LadyG

May 9

I've used this before, it is expensive, but it's great stuff. It is surface tolerant, ie just prep your steel boat as best you can and apply. I've used it round the stern and rubbing strikes.

Not many colours, black, white, red, blue, green, brown, BUT

I went in to PaintandPaper shop Todmorden, and decided I wanted light cream, roof is currently matt undercoat cream / white .

The wonderfull lady has sent for a tin of white and has a magic tinting product which means she will mix to my colour choice!

This is why small shops can still survive on the High Street. I was surprised yesterday when I was able to get a small pot of Red Oxide and some other quality stuff.

May 9

5 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

Things break. You could use the same argument with MOTs.

If things break, that is a change, it needs to be made safe if there is a safety aspect.

If I hit a kerb, the car may be still driveable but it would not be safe , so I would take it and get it repaired. Nothing to do with having a certificate saying it passed an MOT on certain date, the vehicle is unroadworthy.

May 9

9 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Typically, a BS EN 16436-1 product should have BS number and date, class of hose with maximum working pressure, inside diameter of pipe, gas identification and an expiry date. These hoses should not be used after the expiry date and should be changed immediately.

For a hose conforming to BS 3212, this hose should show a date of manufacture. It is recommended that these are replaced after a maximum of 10 years of use.

With respect to gas hose, it is essential to examine it regularly, it is condition that counts.

Condition will generally depend on storage post manufacture and usage post installation.

I used to sign off some instruments, some of the Chinese hose, (air, not gas) we had in stock was probably ten years old!

It was still usable, but I managed to get it out the side door ... and sold our business customers the newer, better stuff.

May 9

7 minutes ago, Momac said:

On expiry of the BSS the insurance is not invalidated providing the boat is off the waterways that require a BSSC.

Similarly a boat that is off water may be unlicensed but the insurance remains valid.

My insurance makes no specific mention of BSS and licenses but it does say the boat and the skipper must comply with local regulations.

Read line one, sentence one. Millions of boats don't need a BSC, I have not listed them.

May 9

18 minutes ago, Momac said:

Do they ?

I don't think so.

Even the orange gas hose doesn't have an expiry date (as popularly misunderstood) but it may be examined and accepted. It might be considered good practice to replace regulator and the gas hose periodically but it's not a BSS requirement.

The hose between the regulator and the rigid gas piping will be in the gas locker which has a drain to the exterior .

The gas hose purchased from a chandlery will be stamped.

I had a gas bod, surveyor, and BSC examiner who did not pass the twenty year old armoured gas hose, I understand that thinking, one cannot examine either condition or date.

The cooker needs to move, in order to be inspected. It now has a coil of copper piping.

I wonder how many people still have armoured hose?

I wonder if this is a BSC requirement or something my Examiner, being a Gas Safe bod , and fitter demanded before he would sign off the BSC.

I employed someone who was Gas Safe to do the BSC rather than any other Examiner. It is in my interests to have the best person available.

May 9

1 hour ago, Jerra said:

Basically that is what I was querying. A scheme with no policing would be worse than useless.

You have a touching faith in the honesty of your fellow boaters.

Nothing to do with that, the boat must be insured to be on CRT waters,, the CRT demand, and it was not always so, that a BSC is held by every boat. The owner pays the insurance, agreeing that his boat is Certified, and that the Certificate is valid.

if his BSC is invalid, his insurance is invalid, it does not matter if it becomes invalid two days or ten years after the Certificate is issued, it is still invalid.

May 9

12 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

This will perhaps be an unpopular opinion, but I don't think the safety test is carried out at regular enough intervals. A lot can happen to a boat and it's systems in 4 years.

We have a voluntary hab check, which is very similar to a boat safety test, on the van every year. Costs around £200 a time. This year it found a small gas leak which was traced back to the regulator having slightly loosened. Had we not had the test we would have been none the wiser.

But you could have bought a handheld gas sniffer. Before the MOT I was responsible for the safety of my own vehicle, I am currently responsible forf the maintenance of my own boat. When I cross the road, i am responsible for my own safety, no one examines me....

May 9

18 minutes ago, Jerra said:

How is it shown there have been no changes? Rely on the honesty of boat owners?

Yes, why not, if there have been significant changes that affect insurance then the boat is no longer insured comprehensive. The BSS is supposed to refer to safety of passers-by rather than the crew.

If any person is found guilty of manslaughter, for example, having a recent BSC, will hardly affect the judgement,what about one that is due to run out?

The owner just needs to sign off the boat when he insures it. If the boat needs a new Certificate he needs to arrange it.

An annual Examination could be required, why not one every six months, , every year, every eighteen months etc etc.

May 9

These extra costs levied by the CRT may have been a reasonable idea when they started, but im not convinced that the scheme is anything other than an added expense. If a boat has a Certificate and there has been no change, why is a renewal necessary?

May 9

When I was 18 we all went to a dance at the Royal Northern yacht club by car, rammed full, illegal these days,and it was a hairy drive. At the age of eighteen we considered ourselves invincible. Two younger lads borrowed a speedboat that had no bouyancy, whatsoever. They got to the yacht club but never got back.

I would not go in a boat at night without a lifejacket. Never with a drunken skipper, but I can see. that could easily happen. Not sure anything could be done about it, one can't be sure that the passengers were any wiser than the driver. In a small boat, the driver is generally the skipper.

Racing offshore for many years, I generally wore a bouyancy aid during the day, these days it would be a self inflating lifejacket.

May 8

I am assuming that anyone moving a boat by sea has a good seaworthy boat and an experienced crew, ie, its not a canal boat, which is absolutely fine for muddy ditches, but not actually seaworthy.

