Alan de Enfield

And they don't pay a penny to moor.

I'll stick my neck and and say 'NO'. You need a long, thin (6' 10") shallow draft(2' 6" ?) boat for the canals. You need a wide, deep draft and as long as you want, boat for use on the Sea. One of my sea going boats (Cat A) is 38' long x 23' wide, my other (Cat B ) is 36' long x 14 feet wide & draft is about 5' 6" You need width for stability, you are not slowly drifting along on flat, still water, with banks only 10 feet away on either side. I ask again - have you any 'lumpy water' experience, any experience planning cruises that are tidal, where you are maybe making 8-10 knots for 6 hours and then can be going backwards for the next 6 hours. If going 'across' the tide you may be heading directly for you arrival point and find that you are actually 20 miles 'off to the side' at the time you should arrive.

Your airfryer will be drawing 250 (Two Hundred and Fifty) amps out of your battery bank whenever it is under power. I have a 1400 watt air fryer with a 1200 AH battery bank, and that works for me.

The safety features that you must have are detailed in the RCD / RCR, for example, just look at the downflooding height differences for a Cat D and a Cat C boat (4" for a Cat D and 30" for a Cat C) If you are planning to have a VHF radio, not only must the boat be licenced but you must take (and pass) the Radio operatrs course to allow you to use a VHF radio, If I remember correctly the Narrowboat that crossed the chanel had a set of keels welded on and all the doors, windows and vents were welded up for the trip. I really think that you will struggle to get a NB type of boat to meet the class C requirements. You have hired for some years, but have you any experience or qualifications for boat handling in tidal waters ? Much as I often disagree with a previous poster I think his suggestion of getting a NB and having 'your fussy' out on the canals, and then buying a proper sea-going Cat C or Cat B boat if the safe way to go

Did you have two sources of 230v AC at the same time ?

We have forum members based all over the world and many of them have said it was just impossible, I think one (maybe a New Zealander or an Aussie) said they had been able to do it. Maybe some of our 'overseas members may be able to advise' One of the questions on the application forms is "are you a British resident", when you 'click' no it comes up 'sorry we cannot offer you cover' One of the most common insurers for canal boats is 'Craft Insure' their T&Cs state : Craftinsure.com is directed at UK and Northern Irish residents only. Our products and services are only available to UK and Northern Irish residents. By getting a quotation you confirm that you are resident in the UK or N.Ireland and you will immediately notify us if you cease to be so resident. The content of this site and the products and services offered comply with appropriate UK and Northern Irish legislation and regulation.

That is certainly a consideration and the depreciation and costs of buying a boat and selling it 6 months later would probably be less than the GBP£1500 per month that the long term rental will cost. You could put it up for sale with a broker on your day of departure and wait for them to sell it (assuming you do not need the money immediately) it will cost you about 6% of the selling price in fees. There are experienced boaters who do offer a 'finding' service and give you a short list of boats that meet your requirements, you can either take a few days and come over to view or 'buy from a video and a surveyors report'. The boat can be ready for your arrival. The problem as a non-dom is getting insurance, and without insurance you cannot get a licence. The way around it would be for you 'finder' to insure it in their name, it could then be licenced and with you as a 'named driver' and everything would be legal. There has to be a lot of trust on both sides.

It is not so much that there is a law against hiring your boat, it is that the law says that to 'hire your boat' it must have certain things that a standard privately owned leaisure boat does not have. 01899187-8087-7a70-afc3-7597a96c8af8.pdf (canalrivertrust.org.uk) Renting a boat to live on | Canal & River Trust (canalrivertrust.org.uk)

Escape the Rat Race (etrr.co.uk) Long Term Hire at Rose Narrowboats - Rose Narrowboats (rose-narrowboats.co.uk) Looking to hire a boat from a private owner has huge problems as it is not legal - if anything were to happen to you or the boat there would be no insurance cover. To be able to be hired out a boat must have a: Commercial safety certificate (more involved that a private / leisure certificate) Commercial insurance covering 'hire' A commercial boat licence. An independent gas / electric certificate (as per a land lords certificate for a house) Basically it is a no-no.

Your boat performs like a 'bag of sand' ?

I sit corrected. You are absolutley correct - the size did change. The material also changed from Cupro-Nickel to Steel (the same as the 1p and 2p coins) So it is fair to say the boat turns well !

Well, a 5p is considerably bigger than a 6d coin

Sounds like you have got a few jobs to keep you busy, but, it'll be worth it when completed.

By promoting the boat (brochures, websites, advertising it) they are telling the market that they are making it available to purchase (from them). The buyer pays the broker. The broker deducts their 6% (?) and pays the balance to the previous owner. The broker is the intermediary between the seller and the buyer - they are in the supply-chain. It would seem that the BMF have decided that their brokers are distributors and they are 'making the boat available on the market' so, have to comply with the RCD / RCR rules. My Son is working overseas and has a car sat in our yard just 'rusting away', we have cancelled the insurance, we have 'sorned' it and just occasionally start it up. After several years of not using it he asks me to 'stick it on ebay' and see what we can get for it. I write the advert and say it can be collected from my address & I list it. Am I selling the car ? Edit at 15:40 I should have said "am I making the the car available on the market?"

I have posted this many times in the last few weeks but if it helps, this is the definition of a distributor (as far as the RCD / RCR is concened) 3.4 Distributor’s obligations The distributor is any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes the product available on the market.

There appears to be plenty of option on Ebay and Amazon Examples : HOTSPOT BLACK STOVE & GRATE POLISH TUBE 75ml : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery STOVAX WOODBURNER BLACK GRATE POLISH BLACK POLISH GRAPHITE FIRE POLISH ZEBO | eBay Stovax Colloidal Graphite Black Grate Coting Polish Paint 85ml All Stoves | eBay

There have been a number of threads over the last 3 or 4 years stating that the broker will not handle the sale without a valid RCD, or PCA. If I remember correctly @matty40s has some knowledge of the situation and has posted about it. A bit like climate change deniers - it doesn't exist until it affects them directly.

I tend to agree, but it also states that it is irrespective of receiving payment, so is that commercial activity ? 'Law Insider' gives a definition of 'commercial activity' as : Commercial activity means (a) all advertising, sales, purchases, or agreements for the sale or purchase of goods or services; (b) all giving, demonstration, or solicitation for the purchase or sale of goods or services provided by a person, group of persons, or other entity; and (c) all solicitations of gifts of money or other goods or services by a person, groups of persons, or other entity. That all changed some years ago to be 'placed on the market'., that has subsequently been 'added to' ; While the “old” Directive considered the action of “placing on the market and/or putting into service”, the new Directive broadens the scope to the action of “making available”. A product is made available on the market when supplied for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge. The concept of making available refers to each individual product and implies that all economic operators in the supply chain have traceability obligations and need to have an active role in ensuring that only compliant products circulate on the Union market. A product is placed on the market when it is made available for the first time on the Union market. The operation is reserved either for a manufacturer or an importer as the manufacturer and the importer are the only economic operators who place products on the market