[Is it just me or?]

If you meet another liveaboard, have a chinwag, find out that they earn their living from doing work on other boats on the canal. E.g. electrics, or whatever. Then they tell you that they charge £35 an hour or thereabouts. Car servicing in a garage paying rates etc. with lots of machinery doesn't cost much more. And yet the rusty boat with multimeter and a few screwdrivers charges near enough the same.

 

£35.00 an hour is top money. Are they having a laugh?

 

No just you. If he's a skilled electrician then he is entitled to earn suitable income. Regardless of being a boater. It's not a charity you know.

[Boater still missing have you seen her?]

R.I.p Elaine Harrison.

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Not be long.

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Mad who. Never heard of it lol

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I'm not confirming nor denying anything lol

All ilk say is there's a few boats at sawley inc the boat club for my budget.

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Really. Didn't see that. Worth a try.

Further offers available on berthing contracts for vessels purchased through our on-site brokerage.

 

Would this include boat purchased from sawley brokerage

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I prefer a stove with a window lol.

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Yes,but you could then only use the 40ft part of it if you wanted to, sorted !.

 

What you mean? If you had a small leisure craft?

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That's good then. I may give it some consideration then. I suppose I'd save a bit by only needing a river licence. Not tried the pub there yet. But looking to change that lol.

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Mind you Tjderby,

You could make the mooring to be an absolute bargain by getting a 60ft boat,and paying the same as a 40/45 ft boat !.

That's true Paul. But with 60ft boats comes a lot more expense lol. Not to mention hard for a single person to handle

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I wouldn't bet on that.

 

TJ appears to feel hard done by paying for the mooring length as opposed to the boat length and I can imagine him resenting this badly enough to tell them to shove it.

 

 

MtB

Not particularly hard done by mike. Just done see why they don't do a mooring price by the foot like most marinas I've visited. Also the risk of flooding. Not to mention the cost DOESN'T include council tax as council tax isn't being unforced yet. That info from the mooring manager herself.

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Yer,you see I'm crap at percentage calculations.

I just can't work them out to the same figures as you can. I would think you've got a little bit more than the 10%.

So your going for a residential mooring then !.

Not a leasure mooring that might be cheaper for you !.

I can't go for a leisure mooring mate. As I'm going to be on her 365 days a year. And won't have additional address.

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Well, there's an inner and outer diameter. When we talk of 4" flue, its the outer diameter which is being referred to.

 

Yeah I thought as much cause its go to go through the same hole in the roof.

Definitely going to go for the boatman stove. Makes financial sense. Thanks for the advice. Really appreciate it.

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Thanks Alan mate.

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Yeah I seen the difference in price. This may sound stupid but do you measure the flew from one side to the other going over the centre of the hole? Lol.

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Lol I know what you mean. I checked when I put my offer in for her. It's £3400 standard mooring price and £3015 pa with 10% discount. Which isn't enough. Since they charge the same for any size boat. I mean why should I pay the same as a 60ft boat lol

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Is a single skin flew gd enough?

 

Yes looks like steel which in my opinion is a good thing on a boat due to cast iron stoves possibly cracking. 4kw would be plenty for a 38ft narrowboat. I would order the stove £299 and the flue kit £130 from boatman.

If your existing flue pipe 4inch? is the same then just buy the stove if the old flue is the right length and in good condition.

James

Not sure if its 4" not measure. That's something ill do when I'm off work. As for condition. The flew is flacky. And by that I mean rusty lol.

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No Paul you misunderstand. At sawley you pay it 10months and get 2 months free.

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Seems pretty gd. So I take it the Boardman stove is steel.

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Yeah I was thinking morso squirrel. But not sure if the chimney dimension is the same. Could get expensive if not.

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Are they any good?

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I may try and negotiation the price down a little. I don't mind paying £280 a month. So if they accept that I'll keep it where it is.

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Thankfully we are nearing summer so I hopefully won't need the stove. So that'll give me chance to save up to get a proper job done.

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Just taken a look at the chimney in a photo and it looks quite big lol. Actually almost as big as the stove lol. Don't ask me to post a pic cause I don't know how to lol.

Not necessarily a valid assumption. A stove that only ever runs very slowly (air vents shut well down) might be fine until one day you forget to turn it down after lighting /refuelling... You don't want to be one minor mistake away from trashing the boat (and possibly you).

Well in that case its definitely coming out.

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I'll get both. Just to be safe lol. I should hope the current installation is safe as I assume its been in there a while. Do any of you know anything about these pot bellied fires. Are they any good?