GreyLady

Thanks everyone for your help. I enjoyed the videos but it still feels complicated. Pretty tired tonight but chat soon. Night all

I've been reading every post and thanks for everyone's reply's/advice. If we end up doing the harecastle I will post a video. Good stuff thanks everyone.

Canals and River paths are a shared space. If their were no walkers/ramblers/gongooglers/cyclists and not forget the working boats then it would end up with a bricks and mortar to house the incoming generation. Be happy all it could be a lot worse....... I find the anti cyclist posts pissy and very one sided. After all shit happens. Life is life and the most important thing in the world is our loved ones.

I will ava mooch at these tomorrow. Cheers you lot. ☺

We nearly bought a newish narrowboat with bd3.

We all make boo boos and I have lots to come. I guess it's a constant reminder, I will have to keep myself in check Martin and remind myself when my dad has a bump it's his boat and I am just the caretaker. I do worry far too much.

Thanks Martin that exactly what I read on the Internet, and this is probably why I started to think about the front corners. Our proposed boat has no cratch cover as yet. Bizzard would you mind coming with me to Dragons Den - this time next week will be millionaires. You mek em Al sell em. ?

Haha Yer that's probably the answer I needed lol. Fink me ocd was winning. ? 10ft sounds much wider than wot I thought seriously. Thanks John.

I can only get the miserable ones Loafer. Soreee.

Thanks. I guess I better get me spray gun out if we scratch it.. Me and dad went for an 8 mile walk to walk off the pre survey over thinking off. I reckon we should of done 16 miles.

Harecastle, it's not just the tunnel as new boaters I guess we're going to get it wrong as part as learning. We don't want to scuff a 85k boat, it's not my boat it's my dad's but to be honest if it was a 10k boat I bought I would still be worried proper. Nick thanks, am an overthinker!

Forgive me asking this daft question but over the last week or so I've been thinking about a tunnel we might end up having to do as complete beginners, I thought about bonding 10" of this stuff to the front cabin/roof with Sikraflex hoping it would prevent steel damage. Is this a daft idea or do I need to Chillax and stop worrying obsessively about stuff ?

I feel tied up on arms in answering. I don't want to come across as a know it all.

I read your post before but I wanted others to read it before my reply because it might of been missed by my post. Thanks for posting your experience, that's sounds frightening. Crikey

That's always a risk around side pounds and they often have deep sided grassy slopes. My dad said today we don't need a life ring because we will be wearing a life jacket around the locks. I said 'no dad it's about being able help ourselves and other people too who may of slipped into a lock on a steep verge such as on the top lock on the marple flight' I would feel crap if I was unable to save someone. I guess life jackets are a personal choice, I've always worn one while using my rib.