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3 hours ago, Sea Dog said:
I don't - I've never actually bought any! Mine came with the boat. I did get a sample of an imitation, but it didn't seem as good. Earlier posts suggest this was a valid observation, certainly regarding the life of the tiles.
Mine came with the boat too and I've been impressed with them - even more so having read the experiences of others with the imitations.
19 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said:A quick Google shows that a company called Dek-Tec (UK) Ltd. was the sole importer of Dri-Dek, incorporated in 2003 and dissolved in 2014.
The domain name now points to the place our tiles came from, versatile-flooring.
There seems to be an animal grooming supply place that does them, if you don't mind them being blue, or nearly £8.65 a throw ? it does drop to £5.80 if you order 6+
No guarantee they are the real thing though as you can't tell from pics
I had found versatile-flooring, but I'm fairly sure they're imitations. I'll e-mail/phone them and ask the question to be sure.
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On 20/08/2018 at 20:23, Sea Dog said:
Did you all buy genuine Dri-dek or are we talking a knock off versions? I ask because my Dri-dek tiles are 10 years old and still perfect.
Do you know where in the UK you can get Dri-dek tiles now? I've got some and they're very good, but I want some more, but being US made, don't seem to be available in the UK. Google only seems to bring up the imitations.
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1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
How do you know it works?
I'm sure it will beep when you press the 'test' button, but this just tells you it beeps when you press the button.
How do you know it genuinely works and detects CO, before you let those lovely smug feelings of confidence and security from CO poisoning really take hold?
You could use something like this (other brands are available): https://www.gasfm.co.uk/co-detector-tester-spray-3331-p.asp
Of course it won't tell you at what concentration of CO the alarm triggers (assuming it does).
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30 minutes ago, X Alan W said:
The horse would need several canoes for him/her self for tunnels with no towpaths?
Four, one for each leg.
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Or loosen the other (corroded) stud, turn the ring through 90 degrees and refit the headlight with a new (stainless steel) stud?
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19 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
I changed my boat name and I found I was able to edit the CRT records of my boat myself on line, using the same section as I use to renew my licence.
We did the same earlier this year. You can also print off a new paper licence with your boat's new name to display on the boat.
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Just now, frangar said:
Where exactly was that mooring? I went under the railway bridge to the arm decided winding there was safer as it was getting a bit shallow for me...I did stir up some foul looking silt even so..but didn’t see the visitor mooring...
Not under the railway bridge, but under the footbridge on your left as you approach from Leys Junction. The mooring is then on your right, but hard to spot due to being overgrown. There are mooring rings hidden amongst the nettles.
View of us moored there taken from footbridge:
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Moored overnight on the (rather overgrown) visitor moorings on the offside of the Stourbridge Extension canal just round from Brockmoor Junction on the Fens Branch at the beginning of June. Had a very quiet night. The visitor moorings are supposed to be secured by a BW keyed padlock, but the gate has been carefully 'modified' to prevent any padlock being fitted (& the padlock's broken). You could use a chain if you felt the need - we didn't.
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10 hours ago, graemejwalker said:
they keep wrapping it around a bollard above to keep you in.
Ah! This was the bit I hadn't appreciated. Thanks for responding, and for a very useful posting.
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This may just me being thick, but on the basis there's no such thing as a stupid question:
If the MSC guys dangle a rope down, and you attach your centre line to that with a sheet bend, I can't see how that enables you to keep control of your boat. Even if the line is tight enough to restrain your boat initially it'll go slack as the boat rises. Or am I missing something?
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On 16/06/2018 at 15:06, pearley said:
The weak bit of the connection is the 90° elbow on the rear of the docking station.
Are we talking about a Dometic system here?
feeding ducks
in General Boating
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Geese make excellent guard 'dogs', as they can't be silenced with food - if alarmed they're just noisy.
Personally I'd never stopped feeding bread to ducks etc.