rbrtcrowther

Just wondering... Do.you read the "Daily Mail" by any chance

probably yes.....

knowledgeable or opinionated...... .. I stopped using forums many years ago.. They always attract the keyboard warrior types who take great pleasure in putting others down for such thing as not using the search properly... Or accidentally missing key point Ina question.... They have nothing better to do than be obtuse...

perhaps just perhaps... The owner may have lived on his boat for years and is to infirm to move... Of has got cancer and just wants to enjoy his remaining life..... Could even be family who lost their job and now find themselves in financial difficulties..... Sounds like some of the people on here would have them thrown off the waterways so not to clutter up their personal playground...... there are some horrible people on here....

It may work.... A set number of voluntary hours work for crt must be carried out every 14days to allow a boat to remain in position... Or a a boat must move along and maintain X number of miles of water way..... Its free labour..

Perhaps there are other ways of helping the situation.... Perhaps by volunteering for the trust struggling boater might be rewarded with an exemption from moving.. Or perhaps be allowed to move a shorter distance.. or maybe move as they work.. Clearing reeds and trees. Painting ect.. Perhaps Swampy and Star would get a bit more sympathy if the 10miles of the grand union they lived on was immaculately kept... Just sayin

exactly... The waterways should be available to all...perhaps finding suitable moorings at an affordable price with toilet facilities for less fortunate few is the way forward... Lets be honest a mooring doesn't take a.lot of maintaining.. On land they have affordable homes. Why not affordable moorings.?

No idea its a tricky one... I've just got a holiday boat and Maria mooring. I was just pointing out that this new rule is clearly aimed at a certain people.. And some of the most interesting and friendly people you'll meet... Its the waterways equivalent to the traveller problem on on land..... Perhaps the crt should build dedicated marinas for the Non travelling boat community just like some councils do.... Just sayin..

Put bluntly, There going the tell the free spiritual earth loving just about floating canal dwellers with probably no engine and hardly any money... That they either move and navigate.... Or spend several thousand quid on a marin mooring....

I don't think anybody has mentioned that a home mooring can cost thousands... And would therefore be unaffordable to certain people that the Trust are targeting... You know the mouldy old lifeboat that never moves.... The rusty about to sink narrow boat with no engine..... Its a targeted action towards a certain few......

I have a dead and F#£@ed domestic battery as they were left on during the sales period.. I can pretty much blamed the wanky gas alarm for running it flat..... It would appear to have a split charge relay as the domestic side comes to life when the ignition is turned on... gonna sort it out tomorrow..

done loads of research about lock operations and side ponds and ground paddles and gate paddles... But hope to arrive when the lock keepers on duty.

Brilliant..... I spent 6 years rebuilding a 1950 scammell explorer... Its first trip out was a 120 mile round trip as our wedding transport.... I'm used to comedy pressure...

i have checked the tunnel light.. We have two! One inside the cratch and one that fits on the front.... Er... Somehow...

I did spot the pub when we went for a look...... ..hope the foods good...

Well I shall be popping down to our little boat tomorrow to make preparations for our maiden voyage.. Its currently at gayton marina and in about a week and a half we plan to make the trip to Welford to our mooring.. We've checked for stoppage's ect and all is good. Apparently there are 14 locks between gayton and Welford. And we'll have to do the flight near Watford... And quite a big tunnel... .. I worked 20 years on lumpy water boats.. But never set foot on a narrow boat till we bought this one!... Arrrgh!!!! scary excitement...

we now own a lovely coalcraft finished by rugby boats 1982.. And in just one day we met three lovely people.. A bloke called Dave who runs the marina we would love to stay at... A lovely woman who bought her boat the day before.. And the lovely folks at abc boat sales who said its ok to leave it there for a few weeks foc till we pootle off to our marina.... All.lovely really...

Thanks for your kind words of encouragement....

Well we've bought a boat! Put in a stupidly cheeky offer and its was accepted!... Now to sort out a mooring and all the other bits an bobs then its our first ever boat journey to the marina....find out what's what with the boat and then organise the overplating probably for late next year... Unless it starts sinking....

I read about a boat that was stolen from a marina and found a few days later on the Fozdyke..... How often does this sort of thing happen on the canals? I understand the need to be careful where you moor up incase of vandalism or break in, but actual boat theft? its not hard to make a lock for the gear shift leaver on the gearbox end it that still leaves it towable.... Are there tracking systems available or am.i just being paranoid....

Thankyou very much I shall get a quote off andycraft. It all depends on of the vendor accepts the very low offer I'm going to put to them.. Its a bit of strange situation.. A previous buyer had a survey started and halted it when the condition of hull was found to have issues... But there is no information as what those issues were or how bad... It could right on the insurable limit... It might only have areas of deep pitting, or it might be about to sink.. All it says on the bit of paper is a full overplate may be required.... But then the broker said "another surveyor might arrive at a different conclusion!...

oooops.... Auto correct strikes again...any such work done.. Such!....Has anybody had any overplating or fabrication work done there. And how was the experience? The communication during the work.. Was it done on time and did it Stay on budget? That sort of thing.. It seems like a nice little place and might enquire about some work.. And as our boat will be moored in the marina opposite it would be rather handy I say marina opposite... Big muddy puddle with a digger in it might be more accurate.. We did enquire at the warf but alas they had no room..

Just wondering if anyone has any suck work done at north kilworth warf... We're trying to sort out costs and logistics of having a potential purchase repaired.

Hello.. One of the boats on our maybe list is known to have some hull issues. However we won't know to what extent the thickness has reduced to untill we have a survey done ( if we decide its the one for us ) Now here's the question. If said hull survey shows the hull to be reduced or pitted to say 3mm or a tad less would we be able to insure It third party with a view to using it for a few months while we organise the overplate work ect? Cheers everyone.

now this one did have a shower pump out and I'm sure it has well deck drains.. And there was a bulkhead between the engine and living area... What would you think a far price? 12,000 ish?