booke23

This is a very good point. For the benefit of the OP the Llangollen canal should never suffer from drought as it's used to transport drinking water from the hills of Wales to a reservoir at the end of the Llangollen canal (Hurleston).

Personally neither. The section of the K and A from Semington to Bath is nice until you get to Bradford on Avon whereupon the section to Bath is ruined by slum boats and their owners who never move. That section is also plagued by day boats from Bath with associated poorly behaved crews. Alvechurch to Birmingham stretch quickly becomes quite urban, which is not my favourite. I'd recommend you get a train a bit further north and hire a boat at Wrenbury on the Llangollen canal and head for Trevor....Llangollen if you've got time. It'll be a first Narrowboat trip you'll never forget.

As Tony says, that damaged roof in the galley looks to be coming from what looks like a mushroom vent, with no corresponding hole in the roof lining. If that is the case then the leak should be easy to fix but that whole roof lining section is probably going to need replaced.....I imagine it's been leaking for some time. This arrangement is another clue that work done on the boat is sub standard. Also looks like the engine bilge has had about 6 inches of water in it up until it got sucked out for the photos. But in this price bracket these issues are par for the course, and I imagine more serious issues await below the water line. I love how the advert mentions it was freshly blacked in 2021.....only 4 years ago!

😅 I like the hands on pun.

Exactly. And I'm sure Isambard Kingdom Brunel never knocked in a rivet or did any brick laying.

Quite agree. You should at the very least be dressed like a gentleman if you're going to do that!

Something like this for the switch replacement https://www.force4.co.uk/item/Force-4/Rocker-Switch-Panel-with-Breakers/4F41 I don't think that type of Isuzu panel is available anymore. This looks like this closest available today, but it's a bit pricey!

That is one of the mysteries of the universe. 😅

Celestial bodies are not renowned for their expertise in this area......I'd personally recommend a welder and carpenter!

I meant figuratively. Just like when someone says they built a house, they usually don't dig the foundations lay the bricks etc themselves!

He actually has 13 years of forum participation and I don't think anyone would describe him as an upstart given his experience of designing and building his own boat.

Mr Ho is probably three sheets to the wind. It's a Friday after all!

This has to win the award for the most pointless and disrespectful post (not including political section) for a while.

2 minutes with an angle grinder would improve the situation drastically.

Ouch.