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If you can get to Misterton (in case you didn't explore on the way up) - the place is pleasant enough place to wait with a CO-OP and a good butchers a stroll from the canal. But no diesel. Walkable to West Stockwith. Perhaps Mick might bring you some diesel if you ask him nicely. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/directory/165-mick-ogden https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2656645

Probably written by someone who isn't a C&RT employee and doesn't know how it works. The surveyor being responsible for registering the certificate e seems to me a good thing as it avoids any possibility of a false declaration.

The surveyor registers the pass online and it should appear on your account for the boat on the C&RT website

Perhaps.

I don't know about hire boats as there are none around here but boat sales have certainly seen a boom season. Not a lot left to pick over at the brokerages near us. Boats that had been for sale a long while due to needing some TLC or being somewhat overpriced seem to have been sold. Some brand new boats that had been sitting unsold well over a year have all now gone.

My boat has the caravan flap type inlet plug shown earlier . The boat is 16 years old and its probably original and still in use on a regular basis. Occasional a squirt with contact cleaner or WD40 is not a bad idea It was difficult to remove when I first bought the boat (used) as the contacts had corroded slightly. The surface mounted plugs are probably an easier fit if nothing is presently fitted - smaller holes to drill/cut . My first boat had the inlet plug inside the cockpit where it was never exposed directly to the weather. The cable had to be trailed inside of course but that was easily possible . It remained outside the door to the living quarters I have three shore power cables of various lengths which can be joined together if needed . Often enough the long cable has come in handy.The shortest cable I made to a length to suit my home mooring .

The following source doesn't suggest a particularly long wait https://www.canalshop.co.uk/acatalog/nichs.html

That might be why you think houses need less maintenance - usually the owner pays for it and/or has to do it.

Some boats overstay on a regular basis and others occupy visitor moorings on a very long term basis . This does limit opportunities for others who might want to stay a shorter duration - visitor moorings are almost all 48hrs in my neck of the woods. C&RT don't enforce the rules that already have in place . It not surprising that boats from a marina may cruise the same stretch of river every weekend and very possibly use the same visitor moorings very regularly . It would be unreasonable to prohibit that.

Do you mean the flue is under cover inside the cockpit canopy ? If so that sounds potentially lethal.

Filters may be best bought a few at a time since mail order charges are often fixed regardless of order size . I have found some car filters that avoid the marine price tag. When servicing the engine its usually only the oil that I need to buy in. A filter wrench is probably a good investment . The choice may well be influenced by the boat and the ease or otherwise of reaching the filters. Other tools such as spanners , screwdrivers I try not to keep in excessive quantity but have a selection that I use regularly . A socket set is useful . I have added one off sockets for certain jobs. A collection of electrical connectors is often useful . If you remove drive belt and it looks half reasonable then keep it as an emergency spare - this may ensure you will never ever need the spare ?

I can confirm that GRP boats do have anodes . I have them on the outdrives , the trim tabs and the bow thruster. I use aluminium anodes that are suitable in fresh or salt water. Magnesium anodes for fresh water will not last long in salt water. Zinc anodes for salt water may be ineffective in fresh water. I used Seajet 031 which I bought locally . Coverage is 10m2 per litre . I used a primer from the same manufacturer to ensure a good bond and avoid any reaction . It was about £60 per 2.5litre tin.

I took the opportunity to say the BSS is not fit for purpose .

There is no such thing as a carbon free boat or anything else for that matter . But the electrically propelled boats sound interesting . I can imagine the canals being the ideal place to have electric propulsion due to the slow pace of travel. But try that on a river like the Trent and against the flow and the power demands must go up quite a lot ? Do you know what range / running time is expected from the electric narrow boats being produced ?

That's probably because most people on this forum are unlikely to be buying a brand new boat anytime soon , or ever. Existing diesel boats aren't going to be banned .... are they?

Its not a simple mater of fitting bollards . Bringing sufficient capacity of power supply to a location can be very expensive unless there is adequate power supply already on site . But I do look forward to seeing more electricity supplied for use by boaters. My request to use the electricity bollards at West Stockwith basin (as a visitor) was refused by C&RT. I made it clear I expected to pay.

What council facilities are absent? Only bin collection being absent comes to mind buts that's a small part of the things that are funded by council tax.

I think you are quite correct - you should have been charged council tax........unless you pay council tax elsewhere.

A house is far from maintenance free . Despite buying a newly built house in 1990 we have replace two bathrooms , one kitchen, all windows and external doors - front door replaced twice , , gutters and fascias replaced , decorated several times but is never ending , garden needs constant work and wife is presently looking to spend a substantial sum on the garden. I wouldn't like to work out what we have spent over the years. By comparison the boat maintenance costs are cheap.

Be careful what you wish for .

I have the Hybrid touch e7 fitted in 2015 and pleased it has buttons as well as touch screen. In a very lumpy sea the touch screen was useless . These products are soon out of date. Charts see to have increased in price but sounds like you have the upmarket version.

I have noticed the Raymarine Element is quite a lot cheaper than the touch screen models - seems good value with little in the way of lost functions.

Its just a proposal in a consultation document . Not legislation. What they suggest is not viable. It would be sensible to have a transition period during which contamination with red dye is accepted. In any case a boat may have red diesel in its tank and fuel system years after the change to supply of white diesel. Does HMRC propose that boat fuel tanks and fuel systems need to be flushed out so there is no trace of red dye? Having red diesel in a boat tank cannot possibly be proven as an offence unless HMRC can prove it has been added after 1st April 2020.

No The first white diesel fuel deliveries to marinas will in any case be stained red by the fuel already in the marinas tank. Is the boater to be held liable for that ? I suspect not.

I don't have a receipts for most of the fuel I have consumed in my boat . Is that a problem ?