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7 minutes ago, AJLElectronics said:
Books and manuals don't have difficult to understand accents, irritating mannerisms, wave a camera randomly about, abuse tools, think that a Water Dispersant is a substitute for penetrating oil and are not full of ridiculous adverts all the way through. I was taught to read, so that remains my preference. 😉And of course, people calling a spanner a wrench.
FFS!!
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2 minutes ago, Victor Vectis said:
Youtube speak.
Facebook-speke too, I reckon.
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2 hours ago, Momac said:
As has been said the weight sale refers only to jerry can sales. I am guessing the calibration of the pump when dispensing small quantities has been found to be lacking acceptable accuracy.
Another possibility is to avoid squabbles about how many litres of diesel have been dispensed. The meter says 20 litres have been put in the container.The customer then points out there is still 3" of space in the top of their 20 litre jerry can and insists on the retailer filling to the brim.
This new policy might be to head off this repeating scenario, which cannot happen when the fuel is dispensed into a fixed tank in the boat.
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On 15/06/2025 at 10:04, Anonathy said:
How can you sell it by weight when you're pumping it into a boats fuel tank anyway,
You haven't read the OP, have you!!
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5 minutes ago, smiler said:
I will mention it to Nigel in the pub tonight, see what he thinks.🤔
Great!
Over 568ml of English best bitter?
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6 hours ago, Polishicebreaker said:
Would you weld them from the back??
The more seam welding you do, the higher the risk of distortion of the workpiece. So no, actually!
Do you have the same welding and fabrication skills as the bod in the video? He is actually really good in my opinion. Anyone making something look so easy is gonna be good.
Are you actually Polish? Poles have something of a reputation for being good steel fabricators!
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51 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:
Tough! Even a greengrocer in Camelford failed to get the law changed back to imperial!
Mind you, we went metric mainly to assuage the French and to smooth our entry into the Common Market, latterly becoming known as the EU.
Nw we've left again, there is no reason for us not to revert to using proper units of measurement; feet, inches, yards, pints and gallons.
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5 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:
My guess is that if CaRT were required to mount a 100% campaign then it would be at least £1000 per licence. OK?
Which would perhaps, and paradoxically, drive many CCers off the canal system anyway. Certainly those who notionally CC only rather than do it properly, only because its currently so cheap!
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4 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:
Perhaps as few as think that moving every 6 weeks is continuous cruising?
Would they more or fewer than those who don't know the difference between acronym and synonym?
Yep. I too was bothered by the use of the word "Acronym".
The acronym for 'Don't move at all, and don't pay my fair share' is actually DMAAADPMFS, I reckon.
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2 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:
Still high risk if they dispense in litres and then convert - much more likely to be out of range!
I suspect threads like this may well lead to an early follow-up inspection to check they are following the rules correctly!
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5 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:
How much extra on the licence fee are you prepared o pay for this activity? Enforcement is expensive, up to six figures per case, typically at least four figures.
We already pay for law enforcement through central taxation.
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5 hours ago, Steve Manc said:
What approximate size would you recommend?
I cant be certain about yours, but they are usually 30mm overall diameter flat washers. Internal diameter doesn't matter. -
Buy a few guessed lengths on Amazon and send back the ones that are wrong...
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24 minutes ago, Rob-M said:
Look up eye splice on YouTube and you will be able to put your own loop in the end.
Not everyone has the manual dexterity to splice.
2 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:A larksfoot does it fine on hawser laid rope. Never had one slip when hauling on it.
I'd have thought they would easily loosen and fall off the ring when not under tension though, if tied using the end of a single line.
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1 hour ago, junior said:
How often do you need to move to be bona fide navigating?
As Alan points out, to be bona fide navigating you need to be wanting and intending to go somewhere, as opposed to moving to comply with the regs. If you are doing the latter you are by definition not moving "bona fide for navigation".
Maybe you meant to ask how often you need to move to "satisfy the board" at CRT, which is a different thing.
On the other hand I think you understand all this perfectly!
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3 minutes ago, frangar said:
And cranking a lock…..🙄
Oh that's a new one on me!
I repeatedly hear middle class women referring to the "doors" on a lock though....
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1 hour ago, AJLElectronics said:
I note that the cables come in various lengths, would anyone happen to know how long the Viking 26 cable might be please?
You STILL have your car head on!
While most Viking 26 boats might look similar, there is NO certainty they are all identical. The only way to determine what cable yours has, is by looking at it and measuring it. Every boat is assembled by hand and they are all different. Granted a GRP boat is more likely to share a lot of parts with the next boat of the same model off the production line, but there are no guarantees. And with steel boats, every one will be different in a hundred little (and big) ways from another by the same builder.
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31 minutes ago, Tonka said:
And barges
And lock keys...
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First class way to damage your hearing, using power cutting tools like that without hearing protection.
Nice bit of fabrication work otherwise though!
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3 minutes ago, jonathanA said:
As I suggested in post number 2....
No you didn't!
You suggested it was a wheeze to evade the rules.
I'm suggesting they think they are following the rules, but have misunderstood them.
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41 minutes ago, Alway Swilby said:
😂 Very good!
Perhaps this retailer thinks that they will not have to do any HMRC paperwork and revenue collection by doing this?
I suspect this is the root of this retailer's thinking.
I also suspect he or she has fundamentally misunderstood the HMRC rules or all retailers would have similar signs on display.
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5 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:
40hp will be adequate for the trip down the estuary from Sharpness to Portishead and thence Bristol. From there up the Avon to Bath.... whilst narrow boats do this trip, a Viking wide beam is much better suited for it.
I'd prefer to do this trip with either another boat or in a twin engined boat. Not just rely on one outboard!
But I know nothing about sea trips. Other than the totally unexpected sea-sickness that overwhelmed me last time.
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25 minutes ago, AJLElectronics said:
A valid and useful one of course, it would be a boring place if we all had the same opinions. I have most of my entertaining and enlightening conversations with a dear friend who is the polar opposite of me, in most things that people argue about. 😉
I was mainly posting to make you aware of the potential issues.
I still predict you'll chop this boat in for an inboard diesel once you've had it for a while, but I understand and agree with your philosophy of just buying "something" to get started on the "learning curve". I do the same. Its why I bought the Tesla and enormous fun learning has been the result!
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2 hours ago, Steve Manc said:
Thanks for the additional information re neoprene seals. Considering they may have been there since the boat was built I am guessing they would require changing should I disturb them by opening up the joint?
It would be a Good Idea to have new washers to hand.
The old ones are usually fine to use again but sometimes they are perished and need replacing. You can't tell until you inspect them though!
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Curious. Looks for all the world to me to be double diagonal plank construction in the photo!
It looks like what we would have called a broads cruiser back in the '70s, only they were typically 9 or 10ft beam and carvel construction.
Gorgeous boat though. Thanks for posting.