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On a recent cruise in a big ship (50,000 tons) when reversing out of a mooring alongside a jetty the captain / pilot made full use of the bow thruster to steer the ship. I is a bit bigger than mine though at 1.5 Megawatts or 2250 HP.

Several people have a relative whose address they use for mail etc from DVLC etc. They can register for a postal vote there with no problem. For several years my parents were registered at my address even though they lived on their boat in the Med. The other thing to remember is you can only vote once in an election, to vote twice say at home and at your boats address is electoral fraud, and can earn a custodial reward.

Remember Trojans are 6 volt so you need 2 or 4 for a 12 volt system

Often when you see youtube video or see newspaper reports the incident has occurred on a 'lumpy water' boat in an estuary/harbour. Most of those boats will not need a BSS and probably don't have one, So maybe the BSS has helped the canals to become safer.

As described the PRV is on a T piece off the cold feed, after a NRV from the pump. If the new calorifier has a built in NRV on the inlet as, some do, then there is no PRV available to release pressure in the calorifier, which may have stood up to an immersion heater at 60 degrees but the 80+ degrees it gets from the engine was just too much, hence the split. The PRV must be on the hot / outlet side of a calorifier, or an expansion tank must be fitted.

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True, but the max load is only for a 10 minutes or so so if you are cruising for a few hours it is not a problem.

Last time I went to Llangollen I thought the boat yards were having a laugh with their fuel prices, fortunately I didn't need to buy any till I got back to the sane shroppie. So the Fuel boat should bring a breath of life to many.

I stripped the varnish, do not use steel wool as this will react and stain the wood even more, an area 2-3 times the size of the stain. We then used oxalic acid, as the Rustins A and B had no real effect. We treated for several days until the wood basically dried to a light grey, and then used pine wood stain to bring back the yellow (light oak makes it too dark). We then revarnished, a slow process but worth it, as you have to apply several coats of oxalic acid you can spot treat the worst bits more than the rest and sort of fade it out.

thanks will try them all

Topic says it all really. I have a beautiful white painted frame but the pivot bolt has rusted leading to an ugly streak below, Paint is enamel and in good condition but I don't want to paint several square feet just to remove a 3 inch long streak. As the paint has been in the sun for 2 years it is not the same colour as the tin!.

I solved the problem by having a stainless chimney, custom made by the guy in Crick. He came to the boat formed the tubes welded them and fitted them, all in half a day for about £100. The inner on the new chimney is longer than the outer to ensure any tars run back down, only problem is it doesn't stand up on it's own it needs to be on the collar. The old one from M. chandlers rusted through in 18 months as well as leaking tar, despite being double skinned and cost nearly as much as my new stainless one, which still looks good after 12 months.

Remember the fuse is there to protect the cable so you may need to consider an inline fuse in both cables so that if one disconnects for any reason the fuse in the remaining supply will blow thus preventing overheating.

What is the point of the stove then. I want mine to radiate heat into the cabin and not anything else.

Regarding the Stop part of their use, whilst 100 amps maybe with headlights on, will be no more than 5 minutes before the engine restarts (my land rover 2 minutes max in daylight). Your overnight is over 12 hours long (fridge) so not the same at all. I doubt if the stop/start system allows the battery to drop below 85%.

Probably the mac power supply wants a true sinewave and won't work on a Modified Sine Wave inverter.

The best use of solar is to run the engine in the early morning to to the bulk charge at high amps and then let the solar finish the charge off. Most solar set ups cannot provide 50+ amps as can the alternator but when the batteries will only accept 10 amps or so let the sun do its work, as running the engine to charge at this current is very inefficient, you thus save your expensive fuel then.

There must be some ventilation or your engine would not get it's required diet of oxygen and your alternator would overheat and die.

a lot of retail parks now use ANPR cameras to record you in and out so overstaying can be expensive.

Mine is the 20 amp unit in a cupboard near the top for 2 years running fine, hope it hasn't heard me.

At Bunbury they frequently use the lock landing as well as having breasted boats for the previous 8 boat lengths. When we moored up near Chester my fear was that as I passed their boats seeing the lock gates open to reveal a pair of working boats coming out. No room to pass and a long way to reverse around the corner under the railway bridge.

If using an electronic ammeter of the type frequently seen, most if not all will need a separate power supply for the meter when the shunt is in the positive lead. This is because they measure the voltage at the shunt with reference to their 0 volt supply and 12+ volts will fry them.

My biggest worry with them is when someone leaves the windlass on them. The chain and square locking mechanism is not very secure and a slight knock can cause it to jump off. The lock winder then tries to grab a rotating handle which has a lot of force behind it, I know I tried and luckily did not break by wrist when it was whacked. I suppose it's like dropping a soldering iron, you only try to catch it once, after that it falls to the floor before you pick it up.

lolly stick to rub it in on the edges, after gentle warming with the hot air gun set to low (150 - 200 degrees)

Enjoyed 2 great days there last year (Sept) no weed hatch visits, no yobs, no noise, just what we wanted, but it was term time.