Ray T
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Glad you are all ok
Not silly questions these, just curious.
On this occasion assuming you were in the lock on your own, Did you have your fenders down?
Do you think it would have made any difference if you had?
I know this is an open discussion forum but I don't want this question to be followed by a fenders up / down haranguing match.
Thank you.
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As I thought.
Official reply from BW: Dear Mr Thorp
Thank you for contacting British Waterways about the Battlefield moorings.
British Waterways do not actually own the land on the offside of the canal in this location. It is owned by a farmer who leased it to the Battlefield Trust.
Now that the site of King Richards stone has been moved, the battlefield trust have handed the land back to the farmer who has requested we stop people from accessing his land.
Therefore British Waterways had no choice but to close this mooring down.
There are plenty of towpath side moorings available in this area.
I am sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused.
Regards
Liz
Enquiries
Central Shires Waterway
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I agree - sooner, rather than later.
I guess what may have been holding them back is not having recruited the volunteer staff they may be relying on to oversee it.
No point in saying you will lock flights, if you don't have enough staff to actually walk around with the keys!
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Are these official BW signs?
This is rotton news - it is one of our favourite mooring spots.
I wonder if mooring will be allowed on the opposite bank?
ETA when we were there last year there was a public notice saying that recent investgations had discovered that Richard Plantagenet was not killed at the place where the memorial was. The memorial was to be removed and the land returned to private use.
Could this be the reason?
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Thanks for posting this Alan.
Along with The Oxford It pretty well affects anything we were planning this year.
I will really get worried when restrictions are placed on the Stop lock at Hawksbury junction though!
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Edit to remove comments as I did not read the whole thread DOH!!!
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From memory they will also not allow the loan of the boat (with NO form of payment) to extended family and close friends - I did not bother to get them to tell me who I could loan it to.
Slightly
but our insurers Towergate Mardon underwritten by Royal and Sun Alliance allow the use of our boat by friends and family for no charge provided I tell them in writing, the insurers that is. -
I'd go Reeves every time, a respected builder with a good long heritage.
We have a Reeves hull now 14 years old.
When we bought her 3 years ago the worst pitting on the hull was 0.5mm
More about E-W here: http://www.eastwestmarine.co.uk/aboutus.html
and one for sale here: http://www.whiltonmarina.co.uk/new-narrowboats/details/1210.aspx
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Sorry know little about them except I think they are a reincarnation of this lot:
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Sorry you didn't get elected, you had our vote.
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But surely if you're travelling in the opposite direction is this position not now reversed?
Yes in general the position may be reversed but not so in tunnels where the air draught is more restricted than the majority of bridges.
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Erm... How does what side it is make a difference?
With the tow path on the LHS of a boat going beneath a conventional canal bridge the highest point of the bridge hole is on the LHS of the boat, therefore if the chimney is on the RHS of the boat it is in more danger of being knocked off. Similar senario is passing an oncoming boat in a tunnel.
Also if you are passing a boat travelling the opposite direction, you move over to the RHS of the canal and are more likely to catch overhanging foleage.
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Like some others we have an 24" chimney for use when stationary and a 12" for use when on the move, both double skinned.
I believe the insulated chimneys keep the gasses hotter and therefore less likley to cool and allow tar to form.
The reason for the 12" is that we have the stove on the RHS of the boat so more likely to catch bridges etc if it were longer.
As an alternative to rockwool I wrapped exhaust bandage round the inner skin and then injected fire retardent foam into the cavity. This has lasted for over a year now with no signs of deteriation.
As also mentioned an inner skin which goes into the collar is essential to deter tar deposits.
To be honest I haven't really noticed a difference in "draw" between the two chimneys.
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The wherry Albion was Hogged and they straightened her a couple of years back see here
I suppose you could say "wherry interesting"?
I know coat
Good bye
Gone.
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I don't appear to have a little button mine, Just the wiring disappearing into the loom from the solenoid.
I dispensed with the solenoid to stop the engine and put a mechanical "T" pull in its place
The engine stop is now the red T pull handle just visible in the RHS of the photo.
When I stop the engine I usually put the ignition to O (off) then pull the engine stop, hasn't damaged my electrics. If you think about it turning the key to engine stop performs the same function as on my set up I had to go past O to the stop position
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I had a similar problem on my LPWS3 and this solenoid had packed up.
Facing the front of the boat it is towards the front of the engine on the left hand side.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370497436994?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
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While you've got the silicon out to seal the two sheets stick the license holder onto the boat with it. It'll cut off easily enough next year
I put our licence discs , sorry squares through a laminator - keeps them dry.
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Thank you Allan & Dave, it is a lot clearer now.
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Not so sure about "Brownie" points but have a greenie.
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You cant buy experience. You can do all the courses you like but you need to get out there and put the theory into practice.
(BTW that wasnt a dig at you Ray. We are currently putting in the hours to do the Yachtmaster Coastal CoC so are fully aware of the requirements
)What you say about thoery and practice is true, but how do you know what the theory is if you haven't had any training?
Mrs T teaches drivers CPC to truckers. The majority think they don't need any training because they have been doing the job for years, yet nearly all who attended a recent course did not know the drivers hours and tachograph regulations and when they told her what they did in a working day, to a man they were all breaking the law. These are people who say they have read the regulations, but their theory has not translated into good practice.
It is like driving on the roads, we have all done it for years but developed bad habits which, if we took our test now could cause us to fail.
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Wow, this forum is fast! Thanks for the replies so far.
David, that sounds ideal. It's good to know there is a place for single-handers to gain experience.
Blowing my own trumpet here, but even though I have a Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence I found the RYA Inland Helmsman's course useful - you're never too old to learn.
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It was a method of taking up the tow; the towing line (snubber) runs from the motor through the running blocks on the top planks to a removable t-stud on the butty roof. The butty steerer would let out the rope, strapping when the butty was the right distance.
Used on the Grand Union. A few other places as well but I'm less certain of this.
Could be dangerous to someone working on the top planks and also to anyone, a child maybe, in the butty cockpit as the rope was paying out.
I think on a working boat they gave an extra element of control but would be out of place on a restoration usually towed "empt"y in cross straps
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Moore v British Waterways Board [2012] EWHC 182
Moore Lost.
hope this helps
Grand, many thanks. I can sleep easy tonight.
A good time to set up a bolt cutter and angle grinder business on the canal? 
but our insurers Towergate Mardon underwritten by Royal and Sun Alliance allow the use of our boat by friends and family for no charge provided I tell them in writing, the insurers that is.
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Ashby Canal - Battlefield Moorings
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I believe it was thought originally to be the site of Richard's last breath. Apparently not now.