john_r

Sounds like a bizarre way to combine anode and fender in one nifty device.

Oh yes, the one on the towpath side. I struggled to open it and had to get help to close it else I was almost ready to walk away. The crew on another boat once they had helped me said to use the other gate next time.

I would forget the trivet and place pots directly. I used to make soups and porrage etc on my Boatman all the time and don't recall any marks worth worrying about. New boat has a Squirrel so will be getting used to that sooner or later.

Actually rereading the OP I am certain I viewed that same boat. Seeing as I had gone all the way up to Whilton I viewed a few more on the same visit. A horrible wet day as I recall. I had my reasons not to buy New Dawn or indeed any of the boats I saw and kept the boat I already had until only this summer. No idea what became of New Dawn though.

Regards the finances, don't forget you should always be planning to negotiate downwards from the asking price. That would place whatever you "got back" into the kitty for other things or maybe towards the first year mooring.

I remember looking at a boat called New Dawn a handful of years ago. She had been moored on the Thames for a while and was advertised for sale on Apolloduck. I called the advertiser only to find that she was heading up to Whilton Marina for brokerage. I went up there to take a look and decided that there were too many things I did not like and was not about to haggle on price. She was about 45 feet long, and the fitout was attractive, if a little dark. I recall bow fronted cabinets stood out from the norm. I learned that day that viewing boats in utterly foul weather had its merits, as rain was dribbling in through the light fittings in the saloon ceiling and the floor in the engine room was floating on about a foot of water!

I was contacted by the police as I had cruised right through that area, albeit my journey was a few days after she disappeared. I sent the police all my photos and it does feel spooky to think we passed so very close. So sad, I hope this is solved soon.

I have heard this idea that conkers help tp repel spiders, but frankly cannot believe it. My boat and my two neighbours who raft up alongside are often festooned with webs and we are directly under a horse chestnut tree. We shovel the darn conkers off and those things can be loud landing on the roof too! Sadly the conkers can at times bring another pest, which is those leaf miner moths that are blighting the horse chestnut trees. I recall one year when loads of the little caterpillars ended up in the boats as well as the adult moths.

I would be concerned that pvc conduit in contact with polystyrene might react. Might be worth checking if the exact kind of plastic would do so. ETA this is in response to Chalky's comment, I did see the OP will not be using polystyrene.

I have to make new seat tops for the front deck of my recently acquired boat. While doing that area, the locker space underneath is pretty rusty so I wish to stabilise that before giving it a lick of paint. I was looking at Owatrol products, having decided not to go with Jenolite and similar. However before I go ahead and purchase anything, would anyone comment on whether Vactan might be better? Cheers John

I am pretty sure that something from the Weiland range would suit. However I am in agreement that there is probably a better overall method to this.

The council dump in Kingston is indeed restricted to those resident in the borough. I used to be able to use it (based just over the border in Elmbridge) but they clamped down hard a few years back. They do charge vans as they assume it is commercial, I am not sure if there is any way to use some patter to work around that anymore. I hope you do find a way to jettison the rubbish, the extra weight cannot be helping and clearing it helps give a clearer vision of what lies ahead.

Thanks Lucy, I waved anyway. Catch up soon hopefully.

To continue, after a very early start the Thames part of the journey was perfectly simple. The hardest part.was actually getting onto my mooring back at base but I knew that would happen.

It does look like 6:00am till 9:00 pm. We decided to go through anyway at about 7:30 this evening and tied up below. So far so good, despite a dank wet day. Looks set fair for tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks Lucy. I guess it might be around 09:30 as I get past your area. I am sure we can catch up another time.

Hi Lucy, Wanted (of this parish) was kind enough to take a quick look this lunchtime and reports that there is no indication of powered timings shown at the lock. Somehow I am not surprised. I did find your old thread, and so long as that 06:00 remains the case I can stay on non-tidal moorings and then head down. I do have a slight inclination not to chance anything going wrong with that lock and just dealing with the semi-tidal anyway though. I'll make my mind up one of these days.

Oops! Thank you.

Can anyone say which is this remote waterway and which lock?

Does anyone know the on/off hours? I did ask both the lockie at Thames Lock 101 (when I booked in for the trip) and also the CRT but as yet nobody was able to advise. If the power comes on very early I might moor above and avoid the changing levels.

On eBay I found someone selling a pair for £3.62 all in. As long as they are not made of cheese that'll do me

Thanks for the additional information everyone. It is looking quite likely this trip will result in us wanting to get the early tide on Sept. 2nd. Looking at the charts online, I see Thames Lock 101 can be open at 06:00 so I guess we would deal with Brentford Gauging Locks the evening before and moor up for the night. Would anyone recommend where is best to look out for, or am I not on the right track here? The purpose of this trip is to bring a newly purchased boat from the GUC onto my Thames based mooring. I would say more but as final details are still going through I don't want to jinx anything! Cheers, John

Thanks for the rapid reply, I will make sure to get one, indeed two, knowing me, would be a better idea.

Hi all, New to this forum and my first question. I have heard I need a "BW Access key" for the above lock. Would that mean the rimlock/Yale thing or might it merely refer to the Anti-vandal key? Many thanks. John