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We have loved the festival, and can only hope Jane's attempt to get a sani station on the wharf works.
Richard Parry was up yesterday, and seemed to enjoy himself, so hope he sees it our way, and helps us as promised.
Oh, and big love to Saint Bob and Calypso Dave
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To be honest, your attitude is exactly why people take to forums about this. Those who won't obey the rules aren't doing so because they don't know, but because they are the kind of self centred idiots who ignore rules that they don't like.
Such people are not known for being well disposed to people reminding them of the rules.
And they get exactly one polite friendly request to not be arses.
Then I be an arse too. A 6ft arse with a sledgehammer.
But I learn fast, and cast em off in gear is genius. And I'll do exactly that next time.
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I'd say yes, but with the understanding that any boat moored on a lock landing can and will be used as a pontoon if I need to.So... Back to the point. About boats using lock landings as moorings. Given that lock landings are provided for boats to use while working through the locks, if they want/need to, is mooring there acceptable?
Edited to add:
And CRT work boats are always fair game when not in use. I have been known to use them as convenient work stages for waterline jobs on several boats or as convenient canoe put-in points.
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In the run over dog thread this is thought to be a good idea with cars parked zigzag to slow down traffic.yes, same company, been like that for years,going through there sometimes is like steering through a mobile chicane!
Perhaps this is just the same thing with boats as everyone was ignoring the tickover sign
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Sue the cyclist for the vet bill through the online small claims procedure.
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Assuming Wigan flight is open again by then!
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Someone's going to mention the Foulridge cow next. Swam the tunnel at the wrong minutes past the hour and went to the pub or something.
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So I finally found a new cruising area, on the Rochdale, above Rochdale......between Smithy Bridge and Walsden. It's currently taking me 35mins into Manchester each day by car, costing a pretty penny, but well worth it.
Dean, if you are commuting 35 minutes by car the entire Leeds & Liverpool and about half of the Lancaster canal is in your cruising range. If you think this is just forum point scoring, drop me a pm with a phone number and I'll talk you through it. And help you up Wigan flight. And buy you a beer
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Don't worry too much about it.
Treat it like you would treat a car or caravan journey: anything fragile that can tip over or fall when brakes are applied needs to be moved or protected, anything too heavy needs to be secured so it can't cannonball into anything else.
And nothing on the outside that you ever want to see again!
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Buy UHT milk and learn to enjoy warmish lettuce?
But if you can cope with that you will probably be OK with warm beer, and have just proven you don't need any fridges.
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"I put on my best (only) sarcastic cockney"
"You lot look well posh!" = 'Cut the wash!'
"Pirates Avast!" = 'Going too fast!'
"Are you lot mental?!" = 'I observe your vessel is a Day Rental!'
Guybrush Threepwood is that you?
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I guess the bottom layer of goods should probably be beers, wine and other bottled goods
And the middle layers. And the top layers.
The milk and lettuce can go in the other fridge that has a side door
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Don't do it!
The only valid reason to have a boat that fits through a 7 foot gap is that you want to take it through a 7 foot gap, such as all the narrow locks in the Midlands.
If there was a broad canal connecting the North and South broad canals, the narrow boat would be a lot less popular.
Try it for yourself: mark out a chunk of your current house, flat etc 6 feet wide.
Now get a 6ft3 bed in that space. And walk past it. With wet clothes on. And bring the dog who will also be wet.
If you want the narrow boat style, get a wide one.
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it averages out about 2.5 litres an hour on the canal and as much as 3.5 if I,m pushing hard against the flow of the Severn, but very little coming back down with the flow behind me, also I have a 34ft boat with a 15 hp motor on, so a smaller boat will probably give you even more mpg,s, add into the equation that diesel is about 10p a litre more than petrol, and your running costs will be much the same, and as said any engine problems you just take the motor home rather than balancing on your head trying to squeeze under the cockpit floor and fix it in situ
But my Nauticus 27 with an inboard modern diesel uses about a litre an hour on average. And heats the boat and makes loads of electricity when running.
The take the engine home to fix idea is true but probably less useful if the boat *is* home though.
To get back on the original topic, we got a low power electric blanket and a tiny inverter that helps when it is nippy.
