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One narrow boat I had had a plastic tank with a float switch for full And a float switch for nearly empty (but not empty). Wire these to a couple of LEDs in a panel and you have a level meter. But you do need access to inside the tank or cut a disc and screw a bigger disc on with sealant etc etc oh dear that's a bit complicated
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You nullified the 2013 Order on the day you bought the Licence for 'Tadworth' back in February, and it was that uncomfortable truth that led C&RT, in the form of the local Enforcement Supervisor to resort to any means they could think of, blatant lying included, to attempt to convince you that the Order made in 2013 had the effect of permanently excluding you from their waters, at their discretion.
The fatal flaw in their stupid and dishonest strategy has now been very publicly exposed, and they have nobody but themselves to blame.
If they had simply left you in peace with your new LIcence it's unlikely that more than a very few would have taken much notice, or realized the implications for all the other past, and future, recipients of their pointless Orders.
But C&RT seem to be quite incapable of learning anything from all their blunders, and true to past form, they've shot themselves in the foot yet again.
Yes but if CRT were originally designed to fail ie a temporary solution to the problem of managing the inland waterways then it makes sense that they would do things to hasten their own demise.
This is a bit conspiratorial sorry !! I don't think CRT will be around for long personally.
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Put that in yer pipe and smoke it !
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That sounds good.
What device are you using?
Would it be possible to connect one to a hose?
I was thinking if you mpty the tank completely then fill it again with flow meter on the hose you could find out the volume of the tank?
My tank is built in at the front of a barge with fairly complicated shape at the front so its quite difficult to accurately calculate its volume.
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Just finished painting the boat but aluminium window frames looking a bit tired and let the look down. Was thinking of painting then wondered if anyone has done this and how it worked out any tips welcome
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Treddie
I once painted some channelglaze plain aluminium window frames. I just used dulux weathershield (or may have been b&q colours outside). It stuck for a bit but started to peel off after a year or two.
You can get special aluminium primers but I don't know how good they are..
I believe Land Rovers have aluminium bodiy panels and they seem to do them in all sorts of exciting colours these days so there must be ways to do it. Perhaps they bake the paint on or something.
What colour do you want to paint the window frames?
Another option may be to polish the window frames to bring them up to the standard of the newly painted cabin sides?
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I agree if the sight glass tee's off between the tank & the pump. A properly engineered sight glass would come directly from the base of the tank & then back to the top of the tank. In this way the contents are correctly displayed whether the pump is running or not.
I haven't tried it but I would have thought if you put a cap on the top of the sight glass/tube with a small hole maybe 1/8 inch 3mm it would probably stop the pump from drawing air and also make installation easier by not requiring two tank connections.
Obviously it may be inaccurate while the pump is actually running but the small bleed hole would correct that fairly quickly.
May require some experimenting with size of the air bleed hole.
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Don't you get a receipt?
I suppose there may be a question about the validity of moorings if a mooring operator for example leases a section of a river which is not under CRT control but connects directly to CRT water (a feeder). Perhaps it is an industrial area not suitable for a normal marina.
Say for example there is room for 50 boats in there beside the treatment works or whatever. If CRT then find they have 80 boats claiming to be moored there it could potentially lead them to believing that there is abuse of the "home mooring" part of the licensing requirements. It is an obvious loophole and definitely opwn to abuse.
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My tank is so big that if it is a bit low the children's bouncy balls roll towards the stern
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Blackwall and Rotherhithe tunnels are a nightmare at peak times. The victory of old boats over modern traffic flows in London is most impressive !!!
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Canary wharf?
I saw a couple of tall ships while walking with the misses down near the blue lift bridge. We were doing a Riverside walk so only saw them in the distance in West India Dock.
A couple of horrid megayachts behind them as well.
(That was today about 1pm)
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I like the fishing float bit
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Its an interesting idea - I have considered it. I suppose there may be potential for it to get clogged up and cause a blockage if it is used between tank and pump - does it come with an inline filter of some sort?
Have you got a link to the item you are looking at ?
The other option is a tank level meter - do you know exactly how big the tank is?
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May be worth tasting the water from standpipe then from end of hose then from tap in the boat. That would rule out the hose being the problem. Also if you go from the freshest source you won't already have the bad taste in your mouth.
