cuthound

I did the same a few years ago but this year it has sprouted some kind of fungi.

I've had two major prop fouls in 52 years boating One was a bale of wire in Birmingham on an ex-working "camping" boat which ended up with me having to go into the canal with bolt cutters to get it off as there was no weed hatch. The second was on my current boat, which has a prop protector fitted. It was somebody's discarded cratch cover which immediately stalled the engine and to date has been the only prop foul that the prop protector hasn't been able to cope with. I agree. I pour kettles of boiling water into the weed hatch to bring the temperature up if I have to go down there in winter. You mean one of these? 🤣

The 40 foot beam will restrict it to the largest UK waterways but on the plus side the 7 foot 10 inch length means it will always be able to share locks with other boats... 🤣

I bought a cheap Chinese tracker for my car. It accurately placed my car within about a mile radius of where it actually was!

Some surveyors are also BSS inspectors and will combine a BSS inspection with a survey, irrespective of the expiry date of the old BSS certificate.

Yes, without photos the "towpath telegraph" has no chance, as boats are easily repainted but it is not so easy to remove distinguishing features such as unusual windows, vents etc.

The Tap and Spile is the only canalside pub that I can still remember visiting on my first canal holiday 52 years ago. Been back many times since over the years. It was a real "spit and sawdust" pub then, and closed soon after. It wasn't called the Tap and Spile then though. I've forgotten what it was called. Then it closed and reopened as a trendy pub before closing again. Hopefully it will have a new lease of life now.

Which is why I stated what I consider the minimum electrical specifications for a 16 amp GI are much earlier in this thread (1600 amp short circuit capacity for 20 milli-seconds). Sadly true.

Indeed, I haven't yet had an over current event on my boat, but I still check the GI with a multi-meter (on the diode test setting) quarterly.

I lived in the London suburbs from 1962-2014 and worked in London predominantly. I was yards from the Old Bailey bombing in 1973, one of the first on the scene for the 1973 St Pancras bombing and in Guildford the night of the pub bombing there in 1974. I was beginning to think it was me the IRA were after.

What is is stated peak current and for how long? A good 16 amp GI will conduct 1600 amps for at least 20 milli-seconds.

Neither does the air fryer. Both switch their elements on and off as dictated by the thermostat to maintain a steady temperature.

My full size electric fan oven draws a maximum of 3 kW whereas my air fryer draws 1.6kW and cooks the same food in 20% less time.

My waste tank has never had any blue or other chemical added to it, either by me or the boats original owner. I was surprised when I drilled the hole in it to accept the MCS gauge sender, at the lack of offensive smell, just an earthy odour.