Ironmaiden

As a, "fully trained long time served engineer" you wouldn't touch spray foam in a steel boat in damp condions with a "barge pole" Kingspan, cellotex etc the way to go. Boat totally unrepairable if spray foamed, I know from bitter experiences (take note of the plural)

Thank for your reply, we intend to spend a lot of time in Yorkshire "ti's wier I wa born lad" and we also want to be able to do the whole of the system.

That should read 57ft.

Thank you David that link is just what we needed. Mind made up 57 ft it is.

We are looking at 57 ft for then New she'll we wish to have built, but before we fully commit to 57ft what are the pros and cons of going to 60ft. We know we will be able to do just about all the canal system in 57 but has anyone found any restrictions in 60. As this is going to be our final home we would like to get it right first time, well we HAVE to get it right first time, an extra 3ft can give us considerable more space, but is it worth it.. We would greatly appreciate the voices of experience. Thanks in advance, Rachel.

Sorry but it doesn’t quit work like that, one of many studies https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577 Must be true if it’s on wiki! https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006577

Thanks for that, it looks really promising coild be just what we want.

No they were not wrong to do so, but when we take a admission to critical care under this kind of situation, a arterial line would have been inserted, usually in the wrist near the artial pulse, that would allow regular blood gas samples to be taken showing the amount of oxygen his cells are carrying, along with other indicators.. I assume he was ventilated.

Simply... No people do not wash them regularly. With regard to the government ????

Getting back to the topic of wearing masks, I would like to see studies Don in the community about people wearing homemade cloth masks.. I believe that by wearing a cloth mask you are in fact wearing a petri dish of infection, a cloth mask is a excellent moist medium for growing covid.. There are many studies showing this to be the case, or simply ask yourself the question, "why do theatre staff over the past75 years not just wear cloth masks instead of single use disposable" I have been in theatre and witnessed masks being changed by staff several times in lengthy procedures.

Yes we are, well we are hoping that we can park our campervan as near as possible and we will live in that.

How about a Msc in advanced nursing studies along with a 1st in epidemiology and many years on critical care, and with regard to the carbon monoxide, I used that as an example. You cannot just stick a pulse oxy on someones finger and say that they are fine, because blood gas analysis can give you a true picture of what is going on. Hope that will clarify it for you.

Hi thanks, we are going to be working on the boat full time so we want to avoid unnecessary costs with crane and transportation..

That kind of experiment is totally meaningless, for it to get correct results the participants would need to have artirial lines inserted so that blood analysis can be done to check what is happening to there bicarb etc. That would then show whether acidosis is starting to take place along with other changes to their bases. Sticking a pulse oximetry on their finger can be very misleading, red blood cells can be totally full of carbon monoxide but pulse oximetry would show that you are oxygenating 100%......but you would be about to die.

"Steel sewer tube" ? ?

Yes I am still aware of them, I've been reading up on them, got mixed feelings about it, but I think it might be best to follow the regs even though we plan this to be our last home, to the point I'll be coming off it in a box feet first, but you never know how the future can turn out..

Hi I know exactly what you mean, I happen to be a retired steel and alloy boat builder and while I still have all the kit to actually build from scratch I don't really want to take a Hull build on. My gear is also in france now so getting it back to the UK along with the hassle of trying to find somewhere to build is I bit more then we want to take on. That being said the Hull build is only a small part in the time scale, they can be put together very quickly, especially a narrow boat as they are basically slab sided.

I have the biggest garden in the world, ohh, it is the world. But alas its all sea water.. Should have said If I had a garden?

We live on a 45 ft sailing boat at the moment, but my garden would be my first choice as it would be free. Regards Rachel

Thanks for your response, I was thinking more on the lines of a canal side boatyard where she could be easily launched. Regards.

I have done a search but not able to find answers, we are going to get a 55ft shell made but of course the first part is to find where we can keep her to do the fit out. We are trying to find somewhere as near to the southwest as possible, but beggers can't be choosers so we are open to suggestions we also would ideally be able to live on site. Any suggestions would be great fully received. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for all the info, we now know that we will be going for a trad as we want to continually cruise. This forum is a gold mine. Thanks all.

Hi, our boat is a 45 ft center cockpit Ketch, she has 12ft 6inch beam so she is quite big. We think that our narrow boat I would think will be about the same accommodation. We are looking at a 55ft trad but we also fancy 55ft with a 9ft beam but not sure if 9ft will restrict where we can go. Rach.

Hi everyone, we would like to say hello and introduce ourselves, we are rachel and Sally. We aren't exactly new to boating we live on our sailboat but are selling her and wish to live out our days on a narrow boat. Regards to you all, Rachel and Sally.