Jonkx

That was my fear too. Turns out the wc had been cycling itself flushing by itself during the day the last few days. Completely filled the tank and reserve tank. Emptied it yesterday, looked like a lot of water in it, and boat stopped listing. Yeay :-) The water in the bilge was black but didn't appear to be raw waste. I have a cruiser stern and the drains to the gulleys around the deck panels were fairly gunked up with leaves and debris, which I've cleared out, but water also appeared easily to drop into engine compartment. So this may have contributed. Cheers for advice. Am keeping an eye to see if wc keeps flushing itself, if so I guess I might need a new control unit. Saniflow C43 if that means anything to anyone.

Rusty and all, thank you so much. There aren't access hatches in the floor of the main cabin and I may have to create them. I can see the bilge in the engine compartment only. Two things have happened. The electric macerator toilet - not my first choice but I liked the boat - has already developed a fault, and keeps flushing. I've switched it off, as I think it's now filled the tank to overflowing. Have switched water off as well just in case. So the tank could be full and this could be contributing to the listing. Black water has appeared in the engine bilge, 45 mm deep. I'm getting the wc tank emptied tomorrow morning and have moored by new mills marina for this purpose. Beyond that I need to work out what's going wrong with my wc. Thank you all again so much for your advice and being kind with an a newbie. Jon

Hi, I'm new to boating having finally pursued a dream and bought my own narrowboat. Loving it, but I haven't had to learn so much since I was at school. Everything's new. But this is good. So first question, of many. My boats starting to lean. Had it about 3 months. Sure there's more furnature on one side than the other, but it didn't lean so much before. There doesn't appear to be much water in the bilge, at least the engine compartment. Should I be worried? Could there be more water elsewhere in the bilge, that I can't see? Narrowboat is 14 year old reeves narrowboat, ex hire but privately owned for 6 years. Otherwise appears to be in good condition. Any thoughts or advice appreciated. Thanks, Jon