cuthound

No. As far as I know it is still lurking in Stockton Top Marina (formally Blue Lias Marina).

When we had our first shareboat we swapped the original "Z" beds fortwo chair beds. They worked well until some idiot dropped one in the cut whilst transporting it along the gunwale to move it to the rear of the boat, rather than disassemble it and take it through the boat...

Another visit to our moorings tonight by our tame swans. They don't panic when we feed their cygnets. We are so lucky to live here. It is a pity some to**er emptied his grass cuttings into the cut.

Thanks for the update. Nice to know he is well enough to use his camper van.

If all else fails you can hammer a screwdriver through the filter and use that, but it's messy.

Try drying it out, however it out If the motor subsequently seizes up, Cox Auto Electrics of Atherstone, Warwickshire can refurbish it at competitive price. https://www.coxautoelectrics.co.uk/ They refurbished mine after is seized up following my failure to remove condensation from the BT compartment.

I use one of these, which neither slips or crushes the filter (provided you tighten it up correctly and not too much)/

Pedant

And how high are your narrow internal doors, presumably more than 48 inches?

Indeed, but even then the smallest gap they will fit through is about 48 inches.

I have one made by Sofa Bed Barn, which fitted through the 48 inch wide front doors of my narrowboat. I'm not aware of any that are narrower. https://www.sofabedbarn.co.uk/

I'm so glad that you got him back quickly and uninjured. You must be very relieved. Cats are mostly sensible animals. We had one who used to cross a busy road to visit another house (I used to get phone calls from the owner asking me to stop my cat from visiting them... ). One day he came home covered in oil and with a cut on his head. He had obviously been struck a glancing blow by a car. After that the phone calls stopped, so he obviously learnt his lesson and curtailed his wanderings.