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But that's what they've already got in effect in the honeypots like K&A and London, except with no CT (revenue for the council) or mooring fees (revenue for CART). They might not be there legally or with the right to stay there in perpetuity, but nevertheless they *are* there. If nobody's going to effectively enforce the CC/mooring rules (which seems to be the case, and is probably impossible to do anyway), wouldn't it be better to accept the reality and at least squeeze more money out of the CMers?

Only 8 pints minimum -- why would anybody be puking, that's just a gentle refresher? 😉

Not just potential, since these cheap/nasty windlasses appeared a few years ago I'm sure I've seen a lot more spindles with horrible grooves and wear marks in them... 😞

Where from, and how much?

We were both wrong then... 😉

Yes, like those -- there used to be a lot more of them, the ones that nearly sank us were on the GU... 😞

"Thankyou for finding that - but there are a few additions later in the thread wich have not been consolidated into the list." Yes I'm as capable as anyone else of trawling through a 5-year-old multipage thread and trying to put them all together, then finding out which ones have closed since then and which new marinas have opened, and whether all of these are non-NAA, and then which ones are not on canals. Which was why I asked if anyone had such a list -- if the answer is no, that's fine. As the person who said there were at least a couple of dozen I thought Alan might know and be able to helpfully give us the benefit of his wisdom... 😉 It doesn't bother me anyway, but I thought it might be useful information for boaters who feel the pinch after the license fee rises -- you know, the actual subject of this thread... 😉

Surely hydraulics are the one paddle you don't want a long/ratchet/geared windlass because they're very low effort, you want a shortish windlass so as not to wear your shoulder and arm out with the incessant turning... 😉 Also glad to see there seem to be fewer of them nowadays, they were dangerous if you ever got hung up and wanted to drop the paddles in a hurry. DAMHIK... 😞

The moorings in Stalybridge on the offside just above 5W (down from the Chinese restaurant) are a lot better than near Tesco, that's where we've stopped more than once -- quieter, less goose sh*t, and fewer drug dealers and shaven-headed pit bull walkers... Still love the HNC though, always assuming you can get onto it and through it... 😉

I expect you could -- and I expect some other boaters in a 32' boat would manage to hit it... 😉

And the rest of the "couple of dozen"? 😉

Like Gromit in "A Grand Day Out"? 🙂

Was that the list which you said was out of date since several more had been added since, and included marinas on rivers and estuaries? So it includes marinas not on the canals, and not even all the ones which are on the canals -- a bit like offering an out-of-date Encyclopaedia Britannica and saying "here you are" to anyone asking a question that you don't actually know the answer to... 😉 It would be interesting to know whether any are in or near the "honeypot areas" where CMers gather like -- well, flies round a honeypot... 🙂

Blimey, that was quick -- I stand corrected! 🙂

Nobody's said where these non-NAA marinas on the canals are, but I'd wager that none of them are anywhere near the honeypot areas being overrun (yes, I use this term correctly, not like the Tories...) with CMers -- and if they were, they'd be 100% full being £1000 cheaper... Does anyone have a list of which marinas on the canals are non-NAA?

I was told this too -- that it's metal not wood, and was due to be installed this May...

Maybe I'll nip down and suggest it to the boaters who are stuck there, see if any of them fancies a go -- what's the worst that can happen? How about 20 tons of narrowboat sitting a couple of feet out of the water wedged on top of a pile of broken bridge bits? That should make sorting everything out *much* easier... 😉

I certainly hope they get it sorted out ASAP, but I still suspect it'll take several days... 😞

Absolutely wonderful. Was it done by a hobbit? 😉

[warning, in joke for musicians...] A friend was standing next to the sound desk when Blowzabella were doing a sound check at a festival, and saw the (new to the band) sound guy looking puzzled and frantically twiddling knobs. He asked what was wrong and was told that one channel had a weird problem, it was OK in quiet bits but every time the band volume went up he was getting this horrible buzzing noise on loud bits like it was clipping, but it wasn't... Hurdy-gurdy... 😉

Yes, but are the flames red or yellow? 😉

Snake drum or snare drum? (autocorrect at work...)

Whatever you do, try to make sure there's enough pipe flexibility between the engine and silencer to stop engine noise/vibration getting into the hull and bypassing the flexible mounts. The "flexible" exhaust pipes are only flexible sideways, end-on they're pretty stiff -- and they don't like bending much (small radius bends) either...

So who actually owns them?