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Momac

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  1. On the canal oil thing clearly some commercial operation is putting waste oil into a drain which they should not be doing at all (even if its a foul sewer) . The sewer may be blocked by the fat and if its a very old sewer there may be an overflow into the canal. Or maybe they are using a surface water sewer which is even worse. Any oily contamination like this will easily be spread by the wind and by any flow, however small that flow may be, in the canal. Hopefully the source of the oil will soon be discovered by the relevant authorities.
  2. You refer to complaints of the forum of gentrification But according to your post on another topic its just discussion. Its not real.
  3. But let's not forget what you wrote only a few days ago
  4. Steel narrowboats commonly use bituminous blacking which is toxic to the aquatic environment so in theory should act as a form of antifouling. But bituminous paint on a GRP hull is not appropriate. Bituminous paint on a narrowboat hull is easy to touch up . Narrowboats tend not to use fenders eg when going through locks so the side s get scraped while GRP boats do use fenders and boating is much less of a contact sport for the vast majority of GRP boats. An epoxy coating could be used on both steel and GRP hulls but antifouling paint below the waterline is commonly used on GRP. Epoxy paint alone has no antifouling properties apart from being a smooth surface that may be cleaned. Really a GRP hull should be epoxy painted below the water line when new to create a surface that is less permeable than the polyester gel coat but this seem rarely to be done in practice.
  5. That will be 9m2 per litre. At the weekend I applied a coat of antifoul with the same coverage rate to my 33ft boat and 2.5L was just sufficient. So you can be confident that 3 litres will be sufficient. --
  6. Momac

    Licences

    Its all madness If you stay in a marina and the mooring fee is paid then surely there is no problem. You are outside of any place where C&RT mooring restrictions apply. It cannot be regarded as overstaying. Overstaying only applies when you moor at the side of the waterway. Overstaying rules including signposted restrictions less than 14 days apply to all boats regardless of license type. If you have paid for a CC license you can stay in a marina as long as you like If you have paid for a genuine home mooring you can continuously cruise as long as you like.
  7. Momac

    CRT

    Why would the index be changed When there is a change of owner the index stays with the boat . Maybe it was so long ago they did thing differently.
  8. Momac

    CRT

    Not really a problem. In those circumstances there is more than enough other stuff going on. I certainly wouldn't suggest rushing to do anything about it until the existing license was in its last month. Then simply start a new licence in the surviving partners name from the 1st of the next month.
  9. Momac

    Licences

    Sounds like the end is in sight for the canals . Or at least for some canals. Any ideas which canals cost C&RT the greatest to keep in navigable condition? I am thinking it will take a significant closure or two to alert the public and the government to the possibility of what might be lost.
  10. Momac

    CRT

    I wouldn't say your wife's nor your name being on C&RT records would be proof of ownership of the boat but it might help . I expect formal documents are absent for many inland craft leaving little in the way of proof of ownership. Mind you most stuff we own we may not have retained proof and its not an issue in practice. Presumably you have joint names on the boat insurance. The reaction from C&RT is not unreasonable given you have, as far as they are concerned, added a new joint owner. I think it may be just me who pays the extortion money/license fee as far as C&RT are concerned but I have other documents to prove my wife and I each own half shares in the boat.
  11. Momac

    Licences

    C&RT must have consider this so I suggest you email C&RT and ask them. I expect C&RT will say staying in a marina over winter isn't overstaying and if you pay the CC for 12 months fee that's good enough.
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  15. Hopefully this has not resulted in overheating Coloured hulls can look very nice But the darker the colour the more they show the slightest imperfection.
  16. I don't think the problem is likely to be confined to one water point. So the issue should be reported .
  17. Momac

    Licences

    I will bear that in mind that everything you write is not real.
  18. Perhaps the matter should perhaps be reported to C&RT given the source is via a C&RT water point .
  19. I never sterilise the water bottles but they get a flush at most refills and I replace them annually. But not sure how sterilising would help here at the critters are in the water supply.
  20. Momac

    Licences

    The 'more mess' very effectively dividing the different categories of boaters. This is C&RT's scheme to maintain control and this forum shows how very well that scheme is working.
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  22. The railways waste money on an immense scale. In this respect the train operating companies are just as bad if not worse than the former nationalised arrangements. As far as HS2 is concerned I may not travel on it as quite simply I live near the East Coast mainline . But as said there may be other benefits due to other routes being under reduced demand.
  23. Momac

    Licences

    That happened to my daughter. She contacted her insurer for advice but did not make a claim. Next renewal premium went up sharply. This was 10 years ago so nothing new.
  24. Momac

    Licences

    Its up to you whether you seek cover for salvage or anything else. If C&RT are required to salvage a boat they would of course seek a recovery of costs from the boat owner. If there is no insurance cover then the boat owner would be held personally liable.
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