TheBiscuits

It's quite common for the "river trials" to be conducted after the deposit is paid if the buyer has the sense to specify "subject to survey and river trial" as a condition of their offer. I completely understand why brokers don't really want to give free days out to every fender kicker who wants a jolly ... I suppose the other way to look at this is the property market. Do you often get to have a day's "test drive" on a house before buying it? That's a wonderful typo of Shysters. Leave it in please!

Which was precisely my original point, as you know all too well. Read and understand any contract (even if you have to take paid legal advice) before signing it! No argument with that, it's very good advice.

https://middlelevel.gov.uk/navigation/ Update on Navigation Licencing on Middle Level Waters IMPORTANT NOTICE [Snip] The Committee agreed that in light of the COVID-19 situation and reflecting on the impact this will have on the boating community, the date when boats will need to be licenced has been set back to 1st September 2020. The licence fee has been reduced from the original fee set and is now equivalent to 50% of a full year Environment Agency (EA) Anglian Waters charge. The EA annual charges can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anglian-waterways-registration-charges/anglian-boat-registration-charges-1-april-2020-to-31-march-2021 and are the figures that should be used on the application form in the box marked ‘licencing charge before adjustment’.

Hearing and not understanding is fine. It's those that use such terms in meetings without understanding them that annoyed me.

Can you quote the requirement for non-installed AC power please? I'm pretty sure that a cable coming in through a window is not in scope for the BSS - even though it probably should be!

Sometimes on a laptop, sometimes on a phone? I'm not sure you are widely disliked though. Especially now you are an honorary Northern boater instead of just another one of the hippy hutches on the K&A!

Interestingly, the AYBA code of conduct contains the following in the preamble: Every Broker or New Boat Sales Member of the Association shall observe this Code of Practice in line with the Articles of Association of the ABYA and YBDSA. (“Member” includes Accredited, Full, Fellow and Honorary Members). It should be noted that there are local variations to practices, particularly on the inland waterways. https://abya.co.uk/media/1300/abya-code-of-practice.pdf

Adherence to the code of practice encourages but doesn't require use of the BMF contracts. https://britishmarine.co.uk/-/media/BMF/Files-and-Documents/PDF/BRBA_Code_of_Practice_-Edition_3.pdf?la=en&hash=8E6FCED0CD7695C53E39A20FA577089A8A26ED7A (My emphasis) 5. Contracts with Clients a. Contract Forms ii. Members are strongly encouraged to transact their business upon the British Marine standard form contracts and terms of business wherever practicable and should only depart from such terms in the case of contracts with consumer Clients where they are accepting an equivalent or higher standard of contractual responsibility toward the Client than provided by the standard form, or by the standard forms of other trade bodies relevant to the particular trade. iii. Members shall not trade upon edited or amended copies of the British Marine standard form contracts or Terms of Business without making the extent of such editing or amendment clear to the Client before entering into any contractual arrangements.

You are completely correct in what you say for that particular agreement, but I did say "depending on the contract." Not all brokers use the standard BMF or RYA agreements though.

Of course they value your privacy - they wouldn't be able to sell it otherwise! That's not quite the same as ensuring your privacy.

That might have been partially because you weren't too busy playing buzzword bingo! I used to ask people who got too carried away with corporate speak to explain what they actually meant by some of the most irritating phrases, and they couldn't always do so ...

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With a fixed price written sale agreement subject to survey it's normal for the vendor to make good any undisclosed defects found by the survey. Many sellers would rather knock the price of 5 new batteries off the agreed sale price rather than faff about installing the new ones themselves. Backing out of the sale after signing a sale agreement can leave the seller liable for costs of the survey, depending on the contract.

Does it have the cast IWM on it?

It's not far off on a bank of 6 X 110Ah new batteries. What would you suggest charging to?

Maybe @Duck-n-Dive could help.

Which part of the country are you in? Someone might be able to recommend a polisher who won't sting you too hard.

If you get a mobile fuel polisher out, they should be able to suck the fuel out of the bilge and put it back in your tank.

Is it flashing an error code? As you have swapped batteries, loom and the unit itself it's removed most of the usual issues. Is the metering pump or it's loom faulty? I'm assuming you didn't swap the fuel pump when you tried another unit. Is it connected directly to the batteries, or via an isolator switch? There may be a bad contact in the switch if it's connected like this. Alan's questions about battery voltage are very relevant too.

7+1+3 = ...

Must be the Vegan equivalent ...

I agree. I was simply pointing out that most of those who choose not to have a solid fuel stove go for a diesel stove, and usually for a specific reason. Lots of people try and get by with just a diesel central heating system which is OK for the odd cold summer morning or taking the chill off, but they aren't great as the only heating on a boat used year round. Too much electric use in winter if nothing else.

And most of those have a diesel stove instead of a solid fuel one. It's usually because of either dust (asthma etc) or not being physically able to moving bagged fuel.