AndyEd

When we fitted my Dads Morso, we unbolted two of the legs and changed the nut and bolt securing them for a length of all thread long enough to go through the hearth. With the legs re secured we didn't have to drill holes in the £600 stove and the legs hide the allthread. When we built the hearth the front was removable so we could access the void underneath to get the nuts on to secure the stove. This may not be the case with yours so you may well have to drill into your new stove. You would think that Morso could supply a stove with a choice of cast holes in the legs or not.spend all that money then find you have to modify it before use.

It's a bit thicker than last weekend when you went down but no unfrozen gaps inbetween as there was Saturday

She25 - glad your sorted you will certainly make good time.

SeaDog , local knowledge, the River Salwarpe does not affect the level under the motorway, it is a culvert for Body Brook. The River Salwarpe is joined at Lock 7 after the bridge. Also from Netherwich Basin to Dunhampstead is about 3.5 hours max and the entire Mid Worcestershire Ring is an easy 2 day cruise even for someone new to boating with a lunch stop at The Camp House included.

If of any use I can spare an hour or so Sat morn to help with Offerton flight. No spag Bol necessary but tea is always good.

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Brookline narrowboats at Dunhampstead, opposite my shop. Call them direct to get best price. Check the website

Welcome on board, I'm not that far away at Dunhampstead and have also found Liz to be most helpful. Will look out for you next year.

The hire company I worked for gave the customer the option of paying within the hiring fee which was as I remember was £37 or paying a returnable deposit of £100. Perhaps the company you are booking with have a similar option. Most of the bookings I took paid within the hire charge and then didn't have to spend the holiday worrying that they may have lost there £100 because of a minor scratch or similar. Even if you are the most careful and considerate boater on the cut you cannot predict the actions of others and even if an accident wasn't your fault you wouldn't get your deposit back until the claim had been settled. What canal are you cruising ?

If something happens in all cases you would contact the boatyard your hiring from and inform them. You will get instruction on what to do during the handover and detailed in the skippers manual.Unless you wreck the boat maliiciously in which case the boatyard would take you to court to recover the cost then there is nothing to worry about. If you are that worried then take photos of the boat before you leave the yard to prove condition. If the yard has been established for decades then you could look for reviews from previous customers.

Nothing sinister I wouldn't think, I worked for a hire base and you could pay a cash returnable deposit on arrival or a lesser amount non refundable in the booking fee. We did however ask for £25 cash per head for stag and hen parties which was returned if the boat came back to us in a reasonable state. Hope you have a great holiday whenever you go.

I think I'm right in saying that should you cruise through a diesel slick that this will attack the bitumen and fetch it off anyway.

Hi all, I have a boat built by Doug Moore. It has been discussed on the forum before when someone asked for seasoned opinions on it as a liveaboard. It's name is Mock Turtle but after some research I think it was previously named Judy. After seeing it (in July) I thought it would make an ideal boat to convert into something that looked like a small version of a working boat, with boatmans cabin and sheeted up. Then after reading posts saw the Brum Tug link which is exactly what I had in mind. It has lovely lines and while cruising back from Harefield to Worcestershire was well chuffed by the amount of comments I received along the way from fellow boaters telling me what a cracking little boat she is and causing heads to turn when passing a hire base. Then when locking up Hatton sharing with a Rose hire boat with a female student at the helm she asked her mate how far away from the top gate she was as it was hard to judge as I'd only got a small one, I've heard that on more than one occasion before I bought the boat so no offence taken. Took us 12 days to do the trip from beginning of September, lovely weather all the way, loved the GU, not been that far south before, and looking forward to holidays with the wife when I finish the layout to incorporate all mod cons like a shower and a double bed. If anybody has any more info on the boat other than what's already been written on the forum I would be glad to hear a little more about her history. Absolutely over the moon and happy is an understatement. Andy.

While painting boats working for a hire fleet, twice in a week I managed to walk off the end of the planking just above waterline due to over concentrating on what I was doing and not concentrating on where I was going, once was just a bootee as you say next was a full look, water splash ruined the finish on both but it was only a hire boat so no need to re do.