Chewbacka

Based on rough information they can give a vague estimate, but to give a quote they need to know exactly what you want. eg who provides the crane at each end, where are you loading/unloading the boat, is there an access charge to use the wharf etc. etc.

If thinking of where along the length of the pipe to put the gulper, it's best to ensure the pipe from the shower to the gulper is longer than the pipe from the gulper to the discharge port. That way when the water that remains in the pipe from the gulper to the discharge port drains back it will stay in the pipe to the shower rather than coming up the waste into the shower tray.

I would assume that a reputable insurance company would only question competence if the collision was caused by being incompetent in causing the collision etc. Then demonstrating competence is going to be difficult if the helmsman clearly wasn’t. Same as doing gas work yourself, competence will only be investigated if something goes badly wrong.

That’s easy, if there isn’t a claim they must be competent, but if there is a claim, be prepared to present evidence of competence if circumstances of the claim indicates they weren’t……

Options 1. Do it now and have a BSS cert dated from the test date 2. Do it within the 2 months before you go - which may not be possible 3. Ask CRT and they will - A). Say it’s ok to be a bit late, but probably they won’t as the rules are clear B). Say it is definitely not ok. In which case it’s either option 1) or ignore CRT instruction. Not wise. 4. Say nothing, do it as soon as you return. If CRT notice which I doubt, say ‘very sorry, I tested as soon as I realised I was late’. I know which I would do as it’s always better to say sorry than try to explain why you disobeyed an instruction. But if you don’t like being a bit naughty, or worrying about insurance, upsetting CRT etc then it’s option 1.

The person living in a house on the side of the canal with a smoky boat just a few feet from their doors and windows has a ‘right’ to breath clean air. Unfortunately in an overcrowded environment one persons ‘freedoms’ forces another to suffer. That’s why boats were included, too many selfish people enforcing their rights without regard to the consequences to others.

Lovely job, surprised the customer didn’t black the entire length given it was out of the water.

You would still need to sense battery voltage as well. My thinking being that if there is lots of sun and the charging current is high then you don’t want it to switch on the immersion heater as the batteries are charging, however as the batteries become charged the current will fall and that’s when you want the immersion heater on. BUT the current would also fall even if the batteries are nowhere near charged if the sun stops shining - clouds, night etc. and you wouldn’t want the immersion heater on. So you need a high battery voltage AND low charging current.

It’s what I do, the main benefit for me is I can get plenty of water in less than 20mins on a busy water point. Don’t thing it’s good manners to stay much longer than that when others are queuing.

The exhaust gets very hot, so do make sure there is plenty of clearance to heat sensitive items. Also the exhaust needs to go higher than the exhaust outlet before coming down to it to keep the rain out of the sealed exhaust system. So whilst the exhaust looks very long on the table in the boat I only just had enough.

I had a low profile tray because I could just fit the shower door between the low tray and the roof. Never had a problem with it overflowing.

Maybe wood burners (areas without flames) are cooler than coal boilers?

A lot of vinyl is quite heavy, so can double up as ballast……

To avoid the flashing problem, stop crimping when the dies are a mm or two apart, open the dies, rotate the crimp in the dies by a flat then complete the crimp. Works for me.

Exactly, it goes via the earth.