I have never tried this !
Typos
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It just went past and YES it does have quite a heavy looking winch. At the back of the boat though not the front.
As it is in Limehouse and I have not seen it before it is possibly off the tideway. Its tiny - more like 25ft or something. I couldn't find the fone to take a pic its gone past now.
I think its probably something to do with stopping the boat diving when it meets a large wash such as that thrown up by the Cory tugs and City Cruises tripper boats on the tideway.
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That's a great tip ! Always use protection.
Thanks for that
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I have always thought there was mileage in pumping canal water for elsan rinseout - its not as if you need the thing to be spotlessly clean. Pyrford Lock on the river Wey has a prehistoric elsan point which uses a hand pumped canal water supply
Would remove any contamination risk from the mains water supply. I suppose people might use the normal fresh water supply which could be quite dangerous. Would be worth seperating the fresh water from the elsan by a good distance really.
There is also a fairly big argument for having water points in completely different locations to elsan emptying points !!
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I don't think it is Thorn as I have seen thorn before. If its still there today I'll ask the owner and get a picture of the whole boat.
I didn't notice an electric anchor winch - the whole boat looks pretty ordinary other than the bit that I photographed
I think Thorn was a 1970s CTs boat or possible built by Water travel. Those West Midlands boat have quite distinctive bow shapes normally which doesn't look like this one.
The grab handles are interesting though ! Perhaps it WAS for getting on and off the boat !! I suppose if one were moored where the bank is say 6 inches above water and can only get the front of the boat to the side... But welding such a massive bit of plate on as a step is a bit extreme.
Another thing about thorn is I think she had wooden cants and distinctive stern dollies. This boat seems to be newer as it has steel cants I think. I suppose it could be Thorn but heavily refurbished. I think Thorn was a tug deck with a large winch but this boat has a gas locker and no space for a winch.
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Oh dear
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Yobbos
The canal by Mile end park is now just a line of boats - this has become a lot more busy in the last 5 years or so as other more central areas are now completely saturated.
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Another approach would be to just get a steel boat and never paint any of it. It will rust yes but maybe the money you save on routine docking and painting can be saved up and used to pay for eventual repair works?
I am a sceptic when it comes to underwater surface protection on boats which regularly scrape along the bottom of the canal and hit vertical walls etc. It just doesn't seem to me to be worthwhile. A lot of it is cosmetic at the end of the day.
I don't think fibreflassing over steel is particularly worthwhile either other than as am emergency to extend the life of a boat with very thin plating like maybe an old lifeboat or something.
Are you considering buying/the owner of a boat with a steel hull sheathed with fibreglass?
Edited for typografficle errors
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The development going on around St Pancras is truly eyewatering.
And yes once you go east of there you will find a significant number of boats.
I haven't been from west to east london on the regents canal this year - will be doing so this weekend so we'll see if things have changed since last year. It did seem to be exceptionally "chockablock" last time I came through which was last summer.
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It doesn't look like it was a pusher tug. I think if it had been then they would have cut it all off with a plasma cutter or torch.
Stability in rough water is a good possibility
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That's interesting - years ago during the foot and mouth outbreak I had trouble with a disinfectant or detergent type of smell in the water. I thought it was to do with the foot and mouth but maybe it was just the hose being in the sun !
Have they built houses by the top lock of the Aylesbury arm? I haven't been there for 6 years (3 days before my first daughter was born). Isn't that where they used to make concrete piling sections like those seen on some parts of the GU? Fencrete or something.
Typos
Brigantine
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Posted · Edited by magnetman
There was one of these boats around my area recently. Both times it passed the bloke was driving it using the engine and the bowthruster for corrections at slow speed (going forwards). I don't know if this is a reflection of the boat's handling or the skipper's incompetence but it was quite unusual as a way to steer a barge. It did seem a bit light astern so could have been a ballasting issue.
I have heard from someone who has a "Sheffield" barge that they are a bit of a pig to handle with as well. Not sure if they are the same builder
I think the former is chined (not a full width base plate) while the latter has vertical sides and a full width base plate (yes I know a vertical side narrow boat is technically chined but hopefully it makes sense anyway)
Anyway post edited for excessive wordiness