George and Dragon

A few possibilities on the Soar... I'm naming no names since I wasn't listening to the original conversation.

That's very sad news.

You might also try Lee Bates (daysafloat.co.uk). I don't know if he does Ebers but he knows his Webastos.

I wouldn't be leaving aluminium stop planks anywhere that the public has access.

Notice has been updated this morning - the bit about wide-beams has mysteriously vanished - I wonder if someone at CRT is lurking on this board or perhaps someone more knowledgable came along. Notice Alert Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) Location: South of bridge 23 - Leicester Line - Grand Union Canal - Near Winwick Thursday 27 July 2023 14:30 until further notice Type: Navigation Restriction Reason: Vegetation Update on 28/07/2023: A fallen tree is partially blocking the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal south of bridge 23, near Winwick. The obstruction is passable with caution for narrow boats. Our team has been asked to attend the site as soon as possible and an update will be posted as soon as more information is received. Original message: A fallen tree is partially blocking the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal south of bridge 23, near Winwick. The obstruction is passable with caution for narrow boats; however, wide-beam boats are advised to avoid this section until the tree has been removed. Our team has been asked to attend the site as soon as possible and an update will be posted as soon as more information is received. You can view this notice and its map online here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/25858/south-of-bridge-23-leicester-line-grand-union-canal-near-winwick You can find all notices at the url below: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices

Recent email from CRT (emphasis added): Notice Alert Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal) Location: South of bridge 23 - Leicester Line - Grand Union Canal - Near Winwick Thursday 27 July 2023 14:30 until further notice Type: Navigation Restriction Reason: Vegetation Original message: A fallen tree is partially blocking the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal south of bridge 23, near Winwick. The obstruction is passable with caution for narrow boats; however, wide-beam boats are advised to avoid this section until the tree has been removed. Our team has been asked to attend the site as soon as possible and an update will be posted as soon as more information is received. You can view this notice and its map online here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/25858/south-of-bridge-23-leicester-line-grand-union-canal-near-winwick You can find all notices at the url below: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices

It doesn't seem to matter losing a small amount of pressure when I reflate a car tyre but that's a much bigger volume even though the pressure is similar. That'll be it. Close the taps after pressurising. Thank you. Work in progress - I got the pressure way too high to start with but now down to about 15 psi. The pump is 25 psi. Pump still runs when I open the tap and pulses when I close it...

The problem I'm having is that I can easily get the accumulator up to about 20psi but can't get the pump off without losing it all. Any tips?

Spoke to the Xylem (Jabsco's parent company) rep at Crick this afternoon. He suggests the old pump may not have been delivering full pressure and I should check the accumulator. Which I will do when I have time to dismantle half the back of the boat (yes, it's tucked away in a very inaccessible place).

Thanks Tony If it's air in the system I'm hoping this just means it will sort itself out over time... Will leave it for now. It seems to be slightly better already (or is this wishful thinking?)

Our Jabsco water pump died on Thursday, fortunately just after we got back to the marina. At first I could hear the pump trying to turn so I took it out and had a look at the inlet strainer which looked a bit grubby but not blocked. Gave it a clean anyway in a jug of clean water and got a few bits of crud off but nothing major so decided to reassemble but now the pump wasn't showing any sign of running. Decided to bite the bullet and get a replacement but 11 litres per minute has magically gone from 2.9 US gpm to 3 gpm. Cutout pressure the same, but I clearly need to make some adjustments as the accumulator doesn't appear to be working correctly - as soon as a tap is opened the pump starts to run and there's a kind of stutter when it shuts off. I'm wondering how to get back to normal operation - in my mind the pump shouldn't start to run until some water has been drawn and the pressure in the accumulator drops; the stutter doesn't seem right either.

That was exactly the logic used by Dr Beeching. Was Ernest Marples the Minister at the time? I think Mrs Marples had shares in one of the big construction companies. Clearly the concept of a conflict of interests was just the same all those years ago.

Is there any obligation to label anything as not suitable for vegans? It may be a nice way to appeal to people who are vegan (and I'm sure no-one would ever think they could charge a premium) but I would have thought that anyone who describes themself as vegan would assume that all products are not suitable unless and until they check.

I was thinking of the varieties sold in vending machines (£1/500ml), not the marginally less exorbitant supermarket stuff.

I may be rather dense but I don't understand what relevance this has. If the marina's T&Cs require moorers to have a CRT licence then the marina will expel any moorer who refuses to comply. They may have other rules which might from time to time be broken but the same would apply - a moorer who refuses to comply would become an ex-moorer. Quite honestly I don't know why I've bothered: one poster thinks he can should stand against CRT on behalf of all the marinas that have a NAA. If those marinas want to stay in business they will comply with the terms of their NAA and require their moorers to have a valid licence. Yes, it's a circular argument. That's the kind of thing lawyers and politicians do. It keeps them in rolexes, champagne and oysters. A very small number actively choose to live on a boat. I wouldn't unless I had no choice as I'm far too messy and disorganised.

And best of all, plastic bottled water costs more than petrol. Probably not quite as much as whisky.

This looks to me like a case where the solar will not adequately charge the battery for much of the year. If I were the OP I'd be looking for a way to swap batteries daily during the winter so that the system always starts fully charged. Unless a UV LED is employed. in which case they might get away with it.

One of our favourite trips. I cannot understand why they need to prevent mooring along the whole stretch for 15 weeks. Elf n safety again, I expect. It appears pedestrians and cyclists are not going to be affected during the works.

Surely CRT can come up with something far less intuitive than that. If not they're obviously not trying. As a non liveaboard with a home mooring I don't want to see genuine continuous cruisers penalised. I would like to see overstayers encouraged to comply with the T&Cs of their licences and those without licences removed from the water. Unfortunately this is going to mean people who can't afford to live on land in cities won't have the option of living in floating shanty towns. Perhaps we need a government that takes the need to house the population seriously though where we'd get one of those from is not a topic for this particular forum.

Not yet read to the end of the thread so apologies if this has already been asked: How can CRT unilaterally declare a boater who has paid for a mooring at a club or marina or elsewhere to be CC? Especially as there is currently no such licence classification. Exactly so. But when an organisation oversteps it's responsibilities and starts making CCers out of boats with home moorings then it's natural to attempt to correct the record.