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I was wondering this myself. The Middlewich breach was completely fixed in 9 months, and while this is undoubtedly a worse breach, technically it should be possible to fix in a much faster timescale than mentioned, assuming there is the will and cash from the owners.

I remember many years ago when I was involved with a yacht club, there was no fuel on site so a Shell tanker was arranged every few months to bulk deliver red diesel to all the boats. One member was filling his catamaran (that he had built from scratch himself) for the first time. Unfortunately he had only fitted a breather pipe of 10mm diameter and it couldn't keep up with the rate of fill. He was leaning over the filler holding the nozzle with a lit cigarette in his mouth when the eruption of red diesel occurred and completely soaked him to the skin. It's funny the things you remember in these situations.....he was stood there with red diesel dripping from his hair down his forehead, and somehow in the melee his cigarette was broken in half and soaked in diesel. But it had been extinguished by the diesel and was he was still holding it in his lips like you used to see in cartoons after the character had been hit in the face with a frying pan! It was a surprise to me that the Shell delivery driver permitted him to smoke in the first place and I commented to him after the diesel eruption it was lucky it wasn't petrol....'I wouldn't have let him smoke if it was Petrol' was his reply. Needless to say he replaced the breather pipe with a much larger diameter pipe after this!

Out of interest, does the engine have to be run above a certain RPM for Travelpower to work? I assume the electronic box of tricks produces the correct UK 50Hz ac spec and doesn’t require the travelpower alternator to be spinning at 3000rpm.

You’re gonna need a very long extension cable to travel the entire canal network with that alternator setup!

Yes. It's a standard safely mechanism that is a legal requirement on forecourt pumps. Most marinas use this type of pump.

The sad death of a retired pharmacist crushed between a canal boat and dock was an accident, a coroner has concluded. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyjr99lvp2o

Indeed, I did mention it was a remote possibility. I assumed everyone (on this forum at least, given the amount of battery discussion that goes on) knew the difference between lithium ion, lithium polymer and LiFePO4 chemistry's, but maybe not!

......yes, many magnitudes smaller in energy terms than a Jackery Lithion-ion battery. 3.5Ah vs 24Ah. Small battery = small fire, big battery = big fire. That's why you can carry a 3.5Ah lithium battery on a airline, but not a 24Ah battery. No, for the obvious reasons I mentioned above. Not all Jackerys have LiFePO4

I think some versions of the Jackery use a Lithium-ion battery. Even though a remote possibility, I'd be concerned with having a lithium battery fire in my workplace if I took it in to be charged up.

Thank you for posting that update @arbutus. It must have been a horrendous scene for the emergency services staff on the day. I found it particularly galling these people put their trust in a supposed expert tour guide when the guide wasn't expert at all......and paid for it with their lives. Completely unnecessary waste of life and I'm glad criminal charges were brought. BBC has a report now too https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c241vmzm6gmo

Good chance to touch up the antifoul...........every cloud...

I had a similar issue with my last boat.....when the batteries were fully charged and the solar was producing power the rev counter would behave strangely between 1000 and 1500 rpm. The rev counter needle would suddenly over read by about 1000 rpm. Something wasn't right somewhere, but I never got to the bottom of it.

A distinct advantage. (For the benefit of the OP) On the other hand they won't have any solar and typically don't have a solid fuel stove. Also engine hours will usually be comparatively high, although not necessarily a problem as no expense is spared on maintenance. And without wanting to start a debate on toilets, they always have a pump out toilet which may or may not suit a potential buyer. All of this is easily rectified, but it does add quite a bit of cost.

I was in a similar boat to you (no pun intended!) @Lebesgue a few years ago. I needed a boat with the ability to sleep 4, 2 in a double and 2 in singles. While this layout is very possible, it's surprising how rare it is. Lots and lots of boats have a double at the back and a saloon at the front with two captains chairs. Longer examples might add a pullman dinette that can be converted into a double, providing 4 births in total but not single births as required. As mentioned, Ex hire boats often have a suitable layout but their fitout can be a little basic and might not be to your taste. However they do come up 3rd hand where the previous private owner has carried out improvements, which is worth looking out for. I did find a suitable boat eventually but it took a year!

That’s interesting. Do you know why the injectors caused misfire at full power? Do you think the tips got too hot or similar?

To answer your questions: I’d save and have it grit blasted and blacked with epoxy in a year. Retrofitting double glazing probably isn’t worth the expense. Solid fuel stoves are not specially made for boats. The fact that yours has a back boiler is good…..assuming it’s a gravity system, you get hot radiators without using electricity which is a good feature. Even modern engines in boats are generally based on Japanese plant engines from Kubota/Yanmar/Mitsubishi etc, which are not heavily regulated on emissions like car engines, so are simple and reliable. (gear driven timing, old school mechanical injection pumps, no complex electronics etc) They need annual oil changes even if only used occasionally. Good luck with the purchase!

That's why we've been asking for more details from the OP.

You don't say....With no tow path for a horse either! And with CRT generally not permitting horse drawn operations! Very obviously I'm not suggesting he gets a horse. I (and others in the past) mention the 'hp cliché' to illustrate the point that a lot of hp is not necessary. But we do need to know what size boat it is to give an accurate answer.

It was not. There was a post from the OP in the early afternoon stating he had requested the thread be deleted, and that the deletion would take place at 4pm. Not only can you get a tread deleted, you can arrange a time too it seems!

You started early then.....I think the thread in question started around 10am! That's true.

Yes....we posted at the same time.