moggyjo

I just ordered 4 x 2.5 anodes from Limekiln chandlers £22 each + £10 postage.

Yes Alan, he is back on the gravel run this week, I didnt think of UBC, I'll ask if he can pop in there. Your right the carriage would probably cost a fortune, Thanks, Wendy

I need to get some anodes, for 60ft NB. Could anyone please point me in the right direction for buying some (the best price) and what size and type for canal use. Thankyou, wendy

Does anyone know how much it would cost to sandblast the hull of a 52ft NB please and would you get it done if it was going to be overplated?

Does anyone know how much welders charge per hour for over plating?

The yard brought the boat back from Eynsham to Dukes for my mate today, on red boards, I honestly don't know how they managed it, with such a weak engine and the stern out of the water and now known a very weak hull Got to do the whole trip again in November for replating

Met a couple at the Boat Inn at Thrupp, Saturday (They were at the new owners pig roast, jolly nice it was to) they were waiting for the Thames to go down, as aparantly on Friday morning they went to go through Kings Lock and the lock keeper waved them back and would not let them through. So as I see it, the boat yard took one hell of a risk getting My friends boat up to Eynsham Friday afternoon.

Took one of my batteries to a shop to test it last week, at the time it was reading 11.9 the guy had some very expensive gismo to test it and said it was showing low voltage and he would put it on charge for 30+ hours nothing shorter would be any good. When we went to pick it up, it was still reading below 12v and as it was only 2 months old, we are going to take it back and get a replacement. Infact where I had bought 4 of my 110ah Newmax batteries from, 2 of them were duds causing all of my charging problems, not a happy bunny.

I like this bit from BW regarding wharfs. "Britain is covered with castles that were built in medieval times when people had to protect themselves from invaders, but there are no longer battles, and no one is suggesting that we restore them to their original function. Why should it be different for canals?

Well luckily, the young guy got it to the yard in one piece When he arrived to pick it up, he asked if it had a lister engine, he was told, no its a Kingfisher with a Chinese gear box, he said it was not suitable for the river in the state it is in but orders is orders, like last July when College Cruisers insisted one of the guys at the yard go and pick up a Hire Boat on the Thames that had been abandoned, this is how he left it

They might not even get that far, they will have to navigate past Kings Lock Weir, which is fairly difficult with a good powerfull engine. Oh well, they know best.

What a dear little thing. Wendy

The boat yard people are coming at mid day, by car to pick it up. I phoned the lock keeper at Eynsham, this morning, he said the river has come up faster than expected, there are red boards up at Osney now, he said he would be extreemly concerned if they attempted to bring the boat up today, so we will see. They wont let moggy live on it, landlord only let Moggy know the night before last that this was the case! so he will have to stay on my boat.

Their attitude was, when saying he wasn't coming was " He should not be on a boat if he can't get it here" Would you reccomend someone that has only ever been on the Thames 3 times in 20 years and then it was calm waters and a much more powerfull engine, take a hardly powered craft upstream in these conditions? I have heard the yard are not doing that well mainly because of the poor weather. PS The engine still has 6 year+ Diesel in it and has not been serviced since then either

Yes but I did not think that being made homeless, for work being done, for who knows how long, while the work is is being done. He could have got the boat out at a boat yard on canal near cropredy where my friend could have lived on it. Wendy

Great news, his foot has healed So give him a wave if you see him between Deneham and West Drayton. Wendy

I would not give a cent to the RSPCA, they are dreadfull, I donate to the dogs trust, that have a policy of not putting dogs to sleep. A few years ago, there was, not a very well Heron on the towpath, I went to get my phone to ring up Tiggywinkles, (wild animal rescue) and while I was on my way back to the bird, some passersby said "We have just phoned the RSPCA" I told them their policy, anyway luckily Tiggywinkles turned up with film crew Filmed the poor old Heron being carted off and being put on a drip in the Rangerover. For a Sky programme. I hope the Birmingham branch of Dogs Trust, take on the poor little dog, if no owner come forward. Wendy

My friends landlord booked his boat out of the water for a hull survey and blacking at Eynsham marina tomorrow morning. Anyway my friend started heading off for the Thames via Dukes Cut yesterday morning, (on advice from Eynsham lock keeper) thyat advised, "sooner rather than later". While he was heading for Dukes, we drove to Eynsham lock, had a chat with the lock keeper and when we told him that the boat in question had a very low powered engine and some of the back counter was out of the water and also a lite boat, he reccomended him not to do it mainly because of the Weir at Kings Lock at that time and said that the river was already on yellow boards and could be on red tomorrow and also the flow was fast as the Windrush was putting a lot of water into the Thames. Phoned my mate, told him, he was relieved, as he said the wind was blowing all over the canal, so cancelled the trip. We went to the yard to cancel the booking/ surveyor. Last night the Landlord phoned him from Uganda and said that the boatyard were sending some workers down this morning and were going to pick the boat up and take it to the yard themselves. Now the boat is not insured at the moment, I can't see it getting there with the strong stream conditions (going upstream) with an engine that has hardly any more power than a Seagull outboard pushing a 52ft boat. I hope my friend is not going to end up homeless, if anything goes wrong. hes got nowhere to live while the boat is away, its a bl***y Nightmare, What would you do? Wendy

Someone I know has said on the deeds of their boat, it says they own 64/64th of boat and blow me someone else has said they own 1/64th of the boat they live on. Has anyone got any idea what this means please? Wendy

No way would I even attempt to do that lock on my own, I wouldn't even want to walk anywhere near the edge of it. by the way, is it manned? Back on topic how high is the Monmouth and Brecon canal?

The labour costs for fitting the hatches was around £350 each

Welcome to the forum, I expect the 2 weeks will fly by and before you know it your afloat, Wendy

Banbury

Hi Albi, its not my boat but I did tell the owner of the boat about the guy that was at Braunston rally this summer, that makes up fittings, that you then bolt onto the roof and sit the hatch on the top. I thought they looked quite good as he makes them to fit any curve. The ownr mentioned it to the yard but they said, no and that welding was a much better option.