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Alan de Enfield

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  3. Get over your disappointment - a lovely pair of boobies
  4. Certainly when we applied (some years ago) if it is not a residential mooring then there is no payment (Nottinghamshire) It cannot be a 'house' equivalent if you are not legally alowed to live there.
  5. Or ..................... Just because some bod on a forum tells you ‘MDF’ isn't waterproof doesn’t make it true and you’ll find out later to your cost and disappointment.
  6. Before they will issue your licence, do C&RT check your bank account and savings and then accept that you are 'self-insuring'
  7. Yup - those ones that burst into flames ? Lithium Boat batteries tend to be a different chemistry to most EV batteries.
  8. As a typical average you will need to run the engine for 4 hours per day and 8 hours at weekends (lets say 30+ hours per week) 30 hours at 1.5 litres / hour = 45 litres 45 litres at £2* per litre = £90 per WEEK / £180 per Month ** Fuel prices do vary and will depend on how you make your tax declaration. Fuel prices will only increase.
  9. 10-12 engine hours per month. (£2 per litre & 2 litres per hour) Maybe planning to be a constant moorer - hence the generator to keep the batteries topped up.
  10. Yes - I assisted a boater with PIP and they got the full mooring cost, the boat licence cost and the insurance cost paid for. Everything that could be related to a 'house'. They would not pay for the BSS as it had no 'house' equivalent. I think your outcome will depend on your location - rural councils seem to pay out better than urban ones.
  11. What is income insurance ? You have either missed out the cost of a mooring - or - understated the cost of a licence (remember that from April the cost of a CC licence has a premium on it, as does the cost of a boat wider than a NB). Your LPG is a little high, but its a small amount anyway. Clothing / treats (meals out) / car breakdown/repairs / etc etc
  12. Thats interesting as I can find no references to a 'marine' grade of MDF, which by its very constructions would be unlikely anyway. Do you have any details of it ? Waterproofing One of the main benefits of marine plywood is of course that it is virtually 100% waterproof. This is not something that can be said for medium-density fiberboard, which really isn’t water resistant at all. Marine plywood is great to use outdoors, whereas MDF is not. On that note, marine plywood is not going to absorb water, and therefore won’t shrink, crack, or crumble due to water absorption, which is not at all the case for MDF. MDF vs. Marine Plywood: Which Should You Use? When it comes down to it, if you are looking for durability, longevity, and waterproofing, it’s always marine plywood that you want to use. This is especially the case for any outdoor purposes.
  13. Your boat insurance will be invalidated if you are paying anyone to helm your boat (read the small print) You need to see evidence of professional boat movers insurance or it could be a costly trip if either your own boaT, or another boat is damaged. See screenshot , clause 2:1:1 & 2:1:10:VI
  14. An ideal product to help maintain the appearance of the sour-faced liveaboard who doesn't know how to moor properly, and, regularly bellows "SLOW DOWN"
  15. You do need to balance the price and when comparing boats consider : Age Size Condition Just as an example a 15 year old boat will not require an 'insurance survey' a 20 year old may, and pretty definitely a 25 year old boat will. As boats age the insurers will insist on a condition survey before issuing cover. It will then become subject to a new survey every X years (X varies by insurer. A boat with 10,000 hours MAY be getting near end of life and require an expensive rebuild, or, engine replacement. Condition - are there any service records, has it been serviced regularly ? Is there any damp ? etc In some respects the original manufacturer is not a determiner of price - it is the care and attention it has received in the intervening years. You can buy a good 1980 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow for ~£6000, or you can buy a good 1995 Ford Escort for £5995. Which has the better build quality ?
  16. If you are only intending to consider boats already on the K&A you are severley restricting your options - and - prices are generally considerably higher in the 'South' when compared to the Midlands and North. Your perfect boat maybe available 'just around the corner' & at the price you want to pay, but, because you are only looking in a very localised area you'll miss it.
  17. Going on the Yorkshie Ouse, the Humber and the Trent he will need to be complying wth the APB rules : 1) Working (licenced) VHF 2) Working Navigation lights 3) A minimum of 2 crew on board on a boat longer then (I think) 12 metres.
  18. Agreed - but it is best to learn in 'tiny steps' taking onboard something new or stretching your abilities a little at a time. For an inexperienced boater with an unknown boat (just purchased) I would suggest that he is more likely to frighten himself and be put off boating for life if he tries to tackle one of the most complicated tidal river systems in the UK. After 40 years of having sea going boats, being on the Trent in a NB was one of the situations where I needed to have 100% concentration and was never relaxed. On the sea you have room to make and correct your mistakes - on a river you don't. Friends of ours were going down the Trent from Newark to a Wedding in Lincoln - "they" thought they knew the route to avoid the sunken islands but on a falling tide they got stuck and no way to get them off. Not realising that the tide heights change every day and on the tides falling from Spring to Neaps, the tide is lower every day for a week so getting stuck meant that although they thought they could wait to the next tide to float them off - a smaller tide meant they could not float off, after a couple of days they were high and dry - even at high tide. They missed the wedding !! You need to work with the sea (and tidal Rivers) you will never beat it - it must be treated with care & respect.
  19. I'd certainly not suggest that a "new to boating" owner with an unknown boat should attempt to go around Trent Falls. The tides can run up to 4 or 5mph and you need to have the knowledge & experience to plan the route and timing, taking tides into consideration, and the ability (and equipment) to anchor up safely to sit out the worst of the tides. If time is of the essence and you cannot wait for the closures to finish - take a truck. As having little experience and an unknown boat could result in you ending up stuck for ages. With a truck, It'll all be done in one day and will probably not cost a great deal more than 3 weeks use of fuel and possibly a skipper for the 'nasty bits'.
  20. My reading is that 1) His panels total 2kW 2) On average over the last 'few days' the daily total generated has been 4.4Kwh/day 3) The highest instaneous 'peak' reading has been 1430w (which may have been only for a couple of seconds)
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  22. I very much doubt that - the panel voltage would not be the same as the battery or it would never charge, Generally the panel voltage would be a minimum of ~20v, many are much higher (as stated mine is 120v panel).
  23. And what voltage is the panel and what output voltage was it showing ? What voltage was the battery at ?
  24. Is that the current going into the batteries ? My 170w panel is producing at 120 volts so I am getting roughly 8x the panel current going into the batteries. If your panel is similar, then yes I can easily believe that the panel is producing X amps at 120v so 7 amps at 12 volts. What is the panel output voltage and what was the battery voltage when you saw the 7 amps ? An example of mine when the Sun was not too strong. Outputting 0.8amps at 103 volts. 'contverting' that to 5.9 amps at 14.7 volts
  25. I started the process and my Solicitor said - DO NOT proceed, the survey small print excludes everything he has written, continue, and not only will you be paying all your costs you'll be paying all his costs as well. It cost me £20,000+ to put right what the surveyor had missed but my Solicitor said it would have cost me far more if I had gone to court.
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