Paul C

Why did you overpay?

You said it was full when the pound above is low. Its blindingly obvious it’s not full.

The point being, it’s not completely full if the pound above is too low.

You could ask (or insist) on acknowledgment of payment. Send 1p first and if they acknowledge, send the rest.

Should be a routine check these days - before leaving a lock, check its full (look at gates behind)

If you overpaid them there is no right to refunds of the difference. Also what is a “statement of account”? They are not obligated to tell you if you’ve overpaid, it’s 99.9% likely they do have a record of it but are not obliged to pay it back. Knowing the above, the best course would be to ask politely for it back.

The water system won't be running at 35psi

A squirt with this would be best:

Do you have a receipt or invoice, possibly by email? There will be customer service contact details on there. Failing that........did you pay by credit card?

We got £3k off the purchase price of our first boat we bought, due to the survey. And they spotted the propeller nut wasn't present. So it worked out for us.

Technically yes, since the BSS requirements for private boats don't specify a minimum. But common sense should guide you here.....

Yes you'll get decent money if weighed in as scrap.

Is this for me or the OP? Anyway for me, no, because the water fill point (and the well deck) are self draining. But I understand that the OP's situation is different to mine (see above post re: wet doormat).

1. Turn off water at water point just before its full 2. Shake end of hose and hold above its previous level (I challenge you to be able to hold it below its previous level, while withdrawing from the tank) and withdraw from the tank 3. Put hose outside of boat, then step off and sort out hose ready for storing. £0 spent

The obvious question is, why fit anything? The naked end of a hose fits perfectly adequately into our water tank inlet. You can monitor when its nearly full, whip the hose out and redirect it (there's going to be a canal nearby...) and then walk to the water point to turn it off. Or ask your partner to turn it off. Or simply fill to nearly full. So my question is, what's special about your boat or requirements to need a fitting on the end?

More results, this time at Audlem (nr Shroppie Fly): Lyca mifi (EE) (horizontal aerials).............................................13.5Mbps Lyca mifi (EE) (vertical aerials)....................................................8.3Mbps Lyca mifi (EE) (internal aerial).............................................4.8Mbps Talk.home iPhone (EE) (in boat) ........11.5Mbps Giffgaff mifi (O2)......................................6.5Mbps

Interesting one at Tyrley locks: Giffgaff mifi (O2)..............................................................no connection iPhone (Talk.Home) inside boat.................................no connection iPhone (Talk.Home) outside boat..............................4Mbps Lyca mifi (EE), vertical aerials......................................no connection Lyca mifi (EE), horizontal aerials................................24Mbps The conclusion for today being, sometimes you can be in a really poorly served area where one (or more) networks simply have no coverage; and that the one(s) which do, have horizontal (or vertical) polarization. Also the (I am assuming) omnidirectional aerial within an iPhone doesn't do too well in this low-signal environment.

I found that too - "time of day" is quite a significant factor in internet speed.

I agree. My theory on it is, its rooted in the way the contracts for frequency spectrum are laid out. The 4 network providers each get their slice of the relevant frequencies, in return for providing (eg) 97% of coverage, based on population. So they're not going to invest in rural areas (very low density of population) and can leave "not-spots" perfectly legally and without challenge.

Now in Grub Street Cutting - long story but we are moored within the cutting, after having driven some of it backwards - and the results are interesting, because we are "on the edge" of internet connectivity: iPhone (Talk.home) within boat..............................no connection iPhone outside of boat..............................................10Mbps Mifi router, Giffgaff (vertical aerials).....................10MBps Mifi router, Lycamobile (horizontal aerials)........no connection Mifi router, Lycamobile (vertical aerials).............7Mbps So it goes to show 1) EE isn't always the best signal, sometimes O2 or another is, 2) horizontal aerial position isn't always best, sometimes its vertical, 3) its not possible to rely on tethering to a phone within the boat.