Harnser

Please accept my resignation from this forum. Your comment "utter rubbish" is quite unnaceptable. I will not be logging in again as I have better things to do than chat to a load of floating sardine can enthusiasts. Moderators: Ban me if you like. I Don't give a damn. Bye. Harnser.

I am there quite frequently. Chaos! Harnser.

Hi. If you want to see some really inconsiderate boating, wanging boats around, hit and run merchants, homicidal maniacs and people who do not give a damn for anybody else go to The Norfolk Broads. Then come back to the canals and treasure what you have. Harnser.

Thanks for the clarification The Lockie. Most interesting. Harnser.

Bramble crumble? Yep, plenty of blackberrys waterside. I was there a couple of weeks ago. Yummy! Harnser.

Hi. Dont need to purge? In that case, supper is sorted. Served on a bed of salad with a chillie and garlic mayonnaise dressing and crusty wholemeal bread. WOW! Harnser.

No, that is not what I am saying. There is a need to buy a licence, if you refuse to buy a licence at a lock that issues temporary licences or pass through any other lock your details will be taken and passed on to the enforcement section of the EA. By all accounts the Thames is a public right of way and nobody can stop you from using it but the vessel owner must pay for a licence for passage and in my opinion rightly so. Harnser.

Hi. I am not sure which waterway you are referring to but on the Thames the lockies will let an unlicenced boat through and issue a notice to the user to licence the boat or bums will be kicked. I have spoken to a lockie on the Thames with regards to this practice and been told that it is not his job to enforce licencing, just take the details. I suppose this is good for the lockies personal safety as some people could cut up a bit nasty and the locks are often in remote areas. Harnser.

Genius? I dunno. Really, on thinking about this, I suppose that the radiator on the bed of the cut can be dispensed with and just an intake hose sunk to the bottom with a filter attached. The raw water can then be pumped through the upper radiator with the same effect. Thanks for the greenie, whoever sent it. Harnser.

This might work when stationery. Two old car radiators. connect them together with hosepipe with a small solar operated pump in one of the pipes. Dump one radiator in the cut so it reaches the bottom and have the other in the cabin with a fan behind it. Harnser.

Laying some white towels on the rooftop and keeping them wet should help. It should work on the same principle of the old fasioned earthenware milk cooler. The water needs heat to evaporate and so takes it from the surrounding materials ie. the rooftop. Harnser.

Hi. I am a regular visitor to the Norfolk Broads on my trailable tupperware boat. That which you have highlighted is an everyday occurrence there, even a dozen times a day! It really is amazing to see when hirers try to steer a boat like a car and what with the winds and the tide quite entertaining sometimes. Harnser.

As I was informed by a professional locksmith, "don't use a yale lock, I can get through one of them in ten seconds" and informed me how to do it without picking the lock (classified information). Secure your pride and joy with a proper British Standard deadlock. Mind you this will only work if you have secure windows covered with steel plates and steel doors. Harnser.

Hi. I use 3G on the Norfolk Broads. Norfolk is notorious for resisting the march of mobile masts therefore the signal on much mobile equipment is often rubbish unless you are close to Stalham, Wroxham, Gt Yarmouth or Norwich. I plug my dongle onto a three metre usb cable and tape the lot to a pole (no, not one of those bods pinching all our work ) and tape it to the mast so it is as high as possible. This works for me. Try it. Harnser.

I saw an interesting way of dealimg with unlicensed craft the other day whilst I was passing thtough Reading, on the Thames. One of those scruffy fraggles boats which plague the area had been towed on to a piece of EA property adjacent the lock and securely chained up. One of those "Documents Enclosed" stickers was attached to the exterior of the boat, no doubt containing legal papers for seizure of the boat. No doubt it could be sold at a knock down price to recover costs and unpaid licence fees. Properly fumigated, cleaned and painted up it could make a nice little cheap boat for somebody. Easy!

Most outboard fuel systems include a microfine filter in the tank. Also most outboards have a microfine filter at the carburettor. I think the other posters are right and you have a breather problem. Don't dump the fuel, just filter it through some fine cloth that will not be disolved by the petrol. Regards. Harnser.