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50 minutes ago, Arnac said:
Ha ha - we've just come that way. Across the Mersey and up the ship canal. Can't afford to go back the same way 😂
At least you have your surveyors paperwork sorted if you have to go back that way!
Up the Leigh Arm of the Bridgewater feeds you on to the open bit of the L&L, Leigh to Liverpool via Wigan which is mostly open despite the badly phrased stoppage notices. There's some very nice bits of the canal through West Lancashire, or you could just hang around Pennington Flash waiting for the Rochdale 9 to reopen.
Add a bit:I seem to recall extending a week's pass on the Bridgewater was about £40 last time I did it but that was a few years ago so it might be more now. Ring them tomorrow and ask if you want to stay in Manchester, but you can easily be back on CRT waters in less than a day from Castlefield Basin if that's better for you.
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1 minute ago, Arnac said:
It's frustrating. Us and quite a few other boats now stuck in Castlefield Basin waiting to go to the Ashton/Macclesfield canals. Not sure what the Bridgewater Canal Co will think.
They'll think you have to pay them money, or head back to Leigh ...
More seriously, contact them directly and ask. Closed with a review next week is slightly better than a review in a fortnight like the rest of the L&L got again, but you really don't want to be banned from the Bridgewater if you're trying to head for Marple.
Your only other option at the moment would be the Manchester Ship Canal from Pomona Lock to Ellesmere Port. This involves an approved surveyor, lots of paperwork, payment, and scheduling with three different organisations.
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1 hour ago, David Mack said:
For Swiftsure to have a draft of 2 ft (presumably when laden with 80 passengers) the hull must be very fine round or V bilged form.
It did!
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1 minute ago, haggis said:
I think Ray Bowern does the complete package. Good idea to get one company to do everything as that means a one insurance company covers everything
Agreed. A B Tuckey are an alternative agent, but they often get Bowerns to do the actual job depending on availability and location.
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1 hour ago, Bod said:
I suggest an experiment, 2 sheets of linseed oil soaked kitchen paper, one left flat in the open, the other wrapped tightly with string, again left in the open.
See the results in 24/48 hours.
It's scrunched up ones that go - presumably the pockets of localised heat build up.
I've seen it once, but fortunately the chap who caused it was throwing his balled up rags into a metal bucket on the hardstanding, not onto his boat.
All the ones he did after the fire was put out got laid out flat, separated from each other.
It wasn't a day later, it happened while he was still oiling his woodwork.
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13 minutes ago, magnetman said:
I bet these geysers would love the Airbus A380.
Nah, wouldn't fit through bridges ...
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1 hour ago, Woody Too said:
What could work would be a easy and simple way of reporting any issues sighted on boating travels that if any approved 'Roaming volunteers' could have a more direct contact to a local area team leader or supervisor and could liaise directly to report issues quickly for CRT to deal with rather than the usual process of banging your head against a brick wall with CRT customer services as is the normal starting point for the general public.
I think that's partly the idea of the forthcoming CRT app. From experience, direct email to the relevant region works much better than trying to explain to a call centre operator who doesn't even work for CRT. Your actual report can be forwarded exactly as you sent it to the relevant person, rather than a rephrased message.
The very best way involves getting the ambulance call centre operator to get the CRT out of hours duty manager to directly ring you at midnight, but I've only needed to do that once!
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47 minutes ago, Peanut said:
Sikkens is a wood stain, better used on sheds and fences.
I thought they were a manufacturer with a wide range of products for many different use cases ...
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1 hour ago, nb Innisfree said:
I've never repacked while afloat but if I did I would first wrap lots of clingfilm around the shaft via the weed hatch to stop water ingress.
36 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:I've never thought of that. What a good idea!
(Does it work?)
A well greased rag wrapped tightly around the propshaft via the weed hatch is more traditional. And sticks better than wet cling film.
A bucket under the gland and a working bilge pump are soothing, an assistant on standby with a wet vac is luxurious.
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4 minutes ago, Wafi said:
You'll also know immediately that it's watertight, rather than having yet another thing to check immediately after the boat goes in the water.
I was about to post exactly this. I've seen badly done packing on the hard that didn't get noticed in the excitement of crane back in day ...
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Just now, NB Saturn said:
And to help the MAIB 😀
It wouldn't be classed as an accident though.
"There's been a terrible deliberate!"
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3 minutes ago, matty40s said:
(NOTE..(for GybeHo), do not attempt to do this whilst moving.)
Or at least film it for us ...
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1 hour ago, lyndarra said:
I was off beer for a while due to recent surgery (TURP - Google it) so I can't comment on that.
I'm not sure drinking turps is any better than craft beer 😁
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12 minutes ago, haggis said:
What a good Idea. You could wind them up with a key. That would be novel
It'll never catch on.
Photo credit:
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Just now, BoatingLifeUpNorth2 said:
Maybe a display error, where it should be showing the available Kw that’s been put on the post?
I don't know, and didn't want to just make a wild ass guess. Hence asking for a photo or more detail.
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1 hour ago, Tenzin said:
on the column there is a row of black lines.
I don't understand this bit. Can you explain further or add a photo, please.
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6 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Apparently he has had almost 2 years - & all the time he was regaling us with his adventures re negotiating a 'new build'
It is of course possible to have had a secondhand boat for two years and be commissioning a brand new one. That's definitely not the impression I got from his previous posts though.
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47 minutes ago, booke23 said:
Thanks for that, fascinating bit of film. The virtually complete lack of moored boats is quite a contrast to today.
Considering how much some people complain about passing boats, watching a soliton wave go past them would be entertaining!
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19 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:
It would have been appropriate as the literal translation of bete noir is "black beast"...
Betty (sic) Noir isn't the Prince of Darkness, that's Ozzy Osbourne ...
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7 hours ago, jonathanA said:
Ive also heard they have bought Scarisbrick marina but haven't seen anything to confirm if Collingwood are the new owners.
I'd heard it was ABC leisure group taking Scarisbrick, but only on the towpath rumour mill. Not seen any official announcements anywhere.
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I'm just thinking how impressive a log flume Wigan flight would-be if you opened all of the gates 🤣🛶
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39 minutes ago, Boater floater said:
Her surname isn’t Vag is it?
Whiplash.
@Alan de Enfield has a photo ...
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The other valid point is if they have a boat you are particularly interested in, it would be stupid to not go to the broker listing it.
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Tayna Batteries did it for me too. In fact the delivery driver insisted on pushing his pallet truck from where I'd met him at a bridge along the towpath right up to the boat.
Grand Union from Birmingham to Stratford canal closed for navigation
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That's one way of looking at it.
Another way is that CRT needed to break their side of the deal on a long lease and negotiated acceptable redress rather than be sued for breach of contract.
I'm fairly sure an extended court case (years normally) before they could even begin work on repairing the dam would have suited you better ...