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more than likely if flat it is the baseplate .I cleaned mine Fertanned it then used up some Bitumen that i had
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16 hours ago, David Mack said:
This is the 'leakage' we had to cope with on the Nene in 2007.
is that not the Rochdale 9 since it got water which in the 70s it never had enough of
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12 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
You are assuming Boater Sam has crew. I was assuming he was single handed.
But who reads threads anyway before commenting? Reading threads is for WUSSIES
I single handed held stern and centre rope with prop at tick over in reverse I then walked it back, to use winding hole at Aynho.
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18 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:
It is really unclear (at least to me) how much faster the breach could be fixed given unlimited funding. To date most of the delay seems to be down to the inevitable planning, legal, regulatory and design issues that all have to be completed before much work can tart. Unless the unlimited funding is intended to be used as bribes to overcome the need to go through these stages (most of which are part of the changes in society that has reduced industrial accidents, reduced rapacious re-development for profit and many other things generally considered 'not a good thing'.)
I agree if this was a new structure but we are looking at repair of an existing structure here so why all the red tape the contractors should do a risk analysis and CRT should have in place the original scheme of embankment build and watertight bed etc. All this work has been done by engineers long dead so stop redesigning and get on with the job it is easier than when originally built with machinery now available
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45 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
It maybe, but as I was helping someone to get what they could, I think we did 'well' getting the Mooring fees, the Licence fees and the BSS costs all paid after the "obligatory sucking of the teeth and NO-WAY" thrown at us
I got it when I was on disability but never claimed BSS as it never came due..Remembering back it was number of bedrooms on form.
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On 24/07/2018 at 21:40, Alan de Enfield said:
The boaters I know in 'our' marina get their moorings fees paid (the actual fee that would be chargeable, which I suppose is therefore by length), and their BSS, and, their licence fees paid. Their Insurance is not covered (paid) as that is not a mandatory part of owning a 'house'.
But it is to get a CRT licence
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Talking to the locals in the Navi Bugsworth Basin they said CRT have done work on the Blackwater feeder but its isolated ?
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16 hours ago, MartynG said:
Do C&RT move you on if you over stay?
I don't over stay but we did stop almost the full 48 hrs at Kiln moorings at Newark right outside C&RT offices and didn't notice anyone from C&RT taking note of our presence . The narrowboats that were there when we arrived were all still there when we left.
You are still believing that CRT look out of the windows at the boats ⛴️ my experience is the blinds will most likely be closed.
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will people on the K&A be able to get money back because Bosley and Marple are closed meaning they cannot access all the system that their licence entitles them too ?
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Todays managers who do not leave their desks could utilise the worker who walks every bit of their area of responsibility in a fortnight i.e the enforcement officer or whatever they are now called .These blinkered people could & would do a far better job if they had to report back to a central point bypassing area managers the remit could cover monitoring lock leakage state of towpath and a myriad other things.Central point would then get a better feel for how the managers are managing.
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Bugsworth basin as you enter there is a narrow bit for the stop planks .
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Bugsworth is probably being shut to deter people coming up Bosley flight and to get rid of those on top pound .I have been in Whaley bridge 13 days and here in Bugsworth for 4 days up to now level is down but not by much especially when you take into account the breech loss and then refilling that section .There is a flat stone near me that is just under water so i shall monitor that until i move on thursday.
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This year i have changed from my 3 dongle to the 3 Homefi Huawei box Brilliant in Cropredy marina but of all the places I have been its not so great in Bugsworth basin for films and TV however it can take an external aerial so may get one for next years cruise.
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some pitting can be filled by welding .Where does this fit into the scheme of things ?
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Boats that owners know are a money pit due to age and condition so what options are there for them.
CRT repossess some and others are simply abandoned .
The only place that seems to take them in as a business is Charity dock on the Coventry . Do people buy them from there ?
Are there other places of a similar nature around the system ?
My reasoning is lots of the early days leisure was GRP and there are now lots of them abandoned around the canals waiting to sink before anything gets done by CRT.
As more and more boats come onto the system then more metal ones I assume will go the same way .
Some system needs to be putting in place for scrapping boats easily .If it was a car then scrap yards will collect and usually pay money for them.
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Marinas are sitting pretty at the moment with all the rich newbys leaving their boats in marinas for the couple of weeks that they use it in a year so not a lot of boater interface required.
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In reply to Nicknorman too many marinas have a problem with customer relations .I used to have a shop and every customer was a source of money for me so i treat everyone with respect and reaped the profits.
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FB Halsall was out being blacked.
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The refilling has to be done slowly to check fix has worked and also I do not want to sit on bottom at Bugsworth ?. Water is going through Whaley Bridge Transhipment warehouse at a good rate and is at point of trickling over side weir.
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3 hours ago, BruceinSanity said:
So what part of
didn't you read?
the same statement that was made before.
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12 hours ago, canals are us? said:
How do they fix it properly? I presume dig out hole and refill with rubble, clay?
Why not fix it permanently while drained and get it done once and right. CRT really do need in house repair teams and local knowledge of previous workers who can be called in on jobs in their area.
James
Ram loads of puddle clay into the hole .However this needs a serious seeing to which will not happen because then CRT will say but its not leaking now ,So temporary becomes permanent until the next time.
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exactly as mayalld says the risk must be that the bottom will soon be at risk of falling into a sink hole.
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6 hours ago, Sea Dog said:
It'd have a job going out just on that side - that building behind is on the up side of a steep hill.
and to the right of it is a steep road downwards
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Amazing how as before (i believe) leak is travelling from one side under canal and out the other onto the sports ground .
Middlewich Branch breach - Shropshire Union
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does this mean the voles will be out of a job