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They must have known this when the 405 was still on the market because the 306 is toroidal.

Classy - just had mine serviced after 35 years (34/306)

Good news. I'm there at the end of May.

Add Fuelset every time you fill up would be my advice. It won't stop the water getting in but it will deal with any that does.

I think we all know at least one of those. A sales director from years ago always maintained that "No" is the most powerful word in the dictionary, "Yes" being the easy option. Seems like he always took the easy option and let the back office sort it out once the order was taken!

There are bad businesses and bad customers and generally they are drawn together because the good businesses and good customers work them out and steer clear. My points are not specific to you or anybody else involved in this discussion.

I agree. There are many examples of trades people spending hours chasing payment from Customers which does not help with their workload. In many cases they are adopting mobile credit card readers so they can take payment while on site because the fees outweigh the hassle of chasing cash. They also have their own 'blacklist' of poor payers, maybe that's why the phone doesn't always get answered.

Agreed - it could be very warm during the day and cold at night in April. Watch out for drips from the polytunnel roof.

Yes

Do you have a valid reference source for this statement please?

I think you will find that Phil and Sue were not involved in the blacking operations apart from some of the bookings and billings. Roger leads the blacking and steelwork activities and always has to the best of my knowledge, he now deals with bookings and billing directly.

I doubt very much the maths has changed but the units of measure will have.

Maybe I'm cynical but I think this is being driven by the manufacturers, not because boating dynamics have changed little over 200 years. "We can do 40bhp for £10 more than a 30bhp (because we don't really sell many 30's and make more money on 40's because we sell loads of those in to the machinery industry)". A good point about power take off as boats become even more loaded with electrickery. Maybe that's why bhp is increasing?

If you wanted something more local, try Roger Farrington in Braunston. https://www.braunstonboats.com/

Barnaby states that drag is increased by 150% when the depth of the water is 1.5 x the draught (compared to 20% at 5 x draught) at low speeds for a barge form vessel. That implies a depth of 3-5 feet of clear water (not the "mud slurry" that Tony refers to) is required to achieve 150% drag. This would be the exception not the rule most canals so the drag is likely to be worse than that. Even so, that doesn't mean narrowboats need 50 bhp which seems to be an emerging trend!

E.C. Tupper is a modern alternative.

There was a sad back story to that one but he was convicted. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/sad-story-behind-slowest-police-4972527

Sold for £371K - anybody on here?

I use one of these: https://www.midlandchandlers.co.uk/products/sterling-16a-manual-crossover-switch-vl-466 OFF + 3 inputs. In my case, (1) shoreline or generator, (2) inverter, (3) travel pack. Sold as Sterling but manufactured by a well known switch company. Fork crimps make it easier to wire up. Or you can buy a panel assembly https://www.midlandchandlers.co.uk/products/2-way-ac-shoreline-invert-selector-panel-vs-110

In addition to the ones you mention, Toll House Boat Sales, Crick Marina (Castle Boat Sales), Rugby Boats and Whilton Marina all offer boats for sale in close proximity to Crick.

Lee offers these services and does travel https://www.daysafloat.co.uk/

Not something I had seen before - everyday's a school day.

While I was looking at the link I noticed this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shoulder-2-Person-Lifting-Moving-System/dp/B00022749Q No use for coal but it could save a fortune on dry docking charges if you buy a few and invites some friends over...

No problem ...

It would have to be shared by C&RT as there are GDPR implications (sorry!) - here or FB is not appropriate for sharing the details, particularly as this may or may not be a dispute rather than a crime. The local team is aware of this now and it will be fairly straight forward to check the records at Foxton.