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I think that ship has sailed, long ago! But yes when I was a kid the only way to see a zander was pictures in a book. Still puzzling how they got over here into our rivers and canals.

Eh? I thought you drove a 1971 Vauxhall Viva or something like that, that you bought for £20?

Oops forgot to mention the good manners and friendliness of the staff too. Unlike Asda and Aldi well, no staff there to interact with in the first place! My heart bleeds for you. I'd move back to civilisation if I were you. Sainsbury's? One click above Tesco I'd say.

Never experienced such a thing. You obviously never go in Waitrose. I use Waitrose almost exclusively nowadays. Not just for the excellent quality of the food but for the good manners of the fellow punters.

Thank you fo posting. Your Badger is the Yarwoods Badger I'm imagining? One of my 'Lottery' boats!! ISTR about 15 years ago helping supply a new fuel injector pump for the Petter PD, but HNBC says its a Gardner now.

Already answered. I’d suggest any yard with such a shed would want/need £200 a day to make it viable, while most cheapskate DIYers have in mind more like £20 a day. Also there is the H&S issue to deal with where the yard is criminally responsible for you complying with H&S legislation, so most decide its not worth the effort.

I think Gumpy is trying to imply unicorn poo is easier to find….

Who wouldn't be, with all those pistons graphically moving up and down? I think you're right about some of the blokes liking it, too..

More likely that given most brokers seem to be staffed by ex-estate agents these days whose interest extends only as far as what colour granite the the worktops in the galley happen to be, they probably had no idea what they were looking at and saw it as no different from say a Liverpool boat or any other clonecraft. And assessed it accordingly.

Yes its little known that regulators have a specified maximum draw-off rating, as do gas bottles themselves!

The freezing temperature of liquid propane is so low I'd say it must have been something else dis-diagnosed as freezing. Something like minus 25c IIRC although I think Tony posted an even lower temperature. Regulators etc ceasing to work due to low temp is not the same thing as the gas itself freezing in the bottle. Propane does not need any 'additives' to prevent freezing and I have my doubts about Calor adding anything to butane too. As an LPG engineer myself I've never heard of this before. I might ask around and see if I can find any corroboration for this. I wonder if this refers to automotive LPG which I believe is a mix of butane and propane. The propane is likely to be there to give freezing resistance.

Yes same here. Never had a propane bottle freeze on 45 years of boating. I wonder if the OP is confusing butane and propane. Butane comes in blue bottles and freezes as soon as it gets chilly. Propane is in red bottles and requires sub-arctic weather to freeze, which we never get here in the UK.

You're done for mate, get the cheque book out!!

As Alan suggests, get the boat surveyed and then get comprehensive insurance! The expense of docking and a survey is just one of the many 'lumpy' expenses associated with owning a boat. The costs of running and repairing a boat are inherently lumpy. There will be other such 'lumpy' expenses on the horizon if you look, no doubt!

Sounds to me like a totally unsuitable boat calling you to buy it. Resistance is futile!

I'm not, as steel boats don't generally take on water. Neither of my boats has a bilge pump and neither has sunk yet. And one was built more than 100 years ago. Although to be fair Simon replaced the bottom about ten years ago

If you mean the leisure and engine battery alternators, then yes! Is this boat build not finished then? This explains a lot...

Not surprised given the appallingly grim marketing. I'm faintly interested myself but struggle to see past all the cobblers and bullshit. The price strikes me as about right given the absence of an appropriately traditional engine. https://www.boatsalesandmore.co.uk/boats-for-sale/james-henry The video fails to download for me, too.

Many years ago I bought one of Graham's books from Braunston Marina chandlery, having spent ages flicking through it and deciding it was well worth buying. On getting home 100 miles away I found I'd left it behind on the counter there. Duh...

Ah yeah, that's it. Re-inventing doughnuts. Well done!

Hang on.... Aldi? I went in one once. It was full of unbelievably rude people. It was almost like being out on the canals....

But possibly the OP doesn't know what it is! (I suspect the answer involves that ol' cliché about re-inventing <something round-ish>... )

And as no-one seems to have mentioned it so far, a book may not be necessary given Tony Brooks' free web pages on all this sort of stuff. http://tb-training.co.uk/cover.html

Bloody annoying when this happens! But hard to show one's annoyance as usually they usually only trying to be helpful making sure they can show you it running... The latter. Rubbing strakes are really only cosmetic in my opinion. Get rid unless you think you will be a clumsy steerer.

Seconded, an excellent regular tipple. Tor gave me a bottle a few weeks ago and I bought him a bottle of something similar I drink regularly BUT... having not seen him since I seem to have drunked it! No doubt we will catch up again but this time I'll provide the wine 🍷