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In my world Spam refers to crap, a term referred to American’s as they talk a good story but don’t produce the goods, a prime example the Military exercise a few weeks ago where UK forces out scored their US counterparts in a matter of days, with the US calling for a break as it was too much for them. With not seeing the deleted post, I thought this is what he is referring to with my reply to the OP and I apologise to Alan for my misunderstanding with not seeing the deleted post.

Yes I missed it, maybe I’ve got thing to do, then cutting and pasting cartoons.

I apologies for for the removed remark.

NO, please let me know what you mean by Spam

Why is it SPAM Alan? come on please tell.

The Straddle Warehouse straddles the basin, you can still go under to the end which is still the end turning basin as you say. The Terminal/Grain warehouse is at the end on three sides, there is a unloading dock which goes into the Terminal/Grain Warehouse only. The unloading dock under/into the Terminal/Grain Warehouse is private and is part of the building lease, at the minute there is a 60’x12’ widebeam moored in it. I will try to find a photo from “on this day” to show. Found. Above the end of the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal and the end turning basin, the Straddle Warehouse to the left which you have to go under and the Terminal/Grain Warehouse to the right, the next photo is roughly taken opposite The Grain/Terminal Warehouse, now offices to ground floor and flats above. You used to be able to cross on the walkway on left but now you can’t, the arch on the left is the entrance to the unloading dock which has the 60’x12 widebeam in, if you look carefully you will see a boom across to stop rubbish from entering. A few visiting boats touch their bows on the walkway to say they have been to the very end before turning, as it is part of the IWA Silver Propeller Challenge. Hope that makes sense and will find a better angled photo to show all better tomorrow

You talking about 13a house plug on each end of an extension cable? Why would you use something like that when you have a shore line socket on boat. Better to just use a 13a plug to shoreline plug short extension and plug your normal shoreline cable into that.

I imagine not recommended by a competent electrician though if used next to the same type 240v sockets. In this case all sockets/plugs are the same 12v and 240v systems. So could be very easy to blow up a 12v TV without even removing it from the boat.

You’ve just bought this boat, did you get it surveyed before purchase? As Alan indicates, AC and DC sockets/plugs shouldn’t be interchangeable, your system implies the same sockets are used for AC & DC so the same plug can be inserted into either, surly this should of been picked up if surveyed??????

Probably 😂

She might not of been told that CaRT licenses aren’t transferable and the seller maybe threw in 5 month free licence with the boat to feather the sale😂

I imagine the boat the OP is looking at and is being discussed on here is a far better boat and has been better maintained then yours, reading all the problems you have had and how little cruising you have done on your boat. Looking at it, it has been well maintained and would be perfectly suitable to CC.

I would say that Vloggers and dreamy boat journalists have fueled the increase in livaboards more so then then COVID travel restrictions. COVID Travel restriction may make a few buy a holiday boat, but the increase in prices I would say have been caused by livaboards wanting a cheap way of living not because they can’t go abroad for a holiday. Nearly all of the new boaters I’ve met have said they have been watching the Vlogs and want to live on the canals. Not because they couldn’t travel to Benidorm. If COVID Travel restrictions was the case then whenever normal holiday travel is resumed there should be a massive influx of boats for sale, as why would you need a holiday boat when you can go to sunny climates? I doubt that is going to happen soon though.

2017 survey, too old to be of any real use, all you can do is check all the recommendations on it have been carried out, but still out of date to be relied on. The fire is fine typical front fit with ample air gap around. Where do you get the shore power mod and knackered batteries from? The battery monitor is showing over 13v. Most boats have shore power hook up as standard. You can say it has Solar so modified to be off grid? You don’t know what your talking about with boats as usual. I see 2x Rev counters one with 5400 hours and one with 400hrs, why 2, has it an built in generator or had a new engine? I imagine an old person’s boat who have probably just got too old to enjoy the canals, clean and tidy, if a bit dated interior but typical of that era, but not bad and if you can live with it for a couple of years should be fit for your needs. Also being 52ft easier to handle for you, go anywhere, easier to find moorings and cheaper to license and insure. If I was buying I would start my offers around £44K, but prices are daft at the minute and people do buy a lot of boats Jan/Feb to get ready for April cruising. I don’t think you could go wrong with this boat if you can get at a price your happy with.

The problem is, Prices of Narrowboats are daft at the minute, 1992 boat 52ft a few years ago £33-40K now this money, the idiots on YouTube and the folks living their dream watching them have a lot to answer for. Maybe certain Vlogers don’t need to be on the canal anymore, have done enough damage, sold their boats or are doing them up to sell and are cashing in.😂 What are you buying for, investment or to live on?

Makes a Makes a good story though, probably would be quicker in a horse drawn Showman’s caravan, with continuous moorers and stoppage’s to deal with.

Don’t get her thinking of following the Circus around on her boat and thinking it’s a short cycle. Looking at their performance schedule the canals would be the K&A and London, so maybe being near a train station and cycling to and from it to work would be better.

Have a look at this guy just moved to Lincoln area. https://www.instagram.com/dhcrouchmarine/ If your heading to Sheffield there’s no rush as you won’t be able to get there till after 18th March if Stoppage finishes on time, all closed that way till then.

He says “New Boating Family 2022” indicating this year when his kids are 10/12. Then says the kids would of flown the coop when he retires to a Narrowboat, a bit of confusion here? I’ve got better things to waste my time on then asking the obvious questions about schooling, CCing, financing, space/bedrooms, location etc. I’m off to watch YouTube to see how it’s done in real life👍

Why waste people’s time if his dream is to do it in 10 years time and not sometime very soon? The canal way of life and system will/could be completely different by the time he gets a boat. With regards to finance it’s not free or cheap to be on the Canals anymore, has he got long term financial support to maintain everything? Yes he could be just buying a boat to holiday so will be based in a Marina I imagine.

I can’t even be bothered to read all this, you have 2x kids aged 12/10 and dream to retire and are going to buy a boat 75k? You were on the Stratford Cansl in the 1990’s , how old are you? Also please let us know how your going to finances your future for your family? I sold Dean his first boat and from the start I knew he was not all there, all about his dream and dragging his family into it. Please give us your financial breakdown for the next 10 year and your prospect of work or are you another YouTube dreamer? You say “I dream ...,.,,,” Please just do it instead of wasting time dreaming on here, like I’ve seen a lot of Yanks doing, remember the guy from Hawaii a few years ago? Tell you the truth I’d much rather live in the USA then over here on a Narrowboat, as it’s becoming La La land with dreamers.

As he wanted a Saloon. Brrmm Brrmm

Have you tried this when coming to locks? Most of the time they’re in your line of sight and in your way on a Trad stern if standing in front of you, as you tend to stand also in that area due to tiller and engine controls.

The OP lives and works the North, so why talk about 68/70ft boats? He is being sensible with sticking with a size that can do all the Northern Canals, 55ft would be a good size, no need for a 68/70ft especially for a single occupier.

The Towpath along that stretch to Leeds is better then most, the biggest problem is that it’s too good in some places and is often used by cyclists chain ganging at speed, I image a lot of the rutting is caused by the cyclists and now they want their damage repaired with tarmac so they can go faster. That area has lots of towpath walkers but boaters suffer with the leaking locks and hard to use swing bridges, but no money being spent on those at the minute.