MtB

Without wishing to sound trite, yes, buy a multimeter. Set it to 20Vdc and starting at the battery, use it to trace the voltage at various points along the circuit/wiring from the battery to the dead socket until you find where the voltage drops from 12Vdc to 0Vdc, and there's your fault.

Given the thread title, I thought the OP meant the 12Vdc sockets. The photo looks a lot tidier and easy to follow than most boat wiring installations I see. Having it all on show and accessible like that makes fault-tracing infinitely easier.

Thanks for the report! Buying a boat moored in a marina with docking facilities is a totally different kettle of fish from buying privately on ApolloDuck. In the marina, the staff there have an interest in getting the sale done and the facilities to get the boat out. With the private sale it could be a day's cruise (or a lot more) to the nearest yard for docking, and who is gonna do that? The seller is unlikely to want to spend several days of his or her time taking the boat there and perhaps back, but nor are they likely to want to hand the boat over to the potential buyer to make the trip. Net result of this is buyers who are determined to get a full survey are sort of locked into buying from a marina with a broker. I never see this explained on threads discussing whether or not to get a survey.

When I first took a mooring at Calcutt the yearly charge was quite attractive even when the hefty 'entry fee' (since scrapped) was included. But when they asked me for £100 more than the website said it would be, it turned out the £100 was for the costs of providing electricity supply. I said I didn't want electric but they said it wasn't optional, I had to pay for it whether I used it or not!

Astounding! I filled up a few weeks ago at Fenny Compton at £1.00 a litre, posted about it on here and they promptly put it up to £1.30 (for 100% domestic). Still not a gouging price though and fair play for making a profit. I'd rather they stayed in business and provided the service. When prices fall they HAVE to sell any stock they bought at high prices at a currently competitive rate.....

FF 25 years and I predict stove ash will be considered hazardous waste and chucking it in the hedge will be considered as bad as emptying your bog in the cut. Yes CRT should collect all waste from boaters and to pay for it, £500 a year could be added to the license fee for each boat. They'd probably still make a loss on that!

I've a vague idea it is illegal to have bonfires nowadays of any sort.

i was going to say gas is still cheaper than generating your own leccy for a leccy fridge, but then I remembered solar panels...

I find this too. The turnover in pub landlords now seems so fast that one cannot rely on the last time you went in as a guide to what <whichever pub it is> will be like this time around...

Why should it be free? They will incur significant costs in the disposal of it.

My original point was though, that the boat would look far better without it!

Totally agree. I find shop-bought 'chilled' pastry particularly disappointing compared to the real thing.

Chuck your mattress in the BCN just like everyone else. Not sure about the table though... (Joke, in case anyone takes me seriously! )

But this is my point. How do you KNOW it is "similar"? Are you a paint chemist? If you need to adjust the formulation of a paint, do it using products the manu recommends and ideally, makes themselves for the purpose. e.g. the additive you list that Phil designed and sells for the job. Then as Higgs points out, you are on more solid ground with a complaint to the manu.

You missed the fact that I have more than one boat! Frankly, In my personal opinion cratch covers distorted to fit over the cabin corners like in your photo look awful, hence my comment you picked up on. Here is my attempt at a better-looking cratch cover, avoiding that 'corners-stretched' look. This boat has the same sunken well deck as yours so I could not get rid of the cratch cover.

Totally agree. So often I scoff a meal and think "Feck moi, that was delicious!", then scoff the one I saved for tomorrow....

Given the astonishing amount of time, trouble , knowledge and experience that Phil put into the formulation of Craftmaster paint, what makes you think you know better and decided to thin with Owatrol? My bet is this was the problem.

Point of Order M'Lud. Good post, but the GSIUR only apply to boats which are a dwelling. (Or mebbe it says 'residence'.) Leisure boats are outside of the scope of the GSUIR, unless you can demonstrate otherwise. And I doubt you can.

OMG Fish Pie!!!!! Not dun that for yonks, Yum. Need some NOW!!!

So happy you live on the IoM.

No you don't. Cratch covers are a modern abomination. Get rid!! Your boat will look SO much smarter...

You do make me laugh Alan. 1) BSS been 'reviewing' open flue appliances since the dawn of time. Go on, do quote the BSS rule banning them.

You've obviously never visited my mooring then. No shyte on the bank, nor on the roof of my boat. No cars here, no junk, just a number of boaters who don't think like you, fortunately.

Totally agree. No matter how little I cook it always ends up enough for two meals at least. Good thing I'm a good cooker as whatever I cooked for myself yesterday, it was so good I'm totally happy to eat the same thing again today! Good thing there is no gurl around, they mess this bouy system up totally.... DAMHIK.