magnetman

It could just be lousy luck.

I suppose thinking more positively it could be a bit of extra protein. The stomach acid would presumably break down the invertebrate's ability to move about. I think there will be occasions where a tap water supply does not come from municipal mains. It may come from a spring or a well or landfill site.

Choking hazard. Field day for the ambulance chasers.

Why do you believe it is drinking water? I'm slightly intrigued by the reasons behind this comment. I personally think that there are circumstances where a tap may not in fact provide drinking water especially if it was originally installed for cleaning out portable lavatories. Report this and have it clarified. The result may be attachment of a notice indicating it is not drinking water. Another approach is to boil the water and if you want a cold beverage have cider or beer.

Presumably this was related to maintenance obligations on canals whose future use would be mostly by pleasure Boats. There was a story on the K&A where the published dimensions were too big and a barge got stuck exiting a lock. I don't know but seem to think the reaction was to reduce the maximum craft dimensions on the guidance literature.

Lovely. Model Boats are very cool. I have tagged @Tam & Di in case they don't see your post. In terms of lock length I think there was a point where GU locks are slightly longer than 72ft but not sure where it is. Regents canal barges were 76ft.

3P insurance for Boats became compulsory for vessels subject to inland registration or licensing in 1995 when the BS scheme came in. Coincidentally this was the first full yR I had lived on a Boat. I hate it although never had any issues with BS the Boats always pass and the unsurance gets paid but the principle is dodgy. I could spend a whole lifetime never making a claim and others could be idiots causing mayhem. It is an outrage.

Insurance is designed so that insurance salesmen can have nice cars.

If buying a Boat with one of those red coloured Danish Diesel engines it is important to always ensure that it comes with an instruction Bukh.

Submarine hunters. Its a great photo.

i meant the starter motor. Apparently they are doing Sodium accumulators.. Something about a salt and battery. I'm staring well clear.

The Tring cutting dredger. Engine sounded nice. not a clonk clonk more of a smooth 4 with attitude.

I wonder how it works with Diesel amphibious vehicles. They usually abbreviate Diesel to just D in this.

This is an advantage of having a petrol or electric car and some 20 litre carriers.

Is it a Hudson Boat? I was going to say they did an ok job keeping the Boobun yard looking alright but if there is a Huddy there I may reserve a different view. It is the main cabin portholes. Flat rather than raised. I'm sure other makers also used these but I associate them with Glascote. I remember a blue Boat called Sentinel moored there and that had an even more ridiculous bow to be fair.

I've set my phone to display as black and white as it is more relaxing. That picture is great in black and white. Its probably good in colour but it really is excellent in b&w.

The Smartgauge is quite an interesting article. It seems a bit like an eco fan. When I first started on Boats I had a great battery SoC monitor. 12 inch 12v black and white telly. Visible screen got smaller when the batteries went low. Not sure if one can still use those old sets. Black and white was a good way to watch snooker.

Yes. It was Hempstead by Holt. Marl at one stage was presumably valuable.

Mile End 2024

We used to go crabbing at Blakeney with aunt Ann holidays of 1977-1986. It was Good. Cley, Holkham, Cromer for the flea market and the other one I always forget the name of. Norfolk enchants. Sheringham! Baconsthorpe castle! Holt. The Marl Pit. I loved the marl pit a hole in the ground used for fly tipping. Always some interesting old mowers in there.

Compressor fridges are quite noisy and a campervan is likely to be smaller than an average narrow Boat so the thing will be closer to the bed.

Hence the slightly inaccurate forum user name. We used to moor at Boobun quite a lot back in the day. Marsworth flight is one of my favourites last time I did it was in 2010 several days before offspring #1 was born. Prior to that must have done the flight both ways about a dozen times. Happy days. We did 50 locks the day I last went through Maffers. Cassio Bridge lock to Grove lock. Long day that was 2 of us on the Boat. Enjoyed that.

They must be separate bilges or the two pump question would not have arisen. It seems to me the amount of water being handled must be very small and also it seems to be likely to be clean water. The little Whale supersub pumps have removable joker valves / non return valves in the outlet. I think two of those would probably work via one hose.

It would be much better to just put another fitting in to match but always worth being a little reluctant. Someone mentioned the obvious answer earlier which was simply to route the second pump to the same bilge as the first pump. It doesn't seem like a lot of water should be getting in there anyway. It it is coming from above perhaps a cover of some sort over the deck or even over the engine might be considered. If a lot of rain gets in it will also probably get into the engine tray.