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cuthound

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cuthound last won the day on July 27 2022

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About cuthound

  • Birthday 19/01/1954

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Staffordshire
  • Interests
    Boating on Britains canals
    Motor sport (especially Formula One)
    Listening to music
  • Occupation
    Retired (critical power & cooling project mgt)
  • Boat Name
    Delta Queen
  • Boat Location
    Staffordshire

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  1. My understanding is that CRT can't refuse a licence if the boat is insured and has a current BSS certificate, however I do like @MtB's suggestion.
  2. I'm surprised it isn't titled "Bargain Loving Brits on the Cut"
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  4. These are my two of my favourite butchers, both local to me. Coates have a branch in Tamworth as well as Alrewas.
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  6. It probably changed it into tempered glass...
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  8. It seems a reasonable request. Shareboats are typically very well maintained, repainted and blacked every year. The two shareboats I had shares in a still around. The 1992 one is now in private ownership and the 2002 one is still a shareboat. Neither were ever surveyed in the time I was a shareholder (1992-2013).
  9. With one of those it would probably stop on a sixpence...
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  12. When I eat sandwiches whilst cruising, rather than stopping and mooring to eat, I call it "lunch on the prop".
  13. You may need to comply with the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 if the land you intend to put the tank on is not yours, i.e it is owned by a business such as a marina. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2954/contents/made
  14. I used a bowline on mine because even if the bank is always at the same height (unusual even on the same canal) the height between hand rail and water will vary because of the trim of the boat, and it is helpful sometimes to move the fenders to provide protection at a specific point.
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