Gareth E
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The way I look at it is that most of us flush fairy liquid or similar into the cut every day when we wash our dishes, so why worry about a tiny extra amount of the same on the odd occasion we wash our boats?
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I use canal water and a bit of washing up liquid.
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Cruising playing loud music is inconsiderate. Mooring up within say quarter of a mile of another boat and continuing to play loud music is doubly inconsiderate. There are no excuses about needing to be aware, earphones are available. If I can hear your music in my boat you will be getting a knock. I don't disturb others with noise, I don't expect to be disturbed myself.
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23 minutes ago, Sir Nibble said:
This is my bread and butter. It sounds like a starter problem to me checked or not. How big a click? little *tic* or big CLUNK! Second, can you post a picture of the unit? I can probably tell you what's wrong and talk you through the repair if so. Too late now but it's not a good idea to beat starters with a hammer unless you know what you are looking at because lots of starters these days have permanent magnets and the traditional theraputic tap can shatter the magnets.
Contact serviceability varies, sometimes easy nut and bolt job, sometimes special press tools are needed. I can and will get parts at 57% discount if need be.
In my case, definitely a tic rather than a clunk.
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Similar fault here. Brand new starter motor last year. 'Clicked' only very occasionally during the summer (dry?) but now, around half the time, the first attempt to turn the engine over will result in a click, the second one usually turns the engine over. The only other issue is the very odd time I notice a slight flicker on the battery (or is it alternator?) light on the control panel. I've checked and re-done the connections to the battery and starter motor.
Any ideas?
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Bosley still closed though. Has to be I guess, as they've brought winter works forward. The strange thing about this is that despite bringing the works forward, the locks are still due to be closed for the full original winter stoppages period. Begs the question, what's the point of bringing the works forward, if it doesn't bring the opening date of the locks forward, and prevents the locks opening in the meantime, should there be heavy rain?
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I recently finished painting my 35ft narrow boat. I sanded it down by hand, apart from a couple of rusty bits where I used an angle grinder. The finish is pretty good. My advice would be to do it in stages, rather than try to do the lot as soon as possible. A couple of hours here and there stops boredom kicking in. You're also less likely to cut corners I reckon, if you take things nice and easy.
Insects can be a problem but there seem to be more of them around first thing then especially, later in the day. I'd aim to get a top coat on around late morning on a dry but cloudy day. If insects do land don't try to get them off when the paint is wet, you'll make a right mess. Just let it dry then brush them off. Most of them will barely leave a mark. The odd bigger one might be well embedded, but what can you do?
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27 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
I’m reasonably certain I’ve never recommended either a boiler or an installer.
Where boilers are concerned when pressed for a recommendation I usually say if I had to fit one in my house I’d fit a Vaillant, this being the best available of a very poor bunch. This is NOT me ‘recommending’ Vaillant although most people translate it into such.
Where installers are concerned, similar applies. There is one chap whose name I put forward saying he has installled a number of boilers for people I know and i’ve not heard any adverse feedback, and he’s a likeable chap, people like having him around (despite being Australian!). But be clear I am NOT recommending him. Recommending creates a responsibility on me for the quality of his work. Nor do I ever get any reward for suggesting him.
I'm confused. You're a boiler man but you put others forward to fit them rather than fit them yourself. What am I missing?
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I don't know Rose but pretty well every time I've ventured close to a marina I can smell the rip off from a distance. Whether it's gas or coal that's more expensive than the coal boats, who must surely have higher costs, or a foot of chain when you can buy a metre for half the price off ebay, overpriced pump outs, the list is endless. I had the misfortune of breaking down last year, engine out job. I removed the engine and presented it to the marina, they charged me 11 hours labour to install new piston rings. 5 or 6 hours maybe, but 11 is an absolute and total rip off. But what can you do? I'd now undergo a hell of a lot of hardship and inconvenience before I resort to buying anything off a marina, and would recommend as many boaters as possible do the same.
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Just a thought: CRT allow you to use a tender for no extra charge. If water storage is an issue on a cruiser there's the option of dragging a small grp boat behind it, loaded with a few water containers. Could also maybe load it with coal etc.
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I have the same problem as you. The solution was to buy a ready made double skinned chimney. I then set about the inside bit with pliers (the metal is quite thin) and eventually, managed to get it to fit. Not ideal I guess but it works, and didn't cost a fortune.
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24 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:
Ah, but I don't think you were Gareth E then! I'm easily confused. The lights are still working and are appreciated by my wife who likes reading in bed, and not at all by me who doesn't... I'll pm you his details and you can give him a ring.
