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Quite right, and 600mm deep worktops in a narrowboat are just too deep when there is are worktops on both sides of the galley. The worktops in this boat I'm on now are 550mm deep (and on my other boat, 525mm IIRC)

Ah, the HNBC Magazine! This would be an excellent filter as only peeps interested enough in historics to have joined the HNBC will receive the mag and see the ad. Nor would it seem that much like advertising as we are probably already on at least nodding terms with half the members.

Dylan was always my favourite character, closely followed by Ermintrude and Brian the Snail.

^^^This^^^ If I ever sell my pretty little 'historic', I have a list of people in mind who have asked me to tell them if I ever sell before advertising it. My main concern will to choose someone who will appreciate the boat, understand it and look after it. If they can't afford the asking price I have in mind I am likely to be VERY flexible and virtually give it away to the right person as I'd rather that than than get top money from someone who doesn't seem that interested or well-informed about historics and canal history. It certainly won't be going to a broker.

I'd suggest it will be fine if 12ft wide.

Exactly. I suspect it's with a broker because the seller will have already put the word around, but everyone already knowing the boat and liking the idea of buying it thought £90k-ish was a bit toppy.

Just to perhaps clarify the situation, I suspect the point is not so much whether CCing is 'permitted' on various waters, but that on some waters you cannot buy a licence unless you have a mooring. On CRT for example, you can buy a licence for your boat without having a home mooring subject to you undertaking to use the boat "bona fide for navigation" (and not just tie it up on the public towpath somewhere). I've no idea about the Cam but I suspect you need to take a mooring in order to get a licence. Once you have your mooring and your licence there is probably nothing stopping you being out and about travelling on the river all the time. Maybe someone who knows better than me could confirm if this is indeed the case. Or do I have it totally wrong?

Here at Cropredy the first boat woke me up this morning at about 6.00am. Then from 8am it was one boat every six or seven minutes until about 10am when it went deathly quiet. Nothing passed until I went out about 1.00pm. Got back at 9.30pm and unsurprisingly, still no traffic....

That's curious. My Gleniffer DB2 fishing boat engine bears no resemblance at all to a Rusty New Berry.

And very nice it looks too. Is it yours? Where did you get it? New ones are rarer than unicorn poo nowadays! And waking up a 12-year old thread too. Is this a record?!

Well one would think so but increasingly, that is not happening. Hence the need for the "30 minute MAX" signs.

Kelvin K2. A proper vintage engine

Max 750rpm, would probably shake my boat to bits!! So to answer your question, never.

As a suggestion, I think all boaters should check the brightness and dazzle of their own tunnel lamps. They can do this with following simple procedure: 1) Cruise half a mile into Braunston or Blisworth tunnel 2) Moor up to something or other 3) Leaving the tunnel lamp ON, dive into the canal and swim up a few hundred yards up ahead 4) Turn around and swim back to the boat. If during the return journey they are dazzled by their own tunnel lamp, then it is too bright and/or badly adjusted. Hope that helps. (And watch out for vaporised swimming cows. These too would suggest your light is a bit bright.)

Back in the day an oil lamp would have been used, and plenty bright enough once your eyes become accustomed and no blinding from oncoming oil lamps! Sadly though, the world and its dog now thinks the brighter the better. No thanks to cheap LED lamps as bright as the sun. Similar problem exists with cyclists who think a front light brighter than a car headlamp on main beam is safer and better.

No offence intended, but I have been wondering it it might be the same for you. There is no denying the enjoyment and fun to be had from planning and executing a project, but if your goal is to get out boating (and I'm not sure it is!), then buy a second hand boat first and USE IT while you design and build your dream boat. This will colour and shift your views on how you design your ultimate ideal boat immeasurably. I really do feel you are missing a trick by dismissing this idea (already suggested by someone else right near the start of this thread).

^^^This^^^ Its only started happening the last few years but I've encountered this several times recently. last time was at the tap at Marston Doldrums. An expensive-looking boat moored on the water tap and a table in the bow laid out nicely for lunch, wine glasses, the lot with a bunch of upper-middle class twits sitting out having a leisurely lunch. When challenged that I wanted to use the tap their response was something like 'Oh no not another one, you're about the fifth so far. Where else are we supposed to moor for lunch, this is the only space." And annoyingly they were right. And as I'm not one for allowing massive confrontations to spoil things when out enjoying myself boating, I just cruised on. It was not that big a deal. Just irritating at the entitled attitude. ^^^This^^^ Its only started happening the last few years but I've encountered this several times recently. last time was at the tap at Marston Doldrums. An expensive-looking boat moored on the water tap and a table in the bow laid out nicely for lunch, wine glasses, the lot with a bunch of upper-middle class twits sitting out having a leisurely lunch. When challenged that I wanted to use the tap their response was something like 'Oh no not another one, you're about the fifth so far. Where else are we supposed to moor for lunch, this is the only space." And annoyingly they were right. And as I'm not one for allowing massive confrontations to spoil things when out enjoying myself boating, I just cruised on. It was not that big a deal. Just irritating at the entitled attitude.

Brilliant, I never knew that menu was there or available! Thank you!!

Is "Sea Wolf" a narrow boat then?

With Craftinsure, its 30 years for comprehensive, and with Basic Boat its never for TPI.

Indeed it is, and the use of red diesel in our boats is widely rumoured to have been granted to us as a result of the Dunkirk rescue. But no-one can find it written down anywhere hence the government setting up the 'propulsion duty' scheme, then unofficially not enforcing it.