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parasal

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About parasal

  • Birthday 11/02/1966

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  • Gender
    Female
  • Location
    K&A
  • Interests
    Culinary inventivness, walking the dog, perusing a good book, anything vaguely crafty, getting together with friends and drinking too much, cruising on me barge, sitting in the sun
  • Occupation
    Paramedic & Driving instructor
  • Boat Name
    Pumpkin
  • Boat Location
    CC

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  1. Ooh I’m liking your style Sea Dog! Sounds cosy!!
  2. Hi Robbo Im looking to use it to supplement the stove and to get hot water! So not 24/7
  3. I know this topic has been discussed but humour me if you would... looking for water system for centrally heating widebeam- been recommended hurricane but they’re about £3,200 and I just don’t have that much to spend right now! So are there any other options? i could get system fitted apart from boiler and get it when I can afford it( I’m being fitted out over next few months) or go for cheaper boiler? Thanks Sally
  4. Garlicky creamy cheese a la Boursin styley.... Get yerself some greek style yogurt, add chopped garlic(one would do or two if yer brave..it does seem to get very strong!) and some salt, stir and dispense into boiled muslin or cheesecloth, hang over basin for 24 hours or so..less will give you softer cheese, more will make it firmer(ooh err mrs!)...enjoy..its gert lush!
  5. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-40L-CAMP-CAMPING...DefaultDomain_3 I just bought one of these! Bag on the roof, tubing down the vent and shower away! Not exactly a power shower but free, well on a hot day at least!
  6. Off to the hat shop.....just been down to the boat and all the floors are lifting and cupboards and worktops warping.....make mine a large one too! :lol:
  7. I lent mine to a friend.......
  8. After debacle of locks and rudder damage getting down to Bristol followed by hull survey and consequent results, I was excited to put my newly blacked lovely afloat and be on my way back up the river to the canal- not so! It seems that oop front at the pointy end the deck floor is not fully welded to the joists leaving a lovely big area to collect tonnes and tonnes of water when she is pulled up a slip and the water dashes in through the deck drains! The water sits there hiding under the floor, lockers and all the crap I keep in them, added to by the rain, until once again it is added to when she goes back in. On levelling out once afloat the water scurries to the back and begins to overwhelm the boat as it draws her below the water level! I arrive to the dock to see her listing badly and to all intense and purposes, sinking! I saunter over(leg it across the yard, over several boats and aboard!) to find her somewhat moist and merrily begin to bale as she is winched back from whence she came! I'm so glad I put all my valuable and special stuff on the floor to stop it from falling when winched up cos I really don't need my lovely digital radio, Telly, DVD player and assorted books and documents! I drank cider later, and copious amounts of it too!
  9. I can't see many here reacting like that- we are all as bad as each other! We, poor fools, or enlightened ones, understand what it is to be thoroughly content in our floating refuge, whatever their decor or state of finish. If it makes you happy, or it's all you can afford, be happy
  10. I know and normally I would join in but all this stress tends to create a bypass in the sense of humour node! Sorry for any stropiness! Still, good insurance news- they reckon they'll pay for the rudder(the reason I came outing the first place!) and it comes off last years claim year so still have fully intact no claims! Feel a bit guilty for dropping the other boat in it but that's another story! Cheers all xx
  11. Is it safe to come back in?? Some varied and interesting responses and to answer all at once....... The shape of the pitting denotes it's cause-shallow pits with bright white/silver at their base as opposed to deep conical pitting caused by electolisis A hull that was not in the best conditioning the first place A deep hull that often sits in the sludge at the bottom of the canal Often mooring near farm land where various nitrates etc can be washed into water And to note that the "bugs" have not caused all the damage- they exist on an old and already detiorating hull If someone can recommend a way to post or have access to an attachment you could read paper written by the surveyor on the subject and included in his manual to marine survey Anyway- all cleaned and blacked and off back to canal to save up for a year- thanks for most of your help and advise!
  12. Although there is no need to justify myself, this surveyor came highly recommended and has been involved in the business for many years, written books, lectured and trained many other well respected surveyors. I am not a complete numpty who would drag someone from the street to give me a very important survey on my hull- a hull that has been severly attacked by something that leaves the anodes intact.
  13. Maybe I best pop back when you`ve finished.........
  14. Try this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acidithiobacillus its actually spelt theobacillus ferrooxide I wish it was a joke-its made a mess of my bottom!
  15. THE VERDICT....... BUGS!! Theobasicusferrooxi-me bobs! Metal eating critters what live in the water. Still will need a new bottom but within two years, time to save! For now I can treat the bug with stergene, black her and put her back in and go on my merry way-hooray! And thanks to your replys I can start to dig out somewhere to get her done that will do the best job! The only problem remains is where to source stergene as searches bought up seem to imply it's hand cleaner? The surveyor said it was a mild bleach??
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