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Well I had a GRP boat, a Shetland. That had an outboard and a red petrol container, two in fact, that were stored in a cubby under the cockpit floor. that passed two BSS checks whilst it was in my ownership. They were proper red, plastic petrol tanks so whether they were sealed against any leakage or whatever I do not know.

I had a 3 way fridge on my narrowboat. Mine was gas connected if I remember rightly. It was along time ago and I no longer have that boat so I cannot remember any details.

But both are as dead as doornails these days. I lived there for 30 odd years until I moved back to Wales in 2021 (bad move but that's another story) and had a couple of boats moored in Goole marina. The magnificent thing about living in that area was that York, the finest medieval city in the UK in my opinion although stupidly expensive, was within striking distance although all the decent shops have gone from there as well now.

By the time you have decided on which one to buy you might as well buy a new telly with integrated DVD player, what you want is not a whole lot less than a new telly. Plenty on Amazon both 12 volt and 240 volt. Buying a separate DVD player means separate power requirements.

I had a 30 foot trad stern narrowboat that could accomodate 4. It had a convertable double in the front cabin and a couch affair in the galley that converted into a bunk. I wouldn't have lived in it to be honest but then I wouldn't live on any narrow or wide beam boat, I'm afraid I like my bricks and mortar way too much but it just shows what can be achieved.

I didn't say it was ffs. Keep your hair on whats left of it. Good grief people come on here for advice and then when they get it they get all manky. Or some of the older posters, some even who used to be nice guys. get their knickers in a twist. No wonder there are only regulars on here. I was remarking on that picture FFS, READ.

Not sure if this is relevant but that fire will cause a lot of moisture in the inside of the boat which might have contributed somewhat to that warping.

Hi all Happy New Year. Most of you have probably seen this but it's the first time I have seen it. Very interesting documentary.

Nice little boat that Mike. I wonder where she is now. Merry Christmas to you and yours and a Happy New Year.

Micfrosoft Defender, which is part of windows, is absolutely fine. at least the Windows 10 and 11 versions are. Absolutely no need to pay for anti virus these days and mcaffee is a rubbish one anyway.

Looks like a lot of corrosion on the engine especially the heat exchanger. Newly painted engine bilge area as well otherwise it looks quite good. Springers do have a reputation so I would be checking it out very very carefully. I would also get a cassette toilet as well as a standby because if you are frozen in your pump out will get full very quickly especially with teenage children.

Well it doesn't look to be very pretty now. Whoever owns it now, and I'm sure someone must own it, should be ashamed of themselves.

As far as bats are concerned wherever they are is fine by me as long as it's not in my loft. If I ever find the stinking things in my loft area they will be got rid of and any entry holes blocked up regardless of any tree hugging laws. Dirty stinking flying rodents.

I bought a set of Stroton cobalt 3 step bits from Amazon to drill stainless steel. They aint cheap but neither are DeWalt or Bosch etc. Dewalts wouldn't touch my stainless. These Stroton bits don't last that long but neither does the known brands. The Stroton bits have a mini drill bit on the end, hence the 3 step tag I assume, although you do still need to center punch. https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/STROTON/主页/page/997CEDA1-485F-46C4-B362-AAA182A7E2B9

There seems to be only two dealers in the UK, it is a German product. One dealer RoadPro LTD, Stevenson Close, Drayton Fields, Daventory, NN11 8RF. Phone 01327 300 352. LCS Motorhomes, Canal House 24,The Wharf Preston Brook, Cheshire. Phone 0330 330 8125. Not enough info to help any more I'm afraid as it could be anything within the dish or signal feed system including the set top box.

You are correct about the number of anodes. I have read, I think on here somewhere, That anodes only protect up to around 3 feet either side. So on a 70 foot boat that really is woefully inadequate. BUT putting anodes down the side means that they would stick out from the hull and could cause a hangup danger in a lock for instance. That is why, generally, anodes are fitted beyond the bend at the front and back of the boat.

This is so true. I came off the waterways nearly four years ago now because I got fed up with angry fishermen, angry cyclists, angry boaters, and even angry and intolerant people on this very forum. But as Naughty Cal has said it's the way of the world at the moment.

Thgat applies to a significant number of people on this forum as well IMO.

The Selby canal doesn't have many locks, two, and the one at the River ouse end is operated by paid lockies, or it was when I was on it. But as said the Air and Calder is good long canal with plenty of space width wise for turning and good access to the rest of the system as long as you don't mind big boats and gin palaces racing up and down.

Hi rmo yes it is now working for me on Win11. Thanks.

Sorry rmo I logged out and didn't come back. Yes those two sites I originally checked are now showing this site as up. I don't have a Win 11 computer set up at the moment as I changed the one I couldn't access this site with back to Win10. I'll re-install it in a bit and let you know.

Okay it's obviously not down. I am using https but I get no error codes. My phone is connected to the same network although my phone wifi is off. Funny that those two websites I used say it is down for everyone. Anyway thanks everyone.

I don't seem to be able to access this site on my Win11 computer I just get the spinny thing, all other web sites I use work. If I use a Win10 machine (I have two) the site appears to be okay. If I look up the website www.canalworld.net on "www.isitdownrightnow.com" and on "www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com" they both tell me the server is down for everyone. Now if this site is down obviously I wont expect a reply but if it is working I would appreciate a reply to this post and if anyone has any idea why it works on my Win10 computers but not on my Win11 computer. Cheers

I reckon that if this bunch of cowboys that are running this country cannot fund things like the NHS etc I hardly think they are going to lash out funds for the waterways. I also do not think that whoever takes over from them will do any better. I believe that the canals, at least, would have been sold off to developers a long time ago it it wasn't for the thousands who are living on the canals who cannot just be chucked off because there is nowhere for them to go although having said that this bunch of cowboys don't seem to have any trouble housing umpteen thousand illegal immigrants.