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27 minutes ago, Orwellian said:
So what you posted was just nonsense then.
Not at all. Someone (allegedly) offered CRT £2m for something.
CRT sold something else to somebody else for £1m. The £2m person did not bid on what was actually for sale because they didn't want it.
If that doesn't demonstrate CRTs incompetence, nothing will.
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30 minutes ago, IanD said:
It's selective quoting of figures to try and support a particular viewpoint (i.e. CRT are crap) while ignoring figures that go against this.
The property market in general is always volatile, especially in 2022/23 -- lots of other property portfolios also lost money then. And of course some gained, it all depends on the portfolio -- just like pensions and other investments. Due to this volatility one single figure for one year is pretty much meaningless -- even if compared with how other similar portfolios did, which is not being done here, presumably because it might show that CART are no better or worse than any other comparable property portfolio. The only meaningful figures -- like with any other investment which has ups and downs -- is performance over a longer timespan, at least 5 years is normally used to rate performance.
Unless anyone has any actual evidence that show otherwise, as opposed to anti-CART moaning... 😉
Gosh. Thanks for explaining it so simply. I would never have worked it out otherwise.
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11 hours ago, peterboat said:
Clearly they are useless at running property as they are at running the canals
It's odd though. In 2021/22 CRT were brilliant as it gained £40m.
Is it the staff have changed (or become useless)? Or is it something to do with the property market generally?
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2 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:
I think he is referring to the BMEA requirements and probably the ISOs. I think the BSS says something about that as well. So probably not a strict legal requirement, but something that should be adhered to. If the boat is within scope of the RCD/RCR then if it was questioned I think it would be difficult to justify it as being compliant.
If Alan is referring to the BMEA or ISO, then these are optional and it is inappropriate to claim (without being more specific) that the vessel is non- compliant with the Boat Wiring requirements.
2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:As a lifeboat it would not have been built compliant with the RCD / RCR as they are not covered, however, if it was converted to a recreational boat (post 1998) is should have been surveyed and approved to the RCD requirements.
But, as with much of the waterways ................... 'should be' ............. is rarely applied.
Which of the RCD/RCR regulations (even assuming they apply) is not being met?
I think your view of best practice is being conflated with formal requirements. Again.
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10 hours ago, Allan(nb Albert) said:
The IWA position is very similar to NBTA.
Just because each group does not hold a diametrically opposed view on every possible issue doesn't support a generalised claim that their overall position is very similar.
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2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
The centre battery does have 5 cables on the negative terminal which is (at best) bad practice, and doesn't comply with the Boat Wiring specification requirements.
Which are the Boat Wiring requirements not being complied with, please?
I fear you may be conflating a view on best practice with compliance and requirements.
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2 hours ago, jacko264 said:
This is how a window frame etc looks like if this helps .
there is no other drip on this type of frame
Graham
If one pane slides past the other, there is an extra channel of course, which might be where some of the confusion lies.
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A couple of kids tipped carrier bags of water over us from above the portal of Blisworth tunnel.
A quick reverse and a leap to the bank surprised them - so they ran off leaving their bikes on the towpath.....
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Are you sure the battery showing a good voltage is the same one that serves the starter motor?
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5 hours ago, Higgs said:
If the government want the canals to rot, who am I to disagree. We pay companies £30 billion a year to be able to keep wages low. £100 million is almost chicken feed. I think companies should be levied a £300 a year social fund. There are 3 million businesses. They may not all be in England and Wales, but there should be enough. Say, 2 million x £300 a year.
Even though the figure is arbitrary, that's less than £6.00 a week. And there is a moral argument to make companies more socially responsive. £6.00 a week for their £30 billion.
Great idea. It should be called Corporation Tax
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45 minutes ago, Higgs said:
I would argue that home moorers should in time not be excluded from an evaluation, based on use. From no use, as far as private marina moorers are concerned, that never leave the marina, and, those that trawl the canals for months.
Are boats in private marinas required to have CRT licences?
If so, surely this would have been mentioned before.
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6 hours ago, magpie patrick said:
Arthur, you don't often talk rubbish but that bit about only liveaboards can CC is completely wrong. On many occasions I have made long journeys around the canal system whilst returning home to work every week - one summer Ripple went from Marple to Middlewich, then along the shroppie and onto Nottingham then to Stourport to Leigh to Anderton, back to Shardlow then to Birmingham, then Stourbridge, Froghall and Anderton again and I held down a job in Bath. To my mind, living on board holds one's cruising aspirations back.
I lived aboard to fulfill my cruising aspirations; I couldn't see another way of doing it.
One year, we completed the Lea & Stort, Middle levels, Fens, K&A to Bristol, Lancaster, Caldon, Thames to Lechlade, Chesterfield Canal, Lincoln, Rochdale Canal, Weaver, Liverpool & more all whilst working too.
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1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Yes - but they do not meet the specification for boat wiring.
