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How high is the bank? Any strong trees that you could temporarily attach a block & tackle to?

Perhaps speak to the previous owner?

Unless the builder has done something daft, like put the outlet at 0.33m above the base...

Not sure it is a recent change to Firefox. I haven't been able to see that video since it was first posted - which I had assumed was something to do with my security settings - but it hasn't stopped me posting from Firefox - including this one.

Are you getting the revolving handle version? I tend to prefer "grippy" gloves, which I find good for everything except windlass work - and a revolving handle would solve that problem.

It doesn't look like Fiddlers Green - spacing to side hatch all wrong https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NTc2WDEwMjQ=/z/QOAAAOSwfRdZGYPF/$_86.JPG

Google search shows the owner of L'atalante 4 years ago as a member on here (who hasn't visited since 2016). Also Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswUgOaEQWI

What time of year are you thinking of? Some share consortiums will swap allocated (or lot-drawn) weeks, so if you want 8 consecutive weeks in say October-March most years, you might be able to find one where the other owners are usually happy to give up their autumn/winter slots in exchange for your spring/summer slots. But clearly movement can be heavily resticted in those months, and to get 8 weeks you might need to buy 2 shares. Conversely, if you want 8 weeks over the summer every year, that is when commercial operators make most of their money.

I guess the logic is that the reduction is aimed at encouraging people to take holidays this year. And not many people go on holiday to a marina. But people do take holidays on hire boats - hence why (according to the other thread) overnight boat hire now qualifies for the reduction

Wey Navigation is definitely open, but I think the NT Navigation Office is still shut. No reason why there shouldn't be access from the Thames. You should be able to get the licence from Thames Lock - and you can't get it from anywhere else at the moment - so I guess they can't always get to the phone immediately.

Thanks, I had never realised that! In which case it probably depends on the T&Cs between hirer and company. Having looked at a few for well known companies, they say that prices are subject to any change in VAT rate prior to settlement / final payment. So someone who has paid just a depost will benefit from the reduction, but anyone who has paid in full won't.

I think it may depend on what a company has quoted, and a hirer accepted. If the agreed price is for "£x +VAT" then there isn't really much option but to now apply 5% for the relevant period. But if the price is "£y including VAT" (as is typically the case for prices quoted in shops, restaurants, hairdressers etc), and that has been agreed, then the company can perhaps keep the savings if it wants to.

Slightly odd given that the well deck appears to be used for storage, so you may occasionally want to get things from there. Of course a cratch cover will readily conceal someone trying to break in via the bow doors, so it might be something to do with that.

But that would also mean you won't know if you have been exposed, so you might unknowingly pass it on to your children, siblings, parents, grandparents etc. So its a bit of a double-edged sword...

Date of last sale may be more pertinent than age of boat. A boat last sold in recent years is less likely to have had finance available when purchased. Conversely, if last sold many years ago, any finance at purchase is more likely to have been cleared. What was the typical duration for narrowboat loans?

Someone with the same name - not necessarily the same person - had a disagreement with CRT a few years ago: http://www.bargee-traveller.org.uk/crt-drops-section-8-cases-following-court-of-appeal-judgment/

Brochure says engine serviced 2016; BSC July 2021; blacked 2017.

The simplest things that anglers can do to be helpful to boaters are to be visible (to boats, even if not to fish!), and to acknowledge your approach in some way. Then both parties know that the rod will be lifted out of the way at the last minute, and perhaps a few friendly words exchanged. It avoids the uncertainty that can lead to horns / emergency slowing down / lines being caught etc.

Fully reopened for boats yesterday. (There might still be a gap in the towpath - but it is not too much of a detour to get around)

I may have always mis-understood, but isn't this sort of set-up exactly why water companies are concerned? With the tap on but the valve shut contaminants in the hose can conceivably backfeed into the mains. Whereas with an open-ended hose, so that with the tap on there is a continual flow, the chances of mains contamination are significantly reduced. (But agree the user is more likely to get wet!) Something not mentioned in the guidelines is to try and ensure that the open end of the hose stays above the water level in the tank. Trickier if single-handed.

According to their (rather broken) website https://snbc.org.uk/?page_id=14 Somerset Navigators Boat Club were only formed in 1991, so it has to be more recent.

Agree there are (too) many pitfalls in trying to generate a direct income via AirBnB or similar. But haven't some hire companies had arrangements in the past whereby they lease a boat from the owner and then hire it out? During peak season they can effectively increase the size of their fleet without the upfront purchase cost; generate some income for both themselves and the owner; and deal with the rental, changeover, servicing, emergency call outs etc. No idea if it still happens, or how it works in detail so whether it is practical. Clearly you have to be prepared for the boat to be moved; you have to be moored near the hire base; you might have to move out for a week, or weeks, at a time; and it restricts the amount of personalisation you can do - it might have to be a lot more spartan than most people would like for their home. But for the right size of boat, renting to say couples rather than groups, and if there is no other way for your finances to work, it could be worth looking into.

A 2m pole is currently useful to keep people at the correct distance. ?

But from what you have said, you don't know if it is one person involved, who both untied and then retied your line; or one person leaving it adrift and a second securing it to the best of their ability - who should be applauded, not castigated.