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The standard New Islington Marina licence agreement is here: https://www.waterwayleisure.com/terms-and-conditions.
All the usual things to potentially fall foul of, e.g.: failure to provide a residential address if on a Leisure mooring, insufficient insurance, boat not in good repair or good decorative condition, no rubbish on the pontoons, being a nuisance or annoyance, etc. (Not saying the OP wasn't complying with all or any of these, just that there could be plenty of reasons for Waterpride not to renew)
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Blizzard is on to something here. Heated clothing ought to be more efficient / cheaper than heating the whole boat or house). And it would work on deck too.
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Can you use your more sensitive alarm to narrow down where CO might be leaking from? Around stove doors? Flue base? Higher up? ...
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17 hours ago, Graham Davis said:
Incorrect.
Nearly every Enabling Act of Parliament, required for nearly every railway line in the country, required the route to be fenced. It has nothing to do with electrified lines.Agreed. My comment was aimed at the fence maintenance / security fencing bit.
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On 18/12/2023 at 22:58, David Mack said:
It has been a legal requirement in the UK that railway lines are fenced, since the early days of railways. Originally just simple fences to keep livestock off the line, but in urban areas security fencing is increasingly used to stop trespassers.
But also because in parts of the UK you can be killed just by walking on the line, even when there are no trains running. (Something which overseas visitors, or even those from other parts of the UK, don't realise).
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If you are moored where there is road access then you could look for a firm that empties cesspits. They just need to be able to drop a pipe into your tank.
But probably (a lot) more expensive than cruising to the pump-out station.
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On 14/12/2023 at 01:50, blackrose said:
The problem with that access is that it leads onto a small gloss-painted deck area...
W̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶d̶i̶o̶t̶ Who paints decks with gloss paint? 😯
Edited Thursday at 03:23 by blackrose
Those who moor up using just a centre line? ☺️
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It sounds as though what you are looking for is a hotel boat. Apart from Ellis mentioned above there are a number of others: see https://www.hotelboating.co.uk/the-hotelboats-crews.html.
But you have to fit in with their crusing schedules.
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You can dry out silica gel, to reuse it.
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2 hours ago, mrsmelly said:
I always thought it was a bargain licence fee.
Absolutely, for liveaboards (who don't retain a house). They get council-funded services (police, fire, education for any children, street-lighting to get safely to/from the (non-waterside) pubs & shops, social care / welfare when they eventually get too decrepit, etc) without having to contribute anything towards them.
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15 minutes ago, StephenA said:
It's also probably down to size / manoeuvrability....
But you would have to agree that that's a bit illogical. So it is ok to keep a 4-ton truck, but not a small VW camper?? If it was really about manoeuvrability it should just be a maximum vehicle size ...
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I would have thought the original reason for the rule is to avoid people parking up and sleeping in a motorhome overnight. If as you say you are never sleeping in it when onsite (and you are not letting anyone else sleep in it either) then it isn't really any different to any other car or vehicle. I would write back explaining that.
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Built 2021, so possibly commissioned 2020. People often forget how different the world was 3 years ago. No international travel. No socialising with others. Unclear whether or when there would be a working vaccine, so how long everything would be locked down.
Perhaps not surprising that someone would commission something like this at that time.
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4 hours ago, peterboat said:
We are also the 4th largest population in the world surprisingly
I don't think so!! Did you mean 34th?
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12 hours ago, Cal Ando said:
...So I asked my insurers 'if we HAD TO, could we navigate on yellow falling'. They said 'no' and provided the following:
Underwriters have confirmed that if you were to navigate into a red or amber board condition location or moor up in a red or amber board condition location then our policy would not cover you ...
Even though they said this I am not sure they would be able to sustain it if you had to make a claim. Insurer terms are required to be reasonable, and can be appealed if they put unreasonable interpretations on them. If your actions are sensible, such as mooring up in a safe way when a river suddenly goes into amber/red, or moving off a river in amber to a safer canal, you would have a strong case if they tried to decline a claim. If you leave your boat moored unattended for a week with non-rising lines on a river, and then floods cause it to sink, they can reasonably decline!
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Marwood Makes t&cs are here: https://marwoodmakes.com/terms-conditions
As StephenA says, no mention of what happens if they don't sell enough tickets. But in "very exceptional circumstances" they can extend the Closing Date and Draw Date to a time of their choosing. So possibly just hold on to everyone's cash until they do!
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Back to the original point, if you pay by cash and get a receipt how long should you keep it? I would normally bin receipts for stuff like food and fuel after about a month. Essentially after use. It seems unreasonable for any supplier (not issuing invoices / text messages for payment) to come back claiming non-payment after a couple of months.
1 minute ago, john.k said:...........however ,in real life ,you return any bad fruit to Aldi ,and its 'where is the purchase docket '...........and you are like 'I only want a couple of oranges in exchange '..........and they are like its a major operation ..
Well if you take in a mouldy grape and ask for a couple of oranges in exchange I am not surprised. 😂
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Do you need recognition as an 'official' Volunteer?
You could just moor up for a few hours at the next unmanned lock you come to, and offer to help any passing boaters. Or take a walk down the towpath and trim back vegetation, collect litter etc.
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12 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:
I paid via PayPal as a guest using my card. PayPal does try to make this more difficult than need be, but read the screens carefully and it can be done without.
It would probably be helpful if that option is made clear in both forum requests and the payment pages. Like others, I had assumed that no PayPal account meant no way to donate.
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1 hour ago, Mike Adams said:
If the boat is in need of a refit you can get a special type of insurance that covers you while you undertake the work. [ ...] I would suggest third party but that may not cover the risks to other boats if you are working on it in a marina ...
Eh? Won't third party will always cover risks to other boats? It just won't cover anything that happens to your own boat.
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6 minutes ago, MtB said:
The mud rinses off easily with a hose before it dries on, so get on with it pronto, just as David described!
+1. Start at the top and work down. The other important thing is to understand why it sank. It looks to now be floating, so the lower hull is presumably sound, but you may need to check above the waterline. And/or establish if the weed hatch seal is faulty: it won't be letting water in at present, but could start to do so when you sort out and run the engine.
And if you are not now living aboard, make sure it is moored so that it can rise if the river rises suddenly.
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9 hours ago, MartynG said:
You can navigate the Humber and the Trent all the way up to Gainsborogh with no license for example. So its well established that a license isn't required for every bit of river.
That's because it is tidal up to Cromwell lock, so covered under the tidal PRN.
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Do you get a contract with Three until Dec 2025? Or a promise that Scancom will pay Three until that date? With the latter, if Scancom fail in 6 months time, it will have cost almost £35 per month.
(Not saying provider is a scam, just trying to understand the deal).
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3 hours ago, StephenA said:
How many bets it doesn't have a BSS, Licence or insurance....
Does it need them? Oddities like this can slip through the requirements because no-one envisaged them when writing the rules. It may fit the CRT definition of 'portable', because the crew can get it into and off the water without assistance. It may only need a short-term visitor licence.
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I get the original message every few days from my (ancient) tablet. I just try again a few minutes or hours later; sometimes get the same message but often okay.
I also get it on other bulletin board forums using that tablet, so not sure it is anything specific to CWDF. The tech admin of one of those sites suggested it is because the version of chrome / android on the tablet is now very out-of-date. (And so old that it will no longer do updates!). More of a nuisance than a major issue; I just keep passwords unique and don't put my bank details on the tablet.