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  1. Pressurised Thetford cassette

    in Boat Equipment

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    23 minutes ago, Wanderer Vagabond said:

    It sounds like there is a malfunction on the auto vent (the gismo on the top to the left of the handle and slider). Whether the malfunction is on the cassette or the toilet I don't know, but I've never had to release the pressure from the yellow button, I only use that when emptying the cassette to stop it air locking.

     

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    The auto vent won't vent excess pressure: the mechanism holds it closed when not inserted into a toilet, but doesn't positively open it when activated. That's because to can be closed by a float when the cassette is full. That lifts a rubber flap which seals the vent. If the flap is closed and positive pressure builds up in the cassette, that will hold the rubber flap in the sealed position. The yellow vent button is the best way to release any excess pressure. 

     

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    BSS survey fees rip off

    in General Boating

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    1 hour ago, David Schweizer said:

    Like others have asked, do you want to know that your boat is safe, or do you just want a piece of paper?

    I'm perfectly capable of inspecting my boat to determine if it's safe, so I just want the piece of paper to give to CRT; the cheaper the better.

     

    MP.

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  4. How is the Tree Monkey

    in General Boating

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    41 minutes ago, Puffling said:

    Get well soon, Monkey 😊 🐒

     

    Out of curiousity, once you've recovered from Weil's disease do you have immunity against future infections?

    I was wondering that. You'll be forever first choice as weed-hatch wallah if so.

     

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  7. What's going on at Nantwich

    in Cruise Diaries & Reports

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    3 minutes ago, rgreg said:

    Turners must have gone up 4p since Monday as they were 125.9 

    It's also entirely possible I misread the sign as we passed. It wasn't very clear. 

     

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    40 minutes ago, frangar said:

    Turners do gas and are thoroughly nice & helpful….unlike Norbury in my opinion…and let’s not get started on the lack of tuition for their hire boats or indeed attitude of the trip boat skipper…..

    We couldn't remember if Turner's did gas, and we were desperate. Good to know that they do. 

     

    MP.

  8. What's going on at Nantwich

    in Cruise Diaries & Reports

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    9 minutes ago, enigmatic said:

    Last time I topped up there, Turners was actually more expensive than Norbury Junction (and the last couple of places I'd topped up, both after the war started). Fuel shortages do strange things

    On Tuesday, Turners were 129.9 and Norbury were 128. Our main reason for stooping at Norbury was that we needed gas too.

     

    MP.

  15. BCN Challenge 2022

    in General Boating

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    11 minutes ago, PaulJ said:

    Had exactly the same thought a couple of weeks ago-scrunched past you last time as I passed you earlyish in the morning 😀

    Really jealous of all on the challenge-one year...

    I remember. 18 months ago but feels like half a lifetime.

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  20. how wide is Shropshire union

    in General Boating

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    11 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

     

    I'd suggets that the narrowing wasn't done deliberately to stop wide craft using the canal, but more that there was no requirement to maintain the width and it was an easy way to get it installed

    I was at the Boat museum regularly in the early-mid eighties, and remember the the pound between the wide locks being used as a long term dry dock for boats which couldn't easily have been floated due to missing planks and incomplete hulls, so the museum was at least taking advantage of the inability of wide boats to use the canal by that point.

     

    MP.

  22. Interesting times at Grindley Brook

    in General Boating

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    9 minutes ago, Tony1 said:

     

    I'm far from the sharpest tool in the box, but even I've noticed those boatmen's cabins on traditional boats, with those pull-out beds. 

    Somebody was sleeping on those boats, Mr Todd. 

    Now it is possible that you are correct.

    Perhaps the beds were strictly for use by the small ferret colony that was traditionally kept aboard every working boat, for example.

    But if you are wrong, Mr Todd, a group of angry traditional canal experts will be along directly, looking to beat you senseless with regulation Calder hand spikes. 

     

     

    Almost all of the traditional boats around now are from the last generation of working boats, built for the "sunset days". For most of the carrying life of the canals, cargo boats were wooden, and propelled by a horse. There are very few of those left.

     

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