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It started slipping for a reason. Is the prop and it’s shaft up to the donut free to turn, or is the prop fouled, and that is giving a reason for the friction surfaces in the donut to slip over each other?

I'm with HSBC and they limit transfer by the mobile App to £10k/day, but it's £25k/day if you go online (and use a laptop). Maybe your bank has a similar arrangement? Well someone who has £40k for a boat can probably afford a £50 Travelodge nearby and finish things tomorrow

The above comment refers to concrete boats, the inference being that if not maintained, they are not insurable, presumably because something happens to it? - but how many of us maintain our ballast (I don't)? Would you have to set up a maintenance regime for it if it was concrete?

Maybe the previous owner was a fool and topped up the coolant... but added it to the oil filler in error. Wouldn't be the first time thats happened.

Sorry Tam, missed that

Video here https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/climate/moment-barge-sinks-as-river-nearly-bursts-its-banks-in-belgium-vf7692009

There was a dutch barge moored in Gweek, so maybe a possibility there? No chance anywhere on the Fal, Camel, Gannel etc. There was a narrowboat that made its way down the North Devon Coast to get to Bude, story of its departure on page 10 here http://bude-canal.co.uk/Tub Boat 80 print.pdf

There was a dutch barge moored in Gweek, so maybe a possibility there? No chance anywhere on the Fal, Camel, Gannel etc

It's a dreadful shame to general alarm wasn't sounded immediately, muster everyone in 3-4 minutes and abandon ship into lifeboats (or rafts). Did the captain think it would glue itself back together somehow?

Went to the end of Wormalds Cut on the River Fosse, and then up to Monkbridge, got underneath it but kept grounding after that. Maybe only 1/2 a mile further there is a low-level pipe bridge that would stop a canoe so early as far as you could go, Here's Monkbridge

And a little bit of PTFE tape needed if you change the whole assembly out

Many thanks for the replies - I have now phoned Betamarine with this info and ordered a kit - £243 + VAT incase people were wondering. Not particularly cheap, but it will mean more frequent oil changes, with a vertical "less-spill" filter, unlike the horrible horizontal one that I can only just reach, and invariably drop and with the resulting spill.

It's coming up to oil change time for my beta 43. The filter isn't in the best place on the engine for this, and access is terribly difficult on my semi-trade setup. I'd heard mention there was a remote kit available, where there is a fitting that bolts on to the engine block, a couple of hoses and another fitting that the filter now attached to. This can then be mounted in a much more sensible and accessible place. However, I can't seem to find any reference to one of these - a couple of emails to Beta went unanswered. Does anyone know where I can get one of these from? many thanks

many thanks for the advice - I'll contact them, but if they have gone bust then Epifanes it is.