John Dinnewell

Hi MtB ...... thank you for the advice - would love to have some cruising and intend to do so but the paint work on the roof and around the hatch is really bad and I have several leaks so I want to at least strip all the roof back to steel and repaint - also I have issues with the portholes leaking ....have patched up with sikaflex for now. Thanks so much for the advice and link Murflynn.... will crack on with that for now.😉

Hi Tracy many thanks for the advice ..much appreciated

Good morning all ...... My name is John Dinnewell ....totally new to boating and to this forum so hello to everyone.... I have a small 30ft Narrowboat in need of some attention. I have a few questions and I apologise in advance as no doubt the questions have been asked before .....had a search but couldnt find the answer tbh. I am hoping to strip and repaint the boat over the summer.......and replace the mushroom vents and portholes, sounds a silly question I know but in terms of sizes of portholes to get new ones is the size governed by what the hole size is in the boat or the outside measurements of the existing fitted porthole? If anyone could also give guidance of best makes etc I really would appreciate it, same applies to the mushroom vents. Thanks in advance