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What a great tool, thanks for sharing!

They also do flood sensors https://shellystore.co.uk/product/shelly-flood/

I’m looking into this at the moment for my new boat so I can leave it Bankside with the inverter off. I’m putting a 12v 5G router in place, and looking at home automation kit which is battery/12v powered and which will connect to the WiFi. Currently looking at this for monitoring… https://shellystore.co.uk/product/shelly-ht-white/ And this for potentially switching the diesel boiler… https://shellystore.co.uk/product/shelly-uni/

It does as it contains a capacitor which holds enough charge to text you when the mains fails. Will also then text you when it comes back on again.

I use one of these to very good effect, temp can be remotely monitored and alerted, as can power availability, and the heater can be switched manually or automatically. You do need a mobile signal within the boat, I hang mine in a window on an extension lead to be sure. https://www.tekview-solutions.com/powertxt.php

I see what you mean. It seemed like such a simple question.

Coracle

Hmmm, length of pounds/reaches plus length of locks, plus (average width of a lock gate x no. of locks x2), of navigable waterways of the UK I guess

Yeah, but Irish Sea crossing…

… thousand miles? The system is variously stated as being, in totality, one of these lengths. Has anybody actually measured it and is there a definitive answer? Just wondering.

Don’t think they are auto but I don’t think that’s a problem for me I think they will sit on top of the hand rail, horizontally. The LEDs are masked off to the correct horizontal angle from what I can see. They may not be 100pc compliant to satisfy every internet pedant, but I reckon they’ll be 90something percent there and good enough for the odd evening cruise on the Thames.

🤣 Thanks for the link. I find your sarcasm a bit odd

@GUMPY to make your comment marginally more useful to the forum please could you outline the exact specs for nav lights for powered craft on the UK inland waterways where they’re required. I imagine this might include heights, visibility angles and distance Thanks A full length Narrowboat for instance? Thanks

Perhaps, but I read that they’re visible for 2nm and meet the regs (albeit US ones(are they the same though?))

Re wiring for nav lights, I’ve just bought a set of battery powered magnetic led nav lights to save having to have this cabling. Search for ‘navisafe’. Perfect for the few times I’ll need them and may also serve as supplementary tunnel illumination on their white setting. HTH

Thanks for this. So, the mover is required to have business registration with CRT. I’ll check this. My insurer’s not charging any extra for the extension, but I will check the legal insurance

I don't feel comfortable relying on someone else's insurance to cover my risk, hence asking for the extension. Thankfully ins co very helpful on this.

Thanks. What's the relevant certification that's needed? Does a boat mover need to have some sort of professional skippers qualification, or be registered with CRT in some way? Another interesting aspect I've come across in buying a new insurance policy for the boat is that the wording explicitly excludes cover for anybody I employ, which would include a 'boat mover'. They insurance company have been helpful and agreed to a temporary extension to cover this risk once they've been supplied with details of the mover and their insurance. Others may not be aware of this trap...

I'm pretty confident that the boat's solid and should be reliable. I've got RCR cover, and if push comes to shove I can drop things and go there to sort things out myself. It's more trusting somebody else to moor it in a safe area, not cill it etc etc. I'm pretty sure I'm just catastrophising but I do like to be in control of things...!

Thanks for all the sage advice. It seems it'll be much cheaper to hire the skipper to move it. Just feels a bit of a leap of faith though, entrusting my new purchase to someone else for a couple of weeks whereas a crane feels less 'risky'.

Related to this thread I think, I'm having a boat moved down south soon on a 'day rate' but was wondering how this compares to cranage and road transport? What's a ball park figure for this?

So, this begs the question in my mind of why not run some water down dukes cut lock and fill the pound from the river? Or perhaps this is not allowed as it’s the EA’s water not CRT’s!!!

Sorry for the long URL, hope it works. A by and large realistic representation of canal life from across the pond… https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/world/europe/england-canal-boats-permanent-homes.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohkT1UZAybKWsIjolqLmOLI2LF7i3nxKCGTRXNJxuIcB82K_E7Rfu97asE21jKWQsMEMLgqSec0zvNaOwYlbTiUlaa-ucZPJTQp-8X0V3kq3pnJUPc2_TLjMWK1daJxzuPu-k-LO2L1UaPeg2kmcApipJNlIlz62XwY1-ySRL4Or9p02v4iBJ96RS5RJ3XZ-qm1VGgtfYmOfRre6QEpWu9GWjq1nNeU6L8Icws6GkuRBTokoj56sIUATYtRaKXvLBcgeN78iKETDgFqLYSpAp4xQevEhn7J87UVCX3KgbkSpNiPZNg

I'm in Maidenhead, and would thoroughly recommend my local, The Boathouse at Boulters Lock. Very good gastropubby type food, middling prices and pontoon mooring. The Waterside is indeed fantastic, with Michelin stars and would be great it you wanted a very special formal dinner. Not sure it'd accommodate a narrowboat on it's mooring though but worth asking ahead if you fancy it. An alternative 'Roux' offering is located by Maidenhead Bridge at more Brasserie prices. Oakley Court is good for a hotel. Great location and a fantastic building which starred as the house in Rocky Horror and the School in St Trinians! French Horn in Sonning is superb for very traditional French Cuisine at a high-ish price point, but is on a backwater and may be inaccessible depending on your boat and/or stream conditions. There's mooring in Sonning a five minute walk away though. Also the Great House in Sonning which is good, or the pub, The Bull which George Clooney tried to buy so I guess is OK. The Bounty is quirky but not a gastronomic destination unless you enjoy the 'prison chic' of having your (generally fried)meal served on a metal plate. Spade Oak is good but don't bank on there being a mooring and if there isn't there's no alternative within a reasonable walk of the place. The King's Arms in Cookham as previously mentioned is excellent and the same 'mini chain' as the Spade Oak. Many other options in Cookham if you fancy a short stroll. The restauranty White Oak is very good indeed, as is the pubby Old Swan Uppers. Marlow's got many options, the best IMO being Tom Kerridges 'The Coach'. By the bridge and with potential moorings is the Compleat Angler with a great Michelin starred Indian restaurant. Henley also has many offerings as mentioned. Reading's not really the best for a 'special' experience IMO. Hope this helps! Bon Appetite

These really tickle my fancy for when my narrowboating days are over... https://www.peterfreebody.com/brokerage-detail.php?boat=8