George and Dragon
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13 hours ago, matty40s said:
Unfortunately, Lee passed away suddenly about 6 months ago, very shocking news.
That's very sad news.
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6 hours ago, matty40s said:
Simon Pollard, Colin Roe, Dean Hadley(Bow to Stern), Mark (Weedon Narrowboat Services) all cover that area(to Foxton anyway), North Kilworth Marina are bound to have someone able as well.
You might also try Lee Bates (daysafloat.co.uk). I don't know if he does Ebers but he knows his Webastos.
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I wouldn't be leaving aluminium stop planks anywhere that the public has access.
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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 WinwickThursday 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-winwickYou can find all notices at the url below:
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Recent email from CRT (emphasis added):
Notice Alert
Leicester Line (Grand Union Canal)
Location: South of bridge 23 - Leicester Line - Grand Union Canal - Near WinwickThursday 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-winwickYou can find all notices at the url below:
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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.
2 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:Are you following the correct procedure? Turn off the water pump, turn on and leave on the taps. When the water stops running connect an air pump to the Schroeder valve on the end of the accumulator. Pump up to the required pressure. Remove air pump and replace cap, close taps and switch on water pump
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...
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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?
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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).
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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?)
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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.
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1 hour ago, Athy said:
Why bother about all those narrow winding country lanes which lead only to some village that no one's ever heard of. There must be thousands of them, they're little used and their maintenance must be a drain on the finances of many councils. Shut 'em down, I say, after all, roads are there to connect big towns and cities.
Aren't they>
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.
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On 20/03/2023 at 06:10, magnetman said:
For example if the binder was of animal origin would they not be obliged to tell vegans about this ?
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.
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17 hours ago, Jerra said:
I don't know where you buy your petrol but I have just googled Sainsbury's bottled water and can't find any at more than £1:00 per litre. Petrol per Litre varies locally between £1.45.9 and £1.48.9
I was thinking of the varieties sold in vending machines (£1/500ml), not the marginally less exorbitant supermarket stuff.
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On 19/03/2023 at 08:00, Higgs said:
Yes, it is stipulated in the NAA. It doesn't make it a legal requirement, only an addition to the marina's T&Cs, with no more significance than any common or garden other rule the marina may wish to add.
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
canshould 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.On 20/03/2023 at 18:31, magnetman said:Do we think people actually want to live on boats or is it perhaps popular because it is so much less expensive than living on land?
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.
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21 minutes ago, Wanderer Vagabond said:
Why the country has gone down the road of everyone wanting to buy their water in plastic bottles is simply bizarre, it is the same stuff that comes out of the tap, merely packaged in a fancy way. It would be understandable if the stuff coming, out of the taps was non-potable, but it is all of drinking water standard FFS.
And best of all, plastic bottled water costs more than petrol. Probably not quite as much as whisky.
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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.
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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.
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4 hours ago, Steve_C said:
Just a thought but will someone who has a "CC licence" and then decides to take a CRT or independent winter mooring then have to cancel the "CC licence", get a refund, re-apply for a "non CC licence", no doubt with administration costs, then cancel the "non CC licence" and pay the extra for the new "CC licence" plus administration costs when they leave at the conclusion of thier winter mooring.
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.
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On 11/03/2023 at 10:52, Midnight said:
The boater didn't, the C&RT did. When I contacted the boater he was unaware that he had been reclassified as a CCer. The decision I believe was based on his sightings and lack of sightings at the boat club moorings. The C&RT did amend his record when I pointed out that he was on a long summer cruise. If C&RT repeat that it will cause a bit of upset. Now semi-retired we will be heading out in April and returning in October - could be interesting.
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.
1 hour ago, MartynG said:Why are clubs and marinas discussing the whereabouts of individual boats with C&RT?
If a boat is not at its mooring the marina may simply point out that boats are there to be used by their owners and may go out at any time.
It's not the marinas responsibility to monitor boat movements.
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.
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2 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said:
My understanding is that the legal requirement for wood to be (kiln-) dried to a minimum percentage moisture content, only applies to the condition it must be in at the point of retail sale.
Only for quantities of <2m^3. I suspect this means retail outlets such as garage forecourts and DIY sheds.
It's just about impossible to enforce for sales where the vendor brings the wood to the home although I think most firewood merchants are aware of the law and will take steps to be seen to be complying.
2 hours ago, Ronaldo47 said:The law does not say anything about what the moisture content should be subsequently, nor does minimum moisture content apply to wood that, for example, you have harvested from trees you have grown yourself, and so has not been sold.
It's impossible to check. How does anyone know whether the wood I'm burning now is from a kiln dried load, a bulk load of >2m^3 or given to me by my friendly local gardener. And the storage once it's been delivered makes a huge difference to its subsequent moisture content.
In the interests of not blocking up my chimney with crap I burn the driest wood available to me and it gets stored for 2 years if it wasn't delivered kiln dried. But you have only my word for that.
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We have 4.4kWp installed on the roof at home. I very much doubt we could fit that on the deckhead of our 60' NB. Well, maybe if you have nothing else there at all: the panels are 1.134m wide so without allowing for any fixing brackets that's 13.6m.
Most of us need to be able to walk on top of the boat at some time.
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Zero is what I'd want. CO isn't a normal constituent part of the atmosphere.
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1 minute ago, DHutch said:
I believe having a CO alarm is now a recommendation of the BSS which should improve the situation and make the more widespread
My understanding is they are now mandatory.
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On 01/03/2023 at 08:25, Chewbacka said:
I think Virgin is in the process of moving onto O2 so you may see a change.
Looks like I'm moving at the right time then: O2 doesn't work at the marina. Neither does 3.
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A few possibilities on the Soar...
I'm naming no names since I wasn't listening to the original conversation.