Mike J.E.W

Espatcher starts smokes a lot and then shuts down , its not very old but . smoke blue then white ish what to check/service??

loved this trip when we did it 4 years ago with a Caley boat , lock ness was soooo rough though ,ride on the wild side !!!!!. great moorings and great food St Agut would we do it again YES

Red light flashing again on fridge , happened a couple of months ago change leisure battery's and its been ok now its back on even after 5 hours running /cruising any ideas what to check next ?

Braunston to Newbold is a regular short trip for us ,nice run, good pub ,bit limited moorings at Newbold but ....... Why ever time we go is there a boat moored on the water point , if its not a day boat its a hire boat , last weekend day boat moored on it guy trying to stop for water ,spoke to him and went to pub found hire peeps having lunch asked them to move got told I could bloody wait until they have finished . Hmmm went and told the other boat and offered to put day boat adrift but he moved off ............. went back to pub for drink stumbled as I passed their table a knocked beer all over gobby guy oppps

That looks like a AC power cut out cabinet to isolate equipment , not sure why it would be on a canal bank though

AJ canopies Braunston marina very good

Hi we are planning a month /30 day trip round the 4 counties from our Braunston base , I have heard Audlum marina is very good for a stop does anyone have experience of Nantwich or any other marinas We intend to stop at least three marinas on the trip , hook up. launderette , shop, fuel , ploppy's and if possible a 5* hotel spa overnight .

soak in coke polish with good old fashioned BRASSO

In reply to B0atman yes it was at speed it was the engine noise that alerted us to the boat coming through if he had passed on tickover we probably would not have known as it was we had the wash batter us and the boat next door asked us if we had noticed the boat and how late is was. Interesting comments to this , if cruising at nights your thing great and its not illegal .party on , just don't wake me up doing it ! hope you enjoy the pun !!

moored at Crick one night last week a boat came through at 10-45pm full speed , whats the score here are they "allowed " to cruse at night and why would you want to ??

Cheers Phil I am at the boat this weekend and will review and update/provide more info next week.

On a week long trip last week small red light started flashing on the fridge ,is this the sign the battery's are needing replacing or is there something I should be checking 1st

does anyone know if there are any fuel boats operating between Braunston & Foxton next week . I like to buy from them when I can rather than the marinas

How the hell does the brolly fit to the windlass

Planning a month long trip from Braunston round the four counties , Question is which way round from Great Haywood is best

Cheers Guys ,plenty of opinions and thoughts the PRV blows when the boat has been running , water is hot , tweaking/turning the valve makes no difference it still pumps water out Pumps about a year old and I am told is the correct one for the PRV

Just done the Ashby , great enjoyable canal. watch the moorings though and don't miss one ! . it can be hard to get moored at the "pub" sites , take plenty food & drink and enjoy it

The PRV on the clorifier water tank intermittently blows/pumps water out, had it changed twice in the last 8 months . Is there/are there obvious reasons the water system pressurises ? and this blows

As it starts with a "yellow peril" of the waterways could not bring myself to continue !!!!!!!!!

reverse layout cruiser stern works for us , love the space at the back for eating out and its close to the kitchen , front does tend to only be used for storage though and can get cluttered ! nice and easy to get on and off is another cruiser layout plus point more elsan than pump out points and they are generally free , does have to be humped thier though !

where can i get a pair of new front doors are they "standard" size off the shelf ?