Kudzucraft

Seems like such a good choice! First one I have seen and just seems to make sense.

Could be. Have not looked to see what standard sizes are. Might be a bit wide. Good point.

I know pram hoods are sort of love or hate relationship. Ugly but useful. I have always wondered why you don't see Bimini tops on NBs. They are probably still ugly to most people but they would keep you dry(er) and give you shade on a hot day. They are quick to put up down when you come to bridge. Just unhook two hooks and you can lay then flat on the roof or the back rail, depending on how you set it up. There is no side curtains so they are not as dry as a Hood but seems to me to still be useful.

I see no reason not to put it as low as you can. If they both run at the same time thats not a problem. It could be argued putting a second up higher for emergencies but I prefer a dry bilge on my boat.

Wrote an answer but don't see it. But yes, you apply for a VISA. You can ever pay and be pay to in the Health Insurance plan. Been a while since I looked at it so don't remember all the details.

Hey neighbor! You story sounds much like ours. We are north of you in North AL. Retiring in a couple of years and we plan on getting Visas so we can stay long term. Have plans on renting a boat next year for a few weeks to test the waters so speak. Amazing how similar our stories are.

Appreciate all the comments. It is something I have wondered for a long time. And no doubt Panic can freeze someone in their tracks!

Yes, I edited my original post. Thank you.

WOOPS I said gates and I meant paddles.

Reading the story on the boat in Kegsworth lock it has raised a question I have had about this type of accident. If you see what is happening fast enough can you not just close the gate(s) paddles emptying the lock? Then fill the lock enough to float the boat off. Or is the water flow through there to much to allow the gates to close?

It would largely depend on how much insulation you have on in the ceiling. If you have a lot I can't see how it would make any difference.

Not in the UK but since most everything is imported I will assume you have the same issues there. I work on a few cars and boats and the quality of replacement aftermarket parts is terrible. It is not uncommon for brand new parts to not work of fail shortly after being installed. Aftermarket brands are the worst! I am to the point I gladly pay for the factory replacements because the quality is better. Me, I would buy the factory replacement. While I agree that factory replacement parts are high, overpriced even. There is a reason the aftermarket part is $20 too.

No expert by any means, but working with wood boats I can't imagine just screwing a new plank on top of rotten one. Overplating appears to be basically the same thing.

Been watching this and not being from the UK I have just been reading and not commenting. But the way I see it is he refused to help himself. He had what, 10 years to do something and he has done nothing. Hard to feel sorry for someone that knew this was coming all this time and refused to do anything. Looks to me like he has no one to blame but himself. So while I hate he is homeless I don't feel sorry for him. He made the choice and now he has to pay for those choices. No one forced him to make bad choices. And I think there was no reason to let it go on for this long and the CRT should have moved much faster.

You can put a T in the line and add a mechanical gage along with the sending unit. That way you can check that actual pressure. Restoring an old wooden Chris Craft and I am adding a gage, on the motor just so I can see what the actually pressure is. Just bought a tractor with a 3 cylinder diesel and does exactly as you describe. So I put the gage on it to check and it still had pressure when the light came on.

Very interesting question. Wife and I want to do the same thing in about 2 more years. When I started looking a couple of years ago I looked at long term car rentals and found a couple of places that rented by the month and the rates were not bad. Much less than the daily/weekly rentals. Been a while and I didn't save that information, but that is what we have in mind once we finally can get serious.I would think an car would be a must to get around. Good deals don't last long and I think the flexibility a car gives would be worth the cost.

Depriving the fire of oxygen is a sound idea. But looks like you have to get REALLY close to the fire. If it was a hot fire I don't see me getting that close. But as others have said, nothing wrong with two different methods on board.

Good info Alan! I guess I we will just have to wait and see how this works out. Maybe it will change.

Following those pretty closely. We are a couple of years away so there should be more info available. Random thought. Wonder if we would be considered as a resident since we would be living there 9 months of the year?

Thanks! Web sites or email address? I am in the US so much easier to contact them that way. We are very seriously considering buying a boat in a couple of years when the wife retires and CC'ing the canals. Figure that smart thing is doing a month rental to make sure that this is what we want to do. And yes, I have looked into VISA's, living cost, etc. very closely. And we are currently living in an RV/Caravan so I know we can live in small spaces.

Looking at doing a 4 week hire. Found a couple of companies but can anyone list any hire boat firms that do longer hires? I have seen some mentioned but of course I can't find them. Thanks!

Including herself for not having common sense?

NO! It is a common misconception, but fuses are not to protect the appliance (lights in this case) but they are to protect the wire from over heating and possibly causing a fire. Your fuse size depends on the wire it is connected to/protecting. Installing a larger fuse could cause a fire. Each wire size has a safe amount of current (amps) that can pull through it without getting to hot. So the proper size fuse will keep from to much power being pulled though. Putting in a larger fuse will allow it to pull more current and get hotter than is safe. So never install larger fuses unless you know for sure that the wire size and what it is rated for. IN you case I would guess you are pulling close to the 8 amps but not over. That would explain why the fuse would be hot. But if it over heats it will blow. Only thing you might do it replace it with another in case it has a problem but I doubt it. I expect the next one will get hot too.