LadyG

Yummi, Ive got all the ingredients, subbing lamb chops for pork. Ive been binge watching masterchef and its clear to me that one needs to dice onions, shallots and mushrooms as fine as possible to give sauce real body.

Buy a decent Dutch barge which already has offshore certification, find someone who can teach you a bit about motor boat handling and pilotage. Spend a year or so pottering about the coast, learning how to handle it, how to navigate, wihout modern navigational software. Use paper charts and pilot books. Anchor up, (try tbe west coast of Scotland. I've sailed with lots of people, and some of them were just plain reckless. Needless to say i only sailed with them once! When you are young and fit, and adventurous its a rite of passage. Once you are over 23 life takes a differ course. I sailed rag and stick, for many a year, enjoyed every minute. Motor boats also need skill to handle, it does not take long to learn how to steer, but ther's a bit more than that to it. When I left Goole on my NB, my heart sank, its so boring, lol.

Your track record of posts on here suggest nothing else. Which foot were thinking of, right or left? My understanding is that if the CRT can't manage the organisation it will be replaced. What good will that do? There is no boating community that has one goal, one strategy, one plan. Its just lots of people who have boats which happen to be on inland waters. Some dont even live in Englsnd and Wales!

I dont know what the naysayers expect the CRT to do, if people are so unhappy with their circumstances they need to change them, not expect a navigation authority to do it for them.

My Samsung phone gets quite hot, I think its a design flaw, nowhere for the heat to disapate, I've no doubt it encourages people to buy a new phone every year or so...

I know you shouldn't, but ive been doing it for years. I'm not convinced the battery alone is at fault, well it is faulty but I still get a signal. Its been swollen for years, I could buy a new battery, and if things don't improve comms-wise buy another E5785, then keep the batteries charged every alternate day. Its a lot of faff compared to leaving the mi fi plugged in. Update: after fifteen hours of intermittent signal everything is back to normal. I think it was related to boat 12v electrics as everything was undercharged, and voltage seemed lower than expected after cruising for about 4 hours, I reset all my battery isolators Off, then ON, reset all the DC breakers, and things seem to be back to normal.

Aha, yes, i am indeed, lol.

Yes, exactly, why replace the possibly undersized chain with strong chain and then insert a weak link of unknown strength. I'd just coat the existing links with paint, and attach with whatever linkage you have to hand. It can be redesigned at a later date if necessary. Personally I'd rather use a bit of cord rather than cable ties, easier to cut should that be necessary. I'd say that fender looks a bit undersized, have a look at other boats of the same prow design and see what they have come up with. In my opinion the main fender function is to prevent you catching on lock doors, which can have several designs to catch the unwary.

I thought I'd like to have a few days on the Bridgewater, but it seems I need to pay for a boat safety tyoe Certificate, as well as a payment to use the water, is this so, I thought there was some reciprocal agreement?

I'm looking to buy a replacement mi fi, as the existing one (E 5###) is five years old, the battery is swollen and is struggling, it is always plugged in to a USB socket. It seems to need the corr3ct battery installed I have twin antennae which sit on the roof, and is satisfactory. Is amazon the best place to buy one, I'm out in the sticks, but I expect I can find a locker. I've looked at the mi fi, it's E5785 , it cost about £120 and has a big battery. Looking for a replacement I assumed E5785 would all have twin sockets which is what I am interested in. But these things don't seem to be mentioned in product details.i assume they are not provided if not mentioned. But I wonder if they are not mentioned because they are open to breakage if used frequently, as they do look fragile? Needless to say the help lines are no help finding the twin socket types PS I use a USB socket, there are different ratings, but I just ignore that. Is there a gadget that can plug in to a USB socket that will stabilise the output to meet the needs of the router As I fear that the electrics probably don't have much stability? Looking at some technical stuff it seems that LTE is the new Internet access, so I think I should get a router that has it, but not sure about 4g or 5g, I thought 4g was the standard for fastish data and 2,4 or some such had a broadbrush approach. PS I've bought a new Samsung phone and tablet r3cently. Do I have to turn LTE on?

£70K buys a sailaway boat ( which maybe needs another £70K, spend), is not a good investment for someone without extensive marine type skills, a suitable location for construction, etc., and a year or three to finish. The problem is, by then you will likely be exhausted, and you may not get your money back if you decide its not for you. Its really tough living on a boat which is being fitted out. There are other routes to consider. 1) buy a well maintained narrowboat which needs a bit of a refresh. Expect to spend a small wad of cash on refurbishment as one persons idea of decor is not likely to be the same as yours. A boat which is ten to twenty years old may need new upholstery, and curtains say £2000, new batteries and solar, say £1,500. If the boat is by a good hull builder and is not a rusting hulk, then money that you put in to it, could be considered an investment , but its difficult to remember that when faced with another bill for £1200, for what seems like a minor upgrade. You will find plenty to do on a boat without starting from scratch. 2) buy a GRP cruiser which is under budget, you will need to search hard to find one suited to liveaboard.

In Glasgow 1958 or so when there were still rag n bone men , i recal the horse usually had his lunch in a hessian nosebag with a leather trim.

It may be that he could change the location on his computer, there is something called vpn or similar, used by Mentour on the YouTube flight channel.

This can be adapted if you will want to adjust or un-hitch frequently by putting the second hitch tail end to form a a loop, the tail end will then be released with a quick tug, it's not as secure, but if you then put the tail end back thru the loop it will be fine. Sounds a bit of a faff, but it is handy on occasion.

Once upon a time I could tie quite a few knots, and I think the midshipman hitch was one of them, I didn't know the name. As well as sailing knots, i had a few horse knots and hitches, which is why my bowline is non standard, the problem is that once the muscle memory takes over, its difficult.to re program. I just do them automatically. The figure of eight is a stopper knot, to stop a rope running through a block for example, but ive really stopped using it