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32 minutes ago, Lee Crook said:
How does the 1m rule work i.e. the locker can't be within 1m of a hatch yet boats always have gas lockers either side of the stern doors?
Is it not a 0.5m rule for private boats
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6 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Time flies
I do wish time would slow down a bit
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21 minutes ago, jonathanA said:
Use in 'plant' like diggers is no longer allowed.
Since April 2022
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35 minutes ago, dmr said:
A few boaters even boast about using red in their cars.
Reminds me of a chap who boasted in the pub about successfully arranging for his car to be nicked and torched. One of his drinking pals reported him .
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17 minutes ago, Andyaero said:
Is all the stuff sold on canals red diesel or does it vary?
Are you allowed to put it in jerry cans in order to keep an emergency supply for the boat, should you get low?
Retailers such as marinas who are selling for boat use will be providing red diesel.
You can carry a spare can on the boat if you wish.
I don't see why a retailer would object to filling a can. A local farmer was filling a 20L tub at a marina when we were there for fuel last year.
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Although not so bad as pictured I have washed a blind. The method much as already suggested worked well = a soak with laundry liquid and warm water. Gentle soft brushing while in the water may help.
My blind did emerge a lighter shade of colour , but clean.
I think it was biological laundry liquid.
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Just now, ditchcrawler said:
There is another reason for CO alarms going off, dying Lead Acid Batteries gassing.
In this case the OP seems sure the stove is the source but all other possibilities should of course be considered.
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45 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:
The key is to work it hard then shut it down
That what I do
Full power or nothing.
It seems to work well.
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9 hours ago, Timx said:
should it be 0 all the time ?
Certainly you should not be getting alarms.
Please do not use the stove that you have identified is the cause of the problem.
There are very serious health risks from prolonged exposure to CO
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3 minutes ago, DandV said:
Perhaps this though could be overcome by providing more state support in child raising to at least incentivise bringing the birthrate back to replacement level.
Not a problem if immigration provides sufficient younger people who are prepared to work
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My boat is longer than the finger pontoon. Its a quite common scenario.
I pay according to the length of the boat .
My previous boat was shorter and I paid according to the boat length even though the pontoon was longer than the boat.
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1 hour ago, Adam said:
Have they failed to transfer it for you before?
No
Must admit I had understood a new owner had to start with a new license.
But it has not caused me any loss.
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On 31/01/2024 at 19:18, Adam said:
......as aside I note a river licence is transferable unlike it's canal counterpart.
That's news to me. I would be interested to see where that information comes from.
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2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
.. It has been said that living on board cannot (legally) be done if you are a CCer.
Something a judge says is not the law.
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On 29/01/2024 at 18:18, Wanderer Vagabond said:
Does he REALLY have that line around his mushroom??
It appears so
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I agree heating with some ventilation is the way to go .
A dehumidifier (which I have in use now) is , for me , more of a device to use while the boat is on shore power but vacated.
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19 minutes ago, MtB said:
Moving only once every 14 days is an incredibly generous interpretation of the law IMO.
I think CRT could easily change it to every day and argue that's what the law requires, with only the occasional 14 day stops (say 4 per year.)
A requirement to move every day seems a bit extreme. Would you apply this to all boats regardless of license type?
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1 hour ago, LadyG said:
I think the CRT should bring back the requirement to display the licence.
I am sure the requirement to display the licence was never removed but not sure how displaying a license really makes any difference.
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You would need an unsecured loan since you would not get a marine mortgage for the modest sum you are talking about .
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Why did C&RT give the months free license when they must have been in similar financial difficulties as they are today ?
There was no need for it as Covid was not their fault.
As for the discount being repeated it doesn't surprise me .
By using a paper method of obtaining a license via a marina a friend managed to get to the end of a license period without paying . By the time C&RT caught up with him his bss had expired . So C&RT refused to take his money even though the bss had been in date throughout the license period. He tried to pay the backdated fee after the new bss was in place but C&RT had written off the debt.
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1 hour ago, manxmike said:
Most of the asylum seekers and refugees arriving by small boat (rather them than me) are from the upper echelons of society and are, in a lot of cases, highly educated and qualified people. Doctors, lawyers, accountants etc etc.
If so why would they want to come to the UK and why would they arrive with no passport and no other identification?
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10 hours ago, Mrs Bearwood Boster said:
.Some of the roles now seem very much to be instead of paying a C&RT worker.
That has been the case for some years now.
On the River Trent only a very small number of lock keepers are now paid employees . In the not too distant past the non tidal locks were all manned by paid lock keepers , although it was mostly seasonally employed work and probably a low rate of pay.
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As a general guesstimate overheads usually equal salary.
So not surprising if the cost per volunteer does equal a decent wage. It never costs simply a wage to employ someone.
If they were paid employees the cost would of course be even greater .
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BSS Gas Locker Regulations
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What distance is required if the gas lockers only have a top opening?