You're right, circumstances at the time meant I needed a change of name :))
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10 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:
There is, I think, but the farmer doesn't allow living on, apart from the odd night here and there, and usually only rents on an annual basis. I'll be down there this week so if I see him I'll ask, or I can pm you his number if you like,which might be quicker. He's a friendly soul.... It's a mile south of Congleton station.
Cheers I know where your mooring is. I dropped some old lights off at your boat a couple of years ago, you might remember?
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3 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:
How does that work in practice? You're still really a CCer, but if you got, say, a farm mooring for five weeks, which would seem to be the logical solution, would you have to get a mooring permit from CRT for that period? I suppose that in a marina, the fees would automatically cover you.
I don't suppose there's room at yours is there, 35ft boat?
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2 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Have you secured the same concession to move and remain within a 'small area', or is your friend going to move you outside of his normal 'small area' ?
It's only for a few weeks, there's no requirement to range far and wide all of the time. I have a range over the licence period that far exceeds CRT's minimum guideline.
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1 minute ago, mayalld said:
I am in two minds.
Yes you made provision to keep moving "enough" to keep under the radar.
However that provision was actually based upon a need to be in a specific area for a period of time, so it was about keeping under the radar rather than fully complying.
Is there some reason that the arrangements you made on the upper pound won't work on the lower?
If you are away for 5 weeks, he would need to make 2 moves.
Yes the other boater is without a home mooring but has a concession to be in one area because of health issues. He is still required to move but within a smaller area. The plan was for him to moor next to him, he would move mine after his and walk back with his dog.
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I guess the point is that I planned and made provision to keep within their requirements. Matters that are outside my control have scuppered this. Should I now be expected to pay because of this? It's a tricky one.
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9 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said:
Is that actually necessary if you can't go where you intended because of the stoppage(s)? Have you (or anyone else) sought CRT's official view on this?
I don't know really. If I do 'abandon' it it will be on the lower Macc. I'd imagine that CRT would say that there is more than 1 mooring option on the lower Macc, or there is the Trent and Mersey, not affected by stoppages. I was considering contacting the enforcement officer though.
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Not great is it. I'm going away for 5 weeks at the end of the month. I'd arranged a friend on the upper Macc to move my boat around so I don't overstay. I'm now faced with either overstaying, possibly twice depending on when the data chap visits, or pay 200 quid to put it in a marina. Not very happy.
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I've just called CRT. They say that despite the rain we've had over the past month the reservoirs are at a level where locks are inoperable, and wildlife is threatened. The weather forecast for the next month makes it very unlikely that the locks will be able to open, even for limited passage, before the end of October. Best case scenario is that they will be able to open a few days before the stoppage planned for early November. This is not guaranteed. If there's insufficient rain no passage will be possible before the winter works go ahead, meaning the locks will remain closed until December. I'm told they've brought forward some of the repairs due this winter. Quite why these can't all be done during the next 6 weeks or so, so the canal could re open early November with no further works due remains a mystery.
So there you have it.
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It's not just me that's mystified by this! It's not me you were talking to, I'm on the T&M near Sandbach, waiting around really, I really need to go through those locks within the next 2 weeks.
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I see that other waterways in the north, previously closed due to lack of water , have now re opened. Not a word about Bosley though. Assuming the reservoirs that serve the canal have recovered a little, following a fair amount for rain over the past month, what can the justification be to keep the locks closed? Surely they could be opened for at least a couple of days a week, if the reservoir levels need to recover further? After all, boat traffic is now much lighter than 2 weeks ago. Also the fact that Marple locks are closed make Bosley more important, as boaters are trapped.
What's going on?
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6 hours ago, Parklife said:
Does anybody know the owner of a boat called Angry Annie?
I don't suppose you mean an angry and miserable owner of a boat called Annie? If so yes, I know him.
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2 hours ago, WotEver said:
And with fuses the distance between the ‘terminals’ matters for the same reason - no point the fuse wire blowing if an arc continues across the ends.
Interesting to read all this. Does this suggest that the standard cheap inline midi fuses holders are OK for a very high voltage, given that there's around 5mm between the contacts in the holder when the fuse is removed?
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It's a good question. I suspect that the end of garden mooring fees are for long term moorings only. If someone who owns land decides to allow boaters to stay up to 14 days out of the goodness of their hearts, or to tempt them to use their nearby business, I'd think CRT would not send the landowner a bill.