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Tipnturn

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    Tick Tock

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  1. Brilliant, very useful to know Sue and sounds like a really good solution...Thank you.
  2. That's so weird, I was literally just reading your blog about your venture across the wash!!! Was it relatively easy to fit/install Sue? Where do you actually 'empty' it then? Intrigued by these as they seem a real solution for full time cruising...
  3. It is only a bind in that it ties you to needing to be in a certain place at a certain time. I have no issues with the mechanics of it.
  4. I work freelance and need to be able to get to locations around the county so driving is my only real option. I also work on a short notice/On call basis so hence why I need to spend most my time relatively close to Notts. Yup that was from Ray at Streethay Wharf. Mine is 28 tonne so that's good info, thank you. To be honest the cost has already got me cringing and work is likely to make staying in this area more practical (hard to tell as I start a new contract in Feb!).
  5. It would be nice to explore the broad canals, but I need to stay relatively close to Nottingham for work. So I will be on the Trent and the Soar for the bulk of the time. Really, I was just interested if there was anyone with a similar size craft and if so how they had found CC in this area. If there are no real challenges or pinch points to be aware of, then great, I'm happy.
  6. How big is your boat? Because in the 'busy South' I'd be mooring online on broad canals, as opposed to cruising predominantly on the rivers here....
  7. Yup seems a simple solution, any particular model you'd recommend, or are they all much of a muchness?
  8. Alan I have to confess I did not realise that was legal, seems all sorts of wrong?!?!? Bombshell!! I did wonder as I know some folks using sea toilets....Installing a larger tank is not possible.
  9. Yup, its the dreaded bog question....the eternal debate over boats and toilets... Currently have a pump out - no problems with it as currently on a marina. Heading out to CC on the rivers mostly and having to pump out every three weeks is a bit of a bind (not to mention cost and water use). Any recommendations for a supplemental system I can stick in the bathroom alongside the pump out loo? I have no issue with a pump out loo, no desire to remove/convert it, and not fussed over which one is 'best'. Just looking for an alternative to try and reduce reliance on it. Thanks!
  10. Yeah funny enough locking isn't the part that worried me! More getting the old bus on a tricky mooring without anyone to grab the centre line! I still have a lot of work commitments and the dog to think about so planning to spend the summer cruising now I've got another pair of hands to crew for me
  11. Forums need more people like you and less wanting to argue the toss over what constitutes 'The North' Seriously though, I would love that to be the case. CC'ing was out for me before as single-handing on rivers isn't an option for me on this tank. I also have to balance it around my freelance work. I am though thoroughly looking forward to getting off a marina berth and seeing more of the scenery and waterways up here. It may be moot if a new contract comes up in London, but for now I am feeling like there is a lot of water up this way I've yet to see....Thanks for the reply and wishes!
  12. Spot on Peter. I'm a little more pragmatic than simply spending the money to go drink beer in Essex. I can do that any weekend I've been looking around and it does seem that for selling at least there is quite a difference in demand between the busier South and North (realistically we all know that the South is essentially the GU and KA etc). I'll keep looking into it. Thanks for the reply. Well my experience is limited admittedly, that's why I have asked i just get nervous coming alongside plastic boats in my one at moorings
  13. I have, and am certainly warming to the idea. There is of course more to the decision than I posted, partly due to work and also to the potential sale of the boat. My main concern, having cruised up here a bit is the somewhat mercurial river and the lack of online moorings during the summer However, i have to say, you're winning me over!
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