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Les Kay

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About Les Kay

  • Birthday 17/01/1960

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    lesandcai
  • Website URL
    http://captainlesdkay.blogspot.com

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Market Drayton
  • Interests
    Travelling, Motorcycles
  • Occupation
    Writer
  • Boat Name
    Pankina
  • Boat Location
    Shropshire Union Canal

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  1. That makes a lot of sense, I have tried to release the the valve momentarily but it didn't seem to improve it. Does this mean I can install an expansion vessel close to the top of the water tank and solve the leak? Many thanks.
  2. I seem to have water dripping from the pipe that runs from the T'junction on top the hot water tank to the sump beneath the engine (the elbow joint coming off the valve in the photo). Can anyone suggest why this is happening? My simple deduction is that the end valve is a non return valve for the hot water system and that it is faulty, allowing a slow but quite constant drip. I am having overheating problems with the BMC 1500 engine and assumed it was the head gasket again, which blew last year but the engineer didn't skim the head when replacing the gasket. Could these be related, or am I facing two separate problems? m
  3. I'm quite new to cruising the canal system, have been cruising continuously for the last three months and have yet to encounter any rivers, especially a commercial navigation like the Aire and Calder. What I would like some advice on is cruising this route in the next couple of weeks, whether I should have any particular concerns over the strength of flowing water. I have a Thornycroft BMC 1500 engine, which runs fine. Need I worry whether the power of my engine will be sufficient? An anchor and chain is recommended, are there any sources that detail correct use of anchor and chain? Is there any sensible reason I shouldn't be plying this route at this time of year?
  4. General Terms and Conditions for Boat Licences - Schedule 2: MOORING INFORMATION GUIDANCE FOR BOATERS WITHOUT A HOME MOORING If a boat is licensed without a home mooring1 it must move on a regular basis. This Guidance2 seeks to explain in day to day terms the nature of the movement that must take place. There are three key legal3 requirements:-  the boat must genuinely be used for navigation throughout the period of the licence.  unless a shorter time is specified by notice the boat must not stay in the same place for more than 14 days (or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances); and  it is the responsibility of the boater to satisfy the Trust that the above requirements are and will continue to be met. “Navigation” The law requires that the boat “will be bona fide used for navigation throughout the period of [the licence]”. ‘Bona fide’ is Latin for “with good faith” and is used by lawyers to mean ‘sincerely’ or ‘genuinely’. ‘Navigation’ in this context means travelling on water involving movement in passage or transit. 4 Therefore, subject to stops of permitted duration, those using a boat licensed for continuous cruising must genuinely be moving, in passage or in transit throughout the period of the licence. Importantly, short trips within the same neighbourhood, and shuttling backwards and forwards along a small part of the network do NOT meet the legal requirement for navigation throughout the period of the licence.5 The terms ‘cruise’ and ‘cruising’ are used in this guidance to mean using a boat bona fide for navigation. “Place” I think this states clearly that to move between two points continuously is not considered CCing. Jenlyn is right though, there are a lot of people with appalling attitudes against CCers. Without doubt some CCers are abusing the system, but don't paint us all with the same brush.
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