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Anyone about in Cropredy today? We need beer! And we've already started. If anyone would like to soak up free fumes of alcohol from our vicinities (and that's not a a euphamism) then please join us in the pub(s) this afternoon and evening! As well as my good self I am here with my sister aka Blue String Pudding and desparatley need someone to absorb her constant, acrid and relentless sisterly advice. Look ouit for me (with the shaved head and goaty beard (Crimewatch stylee) and her in the black and white top) Now its stopped raining its an ideal time for a beer(most times Are!)

i was told today that it sounds like the solenoid is sticking and a bit of a smack might sort it out,but until i can charge my starter battery i may be stuck anyway thx for the responses david

hello people,im living on my narrowboat now and am having no luck starting my engine.its a bmc 1.5 36hp engine.i thought it was my starter battery that was knackered but have since borrowed a fully charged battery and have had no luck. when i try to start my engine it doesnt turn over it just goes click click click click,really fast.im up at dukes lock between wolvecote and kidlington and am hoping its something simple that i am blissfully ignorant of.any ideas would be gratefukky accepted as im reading by torchlight with very little laptop power thx david i will check back in a while providing my laptop starts better than my engine

hello everyone,ive spent the last 2 days going from reading to oxford in my narrowboat and am having trouble charging my batteries.can any of you usefull people recommend an electrician in the oxford area.im off to find somewhere to charge my phone now as thats died aswell,but at least its stopped raining. thanks david

ive got some help to move my boat now,thx for your help people thx david

Hi everyone,ive just bought a 62ft narrowbeam boat that is laying at the Thames and Kennet marina in Reading and im wondering if any of you lovely people know of anyone that i can hire for a couple of days to move my boat to the bottom of the oxford canal.Ive had a look at canal planner and it says that the trip will take about 14 hours. Any advice would be welcome.Im off now to move a load of my stuff onto my boat.Also if i apply for my licence with bw can i move my boat while im waiting for it to arrive in the post as it says on their website that it takes 15 days to process an application. thanks david

i havnt bought the boat or batteries yet.I was just wondering if there was a simple rule for the amount of amps i will be able to use,sorry about the vagueness of the enquiry.Sealled batteries seem easier as its one less thing to remember

i was just wondering what appliances i could use at the same time without the tv turning off,the batteries would be new. on a slightly different note what are the pros and cons of sealed vs batteries that you have to top up with water?

hi people,if a boat had 6 x 110ah batteries in 3 pairs for 24v,how many amps can you use at one time? thx david

narrowboat is £18000

anyone know what quasi-sine wave is? and will it run an xbox360 or playstation3? thanks ignorant of electrics (east sussex)

ive got a quote for for £140.99 a year and £99.50 for £10000 contents,does that sound about right? ps for a 20yr old 62ft narrowboat

hello people,anyone got an insurance company they would recommend? thx

thanks for your replies,im looking at a couple of other boats tomorow,but for some reason i keep wanting the magical sauna boat

is this something that a survey would answer?

i thought that there may be someone who has had a similar experience with an engine who could let me know if they had any problems with it after the event.

hello everyone,im one of the berks that went to see this boat with a built in engine room sauna,im wondering if any of you knowledgable people have any opinion on whether the engine would be knackered after mine and kevs little jaunt thanks

hi,can any of you knowledeable people recommend a surveyor in the reading area? thx

hi,what are the rules for petrol generators on a nb? are you aloud to store petrol onboard in the engine room? cheers david

Hi,just wondering if anyone on the forum has heard of these boat builders,and if they are any problems with their boats Hallmark Narrowboats F.B. Fabrications Evans and Sons thx

You need a couple of staffies,they yum spiders up at every opportunity,moths also and as i havnt seen an earwig in the last 6yrs id guess they like them too

hi,im a newbie whos looking at the boats that are available on the internet,i was just wondering if certain makes of narrowboat have thicker hulls than other makes.My sister owns a cruiser and she told me her boat was 10/6/4,i was wondering which boats i should be looking at and which will be like sieves in a few years.Any advice would be nice. cheers