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I was once given the specifications to construct and to operate a hot water shower for off shore cruising. Given to me by a very experienced off shore solo sailor, so he was a bit odd anyway. A design that was evidently well proven by numbers in the offshore cruising community. Start with an empty 1 litre plastic milk bottle. Drill a 5/32 hole in the middle of the screw cap, the diameter was evidently crucial. To use boil a cup of water. (or was it half a cup? can't remember) Top off with cold water. (I don't know why you just did not heat 1litre of water to the correct temperature) Squirt half the contents with soap around targetted areas of the body. Squirt the remainder to rinse off the soap. So a 300l tank should be able to shower 300 people. Never tried it though. Only had a metric drill set.

And what happens when all this happens on a bend? Is their a bent bernoulli bypass theorem, or bent bernoulli bang?

All three of the grey water discharges in our boat got blocked at some stage. The previous owner left us with his tame bit of multistrand that he used for this task. A hell of a fiddle. But we found that the hand pump he used for extracting stray water from the bilges very effective, with the bottom immersed in the canal, and the outer hose pushed hard against the hull penetration. Then pump, about 5 strokes was all that was needed. Trying to keep your face clear. Al sorts of crud would then appear in the hand basin/ sink and then drain much more freely back out.

First of all. What sort of narrowboating are you intending? Live aboard, all year, or all summer? Or all summer holiday plus short breaks all year? This influences heating choices and clothes washing options. Is access to the entire network important to you? This sets up maximum craft dimensions. For how many years? By yourself, two of you, or at times a whole group? As a couple we found a 2 plus 2 arrangement ideal. Have a look at lots of boats. Wilton is a good place to see a lot. And the concentration of other brokerages nearby. This limits the amount of traipsing around the countryside in your initial quest. You will also get a gòd idea as to who to trust your boat with, when you sell. But doing this will give you an idea what you will get for how much, and what features you consider desirable, and a basis to rank those desirabilities. But don't over think it, or be too dogmatic. You are best to resign yourself to having to making comprimises here, as otherwise the time boat hunting will take too much time away from actually boating.

Fixing, or rather taking the actions that reduce the "values" of existing property are deeply unpopular amongst the property owning class. When our previous Government reduced interest rates as a Covid measure to keep our local economy buoyant, house prices rose about 20% as the covid stimulae were invested on real estate. The property owning class were very happy with their new found wealth, but those seeking to get into the market were devastated. Our then government attempted to rectify this by savage rises in the interest rate and massively increasing the build rate of social housing. The effect of this was property prices then dropped 20% The property owning class were then deeply unhappy, and this was a major factor in the last change of government. This new government is reducing the new build rate of social housing, and reversing liberalizing restrictive regulations that impedes intensification within current urban boundaries. House prices are now rising again as scarcity with increased immigration is putting upwards pricing pressures. The property owning class is happy once again. But those not in the property owning class are being screwed even more. But they are unlikely to vote for a more left wing government anyway.