[Wha5 happened to the boat in field man ?]

2 hours ago, Hudds Lad said:

I saw a fantastical made-up story about that boat on Facebook only this morning

Only one

[Where are all the boaters?]

48 minutes ago, peterboat said:

We are off to Marple and then Bakewell with Chatsworth for Monday, should be ok can normally find free parking and the weather is better there than the east coast allegedly 

We have had a cracking day today and you don't get any further east without getting your feet wet

[Anodes: Getting A Long Life Out of Them]

42 minutes ago, system 4-50 said:

See the youtube video on "The Battleship New Jersey & Pitting" on how to keep your anodes as good as new for many years!

I have seen a few where they are welded above the water line, they should last

[Releasing air lock via the first fuel filter]

14 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

The air is so compressed it has a consitency almost like Nutela.

Have you seen it then or is that what someone on the internet told you 🙃

[Good new prog C4 @4pm, weekdays, about Living On Canal and waterways]

7 minutes ago, Bobbybass said:

I thought she was overlooking several factors when ordering a standard sofa and a standard ( king size ?) bed.

 

Narrow boat furniture needs to double up as storage. How many of us have our favourite spanners...spare ropes....water pump bits ...assorted emergency stuff that we never use but need.....under the sofa and bed ?

 

I also notice that miss Fancy pants was starting to look a bit scruffy after a month aboard. 

 

Another few months....and she'll look as decrepit as the rest of us. 

😃 😀 😄 

Not seen past the first but hopefully she will also be one of us. She is not the first to order stuff that wont go through the door, or even out when its been installed during fitout 

[Trent & Mersey Bridge 16 Swarkestone or thereabouts]

One of CWF members posted these on Facebook 

[My 57 ft Boat refurb]

On 20/04/2024 at 10:40, Alan de Enfield said:

 

There are a RCD/RCR Approved surveyors who can be commissioned to oversee the build (much as Building Control) and this is probably a far cheaper way of ensuring compliance than having to pay £4000 (?) to get a PCA.

The other benefit is that it is then the Surveyor who is signing as legally responsible for the boat build - not the DIYer - and they would be held criminally responsible if there was any (say) loss of life due to a fault in the build.

 

 

But why can't you, the builder says it complies.

[Advice on Widebeam]

43 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

 

I removed a Beta BD3 with 3,500 hours on it from my boat, and sold it on ebay for £4.5k. 

 

Or to be accurate it was the other way around. I listed it, demonstrated in in the boat to a canny buyer who was satisfied with it and we did the deal. Then I removed it. 

 

 

(This was about 15 or 20 years ago.)

Paid a little less than that for mine, saw it in the boat, fired it up first shot and went from there , The chap had it lifter out at Gailey and I picked it up from there in a trailer. The best bit we went to Henham steam rally for the weekend on the way home and lots of chaps wanted to peep under the tarpaulin to see what I had.

[Foxton Swing Bridge]

I think when they see it getting hot they call wolf, you would expect it from say near mid day onwards, to say early evening 

[Foxton Swing Bridge]

5 minutes ago, LadyG said:

I think that Keadby are getting nice white rails which wont absorb heat, so wont expand so much, or did i dream that?

They already tried that. They run on a smaller gap than they use to so a small amount of expansion causes problems. Funny thing is, it only expands while its shut, so they can't open it, its never opened and then failed to shut

[Advice on Widebeam]

1 minute ago, alias said:

 

At the moment they only have two vacancies both of which are leisure, and priced at around £7600 pa.

 

It might be worth the OP taking a look at some of the marinas offering residential berths further up the Grand Union. Some are close to mainline stations with fast trains and hence would have similar journey times to central London as the commute from Brentford.

But for the amount of time he wants to spend on board it may work. I had a friend who did it on a Narrowboat. spent Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday night on boat, Friday Saturday and Sunday night at home

[Two narrow boats joined to change license to widebeam]

26 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

Ah but do CRT realise this?!! 

 

Probably, they use cordless strimmer's and hedge cutters a lot 

[Advice on Widebeam]

1 hour ago, BoatinglifeupNorth said:

I’m on about people asking honest questions, so here they are again:

where are going to moor your £140K massive widebeam?

