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Maybe, it's the first decent day, no rain, no floods, no wind. Try and get the job done asap and move it. But nobody removed water in the boat as its angle shifted, no blocking low hull fittings, no boom, no surprise it would end up submerged. Sympathy for the owners. edited: only my observation from the pics. I've no local knowledge

Ta :-) Still learning

What's the word after "Seine"? Is it 'Carriers'

Com" Bham Reg No BCN 836?? Or maybe not

Without being pedantic about their notice, the waterpoint is next to bridge 15, near the trading post and bins. Thankfully I haven't really used the loo on the boat since last visiting Marple so have capacity left in the portapotti and don't live on my little tupperware. If it does need emptying at least the boat can get up to the closure (can turn 19' virtually anywhere) but bigger boats can't get closer than the proper winding hole. Like you I have a lot of sympathy for those who live aboard but like me are on a towpath mooring without facilities.

A Springer is a bit more exepnsivre to drydock in most place because it needs blocking/chocking with its shallow V hull. Put two three coats open while it's in there

same way as usual. Tank or cassette.

Homemade, peeled and cut, deep fried chips from a pan are great, if someone else makes them. But, I don't fancy setting fire to the place. Those Aldi crinkle cut chips in the oven done crispy are mine of choice. Last time I went in the Whaley chippy was December and it was nice btw. Try a sweet potato, sliced into wedges, bit of oil on, few chilli flakes, oven cook,, serve with salad and mayo

Don't worry. Interesting. Wondered what the solution was. Googled Isaac Peral and was educated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_submarine_Peral Will leave Mike and Peter to argue over the trajectory of electric propulsion

It was only when I got got halfway through the story I realised it's from 2013. Did they stretch it?

Saw a jury rigged power cable come down in Paharganj. It was whipping around like a sparking snake.

NB owners will have to make friends with traction engine owners to get their hands on illicit supplies of the devils clagnuts

Anyone work/worked in IT? Those involved in the admin of this site do it for nowt and we expect it to be perfect? Cloudflare, DNS and content caching probably isn't something that a long explanation would enlighten most non IT types I assume. To those on the admin side, just another Friday f#up you don't need, and not site software.

I'm with you. The way it is listing, this 'hole' would normally be on the waterline. It's just above the uxter? plate so would be waterline if the boat was level. It's an exhaust, not a stupidly placed vent. The exhaust on ours was in exactly the same place

I've known more than one boater to deliberately move their ballast around so they can check / touch up the waterline blacking. Is that hole a wet exhaust now slightly out of the water? Just because the boat is listing doesn't necessarily equate to bilges full of water but a non boater wouldn't know that, or who to contact, and we have been having some horrible weather of late. Better they reach out to the canal boating community in general who can offer some advice than see a boat sink. I hope that the OP doesn't take offence at the points raised by some and that someone in the area knows the boat & boater and can just check on their welfare. If that's not possible then maybe ask the local CaRT manager for advice. They may well have already been advised by someone else but the owner has confirmed that all is well with the craft and the list is harmless.

There are people who have never been on the canal and then buy a luxury widebeam, because they thought it looked great on the telly There are people who ljve on a 20' cruiser because it is that or a bench There are also people who have cheap leisure boats, because they like being on the canal. I spent half an hour bailing out today and another half talking to my mooring neighbours. It's a difficult hobby to explain to people who don't sail, but, well, boats rock!

I realise that the comment above seems flippant but it applies across the board when there are so many variables Does someone want a cheap mess about GRP leisure project or a luxury steel leisure boat or liveaboard budget or no expense spared widebeam? Then, marina, CC, towpath CRT or where will the boat be cruising? Single person, or five member family plus pets? So, from a £200 project upwards, it must float and you must be able to expect it to continue floating without great expense. It needs to move. From a £75 Seagull to £10k inboards, if the engine can move it, tick the box.

Hull, engine, loo?

Yep, same problem. The scroll saw has had to give up its bench space for the sander, which will get a fair bit more use, so I could shoehorn it in the workshop. Mind you, my table saw lives in the kitchen and I have to shift it outside to use. Problem is that the metal truck needs assembling (split pins). As I've got accustomed to these unexpected loads and being on foot, I had a rucksack and inside that the little plastic truck that I bought for the boat when they were marked down to a fiver the other week. Paint in rucksack, carrying metal truck and wheeling along the sander on the plastic truck!

The problem about Aldi & Lidl is that you go for one thing and come out with a trolley load. I went down to Aldi yesterday for one of those folding trucks mentioned in another post. Got it but also came away with three tins of paint and a belt/disc sander / linisher which was red labelled down from £65 to £40 and is the same as a Scheppach one from Toolstation.

Firstly, as Alastair has noted, living on a boat will be a total culture change and involve minimalism in a lot of aspects of life. Even in the best of weather, some of it will seem like camping and roughing it, toilet emptying being just one. Be sure, then double sure about this. I imagine embarking on a PhD but dreading returning to a damp boat at night could have a detrimental effect on someone's ability to study. A mooring with 240v electric hookup is a bit of a game-changer in your post. You mention 12v only but then say the mooring has electricity and residential. An off grid vessel for travel becomes a floating outbuilding if it's on a hookup, and lots of us keep a freezer in the garage. What type of heating does it have? Is hot water created by running the engine, is it a separate diesel unit, gas heater, hot air or combination? Things like a freezer can be run off an electric hookup, just like having a big extension lead to dry land, when moored up but when the boat's not on the mooring, the power for those appliances will need to come from the batteries. Some people have incredible battery banks, do a lot of miles (charging batteries) and have a lot of solar panels and even they have to be frugal with their energy use if they are constantly cruising or have no hookup on their mooring. I remember a young guy living on a 20' yacht you couldn't stand up in but he had hookup to it and the marina had a launderette and showers. He was quite capable of holding down a decent IT job. You will come across boats that have been used residentially in marinas where the engine hasn't been run for ages because all power is drawn from the bollard and not the battery bank. Do make sure that whatever you are looking at has a decent engine. Big GRP river boats can be near worthless if old and tired and the engine needs replacing. You may not plan to use the engine much but starting with a good one and keeping it in good condition will protect your investment when it comes to resale value. Need not be anything wrong with well maintained, older engines.

is it perhaps then that the buyer has just realised that they have taken on custondianship of something needing constant maintenance and not the best liveaboard for significant other and dog?