Jackofalltrades

I agree, it sounds feasible. I'm just not aware that such a thing exists for tiller steering.

There are tiller pilots (autopilots) and hydraulic wheel steering, but power tiller steering?

Crikey! 🍿

Yes I agree the joystick steering seems not to have been a great idea. Having now read the review that Alan de Enfield posted a link to "it was the constant pressure from the tiller that [the owner] didn’t like on his long weekend on a normal narrowboat" so he opted for an OTT fly-by-wire joystick control system at god-knows-what-cost as a solution. Each to their own 🤔

Nothing wrong with exceptional wealth. So if someone would like to send me some I'd be happy to prove the point.

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So an ancient canal network should only have ancient looking boats on it? That's not how humans roll ! If true then I can't help thinking that's a tad excessive! By a factor of about 2.

Is this the boat? https://www.midwayboats.co.uk/boatsforsale-315.html From the outside it looks like a narrowboat designed in and for the 21st century - different, but I quite like it, apart from the hideous bow canvas (cratch cover?) Looking at the interior pics it looks like whoever fitted it out made a good job of it. Personally I think it would be boring if all boats looked the same.

That was so bad it was almost good. But don't forget your coat on your way out 😁

You're not the first. Think of it as a symbol of good luck 😄 https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/48452/moorhen-nesting-on-our-boat-for-weeks-and-weeks-and-weeks-will-she-ever-go?pifragment-4285=1

Someone will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong but my concern would be if any of the diodes are damaged in the smashed panel, possibly leading to a short and the other panel(s) continually sending power to it until something melts. I might be over-thinking this though. Are the panels fitted with MC4 connectors? It should be quick & easy to disconnect the damaged series pair and the damaged panel from the good one, surely? Out of interest how did the panel get smashed - accident or deliberate/malicious?

The problem is that if you don't know who the referrer is how do you know a tiny fraction of your money isn't ending up in the hands of one of the many nefarious groups that exist around the world?

I kind of expected things would be a little more high tech at petrol stations! Now I have a vision of a man poking a long stick with gunk on the end into the darkest corners of the underground fuel tanks. Tell me it aint so!