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  2. Were I that farmer up at the top, I'd be arguing that my land would not have slipped away had CRT's predecessors not carved out that channel for the canal. Maybe CRT's argument back would be it wasn't them did it!
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  4. Oh, so THAT is why the original line of the canal was so wavey!!
  5. And quite right too. Powerful as Crown Estates might be, they didn't erode coast with spades or diggers. I think you can blame the sea for that.
  6. I'm sure they will be. The law here AIUI, is that if a person digs away the soil on his land he is responsible for providing support to the neighbour's soil. He or she cannot just allow the neighbour's land to collapse or subside as a result of their excavations. So CRT could be on the hook for many more £millions to support the land at the top, beyond just the cost of digging the mud out of the cut.
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  9. Looks like a narrowboat to me. You can see straight through the window and out of the window opposite on the far side.
  10. Its not unusual to see stove flues installed like that on houseboats, marina boats and other non-moving vessels. But on a cruising narrowboat, well it strikes me as just crackers.
  11. Wasn't one of the HAZELs a motorised butty? Or at least, ISTR there being a wooden motorised butty CMing around for a few years on the southern Oxford, perhaps fifteen or so years ago.
  12. I've heard of it! Hope that helps... Was there anything else you wanted to know?
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    Dutch Oven

    I notice the largest Sainsbury's stores sell a decent-looking heavy cast iron dutch oven for £40. The finish is coloured porcelain enamel though rather than bare cast iron.
  15. Having mucked about with these a fair bit a few years ago, the hard bit is achieving a suitably physically strong and gas-tight connection between the cast ally exhaust stub on the heater, and the exhaust tube. I've yet to find a clamp I consider suitably secure as the outlet stub is slightly tapered and whatever you use can generally be pulled off resonably easily even after furious tightening. But in addition you'll need a skin fitting which costs almost as much as the heater, and new fuel hose to replace the polythene windscreen washer hose supplied with the unit for the diesel supply!
  16. Or, just wait for a few more landslips to do the job!
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  21. The eco worryers here object to pretty much anything being burned and have more clout than CRT.
  22. This bothers me slightly. If there is too much ballast and some needs removing to trim the boat, you are stuffed once you've laid the floor. Is your boat on hard standing or in the water while you are doing this work??
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    Exhaust issues

    Hi Hymn, welcome to the forum. Congrats on your new boat! Which model of Lister engine do you have? People will need to know, in order to advise in any depth. Or post a photo...
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