This would save you a lot of time and probably a lot of money with the type of boat your dreaming of building.

The days in the advertised schedule are pretty much the only dates when the tides work for a crossing. We had a problem when last there (a couple of years back) when our crossing was cancelled the day before as key staff had Covid. We were only offered the next available date by which it was meant one that had not already been advertised and booked - that is, we went to the back of the Q. When I last looked, CaRT were unable to change the tides to suit our convenience!

When we were there we did struggle a bit to find marina space, there are not many marinas on the Lancaster. We did get into Barton Grange in the end, but it is the only time anywhere on the system I have not easily found a short term mooring in a marina. I would enquire about the mooring as soon as you can. I think only you can make the decision on the crossing and the boats capability, but only being able to do 3mph on the Severn I would say puts very much at the low end, as you are pushing the tide for much of the trip with say 30 mins in the middle at slack water. Have you watched some of the YouTube videos on the Ribble link, here is a selection if you have not, there are many more. Bear in mind lots of the YouTube stuff is very sensationalist as that is good for views, and add revenue!

Darnford moors is finally open! Robbie Cumming features in the opening, a lovely chap and it was a pleasure to meet him.