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Totally agree. It seems almost every other boat that I pass has a blue tooth speaker blaring on the stern these days. Not just younger people, plenty of more mature folk with Radio 4 blaring. It completely mystifies me.

You do know it's not obligatory to cause all threads on CWDF to descend into a pointless and ridiculous argument don't you? I think we all understand @Puffling sentiment.

Shame it's unlisted on Youtube. Do you happen to know what year it was made?

I read somewhere that 1 litre of petrol on water will form a slick of around 6000 square meters....about 600 meters of 10 meter wide canal. Diesel is a bit thicker than petrol but not much, so we're literally talking about a cup full probably. I find spraying soapy water in it disperses it quite effectively. Think about the paddle boarders. It must be awful packing your inflatable SUP back in the car when it's been through a diesel slick.

Interesting, as people tend to rave about the upper Thames. Like everything in life opinions and experiences vary and discussion is good. I'll just have to get up there myself sometime and see how it goes!

What was the problem? I've never been myself but it's on the list of places to go.

Didn't realise you were going down the flight....otherwise I'd have suggested Caen hill! Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

It's worth asking around at Pewsey...someone might sell you a pump out card then you can use the one at Pewsey wharf. Other than that your only option is Devizes marina as the pump out at Devizes wharf is not working at the moment. There is another CRT pump out just past Devizes on the CRT moorings at the top of the Caen hill flight, but that requires going down 6 locks (and back up presumably). Oh, just for your planning it's about 4.5 - 5hrs cruising from Pewsey to Devizes marina.

Your original post stated: - You didn't mention generators on canal boat sterns, just generators in general. 🤷‍♂️

https://www.gmp.police.uk/news/greater-manchester/news/news/2021/february/two-men-have-been-jailed-after-a-tenant-joao-afonso-died-in-his-flat-at-wood-street-middleton-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11751575/Mother-50-daughter-17-die-carbon-monoxide-burger-van.html https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/generator-fumes-killed-site-security-guard https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10916988.tributes-paid-to-ken-and-dorothy-swallow-thought-to-have-died-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/ https://stories.swns.com/news/camper-dies-from-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-due-to-generator-outside-20814/

It is curious that there have been no fatalities on Narrowboats, given how common generators are on the cut. However a common denominator in a lot of CO deaths is lack of ventilation. Narrowboats tend to be well ventilated, and with Carbon monoxide being slightly lighter than air it would have a tendency to escape via the mushroom vents, thus reducing the chance of a fatal buildup.

Here's one from last year. It's an eye opening read. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64467c48814c66000c8d0501/2023-1-EmmaLouise-Report.pdf There are more if you delve the MAIB archive.

In theory, but small carburettor petrol engines in generators are tuned slightly rich. Their exhaust is about 10% carbon monoxide (100,000ppm) compared to less than 0.1% (1000ppm) for a diesel engine. People have been killed from CO emitted from an inboard petrol engine with a perfectly functioning and manufacturer installed exhaust on the waterline, so care is still needed. Make sure your CO alarm's batteries don't go flat.

Just watched it on catch-up, awful news. He's only in his 40's I think.

The wisest words I've read for some time on this forum.

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Granted, it is a relatively recent requirement. However general stupidity and lack of common was less common in the 1970's

True. Maybe the BSS requirement to have a CO alarm is saving lives.

That seems reasonable for 2 pac. The yard initially thought my boat was 2 pac and mentioned it would be closer to £1000 if it was. I should say where I am there is little competition so the cost was probably higher than the average....the nearest alternative decent yard requires passage through 37 wide locks and at least 4 days cruising to get to. As for how long 2 pac lasts, I think it depends on how many scrapes it's had. I've heard people mention you should check it every 5-6 years and touch up any scrapes. Of course checking it (slippage and power washing it) is quite a lot of cost in itself so it might be worth just getting it recoated while it's out. I'm speaking without any experience of 2 pac, just thinking aloud!

Just had my 40 footer blacked last month. The yard charged £14/ft + VAT, but have a 50ft minimum charge so it came to £840. This included slippage, power washing, scraping, rotary wire brushing and 2 coats of Intertuf 16.

Most of the stoppages were west of you so you should have no trouble.

Well the OP hasn't visited since 11:34am on Wednesday. It's very frustrating when someone like the OP joins the forum to ask these sorts of questions, then doesn't stick around to see the best advice which is this: And this: And for the record @HayleyOnTheCut, my advice is to absolutely walk away.

Yes that’s my experience. On a frosty morning I turned the inverter on and ran a low wattage electric kettle for 5 minutes….it was drawing about 70 amps from the LiFePO4 and the internal battery temp stubbornly remained at 3c.

Remember in a boat engine bay, you've got an engine at 80C, which warms the area up to significantly more than room temperature. Having said that, in a very cold snap it still took 90 minutes of engine running before my battery got up to 5 degrees. 60 minutes is more typical.