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I very much doubt that any vacancies were just handed out without being advertised. we wanted to buy a 30ft butty and was aware of a space on our stretch of mooring. We rang the mooring manager who said they weren't aware of any vacancies but they would come and measure the moorings. As a result they said there was a 40ft mooring space but they couldn't just let us have it as it would have to be advertised. Luckily we won the auction.

Agreed. I would advise people to check t'internet for a price comparison before placing an order. we need a new fridge and one I'm interested in is £200 more at MC than a local caravan and leisure store.

Can anyone shed any light on this? https://www.apolloduck.com/feature.phtml?id=495348

Yes the mains earth is bonded to the hull

I intend to make up a dedicated shoreline lead for generator use only in order to fix reverse polarity. Am I correct in thinking that I need to create a bond/link between earth and neutral in the plug which connects to the generator (Honda EU20i). The Honda has domestic 3 pin output sockets so I use a short adapter lead with a 3 pin plug on one end and a round blue shoreline connector on the other end. Does it matter which end of this adapter lead I convert?

Congratulations. Lovely boat. i was very tempted to sell our boat to buy Hare but I couldn't persuade the better half.

If you've got some time to waste this may be worth a read. I found it quite informative even though some of it goes over the top of my head. https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/Book-EN-EnergyUnlimited.pdf

No I don't always discharge down to 50%. Generally we recharge each morning then again early evening. We have a 240v fridge and a diesel fired heritage range which provides cooking, heating and hot water. The range is on a timer just the same as a domestic heating system so this along with the 240v fridge means that the inverter needs to be on 24/7. Over time I've found that if we recharge every evening to 90% or above by morning, post breakfast/washing up/morning ablutions /heating on/hot water etc the batteries are down to about 60-70%. Over the past 3 years I've found these figures to be fairly consistent with seasonal variations. We usually try and give the batteries a full float charge once a fortnight usually after cruising. However there are occasions when the batteries have discharged to 40-50% when we've had weeekends away for example. On these occasions I usually give them a good 8 hr recharge up to and beyond the charger switching to float.

Similar to a previous post I can only comment from a personal experience point of view. we liveaboard off grid and have 3 x 220 amp Victron AGM batteries which are monitored via smartgauge and Victron BMV 600. These are charged via a built in generator and engine alternator when cruising. No solar yet but that's on the cards. I don't let the charge drop below 50% although there has been the odd occasion where it's dropped lower. The batteries are 9 years old and appear to be performing well.

Vicars hall lane is the 2nd bridge westward from the moorings pub.

Our current boat was epoxy coated not long before we purchased it and none had to be removed for the hull survey to be completed. However I did mention it to the surveyor prior to the survey being carried out and his response was that it was unlikely that he would need to remove any coating but it was written in the conditions of his contract that he may need to do so.

I work in Atherton not far from Boothstown so if I get chance I'll pop down periodically and see how things are progressing

Basically I'm only interested in what the maximum weight is likely to be. A former work colleague owns a hiab company and he's going to crane it out and transport it for me. The cranes on his trucks have huge capacity so it's not really going to be an issue but I just wanted to be sure.

Well it was a stab in the dark to be honest. It's a butty so no engine, no water tank, no fuel tank etc. Basically just a lined out shell. At half the length of our motor it's obviously under 9 tons and with no engine etc I guessed at roughly 5 tons. No science behind it just guesswork.

We are making arrangements to have a 30ft butty lifted out of the water. Apart from a stove, wooden flooring and ply lining it's completely empty. I need to know roughly what it's likely to weigh. Our boat is 62ft and about was about 18 t when we had it surveyed so I'm guessing the butty will be about 5 ton? Anyone got a more accurate figure?

We get up to 5 weeks between pump outs but also have a thetford porta potti in the engine room as a back up loo.

Thank the lord they've seen sense. I had a feeling something might change given the amount of disruption it would cause for a lot of people. I read earlier today that the IWA had written to peel holdings.

If I'm not mistaken it was a trip boat on the bridgewater before Phil bought it.

Feckin great! Our boat is booked in to Glascote dock in June for paint and two pack. Cheers for that Peel holdings .

If I'm not mistaken this was on the winter stoppages but was postponed indefinitely

Navigation inn?? Fine beer and idle conversation beats pointless TV any day Navigation inn?? Fine beer and idle conversation beats pointless TV any day

May I suggest that you take advantage of having no tv reception by getting out and enjoying the beautiful surroundings the high peak has to offer ?

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