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I deliberately snuck in a photo that included Aries. She's a modern knockoff and only 50'x12'.

Still don't Teddington to Brentford. The PLA's General Directions require a number of vessels, and those of 13.7m or more in length overall, to have an operational VHF radio on board, but narrow boats greater than 13.7m in overall length, and which are navigating only between Brentford and Teddington, are exempt. However, any narrow boat wishing to complete the "London Ring" (the Grand Union Canal and then transitting from Limehouse to Brentford) are not exempt from this General Direction. https://www.boatingonthethames.co.uk/Narrow-Boating

You won't be a great fan of Lady Teal then? 60' x 13' with a roof terrace. https://www.ladyteal.co.uk/

Hire boats on hire are not allowed to travel in the dark for insurance purposes, and I think it may be a licence term too. Private boats are allowed to travel in the dark by the licence, but some insurers refuse to cover the risk, others are quite happy with it.

http://completeguide.rnli.org/vhf-radios.html A VHF radio will enable you to summon help by calling the Coastguard and alerting other vessels. Up until recently this was done with a mayday call on Ch16. However, the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) has changed. There is no longer a legal requirement for any ship or coast station to maintain a manual watch on Ch16. The UK Coastguard and Irish Coast Guard have ceased a dedicated Ch16 headset watch and now monitor this via a wall-mounted loudspeaker. Please check with other countries if going abroad. Instead, commercial ships and the Coastguard now monitor a special digital channel with DSC radios. To transmit a distress message on this channel you will need a DSC radio. You set 'em up and I'll knock 'em down. I was just trying to confuse Athy further. I was going to add a bit about satellite receivers but even I though mixing LNB with LSB was a bit tenuous.

Well if you were using a computer...

It's only a £5,000 fine and/or six months in prison, so nothing too severe ... ... or about £140 for the course to get your licence.

The manual says Continuous white smoke during combustion operation : Remove heater and perform troubleshooting on repair shop level. So yes, it needs to be serviced.

What colour is the smoke? White? Black?

Just get some red ones and wear them for a few years ...

And to complete the look pink trousers, a white polo-neck and a blazer Not sure if the outfit is any good for fishing in, but you will be alright drinking G+T.

I use Lidl's NiMH ready to use / low self discharge range at around £4 a packet for 4 AA or 4 AAA or 2 C or 2 D or 1 PP3 cells. Supposedly 80% charged after a year in the drawer, but we don't really care - when they go flat they go in the charger, and a previously charged set come out of the drawer and go in the gadget.

Did you buy it outright or did you need to put a deposit down?

From the DoOT: reamer, reamerer ; rancer (textile machinery), reamering machinist, rhymerer, rimmerer sets-up and operates machine, such as lathe (see lathe hand), which enlarges holes to required size, by means of a reamering tool; cf. borer, and driller; sometimes specifically designated, e.g., flyer reamer, flyer reamerer. rhymerer, rimmerer see reamer. Any bets that the chap in question told the census taker "I'm a rimmerer" and he heard it as "A mariner"

Probably about time you bought some diesel then

Speak to Beta - the JD3 came with a 70A alternator as standard but there was an optional 100A second alternator. I don't know how they were driven, but Beta will.