Downsides to a Nauticus 27:
Fitting a solid fuel stove will cost you at least one berth, and a lot of the flexibility of the saloon layout. This might not be a deal breaker, but needs thinking about.
Roof space and shape are designed for looks, not storing anything on. We love the curves, but can't place anything on the roof!
Upsides to a Nauticus 27:
Beautiful "boaty" boat. We get loads more comments in the Nauty than we do on the narrowboat.
Made for river running. Way more fun as a playboat than a narrow boat.
Excellent layout - in fact we are modifying the narrowboat saloon to be more like the Nauticus. You can tell it was designed by a yachtie.
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Well if you go to Skipton, you might see an L&L short boat with a traditional Hiab on it. Ask that guy if he has seen any.
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[...] we are heading upstream a little further then intended
Just remember to keep turning left. You know Dylan likes his mobos.
Linky for those that don't understand : http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/category/sailing-around-britain/ktl-6-humber-to-scotland/
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If you have the load setting on manual, which is the default, it toggles load on and off.
I can't see if you have any wires connected to load on the picture, but it is the two right most holes with the lamp picture. Note that pressing just the OK button on the remote meter does the same thing.
Yes, the meter shows volts and amps at the panel, at the battery, and at the load.
The fuse is to protect the panel and controller from the battery, so if you have a 30 amp controller use a 30 amp fuse. I would have thought you would have the 20 amp controller if you are only on one 235w panel. I used the circuit breaker that Bimble sell instead, as it is an occasional use switch.
The default settings for the batteries are correct as long as you are using wet lead acid batteries. You probably are if you don't know any differently.
The manuals for both bits of kit are downloadable, from http://www.epsolarpv.com/en/index.php/Product/pro_content/id/573/am_id/136
And just to second, I too bought the 235w panel and new tracer controller from Bimble. Fantastic kit, batteries all full by 2pm at the moment, having to run an extra beer cooler just to use the spare electric up!
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Dean, try here for useful info / downloads
http://www.bridgewatercanal.co.uk/boating/licensing
But the actual concessionary price list is here :
http://www.bridgewatercanal.co.uk/media/BoatingPDFs/2015_CRT_Concessionary_Fees.pdf
You could always climb Wigan on the L&L and commute back into Manchester from scenic Burnley
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Why didn't the Bridgewater get nationalised in 1948 along with all the other private canals around at the time? If it had been it would now be a CRT waterway anyway.
My understanding is that the Bridgewater Canal Company holds all rights of navigation to the Irwell valley - which now includes the Manchester Ship Canal. The MSC bought the Bridgewater Canal Co to get the rights to allow them to build the Ship Canal in the first place.
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There are lots of rumours floating about at the moment, the latest one being that the reciprocal agreement is to be scrapped for CRT boats on the Bridgewater [...] to stop CRT over stayers.
I knew that DeanS was causing trouble. All that hiding from CRT by nipping up the Bridgewater, and look what happens!
These home moorers who go out in their boats have a lot to answer for.
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That's not true Alan. For example there a few who clearly believe that you can't be a genuine CC'er and hold down a job or have kids etc. Some think you're taking the P if you don't travel hundreds of miles every year. Those sort of comments seem pretty anti-CC'er to me.
But some of those who claim that are live aboard CCrs themselves. So surely it's not anti CC, just arguments about boating style.
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What's the rule if you take (pay for) a winter mooring & then decide to go off cruising? Do you then have to....oh never mind.
That's the thing that narks me as a hobby boater. The general winter towpath mooring as I understand it lets you stop nearly anywhere for as long as you like then you can move elsewhere and repeat.
I would love one of those, but am not allowed one as I have a home mooring.
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Yes I'd be inclined to navigate as though they weren't there, and if you bumped them shout and apologise saying how difficult it is to navigate with them parked there.
You could also perhaps claim to be 'not very good at this being foreign', citing the fact you bumped them as evidence
Coming over here taking our blacking?
I don't know if you are a francophone but there is no better language to pretend you can't understand in than French. The Gallic shrug helps too.
a little rant about towpaths being anti mooring pins
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That's not a sheep. That's a leisure centre.