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There are 14 neighbourhoods, so on average each less than a mile long. 14 days x 14 neighbourhoods = roughly half a year. Then half a year back the other way, that seems to be about the minimum movement necessary to comply, assuming that most of the boats in that area for whatever reason wish to move as little as possible. I've no idea how many boats are moored in that 12 mile stretch at the moment, but if the "problem" as defined is that there are too many of them, how does this reduce that number? What happens in 12 months' time, why does this plan make it more likely that they will then elect to head off towards the Thames on a "progressive journey"?
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I think petrol engines were the norm on pleasure boats - Cressy had a Ford Model T engine
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And on inspection I find I have such a pipe - I'd never noticed. Bleeding instructions on my beta are to manually pump until the filter is full, tighten the filter bleed, then motor the engine until it starts, which is usually about 20-30 seconds.
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Interesting, I had always assumed that the amount going back via the leak off pipe would be very small.
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How effective is this likely to be at low flow rates? Even the smallest is rated at 1.9 litres/min, most canal engines will do less than that an hour or does flow rate not affect the centrifuge working?
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A big Sainsburys and another one too
A new Waitrose, no less. And there is a Tesco, although that's a bit further from the river.
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But BW (CRT) advised that a very long time back in the saga!
Was it definitely from CRT, or was it attributed to them by someone associated with Pillings? I haven't the energy to trawl back and check, but in the recent postings from both Pillings and CRT this requirement seems to be being somewhat played down from outright removal to some form of taking out of use. My point (and I wasn't very clear, sorry) was that CRT may not have thought through properly the precedent of allowing the "reduction" of a site's capacity for NAA purposes to be effected at minimal cost to the site operator.
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The current checking procedures on the BSS website do not appear to require that all the pipe is "accessible for inspection" or "readily accessible" - check 7.8.1 for example includes "Check condition of all LPG pipes that can be seen or reached" (my italics), but the examiner has to be able to check that it is secure ("Apply light manual force to check security of LPG pipes that can be reached"). However all the joints (7.8.3) and any low pressure hoses (7.8.5) must be "accessible for inspection" and the guidance text for these items refers explicitly to adding inspection panels to achieve compliance with this requirement. You may also need to think about the means by which the pipe exits the gas locker, and make sure that is gas tight and can be inspected. The checks are all online here: http://www.boatsafetyscheme.org/media/194782/2013ecp_private%20_boats_ed3_public_final.pdf, section 7 is all about gas.
As others have said, I would find yourself an examiner (sounds like you will need one soonish anyway?) and seek advice, or contact the BSS office who are usually very helpful. I would also apply Rule #1 of boat fitting which is (or should be!) "don't put anything important where you can't get at it later..."
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What will be interesting to see is what happens with the "closed" jetty at Pillings. Someone said (somewhere in the last 280+ pages) that CRT would require physical removal of jetties to effect a reduction in capacity for NAA purposes, which would require considerable effort and cost on the part of the operator. More recent postings have only referred to moorings being "closed" or "taken out of use", which suggests a much less permanent arrangement. If this is so then CRT would seem to have conceded that the "capacity" of a site for NAA purposes is in effect negotiable. That is something which could well have implications for other locations, even those whose operators have been less fortuitous/careful with their company structure.
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Correct. This is what the often mentioned 'shadow director' thing is all about.
I'm quite sure CRT will be paying close (and perhaps prolonged...) attention to the structure of the companies and the identities of any ultimate controlling authorities, but if they are going to put out an email to their customers then they will reflect the official position that they are in discussions with PLT and its director.
interesting to know if any boats come out this weekend
If the allegations made elsewhere in this thread are true, it would be interesting to know if any other boats find themselves unable to leave this weekend because of unexpected mechanical difficulties...
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Phil's email reads as if they are taking RR as the new director of a new company and that PL is no longer part of it all. They surely don't really believe that?
That appears to be the legal position, and CRT are (as they should be) playing a straight bat.
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Never mind talking about batteries, tell us how you manage to do that many locks in one day! When we did that last year it took two solid days, though we did struggle with water depth on the Aston flight!
Pah! Down Farmers Bridge and Aston, and up to Perry Bar top lock in a day, including refilling a pound on the Perry Bar flight
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could only find the spigot-type reducer
I don't think they do one - there isn't one in the catalogue. You would need to use a 22x22 straight coupler and a 22x15 socket reducer.
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It might, depends on whether the compression nut is 3/4 BSP or not. Googling Hep2o 22mm Reducer finds the other adapter.
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is it correct then to even use the inserts when putting hep pipe into hep fittings?
According to the manufacturer, yes. Although when I finished one job I had one insert left over, and it's been ok for some years. No idea which joint has the insert missing.....
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I usually wear some form of hat, but only if it's cold/raining/sunny/windy/...
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Both ways work and were regarded as ok by Hepworth with the grey fittings, and I have done both. I assume the same is true of the new white ones.
One caveat is that the copper pipe into Hep fitting method was for plain copper pipe only, not chrome plated or stainless. These are too hard for the grab rings to get a good bite.
Otherwise, wot they said.
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Is that quite recent? I bought a two for our engine not long ago, I had to ask at the stores counter as they no longer seem to display them and they had to be orderedm but they were branded "Halfords".
Must be a year or two ago? The display stand had gone and when I asked they dug a couple out from the back. Just ordered some off eBay so won't have cause to find out whether Halfords could supply them again for a few years!
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Higher rate for corporate bodies
From 21 March 2012 SDLT is charged at 15% on interests in residential dwellings costing more than £2 million purchased by certain non-natural persons. This broadly includes bodies corporate, for example companies, collective investment schemes and all partnerships with one or more members who are either a body corporate or a collective investment scheme. There are exclusions for companies acting in their capacity as trustees for a settlement and property developers who meet certain conditions.
I dont know - just copying from HMRC website on SDLT
The higher rate thing on residential properties was brought in to stop some very wealthy people setting up a company of which they were sole shareholder, using that company to buy a very expensive house, and then renting it back to themselves, thus reducing the stamp duty payable.
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Avoid Halfrauds belts,they stretch and fray very quickly!
My boat (Beta engine) came with a 1000mm belt, commonly available, but which I could only replace by removing the water pump pulley - there was no way I could force a new 1000 belt over the pulleys. Then I found that Halfords used to sell a 1013mm belt which I could get on but which wasn't too long to run out of adjustment bracket. Then they stopped selling belts altogether...
I've always been a bit paranoid about belts since the occasion in my early days of boat owning that one gave way in the middle of a tunnel!
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It's going to be busy on Feb 29th though.
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Chances are the 9v ac is rectified and fed into a dc voltage regulator inside the alarm. Adaptation to run on 12v dc might be possible, but not trivial.
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With regard to the company name, 750Ltd sounds like some sort of nameplace holder until they come up with a real name, perhaps the new name PLT Ltd is the real name instead of 750Ltd, dunno, just guessing..
No, they are different registered companies, not one company with a name change.
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I regret that I am insufficiently interested to invest a quid and find out who the shareholders are...
Carpet wallah pointed out a few posts ago that PLM now has a 1.1M hole in its finances (after writing off money owed by QMP), and speculated that this was unsecured debt. Companies House reports a mortgage or charge dating from 2008 against them, so at least some of their debt is secured.
This will probably cause a stir......
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Out of curiosity, approximately how many boats operate out of those bases in total?