Dexter's Shed

thanks for all the replies

someone posted up an old tv doc video, and.... as a non NB owner, thoroughly enjoyed watching that, now don't laugh as It made me think of a question to ask, after seeing the bit on the sea otter..... what would be the difference or complexity of having your steel NB re-covered in ali ? I suppose the initial outlay would be high, but if you own a boat for a long time, how would that compare to having to blacken it every x amount of years or even replating

as a non NB owner, thoroughly enjoyed watching that, now don't laugh as It made me think of a question to ask, after seeing the bit on the sea otter..... what would be the difference or complexity of having your steel NB recovered in ali ? I suppose the initial outlay would be high, but if you own a boat for a long time, how would that compare to having to blacken it every x amount of years or even replating

I know naff all about boats, but this has been an interesting read, as for the worry around the Eberspacher , could you not simply take a new charged battery along, hook it up and then try it out, along with the engine ignition ? surely that would seal the deal one way or the other and may save ££££'s

I don't know if boats water system is similar to caravans, but on my van I had this problem, I simply opened up each closed tap one at a time, starting with closest to the pump, and sucked on each tap till water came out, seemed like an air lock in the system, once done they all worked fine

I own a woodland with ash growing, come take your pick,lol

before I had caravans in my woodland I had a big 5ft canvas bell tent, seems a lot of bell tent owners use paraffin heaters too, with ventilation of course, I picked up this french heater via evil bay and having used it in both tent and caravan, have to say it worked great, heated up quickly, and even allowed us to boil a kettle on top, still have it so it'll come with me as and when I come live on the water

how do you get the car onboard

good luck on your quest to find a liveaboard, being in a similar position, broken marriage, private flat renting, I'm toying with the idea of buying now rather than later, although I would need to find a permanent marina to carry on working, I'll keep a check here and see how you get on

might be deemed a little over kill, but you could always fit one of these,

so is that 4k just your mooring fees ? then weekly living on top ? sounds good so far

hi everyone, I last posted here back in nov 2015, when I was sure my marriage was going up the river so to speak, well it did,lol, yes I can laugh about it, I'm happy and relaxed, something I wasn't for a long time, anyhow, onto my questions I'm currently renting a flat from my sister (cheap rent) but cannot stay here forever (romford) as she'll want to make money from rent again, and I'm looking into the future, I'm 52yrs young now, but what happens when I hit retirement age? cannot see the government shelling out to keep me in a private property the only thing of value I have is a woodland in kent, bought 4yrs ago at 49k, probably worth around 59k now, maybe a little more, so I'm back to thinking, not enough to buy myself a dwelling, but a canal boat is doable but rather than wait another 20yrs, why not now ? so, if I could find a marina, within easy travelling distance of M25/london to allow me to carry on working (I'm a night working pest controller for london underground) do they have parking areas for cars/vans (I have one of each) do you pay for parking spaces ? what would be a ball park figure for monthly payments to live in a marina ? I'm probably laying out around £1000 a month to live in a flat do they allow pets (small jrt) do you pay council tax ? any info gratefully accepted

yes, I used wire bird bread feeders attached to center of netting to hold the bait, most meats will do, but I had best results with fresh rabbit,