paulmellors

We've had a lot of new members at Strawberry Island who were moored at Stanilands. It's taken a long time to sort out and a lot of uncertainty.

Thanks for the review of our club.

It sounds like you mean Thorne Boat Services. Great place and expert service by Leigh Guest and his sons. They do sell diesel and offer a great repair and advice service. Used them many times. Paul

I'll be interested to hear how you get on with the magpads. We've got a VuQube and have been thinking of something to make it bit more secure.

Thanks for the input. I have now purchased a unit along with the remote panel. Paul

+1 for canvasman. Just had a cratch cover. Top notch quality and service.

Hi all I'm looking for a 12/1600/70 Victron. Anyone know of any deals at present. Best I've seen is over £900 Thanks Paul

+1 for the Brompton

We are going to be embarking on our 1st 2 weeks away on our boat in August. Setting off from Strawberry Island on Sheffield and South Yorkshire we are considering heading to either Hebden Bridge or Skipton. 3 of us on board, the missus, me and our 4 year old. Any advice, tips greatly appreciated. We have been as far as Stanley Ferry before in our old cruiser. We were considering the Chesterfield, but have been put off a bit by the amount of weed reported. Thanks Paul

Just a quick note that the Strawberry Island Boat Club rally is on the weekend of September 13th 14th 15th. Visitors are welcome and moorings will be available. http://www.strawberryislandboatclub.co.uk Loads of entertainment across the weekend. Friday Night - Best Of British Show - featuring 2010 BBC Radio 3 Choir of The Year - Rainbow Connection Singers Saturday Daytime - Outdoor Stage with Irish Dancers, Jazz Band, Childrens Entertainer etc Display of classic cars Stalls, outdoor bbq and bar We are delighted that the inspirational Ben Parkinson MBE will be at the rally on Saturday. Saturday Evening - Entertainment by Robert Craig - Rat Pack Show Sunday - more fun including the auction. Hope to see some of you there Paul

We've just ordered http://craftmaster.myshopify.com/collections/sundries/products/wash-n-wax-set

Immersion is installed and working:-) Went for a surecal 750w heater. Bit of a big getting the blanking plug off but all done. Thanks everyone for all the valuable advice. Paul

Thanks for the advice Pete. Which I intend to take. I'm going to fit the immersion and do all the cabling, then get someone to finish it off. Paul

Looking at those diagrams, we seem to have a different variation. We have a manual change over switch and one RCD. The RCD does break the 240v power irrespective of the whether we're on shore power or inverter power. I need to get a couple of panels off to see what's happening from the shore power inlet to the manual switch.

Keble, that's a great help. Thank you

Thanks for the really informative post Pete. I've been and had another look today. Some of the cabling is behind a panel (which I haven't had off yet). We have s switch which can select shore power of inverter power and then a consumer unit with 2 a main breaker plus 2 trips 16a and 6a. Nothing appears to be connected to the 2 trips and all 240v (either from the inverter or direct shore power) is just connected to the main trip. If I went from the immersion to a 20a fused switch with light and then to the 6a breaker in the consumer unit, would that do the job? I do intend to use 20a heat resistant cable for all the wiring. Thanks everyone for the continued help. Wouldn't attempt this without the advice. Paul

Ordered a sure cal 750w immersion to be on the safe side. The shore power at the boat club doesn't like big loads and a friend of ours has a 1kw and can't switch anything else on without tripping the power. Going to attempt the job sometime next week I think.

mine landing in my in box about 5 minutes after getting off the phone from customer services having just cancelled our mooring contract with CaRT. Perfect timing for a bit of a rant:-) Interesting number of questions about what facilities you would be prepared to pay extra for. My thoughts were that given the current prices at Long Sandall having a water point on the moorings should be included!

I've been reading and re-reading that over the past couple of days, very helpful. I'm undecided about whether to power the immersion directly from the shoreline or from the consumer unit which is fed from the inverter. The inverter automatically detects shore power. http://www.sterling-power.com/images/downloads/ProCombiQ_fitting_instructions.pdf Feeding from the inverter will make cabling much cleaner and then we just need to make sure we only switch it on when on shore power. The intention is to run the immersion off a fused, lit switch. Does anything special need to be done with the earth or can this be wired from immersion to switch and then on to the consumer unit? Again thanks for the ongoing help. It's giving me the confidence to take on the job myself. Paul

The good news is that there is a single boss on the side of the tank as suggested. It's going to be tight for clearance because there is only 2 1/2" from the top of the blanking plate to the bed. The mattress sites on loose slats (one can be seen in the pic), so I'm thinking that the immersion can fit between the slats and maybe a piece of heat resistant something or other across the slats. Once again, thanks for all advise and help so far. Paul

Thanks so much for the quick replies. Really helpful. Am I correct in thinking tat the mid tank option would be the better choice, if there are in fact 2 boss'? Unless there's any reason that this is a complex job, I'm thinking of attempting it. The 240v consumer unit has only 2 trips, which are both used, so it seems to me the simplest and tidiest option would be to replace that unit with a 4 way unit.

as a newbie, I'm looking for help identifying an immersion boss on my calorifier. I don't know for certain that there is one but Leigh Guest at Thorne Boat Services has said it is very likely that there will be one seeing as it's less than 10 years old. I have been instructed to look for likely areas under the insulation and then remove it with a stanley knife. Any suggestions as to which part looks favourite greatly appreciated. Thanks Paul Calorifier by rainbowconnection_pics, on Flickr Calorifier by rainbowconnection_pics, on Flickr Calorifier by rainbowconnection_pics, on Flickr

We recently used Streethay Wharf and Ray was great. Not a hitch anywhere and a great rate. Highly recommended.

Did you get sorted. We need a crane in Thorne very soon. Share???? Paul

Did you resolve this? We are in the reverse situation, needing to move a boat to Thorne quite soon. If you haven't sorted this we could maybe share a crane? Paul