That depends on what is specified, surely.
It also meets the regulatory standards for some boat wiring.
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2 minutes ago, Paul C said:
Don't remember it but is that where the number of strands; and the size of each strand, is specified? So you could identify different (for example) 4mm2 cables, one with many fine strands which will be very flexible; and one with fewer thicker strands, not quite so flexible but probably cheaper.
Yes. Its regular use predates the single core cable; 7/029 is broadly equivalent to 2.5mm2.
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3 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:
That is because in the electricians' world cable is only referred to by the conductor cross sectional area as so many mm.
No account of insulation thickness as a size is ever considered. As long as the type of insulation and its voltage rating is correct the insulation has no importance.
Is there no-one left that recalls 7/029, 3/029 and 7/049?
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Do you mean cable diameter or conductor diameter?
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2 hours ago, Rincewind said:
Agreed.
If you want to live in a society and benefit from that society then surely it is only right for you to make a financial contribution to the upkeep of that society for the good of everyone including yourself.
Even CC'rs, no matter where in the country they roam, directly benefit from the taxes most of us pay to local councils, Cost of policing, Fire & Rescue, road upkeep, rubbish removal, street lighting etc. etc. the list goes on....
When you apply for a CC license are you not declaring to the world that you no longer wish to pay your fair contribution of taxes?
Perhaps its about time CRT only granted CC licenses when the applicant provides proof (receipt) that a local council tax, or substantial cash contribution, has been paid for that financial year to a Local Authority (of the applicants choice).
Should everyone pay every type of tax every year?
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5 minutes ago, blackrose said:
I have a widebeam on a river. It's also a boat which has cruised more canals, rivers and tideways than most narrowboats.
In the last 10 years, has Blackrose travelled (by water) anywhere other than part of the Warwickshire Avon and part of the Nene?
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11 hours ago, IanD said:
My panels (2kWp) have been averaging 4.4kWh/day (2.2x rating) over the last 3 days, peak power was 1430W (0.7x rating).
Assuming same amount of sun (very likely wrong!) a 150W panel would have averaged 330Wh/day and peaked at 105W.
I can see what you mean - but I find these units confusing. It seems odd that peak power is 0.7 somethings and yet the average is 2.2 somethings.
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9 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:
Has anyone in all history ever successfully sued a surveyor?
Yes
8 hours ago, Ianws said:I'm guessing an insurer couldn't take action regarding a claim resulting from faults not covered in a dodgy survey they relied on as they wouldn't be part of the contract. Would they push it back on the boat owner, who would then find it practically impossible to sue the surveyor, or would they just accept the survey and pay out.
An insurance company would usually require liability for a survey to extend to itself - or commission the survey directly, albeit with the prospective insured footing the bill
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10 hours ago, Stroudwater1 said:
Ah don’t forget Bingley are shorter locks though-62-64 foot. I suspect Northgate are deeper than Bratch (It sure feels a long way down when ascending) but both being longer lengths at 70+ foot per lock are unlikely to have as much of a gradient I suspect.It comes back to definitions; if we are only considering flights - and it seems to be the suggestion that a staircase is not, in itself, a flight. There is a fair gap between the Bingley Three and Five so my guess is the Bratch has a steeper gradient notwithstanding its longer locks
1 hour ago, Lady M said:What about Foxton?
Indeed; it could be the record holder?
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16 minutes ago, David Mack said:
Well you can only really talk about gradient with reference to a flight of locks (not a single lock), and since there are reasonably long pounds between lock 1 and lock 2 and between lock 2 and lock 3/4 at Sowerby Bridge, the gradient of the flight must be a lot less than that at Bingley.
There is a gradient to be found between the levels below the tail gate and above the head gate even on a single lock. Presumably one would measure the gradient of a flight using equivalent points?
If you are only concerned with gradients over flights of locks, a definition of a flight would be required. But taking the Bingley Three and Five as a single and complete flight, it would be a strong contender. The three locks comprising the Bratch flight would be a serious challenger too.
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3 hours ago, Stroudwater1 said:
Isn’t the Guardian article correct, it’s the longest steepest gradient in the Uk system? (not quite 60 foot drop but within inches of it) ? Neptunes staircase being longer provides a less steep gradient?
Mmm. I think you need to set some rules before deciding which is the longest or steepest gradient. Tuel Lane has a steeper gradient and plenty of flights are longer, depending on where you view the start and finish.
Bingley might be the longest-and-steepest (together) given favourable definitions.
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2 hours ago, Martin Nicholas said:
Engineer is a much abused term in this country. You can tell if you have employed an engineer as the hourly rate will be in the low hundreds of pounds. You want a technician.
There's another way to tell the difference; an engineer hits it with a ball pein hammer whereas a tradesman uses a claw hammer.
More C&RT Dishonesty?
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But if you were included on the management, there would be £10s of millions of additional revenue each year.