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LadyG last won the day on January 18 2019

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  1. I've had all my batteries replaced or removed in the four years of cc off grid. We did find another battery gassing H2S, which was still connected even after all the batteries were supposed to have been replaced. Obviously it has now been removed. It was hidden well up in the bow, and required considerable effort to remove it, it was huge, probably twenty years old! I am not a person who gets headaches, so if I ever feel one coming on i open all doors and windows to make sure the air is changed.
  2. I dont know about that, the cruiser near me has so much clutter on his bow that it will never level out . He's moored one hosepipe length from the waterpoint.
  3. Unless your existing knowledge is pretty much zero, I would question the value of a standard RYA course to a boat owner who wants to learn about maintaining his own engine. The cost is what i would expect, assuming its a day course rather than a two hour clinic. I think that paying someone to come to your own boat, discussing the installation and servicing it would be more useful. Thats likely to cost more than £155, but you get an experienced eye looking at your boat. I can change the oil and filters, but that is my limit. I don't have anywhere to dispose of waste, so that I've had several people service my engjne, and as far as I am aware only the last one was well qualified, so the boat got a 500 hour service, as laid down in the manual! As well as oil, the coolant was drawn, visually inspected and topped up again. That's never happened previously.
  4. I'm sure we've had the discssion regarding the difficulty of making NB lighting comply with Colregs. Compliance is important when sailing, or boating at night on open waters, including rivers. I would not take a nb on commercial waters at night, and I doubt many leisure boaters would have sufficient knowledge of lights to mix it with commercial traffic, which could include large vessels, towing vessels etc. Im pretty sure the specifications for lights will relate to the length of the vessel, so a nb is not required to have the same light as a cruise ship, Insurance Is another aspect.
  5. Air is a fluid, so the tank is full of fluid, try a filter funnel with a long spout, and pour the water in slowly.
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  9. I would think that adding two inches on the bearers plus three inches of scaffolding would reduce the effective height by five inches! Regarding ballast, when I moved on my narrowboat it was a bit "tippy', a bit high in the water, by the time I got all my books, clothes, tools, coal, water, and diesel, loaded up it settled in nicely.
  10. I have to say that carbon monoxide is a deadly and insidious gas. My boat has plenty of ventilation, the standard vents in doors, mushroom vents, and in addition I have the rear sliding hatch cracked open, there is also a side window which is cracked open. However the other day when the stove was struggling to ignite new coals, it was a windless day. I cracked the door open, and I also had opened it a few times to empty ashes etc, both alarms went off, i had to put them outside to stop them, and open all doors and windows to change the air. I think that carbon monoxide is most likely when the coals are glowing red rather than when the fire is being lit with kindling etc.
  11. We don't know that is the boat, I assume someone saw it on Ebay or suchlike and the engines matched the OP s description. He has not denied it, maybe moved on .....
  12. No one has mentioned a grp cruiser, not as suitable as a steel boat for a year round liveaboard, but much cheaper, and possibly simpler, it would give them an idea of whether they would be suited to the lifestyle. I would urge the OP not to buy this boat, because : 1) It is too small to live on. 2) it is a money pit Yes, after two years they will have picked up some usefull skills and knowledge, but the boat will still be too small and they will be two years older.
  13. No one has mentioned a grp cruiser, not as suitable as a steel boat for a year round liveaboard, but much cheaper, and possibly simpler, it would give them an idea of whether they would be suited to the lifestyle.
  14. I agree that one should know how to change the engine oil, and the gear oil if appropriate, however when i try to get the filter off, I sometimes end up having to find someone with more strength, ( I do have a patent gadget, but it does not always co operate). I like to have the gear fluid changed annually, but I can't reach it, in fact I think only one bod (out of four), has ever removed the magnetic sump plug. I have come to the conclusion that once I've found a good engineer, I should get the work done, no matter that it costs a bit, it means I can phone him if something goes wrong, and hopefully he will come and sort it, a bit like having an RCR contract, just cheaper!
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