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magnetman

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  1. Is the mooring residential? I could see some potential issues if you are living on a mooring without pp for residential use but if it is residential then as long as it is not outrageously expensive and you are eligible then UC/DwP will pay.
  2. I claimed Universal Credit housing element for a residential mooring and it was covered by the DwP. This was when I ran out of money before being awarded another lump sum from the family money pot. All a bit awkward really. Being on benefits can be handy but a little infra dig ! The DwP did need a signed confirmation of my status from the mooring operator (CRT). I am not sure if a non residential mooring would be covered but I have heard that it can be done. Go for it they will probably pay.
  3. Yes please do. Its brilliant to have this sort of information recorded.
  4. Both of these figures will be shown on the Victron or other application display. Maximum actual output and total output during daylight.
  5. I had some unusually high output from my solar today. I think it might have just been a very bright bit of sun and always worth bearing in mind that solar panels work better in colder weather and there was a terribly shocking northerly.
  6. I have a 3 phase beech by my Boat and I get about 8 amps off it.
  7. Its a generator. what you do is you put one of these under a tree and wire it to the batteries. Very efficient and great for when the pv is shaded. The technical term is an App Controlled Arborical Energy Retrieval Device. ACAERD. They tried to get it on kickstarter and gobuymebeer.com but nobody believed it would work.
  8. It seems to be quite a bit hole to cut in the bottom of the Boat. Wants to be well sealed. One wonders if any experiments have been done with this system for generating electricity from moving water. Maybe it is basically a bit inefficient. Nice to be able to navigate shallow water.
  9. There was a nice little launch with the kitchen rudder on it on eBay a while back. It was in a Thames side garden in staines on Thames. Deceased owner had a wonderful boathouse with all sorts of lifting gear and contraptions. In another life I would have bought the launch. Hopefully it did survive. Rather non committal on the specifications !
  10. If its going to Northampton in the sense of the Nene its worth keeping a sharp eye on the river status. It has been a very wet winter and in a lot of areas even a small amount of rain will trigger strong stream alerts due to the groundwater levels. Of course Northampton might just mean Gayton marina in which case not a problem.
  11. Cants are the raised parts around the starn deck on a traditional style narrow Boat. Originally made of wood later versions and replacements are generally steel. Also the box handrails are sometimes called cant handrails. Same thing applies with wood and steel.
  12. I'm going past there in early April so will have a look. I believe Chuffalumps is still there. A friend of mine had a mother who lived on it in the early 90s. it was a Wildes carribbean but had been modified and had a shaft drive inboard rather than the rather dodgy side mounted unit with the hydraulic drive. Yes it got sold and someone cut the top and raised it. Pretty sure it is the same Boat maybe the name changed. It was in the middle of the finger moorings bows pointing out into the River. I have a vivid memory of being on Chuffalumps in about 1990 a bit the worse for wear we had the Squirrel fire going it got too hot and James thought it might be clever to pour water down the flue from outside. It wasn't. First and only time I have seen what happens if one does this. Nobody injured but it made a bit of a mess. We were in Grove cottage. A few doors down there was apparently some bloke from The Who but we were generally far too aloof to be concerned with these sorts of issues. Photo from our jetty in about 1990. In 30 yars of living and travelling on Boats I still have not seen another pony or horse in a riverside garden. Needless to say the Grove suffered a fairly terrible side extension at some stage but that was before we had the cottage.
  13. Yes I remember the Minder bloke he had a short wide beam canal Boat when they were very unusual. Canopy over the back deck made from a market stall tarpaulin. Red and white striped thing. I think the Boat was a springer but about 10ft wide rather than being narrow. That broads Boat below the railway bridge wouldn't be the Chuffalumps by any chance would it ? An old Wildes Carribbean cruiser which at some point had the cabin top raised to improve headroom.
  14. I didn't go to pubs. We had a Broom Scorpio called Bertie which I was usually in. Went round the back of trowlock island regularly - a bit shallow towards the downstream end.
  15. I would not refuse it as an addition to the fleet. I found this float after the floods. It is going to be painted grey, have a conning tower on it, submerged a little bit and be kept alongside the light cruiser. Might even look at remote control. It is hollow rotomoulded with a drain plug no foam in it.
  16. I remember Parman Marine. We got a house in Lower Teddington Road below the trot moorings in 86. Left in 96. Parman marine did the Hardys and some Birchwood TS31/37. I remember they also had a good crane. All flats there now of course and Gridley Miskins is flats as well although there are still some moorings where Parman marine was.
  17. I hadn't noticed it. I remember Steadfast SC by the railway bridge when we lived there in the late 80s they had a nice wooden tug boat.
  18. This grey one looks more realistic to me than the navy sub. The latter seems to just be a modified ordinary narrow hull. its even got a bow fender !
  19. These ones were made for navy recruitment or something weren't they? some sort of marketing thing I can't remember the details. Someone will know.. I might be thinking of something else. Interesting approach. Dark inside. Must be quite deep or it would tip over. It isn't one of the RN ones Apparently the Boat in the OP was made using a modified gas tank which explains why it is circular in section. Interesting article maybe it has ballast tanks and can be flooded to lower air draft. The hole at the stern end which looks like an exhaust pipe is curious.
  20. In the scenario I was commenting on the story is that they do not weigh them. This is why I thought they might measure them. Or maybe it is based on the sticker which says how many amp hours they are. Curious. Maybe it is an East Anglia thing Or maybe its just 'I will give ye 50p for de battery don't ya know whatever de size'.
  21. Do they measure them? surely a 7Ah burglar alarm battery won't be worth the same as a Trojan.
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