 Are you just going to sail around London?

 Have you any experience apart from watching “YouTube” London boaters?

So you’ll be moving the boat after work and weekends? To comply with Continuous Cruising.

 

 

20 hours ago, TheFrog said:

Looking to moor as close to London as pos - but excluding the really expensive marinas such as Limehouse. Brentford looks like the obvious place. 

I think what he put here answers on how he intends to use it

[Advice on Widebeam]

4 minutes ago, TheFrog said:

What an odd comment. I’m looking to moor as close to Central London as possible as I need a place to stay when working in London. 
Not sure why you imagine anyone would be dishonest about that??

So maybe only being on board 4 nights a week would suit you

[Advice on Widebeam]

4 minutes ago, IanD said:

I wonder what the cost of a widebeam mooring at Brentford is -- any guesstimates, anyone?

 

4 minutes ago, IanD said:

I wonder what the cost of a widebeam mooring at Brentford is -- any guesstimates, anyone?

[Advice on Widebeam]

Looks like London has its own mooring web site Londonmoorings.com 

 Moorings at Brentford Kew Reach - Thames Moorings (londonmooring.com)

[Transiting the Bridgewater]

3 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

I've done the  Bridgewater before, but this time I want to do a pass through heading north and a southbound return later. The CRT agreement allows 10 days, which is ample, but no return in 28 days. I want to spend about 5 days on my outward leg and 2 or 3 on my return leg, about a fortnight later, which doesn't appear to be permitted. Is there a way to do this?

so you just book a week out, to cover your 5 days and 3 days back for your return 2 weeks later. Book them all at the same time and change dates if necessary 

[D. Ingham & Son Butchers]

10 minutes ago, Tonka said:

You are the real Captain Birds Eye

Called that twice last week. I don't think I would call a stranger that, Often get it from kids. I don't normally wear the captains hat but its useful in bright sun, remember that big blob in the sky? I do however war a Breton cap, warm and dry.

[D. Ingham & Son Butchers]

I use to work for Birds Eye foods and the definition of meat is interesting as was the contents of the sausages . A peace of  skin from the pork as thick as a sheet of brown paper removed by machine and discarded, the rest was used as meat 

[Former Anderton Company motor "Norway"]

1 hour ago, stagedamager said:

Thanks Graham.

it's very much a non standard build style but the only way we can achieve the complex shapes. I'll update more when I can!

How many yards of weld do you thing there will be in that hull?

[Beta JD3 tug engines]

9 hours ago, Tonka said:

That looks like a BD3 to me as it is similar to mine except mine has the handstand. If it has Ford on the castings that would also point to it being the BD3. Can you post a photo of the engine and the manual that you said you have

I agree with that, the bent hose from the water pump and the brass oil pressure gauge looks BD3

6 hours ago, Tonka said:

 . Sleeman & Hawken may be able to supply hoses if the same hose was fitted to the Lister Classic CRK3

Just looking at the Lister CRK3 book and it doesnt have that bent pipe having a radiator 

[Where are all the boaters?]

57 minutes ago, Higgs said:

 

Yep. I also get off if the pathway is tight and walkers are coming. I move as far off the pathway as possible and stay stationary, until they pass. 

I can count on one hand the number who I have seen do that this trip and I have not been to any big cities. also a few who said thank you to the pedestrians that got out of their way

[Boatyards doing work as promised]

4 minutes ago, Ewan123 said:

Thorn Marine just did a nice job of making me some new deck boards. Two boards, neither square in shape. I gave them the measurements and they sourced the boards and cut (exactly to spec) then treated the edges. Good value for money too.

Had my last two boat safety inspections done there 

[Beta JD3 tug engines]

I'm lost, is it a john Deere or a Ford Lister we are talking about?

[Beta JD3 tug engines]

2 hours ago, 1stArthur said:

Hi I have a beta tug engine a bd3 . Is beta the only place for spare parts like hoses or any parts come to that. 

A Lister CK3  or a Ford tractor engine, I always thought it was a Dexta but its not