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I bought four of the 130Ah ones back in October. They have noticeably lost capacity quite quickly. Not recommended.

Oops spoke too soon! Fault returned, so decided to get a pal to come out with the aforementioned ebay starter motor, and with his help had a go at swapping it over in Llangollen basin. Bit awkward to get to the bolts, but surprisingly easy job. New starter seems to be doing its job so fingers crossed. PS the cross referencing of Vetus/Sole/Mitsubishi starter motors took only a few minutes internetting, and saved a shedload of cash!

King Priam had an unusual affliction/blessing. He was Priapic. I thought the OP was after a special condom.

Update- after the problem got worse, to the point of not being able to rely on the engine turning over, I had a good poke round, and it turns out the starter/solenoid is OK, the problem being a weedy relay between the starter switch and the starter motor. The wiring at the relay was corroded. I remade the connections and since then it’s worked as it should. God knows why belting the starter with a hammer sometimes made it work! Anyway all’s well that ends well.

Thanks for the replies. The motor is a 3 cylinder Mitsubishi, marinised by Sole, the same engine is used by Vetus. Mine has 4500 hours on the clock. I looked for prices- the Vetus part is over £500!! I could only find second hand Sole prices, still over 400€ ebay to the rescue- £150 for a new part. I think I’ll remove the old starter when I get back to base and have a look to see if there’s an obvious fault, maybe have it reconditioned. Thanks

This morning I tried to start the engine, but nothing happened. All the right control panel lights came on, but no go. I checked that 12volts was getting to the starter relay, and the starter itself, all ok. After a bit of head scratching, I remembered from my MG Midget owning days that a light whack with a hammer would cure this problem. Sure enough, the mooring pin hammer was put into service, and the starter did its stuff. So - why does this work? And does it mean my starter motor is imminently doomed?

I find the Omnimax type aerial fine, as long as you use the RF amplifier that comes with it - agreed that on it's own it's cr*p. Also a retune at *every* change of location. For the very few locations where you can't get a usable TV signal, out comes the iPhone and HDMI adapter to watch Netflix./iPlayer etc.

If you Google the Huawei B525 images, you'll see it indeed has a telephone socket; sbainbridge is correct.

Repeated on Ch 93 Freeview, "Together" Sat 8th Dec 1930-2000 Sun 9th Dec 1500-1530

Yes we've seen Hector several times. The hirers on board always seem pleased with the boat.

Any good? https://armadaboathire.co.uk/boat-jack.html

The sockets are rated 2 Amps at 240 Volts; i.e. 480 Watts. Surely this means 40 Amps at 12 Volts?

OK thanks for that. I'm planning a two pipe system. Rather like series v parallel for batteries!

Just out of interest, and because I'm just about to plumb in my own radiators, shouldn't the radiators have one side to the feed and one side to the return?

Thanks OP, just bought one. Now to find out how, and where, to fit it!

Sofas? Or deliverers?

Visitor moorings should be divided into sunny areas for solar power boats, and shaded areas for engine runners. The latter could sit in the gloom running their generators in their own little ghetto.?

Thank you andyberg, they brought back many memories. Not least how the heck you put up the 2 folding beds into the space occupied by the deluxe cane furniture!

I've just started using a Yi Discovery camera. This video was taken at 1 frame every 2 seconds:

Done. Thanks again.

Thanks nbfiresprite, just picked one up from B&M. Seems well built and quite powerful.

Dave Clarke - that's the name I couldn't remember - was/is he in Peterborough? You're right about the poor design of rear door, steps drain into bilge- can never get dry bilge. I ordered and collected my boat from the agents in Yorkshire- Saville Town, Dewsbury.

No sorry doesn't ring a bell

I have owned a Hallmark boat from new in 1998; a 45' cruiser stern. I was lucky to get the boat as they went bust soon after. It has served me well for 20 years. I had it surveyed in 2014 and the sides and baseplate are wearing well, with minimal pitting/corrosion. The shell was made by a Peterborough fabricator (cant remember the name). The fitout was cheap and cheerful, and over the years we've altered and improved a lot of things. The engine is reliable (Sole/Mitsubishi 3 cyl). It has been probably the best thing I've ever bought, and would sell now for more than I paid. There's a lot of snobbery about these boats but they introduced lots of people like me to the canals. I've never felt the need to buy a bigger or better boat. Having said that the price of the OP's boat is a joke!

Cheaper on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-Mobile-Broadband-Pay-Data/dp/B01CMD4VKC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1520779580&sr=8-3&keywords=payg%2Bdata%2Bsim&dpID=51fZkdGpSIL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch&th=1 24GB for 44pounds also.