TheBiscuits

Do you know which two to not believe?

Nothing will beat an electric multitool with a scraper blade on it. They are about £25, and come in handy for more boat jobs than you can think of. Aldi or Lidl have them in occasionally, Screwfix or Toolstation stock them permanently.

Only until @Sea Dog turns up with torpedoes armed ...

Two moisture sensors, one mounted low and one mounted high ...

The cool bit was the skin-on-frame boats and coracle next to the canoe. I did ask if I could take them, but they belong to the boatbuilder on the moorings.

Sneyd services yesterday ... Funny you should say that ... ... That's the bin that was trying to trap the BCNS Explorer cruise in Walsall Town Basin, and Steve and Alan filled it up en route.

My mate texted me to say he was supping Bank Top beer at £2.50 a pint last night. I suppose it's some consolation for being stuck near Burnley waiting for the canal to reopen...

Every single recycling point I see at CRT facilities say "no black bags" "glass and plastic bottles only" on the recycling bin, but are usually half full of black bags and mixed waste. I'm fairly sure that it's not CRT management coming round and filling the bins with general boat waste.

At the licence review a couple of years ago, CRT said they would publish new guidance on this by 1st April 2019, but I have not seen or heard anything since then. The logic that came out of the exercise was that running a genny to charge a battery bank to electrically propel a vessel is so inefficient that there should not be a "greenwash" discount to encourage it.

Note that Authorisation 1 expired last month! 9th May 2019 to be specific. You still get the small loads exemption on your 900L bowser, but a larger one would no longer comply.

There was an active campaign 20 years or so ago that got people to remove all unnecessary packaging at the supermarket checkouts, and leave it on the checkout for the shop to dispose of. It took about a month (time for the supermarkets to realise what was happening plus one distribution chain cycle) before the big supermarkets reduced the amount of unnecessary packaging from their product lines, but it has been creeping back in gradually over the years and is now as bad as ever.

I went back up the Walsall to see if he was there.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/cdg/manual/commonproblems/bowsers.htm Diesel and gas oil Diesel and gas oil (UN 1202) are in scope up to flash point 100 deg C. Diesel/fuel oil is in TC 3, so up to 1000 litres may be carried in packages without application of much of the regulations (small load exemption). Authorisation No 1 allows certain bowsers (carrying UN 1202 diesel /gas oil only) to be treated as if they are IBCs. The main conditions are The bowser was made before 10th May 2004 The tank must not be "permanently fixed to a motor vehicle or trailer". Maximum capacity 3000 litres Designed for mechanical handling It shall remain "safe and suitable" The significance of this is that the bowser can be treated as a package and labelled accordingly, and that if it does not carry more than 1000 litres the small load exemptions apply. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/527033/dangerous-goods-guidance-note-23.pdf Carriage of diesel (UN 1202) Diesel is assigned to Transport Category 3 in ADR, which permits carriage of up to 1,000 litres in UN-approved packages per transport unit (a motor vehicle with or without an attached trailer) without most of the CDG 2009 applying (see sub-section 1.1.3.6 of ADR). What is required: • compliance with the packaging requirements (see ADR Part 4). In particular, diesel must be carried in a suitable UN approved packaging, for example in UN approved jerrycans or drums; • vehicle will need to be equipped with one portable 2kg fire extinguisher (ADR 8.1.4.2); and • driver will be required to undertake basic training as in ADR 1.3.

I have been doing my bit to remove plastic bags from the Walsall again this week. And wire. And carpet. And clothing ...

Well it's darn sarf, innit. If you want top class real ale you are in the wrong part of the country!

With a long enough shoreline it could make it to the pumpout jetty and back.

Less keen on the 12 1/2 (or 102) this time are we? Right, to ensure @cheshire~rose's daughter remains speaking to her: Predictions of # of boats: @TheBiscuits 3 (disallowed) @Dr Bob 12 1/2 @cheshire~rose 41 Proof of # of boats: 1. Good Times (disallowed) 2. Paws 4 Thought

I think you have been banned from posting about noodles on facebook already ...

Interesting thread this one. All the people I know who stretched their boats purely to gain more room in a mostly static moored boat are very happy with them. All the keen active boaters who stretched a boat they really liked insist it's the worst thing they have ever done, as the boat always handles differently afterwards. I'm with @mrsmelly on this one - don't alter a boat you like to gain more space, just swap it for another one you like. I suppose the logical flip side to that if you don't like the handling of your boat, cut it in half and add a bit - it might improve it! Of course there is the other approach:

Are we counting Richard Parry as half a boat again?

I have never seen a flatpack mug before ...

Anyway, should we have a competition to guess how many boats @Dr Bob's noodles will travel on before they reach him? The prize will obviously be a duck pot noodle with a Best Before date later than February 2020, and hopefully @Dr Bob will arrange delivery ... I'm not allowed to guess, but I would have guessed 3 again.

Now I'm confused!

Yes.