May 8

55 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:

I've not managed to complete a planned cruise for years because of a combination of water shortages and lock failures. I'm planning what might be my last long cruise over July and August this year, and if, once again, I have to cut it short to race home before they shut the system down it makes paying my over two grand a year for licences and fees an unaffordable and totally unworthwhile joke. The point is that while we all know CRT is short of money, so am I, and they either have to provide value for it or it will stop coming. An at least two year delay at Todbrook, where it seems to have been more important to appease the local yacht owners than keep the canals open, plus other reservoirs being run down because, again, lack of maintenance, doesn't give me much faith in the system lasting more than another year or three. These things are cumulative.

There's another breach waiting to happen on the lower Macc at a big spillway at Congleton aquaduct, where a large coping stone has been missing for years and the water is now only held in by a bit of ancient piling that is almost rusted or rotted through.

I'm afraid that your predictions are realistic, neither the Govt nor Joe Public are interested in Navigation as there seems to be no way to make it profitable in spite of Govt statements encouraging other income streams (wishful thinking).

The secondary economic benefit which is health and recreation is proven, but there seems to be a complete lack of joined up thinking, water resources, flooding, and all that means to the economy, long term.

May 8

Just now, Llamedos said:

How is Fernando this morning after his adventure?

Surprisingly he went out straight after his dinner and had a wander about, he's still asleep now, on my bed, I don't want to disturb him, lol.

6 minutes ago, Russ T said:

Who? You or Fernando?

Me, the cat had the sense to lie up all day, so well rested, if stressed ....

May 8

12 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

Glad to hear good news for once - all too easy for us all to post the bad but not the good!

Trust you had a good night's rest . . .

Yep, must have walked about ten miles yesterday, having a .long lie!

May 8

On 03/05/2025 at 21:24, Tony Brooks said:

Are you aware that most modern oil filters have a bypass valve inside them so that if they clog, unfiltered oil and any particles it contains will be recirculated around the engine? This is likely to accelerate wear. If you must save money on servicing, I would suggest that it would be better to change the filter and leave the old oil in use until the next service. The new filter will clean up the old oil to a degree, and the oil additive pack is likely to still have some reserves of protection.

Good plan, I 'll get the oil changed as soon as I can get to civilisation, I'm not sure I can manage the filter myself,, that's why I left it rather than for economy

May 7

No expert, I have a Thetford. , over 20yo. I understood one can convert standard mains equipment. Calling @MtB

May 7

I'm forgiven,

On lap, . Maximum purr.

May 7

31 minutes ago, jonathanA said:

I was just thinking of the time our cat leapt from the boat (mid channel and cruising speed) disappeared into the undergrowth on the towpath... swmbo insisted we moor up and wait... 10 pm meowing from nearby and cat returned... very stressful at the time.

So glad the cat has been found.

Yes, in his early days he crossed a farm bridge and went and sat opposite, making quite a lot of noise. Generally he is quite vocal, up trees or on walls, he's a quite a character.

May 7

6 minutes ago, magnetman said:

'to be'

The idiot was lacking in the IQ department, he got his genes from his mother who opened the cat carrier instead of telling him to take it back.

Cat had enough sense to hide up until I found him, though I've been back there several times during the day.

He's fast asleep, but so far has not sat on my lap.

May 7

2 minutes ago, 5239 said:

Milk 😃

Opened the cider

Fernando has has dish of kibbles followed by a sachet of finest fish.

May 7

1 hour ago, Naughty Cal said:

You will be surprised how well animals can find their way home wherever that may be.

They have much sharper senses than humans.

I wouldn't be surprised if just comes strolling up to the boat like nothing has happened in a few hours.

No, because he had been stolen, he stayed where he was. A lady on the industrial estate tonight had seen him, so I called him and he came.

He's quite nervous., I don't blame him.

May 7

CAT IS HOME

tx to all concerned.

He had made his way back to the place where the idiot let him out of his basket, I don't know where has been all day.

Hungry, so not indoors.

May 7

5 minutes ago, booke23 said:

Yes, this is why I suggested moving the boat to the immediate area.

I think its risky, I had thought about it, it's not a great bit for mooring, I don't think the cat is still in that place, or he would have come when i called. There is only a a few bits of grass, and small shrubs dogs etc. Where I am there are big trees, and walls that he uses to survey the area.

I will have to go and try again. Put up more posters.

I will try with litter, but he doesn't often use it.

May 7

3 minutes ago, magnetman said:

Out of interest why was the cat 'en route' to the vet?

This facebook story sounds mad. I am good at writing embellished stories about crazy situations is there a copyright on this ?

Someone took a cat in a cat box from outside a Boat and thinks that was OK.

Routine annual jab

May 7

1 hour ago, DShK said:

In the grand scheme of things a mile is not too far. There aren't going to be any stray dogs who will hurt your cat in england. And I am presuming your cat has encountered cars before so won't be totally shocked by them. Cats that have experience with the outdoors are usually quite resilient. You just have the logistics of finding them again to deal with.

Cats know where they are by scent, he was carried for a mile to somewhere he has never been so even if he finds the towpath he would not know which way to go. The people who took him said he went in to big yard next door, but I have no reason to believe anything they said.. They did not apologise for taking the cat and I had a job to get the basket back. Fortunately someone local had seen the lad with the cat carrier which is how I knew where they were.

Immediately they went on fb to say how clever they were.not to say they took my cat and lost it.

17 minutes ago, Mike Hurley said:

So go to the trading estate then, he's probably holed up somewhere quiet.

Hes not there.

2 hours ago, haggis said:

The quote above says that " George" offered to take him in and had taken him to Canine Country Kitchen" . Is this not true despite someone going to thank him for looking after the cat ?

He was not in need of their care, they then let him out a mile from my boat, not intentionally. They had no idea what they were doing, just random idiots.

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