Sea Dog

Really? That's worth knowing!

I think you could just as easily say men, as in humans in general. As in all walks of life, boaters and anglers - mostly nice folks, some not realising that they're doing anything to upset others, others not caring if they do. Once you get dragged in, which is so easy to do, it ruins your day. Smile, wave, move on and stay on the sunny side with the nice folks where it's a much nicer place to be.

It is. It's also what you've paid handsomely for, so it's sad when a company doing something right stands out, but seeing good service highlighted might just encourage more of it.

A good point Patty Ann, and nicely put too. The OP could well be feeling a bit of a silly Billy now someone's pointed out how easy it is.... when you know how. Move on.

I think "conductible" needs to go into that other thread Dean!

I agree that there are rules and advice and guidelines, but they're not universally understood hence the occasional conflicts. My point is that every angling club and boating guide should say the same thing and this is CRT territory. Angling clubs wouldn't be pegging matches in silly places and individual anglers wouldn't be under the impression that boaters were being vindictive in using lock landings where they were fishing if everyone had the same song sheet. The situation isn't helped if boaters and anglers have shouting matches about it, but it's seems to be an inevitability at the moment, so something isn't aligned properly.

They're not "The" rules, they're WW rules. Other club's rules may be very similar, but not necessarily the same. I only raise this so that noone gets the impression that these are necessarily universally understood by all anglers. I agree they ought to be though in order to prevent misunderstanding, which is where I would offer CRT come in. If they believe they have engaged with all parties, they've not done so effectively or we wouldn't be debating this subject or arguing with anglers. Well, maybe not so often!

Oh heck! Yes! What we're you thinking of doing with it? We have a macerator (so nothing but easily macerated toilet tissue), but drop through is the same.

Ah, same sweet spot, everything else different. I'm 57'

They'll have paid an entry fee and/or a "pool" to be in the match, which they'll be disqualified from if they move. This is why CRT need to ensure that we and the angling clubs are singing from the same page.

You and me both. Beta 43? Reading your later post though I'm much thirstier at a little less than 1.5 litres per hour. How much less depends on season due to the Eberspacher use.

Ah. So conditions likely to be found in the marine environment but not really appertaining to the average narrowboat then. So it would seem it's not really a no-no to fit a decent alarm / monitor without the appropriate boaty spec for practical reasons. Is there a rule it would be breaking?

I'm glad to hear it's not just me that rarely encounters any grumpy fishermen Ian! Same as with anyone else really - a smile or a cheery wave rarely goes unanswered. I think few of us realise how seriously most fishermen, and all match fishermen, take their business. Match fishermen in particular are concentrating very hard in what they're doing and are much busier than a non-fisherman could possibly imagine. We're natural allies in my opinion and Sustrans will happily tarmac over us both!

Those rules are general rather than for set out "matches" as they mention the use of 2 rods, which is not allowed in a match. Clearly, they don't include lock landings either. Whilst the individual angling clubs will be responsible for getting the rules out to their members, I think it's incumbent upon CRT to provide the clubs with those rules which deconflict boating and angling. Anglers, boaters, or both, having to guess or interpret rules is a recipe for unnecessary conflict between 2 sets of users who otherwise have a great deal of common interest and should be firm allies. It's not hard to imagine how this could be achieved given sound leadership from CRT. Edited to remove auto correct apostrophe.

How does the CO detector know it's on a boat? Or, to put it another way, what's special about boaty ones or, to put it yet another way, what does the non-boaty one do/not do when it finds itself in a boat?

Don't watch Dr Who, it'll drive you batty!

Longevity of a manufacturer's tyres doesn't really have a read across to the quality of their batteries. Bridgestone (who were once known for their "Japanese instant skid" tyres that lasted forever) may have only given you 15k, but they'll likely have given you the compromise of more grip across a wider range of surfaces and conditions at the expense of greater wear, where Hankook have chosen a different balance. Batteries will also be a compromise on Price V Longevity as well as other factors, and that's clear here from the ticket prices on Hankook, Varta, Trojans, Rolls, etc. Point is: compare batteries with batteries and factor in your usage and charging ability/regimen - as is writ large through all of these threads. Incidentally, I have 4 very ordinary sealed for life 110Ah leisure batteries now 7 years old and still doing well. I put that down to the Mastervolt Combi charger, 175a domestic alternator, a regime of not taking them below 60% and cruising sufficiently to get them back to 100% every day or two. Being an engineer, I was possibly able to sort out for myself what was the really good advice given on here and elsewhere, but there's probably a big dollop of luck in there too!

Hence why propellers developed beyond being a simple screw thread into what we see today.

It would be sensible to ensure that the heater supply pick up sits a little higher in the tank than the engine supply. This will prevent your heating being able to fully empty the tank, depriving you of engine power.

And just to flog BEngo's good points to death: always connect starting at the "service" end, in this case the boat, and finish at the "supply" end, ie the shore connection box. That way, the cable you're carrying is dead until the final connection. It goes without saying to disconnect at the supply end first for the same reason.

You may be onto something there. So, global warming will also bring more daylight hours. I like that idea!