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Most unlikely! Don't forget to tie bitter end to a strong point ?

Once you have had a few pootling trips (don't forget to buy fresh petrol, not old stuff), and are kitted out with WD40, spare plugs and plug spanner, lifejacket etc, torch, mobile phone, guide for route, flask of coffee, snacks, set off in good weather. Assuming you have licence and insurance you can advise/ask Canal and River Trust for permission to move to your Home Mooring. PS I assume you have a Boat Safety Certificate. PPS others will advise, but with petrol engines, you must be careful to buy equipment that will not spark, and ignite the fuel, eg. "additions" to the boat after the Boat safety examination

you could join RCR river and canal repair/rescuehttps://www.rivercanalrescue.co.uk/ https://www.rivercanalrescue.co.uk/ Delrosa Built by John Freeman in 1961 - Length : 6.7 metres ( 22 feet ) - Beam : 2.08 metres ( 6 feet 10 inches )Powered by an Inboard Petrol engine with a power of 10 HP. Registered with Canal & River Trust number 12992 as a Powered Motor Boat. ( Last updated on Wednesday 22nd May 2013 )

35 inches, my floor is about 15mm

Oh, what a Good idea, has anyone thought of it?

I throw a comment,if it is needing a lot of work on hull, eg new baseplate, a cost of >£5K might be expected A new engine might be > £5K A set of batteries and solar >£1000 Of course you might have no problems and you get away with £1K You might win the lottery and win £120million, then you can afford a residential mooring.

See Sail Life on youtube for detailed preparation procedures, he uses the manual provided by the epoxy manufacturer, Peel-ply film, sanding, fairing compounds. Demonstrations of how to sort most problems you are likely to encounter. If you needed a project in your life, you have made a great start by buying a boat

Biffa or another contractor supply and remove the bins here, there is not enough capacity, so within a few days the lids won't close [allowing in rats etc] by the end of the week there is a huge amount left by the side, sometimes the contractor removes overspill, sometimes not. They can't be expected to handle/remove human waste. Locally, landfill waste goes direct to a relatively small landfill site where it will be bulldozed and covered with topsoil. London and other conurbations may use transfer stations, and put on to larger lorries or trains then out to massive landfill sites., tipped, bulldozed, covered. The CRT don't do a lot of re-cycling: separating glass/plastics/cardboards is not going to work unless general waste bins are emptied frequently. The main idea of recycling is to cut back on the volume of waste [we are short of suitable sites], and to make that waste inert, ie no methane, no pollutants to seep in to groundwater, etc etc. Faecal material collected by random methods is not suitable for landfill, or for handling by manual workers.

Yes, long term everything will move to stern, however, current electrician/boater thinks it is best to let sleeping dogs lie, I agree, as long as I have solar and everything else maintained, that is a major step forward.. The 5 amp charger in the bow would only be if it could be straight changeover, but I think it should be done when on shore power so we can test everything. We are doing anything in tiny steps to avoid having to rip everything out. The Webasto and the gearbox and other work is scheduled this week. I am happy to manage my cruising to fit around boat management, but hope to keep cruising most of the year, as long as it does not become a struggle. So, I might move every few days in winter, but slowly when I have solar input. Agreed, a 35/50 amp charger is better, I assume three output is what I need, as even if all batteries are in stern, there will still be 3 banks. They only come as one or three output, I think. I assume only two outputs have to be used, one for each domestic bank PS It is midnight, and all I can hear is Arthur washing his paws it's lovely.

WOW upholstery, all looks good, proper dog.

Fair enough. The problem, as I see it,is that boaters are not particularly environmentally concerned, cost being their priority over anything else, OK most will use an Elsan, but I don't think one boater in 100 using GREEN fluid is going to make any difference to Elsan systems . Where someone has their own sewage tank, it will be important , to allow natural biological breakdown, allowing the effluent to be treated onsite, with occasional pumpout of semi-solids.

yep , I was really after the reasoning, I have a 5 amp in the bow area [!], might try to swap it with my modern CTEK 5 amp, but it might be better to wait till I am on shorepower to see if it is still connected!

Yep, but also twice the price, I would have thought that there is no great rush to bring batteries up to charge,especially as the last hours the batteries will accept less and less as they get nearer and nearer to full"

Thinking about changing the 1960 style 20amp mains to battery charger with a Victron which can be left switched on rather than requiring manual monitoring and switching to prevent battery damage. There are three battery banks with estimated 600ah total capacity [agm] There are Victron chargers with three outlets, is this what I need to look at, bearing in mind that all batteries are on one busbar. I was initially thinking about a 20 amp charger, but have seen recommendations for something like 35/45, even 60 amps

Don't bother, it will just end up inside a tanker with all sorts. The tanker goes to field where it is drilled under the soil surface, it is disposed of a cheaply as possible.

I don't think CC ers were ever a great risk in the big scheme of things, but giving them a bit of slack allowed time to resolve any problems. I think life will be much less restrictive out of the marina, more your own home rather than everyone else's.