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Thanks fittie . I will no doubt be asking various assorted other questions in this forum as I’m playing catch up with my project after Covid and then dealing with end of life care for a very loved one .

Thanks for the info . re the gear control I may need to ask you for some measurements. I know I need the measurement between the boats bottom and the underside of the bracket that supports the vertical rod from the large gear wheel . Any body else who can supply this measurement, I’d be grateful if you’d add it to this thread Before I go . Have you got a door in the bulkhead . I had a half door on Halsll .

OH ( insert string of swear words of choice ) what were they thinking of . How did you make your replicas . I have to solve this puzzle . I have ideas but I’m always curious to find out how other big northwich folks tackle things . have you still got the original gear control fitted . What gearbox / engine combo do you have .

fittie , what did you do with Lancings old knackered fuel caps .

Jerra I agree totally about the selling off of social housing . MTB , housing is too important to be a free for all with the highest bidder winning . It's ok for our age group but the younger people , Generation rent as some describe themselves are struggling to get near the housing ladder. I have some sympathy with the NBTA stance here . I'd be mightily hacked off if I was being kept off a residential mooring by somebody who had a house to live in. However I do believe in waiting lists , expecting to skip the que isn't a plan other than in truly exemption all circumstances.

Bit radical but they are the balance weight for the Daily Mail contingent . The sensible solution is usually some sort of fudge in the middle. Building more affordable homes is the answer to all these problems but such a sensible approach is beyond the ability of the self serving muppets in the government .

Thanks for posting those , of great interest to another Northwich owner. ETA . Is it not possible to get the tanks out . Steam cleaning would be a viable option if you could dig out the crud first .

Looking through Daniels post there's a section buried in the middle that is most concerning . This relates to activity outside of the site such as personal abuse being directed at site staff. Stalking on line and in person , abusive threatening phone calls , invasions of privacy , malicious acts . Everything else is just stuff but that list is capable of real world harm to a real live person. To be honest I think there's a place for a lightly moderated CWDF and an unmoderated Thunderboat . People can choose to belong to both or only one .

Static display isn't a bad idea to be honest . Wooden boats are a major commitment and not many people are able or willing to take them on. It would have been a better solution for Some of the wooden wide beam boats slowly decaying while still afloat.

That's a rough deal . Hope this person doesn't get to own the pub . Theres a marina that offers half price moorings for historic boats , think it might be Alvecote .

Just out of interest how do you get rid of a wooden boat . There's an awful lot of good firewood in one but I suppose an awful lot of metal fastenings too . I've seen photos of wooden fishing boats just abandoned on the beach with all the valuable bits stripped out.

Have a quiet look at how things work in your intended new Marina , just general chit chat about boats and see what gets revealed or what you notice. If you have a residential address and your post goes there then presumably it's a very grey area for everybody. FWIW where I moor has a time limit on the number of nights a leisure moored can sleep on board . There are some people sad enough to check up on others which is really quite depressing .