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12 hours ago, MtB said:
Sagar, they built that wonderfully bonkers boat "EDITH" with all the wonderful victorian 'stonemasonry' style detailing.
Sold in the end to some pillockj who changed the name to "Belly Button".
Gross and tasteless.
"Belly Button" haha that's made my Monday at work a little bit better!
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24 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:
Watch for the ignition - few cookers have 12v ignition and you may not be able to provide a permanent 230v supply.
https://www.midlandchandlers.co.uk/products/ignition-conversion-kit-12v-gc-154
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1.coal fire
2.copper kettle on top of fire
3.sofa facing fire
4.clean fire door so I can see the fire
5.thermometer so I can keep telling wife "it's 30 degrees in ere"
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I think custom stainless steel flue extensions are made on site and by the looks of things .....they don't come off easily,
Here is a link to cruising the cuts video on his experience -
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"The couple are now looking for the next adventure"
Is their next adventure a van conversion
and traveling the world 'yaaaaaaawn'
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On 10/10/2020 at 23:07, Alan de Enfield said:
They are stitched.
Once canvas (and the stitching) gets wet it swells up and seals the stitching holes.
Its the same on all canvas covers - they will leak for the first rain shower but afterwards become watertight.
That's actually very good advice , my wife used to work in a caravan showroom ....she told me the amount of people that would buy a brand new awning and then come storming into the office complaining it leaked on the first rainy day,
My wife then had to explain to them about how it needs to swell and it would leak the first time.
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Bit touchy chap , apologies it seems my Google doesn't seem to be as good as yours about the numbers.
I only talk about narrowboats because isn't that what this thread is about,I also didn't mention lorries or vans or ships......see what I mean.
My whole point is narrowboats are a very small number compared to the big picture.
Cheers.
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13 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Over 80,000 boats registered on the inland waterways, and ~300,000 coastal 'leisure' boats.
Still a small % but bigger than you suggested.
No one mentioned coastal leisure boats chap ......just narrowboats
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Roughly 40,000 narrowboats in the UK ...........40,000,000 cars in the UK , I wish people would leave the so called "smelly noisy" narrowboats alone ......just saying.
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55 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
So Tempest Diesels 2.5.. Its a fair age. Spares are getting a bit sparse.
Can still get the starter motors , alternators .....filters / belts , other than that .....calcutt boats might help
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Thank you everyone for your input , i don't know what the plate I found on the floor is for .....could have been from the original engine when the boat was made.
Cheers
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Back on the boat...found a dirty plate attached to the engine under all the grease -
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If the serial number is from a petrol engine......that's a shame....I was hoping it was from this engine.
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Here is a picture of the BMC
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Hi everyone
I have a BMC Engine in my narrowboat , a receipt from years ago says it's a 2.4 commander , the brochure from GHBS says it's a 2.2 BMC.
We have owned the boat for a year now and I have just recently cleaned the whole engine bay ready for painting.........I found a metal plate with a serial number on it ......it was inside of one of the engine support girders on the floor right in the corner
Is this the engine serial number plate please?
Cheers
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7 hours ago, Pie Eater said:
I was told this year that CaRT don't issue 30 day explorer licences any more and ended up with a 3 month licence.
They gave me a 30 day Explorer licence this year , our boat is in a marina that doesn't require the full licence , we use the explorer licence for trips on to the Trent and Mersey canal system.
Ring them again and make sure you don't take no for an answer.
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1 hour ago, Bobbybass said:
I'm in a licence free marina. If I'm going out I buy a three month license and then extend it if I need more. I declare the boat off water when I'm back.
I told CART if I'm out and extend ..I have no way of printing it and they've said that's fine as display isn't essential. They've ' walkers,' don't look for a licence..they just enter your boat number.
You can buy an Explorer licence for £170 that gives you 30 days to use per year on the CRT waters at your own leisure.
Might be cheaper than the 3 month licence you mention......I learned this from a CRT phone conversation earlier this year.
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Any residential moorers on here based at Mercia ?
Could you private message me please , me and my wife are on the waiting list and would like some advice.
Kind regards
Graham
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I was under the impression that inverters have there own built in fuses and the blade fuses in the junction boxes are only matched to the corresponding wire ?
I haven't got an inverter yet but if I did then surely it would be wired directly to the leisure batteries and not the 12v fuse box?
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We only have 12v electrics on board, the current fuse box is very old , ceramic fuses / European.
My question is .....will a blade fuse box with a bus bar be a good replacement and any tips for installation please?
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"Slightly" ? Me and my wife do the sideways limbo windmill dance to get down the corridor