cksantos85

i just threw up in my mouth

There is always freehold canal land with mooring rights

Then use a ton of heat exhchangers on engines and custom deisel powered water heaters to keep a hot water loop for the entire boat. This loop would heat the entire boat and also circulate in the tub. The water would be chlorinated so the bath water need not be disposed of. Jacuuzi tub would be ideal.

Coal is easily avail and cheap no (i was trying to do as the romans do)? Propane or diesel is possible with a sterling engine.

You need an on demand water heater specifically for the bath tub. Done. So far outside the box i am simply made of cardboard.

I did chat with mike. We are both doing reasearch and taking our time. Best not do the wrong thing fast. He wants a classic diesel. Im not so sure i want one for my first boat. I was looking more for a 8/10 person ex hire boat. I also am very interested in canal side land with multiple moorings if anyone wants to create a mooring syndicate. Lots of neat stuff for sale canal side. We could crowdfund it. Could be like a club type thing. I dunno just thinking out loud. I think when the right opportunity comes out it will makes sense.

I understand that but i don't think i would personally. I do have an epic idea for on-board power using coal that i may keep armchair engineering. If you made a coal syngas gassifier and integrated it with a solid oxide fuel cell you could get coal power and heat. Technology exists its not scaled for boats tho. Energy conversion rate would make your boat stove higher efficiency than a full size coal plant.

I guess if you wernt on the boat in the winter that might not be a problem?

Great answers. I think between the lot of you all the questions are answered. #7 powered by what? answer is powered by the diesel motor hot water tank and heat exchanger and propane same way radiator systems are powered. Just seems like radiant floor pipes work well for regular houses. So it might allow ridding of raidators. Assuming you have one. Also on #2 eco fan is shit quality peltier modules. but yes they are very low conversion efficiency. sterling engines are a great alternative to an eco fan. and freepistion sterling engines exist that allow conversion to power with 70% efficiencies. KISS makes sense. I have a tendancy to over engineer beyond economically viable. Canals are amazing we should make them everywhere on the earth to the same dimensions.

You do know that wasent me that responded right? Thanks for the reply anyway.

I am from Hawaii. I have never used another forum. Didn't see that post. I live on Maui, was born here so im some what stuck on the rock. I don't have as many Americanisms because Hawaii is more multicultural. I am also into space habitats as a hobby here is a link to my previous spaceship projects. https://www.instructables.com/id/Hackerspace-Earthship-HAESH-Homemade-Environmental/ Your mixing my two statements as if they are connected. I am poor communicator. I understand the process for both.

I am slowly coming to the realization that is the best course of action. The only downside is that ex hire boats are pricey. I was thinking about buying a dump and working on it before family shows up. Its amazing how cheap some boats are and i love projects. I built my boat in hawaii from a bare old hull. Yes i understand they need more work but to be honest i cant see much diff from a 5k boat and a 15k boat. IF i go up to 25k or 40k i can have what i want.

Ha yes. Im used to regular toilets. I hate boat toilets they are not ideal IMO. As a plumber im picky about my shitting situation. A cassette toilet dosent seem to bad if i was solo. But family of 6? Im gonna need a ton of power and poop capacity.

Im the dreamerest dreamer. Im gonna make the canals great again. Hahahahha im totally joking by the way. I will definitely come visit soon. Runs about 8k in tickets from where i live with my family size. Its not economical to just hop on over and check it out. Im either buying a boat or doing it once. Seems like 6 months of renting costs as much as a shitty boat. I could go by myself to check things out and get a reality check for the rest of family but then my wife might kill me. Growing up on an island in the middle of the sea im kinda weird and a dreamer. So i figured i might fit in just fine.

I have come to the same conclusion. I was missing the point of the history, etc. My fascination with technology led me to want to apply any of that knowlegde i could but at some point its not a british narrowboat any more and then there is less sense of purpose.

epic this sounds similar to my line of thinking. great to know it failed. failures teach us more than success. and id much rather go off other failures.

yes. but with proper filtration you could. Im a plumber most this stuff is off the shelf for septic tanks in locations with poor soil absorption or heavy use. membranes can be bought from china as they are used in wastewater treatment plants.

Bro Ima buy you a beer for talking me out of so many stupid ideas i thought were great. Getting mud and silt into a drip less bearing sounds terrifying now that u mention it. The only idea that might work is a small aerobic membrane for the toilet. But it would need smallest power draw possible and its own small battery and isolator. The whole "feeling the canals" reasoning for tiller style location and use makes sense and ultimately affects resale i bet if you get all weird. I never thought about what happens when an ecological disaster shows up at a million dollar canal house to moor up lol. I also had no idea the govt didnt like the locks, you guys need to run for office stuff the courts with boaters. Create a canal secret society to funnel money into canals. They only were public in the 90s? Boaters going from 0 to 20k to 30k in a decade or 2 crazy. They should all be world heritage sites even the ones that need restoration. Got it. Sounds like more shit to break given what youve told me so far.

I did a search for hydraulic paddle gear and got nothing, What exactly are you refering too.

Fascinating. Theoretically they could add electric but my pyramid scheme is out for funding mechanisms so were back to volunteers and grants. Prob more pressing issues. Thanks for the reply.

Sounds like a lot of the design elements I was questioning are durability/usability issues specific to locks canals and their infrastructure thanks for the response. Never though about clogging intake of outboard. Roast an impeller real quick. Point taken. Maybe ill stick to some smaller mods to a functioning boat. I was leaning towards building a canal spaceship tho. Then u said 10 years and i was like UM YA and remembered all my other projects. Also on the Scotland comment theirs only 1 correct? and its no where near the nothern london system. and irelands system is a pipe dream away from england on a narrowboat so my dreams of UK wide boating are dashed none the less.

haha i edited it out realized you had no idea what i was talking about. https://www.google.com/search?q=hmahalo its an expression of deep gratitude in hawaiian. and i just gave you a bunch lol

hey you are the man. love those answers, i could never have gotten that anywhere else. and answers so many of the questions. Its like owning a model t vs some custom car in 1900.

Its possible means that you know much more than I do about narrowboats and UK canals then. Rather than i could answer these questions easily you may just be smarter than me. I have been researching narrow boats for about 6 months. I still cant answer these from the other side of the earth. The people who have narrowboat youtubes are not technical. I want to build a narrowboat from a project hull. 50% of these questions are things i want to do on my narrowboat but perhaps their is good reasons why not. So far my questions on this forum have gotten me more details than hours of youtubes. Many thanks for your help in advance. I could summarize as : 1. What are the long term aspirations of the river and canal trust. Whats the long term vision or goal to make the canals better? Answer - nothing its a bureaucratic mess and we are all lucky if they widen and fix the absolute worst canals and locks from being unusable. 2. Why dont narrowboats use more modern techology? answer - cost everyone on a narrow boat is broke. These answers are my answers and they suck. So i hope someone would have better ones. Thus me listing my musings in detail. Do you have any interest in even one of the questions? Or all of them are retarded?

Definitely not. Did you read them? Keep in mind i put this in the new boater part of forum.