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Procast near retford made me an angled collar some years ago for my convex roof. https://www.procastnotts.com/product-category/chimneys/

When we held the ECP&DA Rally at Langley Mill at the end of May CRT provided us with a Biffa Bin. We asked for one to Recycle plastics etc. and were told that it is all sorted at the depot. When the bin was delivered it was plastered with Recyle Here stickers which the driver promptly ripped off and replaced with General Waste. Not sure I believe anything CRT tell us any more.

Lots of boats all day just below Aston marina on the T&M. We found a good spot under a very large tree yesterday and staying until Wednesday.

I borrowed a set of electrician's telescopic rods that they use to pull cable through between floors etc. Panels at front of boat, cables fed through a roof gland and then pulled them to the rear of boat using the rods inside the roof void. I had to drill a hole through the rear steel bulkhead to get the rods in and the cable out into the back cabin. But quite a tidy result.

I have a boat with a Beta engine. My rev counter and hour counter packed up about five years ago. The rev counter has since started working but not the hour counter. No amount of wire checking has resurrected the hour counter so I bought an engine hours counter off Ebay and wired it to the ignition switch.

About 7 years ago i saw a 11/12ft widebeam with a dinghy lashed to the side running an outboard for propulsion on the River Lee, Very slow progress, but it moved and got him along. Not sure about stopping ability.

We had a share in one of their boats, they are a decent quality build, at least ours was. If you are thinking of buying a share, a lot depends on the rest of the syndicate. We were very disappointed in that respect. Most treated it like a hire boat, no respect for it at all. It needed a complete repaint before it was four years old. Maintenance fees are what needs to be looked at closely and scrutinised before the AGM to question any anomolies. Good luck.

Basically as Old Goat said, pump it out, rinse well and pump out again. We removed ours for the same reason a few weeks ago, top rotting away. Ours had an inspection hatch so we removed and tried to remove the last couple of inches with the pump out pipe but to no avail so we resorted to ladling into a bucket and tipped down the local Elsan. Not a nice job, but emptied and taken out in a day. I was surprised how heavy it was for its size, 6'6" X 1'6" X 1' It was also a pig to remove because the bedroom/ bathroom bulkhead had been fitted after the tank was installed, so I had to cut some bulkhead away in order to be able to lift the tank to drag it back into the bedroom. i gaffer taped all the holes.It was too tall to stand up except under the side hatch where the roof section lifts up. It was a very tight fit but eventually came out through the side hatch. I took the tank to the local scrap yard, I didn't ask for payment. Dropped it and got out quick before they could change their mind.

Aston locks are closed until 17 June, and as of yesterday the locks at Saltley Cut are also closed due to the state of the building by the first lock. So from the city centre to Salford Junction you will have to go main line, Ryder's Green locks, Tame Valley and then down Perry Barr locks. That's 13 miles further round but 3 less locks to do. Once through the Minworth locks a good overnight stop is the Boat PH, or any where beyond that point. Plenty of opportunities to exercise the dog etc. Edited for fat fingers typo.

If you go to www.canalplan.org.uk then select 'plan a route' from the left menu, then click on 'route editor' scroll to the bottom of the page and select 'cruising ring'. This will give you all the cruising ring options to peruse.

Thanks guys for your prompt answers. You have explained it very well, me and electrics are on different planets so it's good to have advice from people that know what they're talking about. The fact that most available switches were low rated sort of suggested to me that it probably wasn't relative to battery bank size. Thanks again guys.

I have a problem with my leisure battery isolation switch, in that it it is very temperamental, it can take several attempts to make connection. I cannot see anything wrong with it, no debris between contacts etc. However, I am confused about what rating to buy as a replacement. I currently have Three leisure batteries, a total of 330 amps, I may add another 115 amp in the near future. Switches seem to be rated at 100 amp, 110 amp, 180 amp, 250 amp all continuous rating, or. 350 amp intermittent. Help, totally. infused as to what to buy as a replacement.