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2 hours ago, Mike Todd said:
There is a regional management boundary change between the two sections and those responsible for the lower part were caught somewhat by surprise when they found that they were no longer being fed water by the other region! (There was a hint that someone thought that their birthright had been subverted!)
There used to be a boundary, because for some reason right up to Foxton was part of the South East. But under the new structure, the whole of the Leicester Line is part of the East Midlands -- so now they only have to ask themselves to send more water down (which you'd think would make it easier...) When we were at Foxton back in May, just as the structure change happened, they were running loads of water down after the Foxton flight had closed.
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It seems like a sensible plan to me. We had a share before we bought our own boat; you have to accept that there are some frustrations such as other owners moving everything in all the cupboards each time they're on board (!) but it's a cost effective way of getting several weeks a year afloat, and certainly a lot cheaper than hiring. You can often get more than your allocated weeks by bidding for extra ones, At the end of three years you can sell your share and are likely to get most of your initial layout back.
Don't limit yourself to Carefree Cruising. Virtually every boat has shares for people who want school holidays. For ex-OwnerShips boats they're called Special Shares, and pay a bit extra in running costs each year in order to get school holidays. The way it works is that where-ever you are in the rota for selecting dates, you get first pick for school holidays. Look at the BCBM website for example, and look for boats with Special Shares for sale.
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32 minutes ago, Boater Sam said:
Closed Saturday afternoon and Sunday but its worth staying overnight and fueling up on Monday morning, from I think 8am. Pleasant place to moor too, the services usually work as well.
Turners deserve all the trade we can give them, always the lowest price on this end of the country, possible the whole country.
Well, Norbury’s price is usually very very similar — and Hawne Basin is usually cheaper than both of them.
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1 minute ago, canalboat said:
I needed to change the word "from" to the word "for" in what I printed above but I can not now see any way to edit it other than clicking on "quote" and altering it here.. Can one of the ultra intelligent folk on here tell me how to edit please?
I believe you can only edit posts for a limited time after you hit submit -- to prevent history being rewritten.
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3 minutes ago, dogless said:
At Watford in pouring rain, and Foxton in snow.
But of course the volunteers are focussed on the busiest times, which tend to be in better weather.
Surely the weather's not the volunteers fault too?
Rog
They're certainly not focused on the busiest times. A very good volunteer at Watford told me they had no trouble filling shifts midweek, but no-one wanted to do the weekends -- and the longest serving volunteers had begun pulling rank and claiming the midweek shifts they preferred. Likewise at the Soulbury Three, it's usually staffed midweek, but when the Wyvern hire boats come through at the weekend there isn't a volunteer to be seen.
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6 hours ago, ivan&alice said:
I've tried grouping them by manufacturer, like you suggest, as well as by age and length.
Almost pointless grouping them by ‘manufacturer’, as you call it. The big shell builders will supply lots of different fitters, so the end results will be different. The top name fitters will be building bespoke and every single boat will be different. Boat’s are not like cars with a range of models nd a range of trims. The majority of boat’s are one offs, depending on the decisions made by whoever commissioned them.
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My last experience at Hillmorton, I was on a boat waiting above the bottom lock with a boat coming up in it. The lock keeper was paying so little attention that she failed to notice that the young family on board had opened the paddles at both ends.
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20 hours ago, matty40s said:
Bletchley (Nene) has just been sold to JulesFuels, whether she is running it on the Nene or Alan is buying a new boat I am not sure. Alan does deliver to the Nene by road as well though.
Jules and Richard are using Bletchley instead of Towcestervt the moment, as Towcester’s engine needs significant work. Richard told me that once it’s fixed, they will use the two boats to mean they can operate both sides of winter stoppages.
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1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
Not true AFAIK.
Can you cite a reference if you are sure about this please?
Many thanks.
BSS guidelines here and Soliftec guidelines here both say the flue should be insulated. They are only guidelines, though, which is why I said ‘supposed to’. Certainly when I needed a new flue on my stove, the boat yard would only let it be a single wall one because they were replacing like with like. I’m not sure anyone is ever likely to check (or even know, probably), but if you want to abide by the latest guidelines, then it’s pretty clear what flue you should use (note, should, not must, because they are only guidelines)
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1 hour ago, John Wetton said:
Thanks for the thoughts guys,
It's a straight one, think it's double walled. Corroded to buggery - so going to get new one fitted and get the Squirrel checked out by a pro as we'll be living on board.
Cheers for now,
John
If it's a double wall flue, then you are supposed to replace it with another one -- and they are expensive. If it's a single wall flue in an existing installation, you are allowed to replace like for like.
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37 minutes ago, philjw said:
Maybe strops caused by the imposition of the 60/40 split? The rules are that it is the boater who makes the declaration not the supplier.
It may be up to the boater to make a declaration, but HMRC made clear there was nothing to stop yards selling at only one split. If the boater didn't like the split offered, they should shop elsewhere -- just like they would if they didn't like the price.
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49 minutes ago, Nightwatch said:
Called Kate Boats on the off chance I'd get some diesel. Not a chance. Very nice lass I spoke to but she was not for turning. Says she stopped selling diesel as she got fed up with all the stroppy people. I mentioned I was a nice chap but that cut no ice.
As we are planning on hanging around for a while we may well go back to Calcutt and visit Braunston whilst in the area.
once again thanks for valuable info. Kate Boats missing a trick here. Mind you, there's hardly any boat movement here and they probably make enough money from hiring, why supply another service?
They only ever sold at a 60/40 split, so you may not have wanted to buy from them anyway.
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10 hours ago, nicknorman said:
we took a river cruise to Salford Quays and went to the imperial war museum. Quite well done but a little mawkish for me, and only one aeroplane! Came back on the tram. Such a waste really, all that vast expanse of quayside and zero boats.
There’s nothing to stop you going to Salford by boat, except for a bit of organisation and a fee for Pomona Lock. We did it last September. Nice mooring close enough to the Holiday Inn Express that you can easily get on their Wi-fi!
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I’m surprised no-one has pointed out that the Four Counties and Llangollen options aren’t available to you, because of the breach on the Middlewich Arm.
The Caldon is one of my favourites, and it gets better the further you go. Lots of locks to get there, so if you want an energetic week this could be a good option.
I’m sure Anderton are fine about their boats going onto the Weaver. It’s lovely down there, and of course you get the trip down and up the boat lift. As others have said you could combine this with a trip into Manchester. There would be lots of lock free miles, so it depends whether your crew are happy to sit and watch the world go by, or whether they’d like more to do.
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14 hours ago, nicknorman said:
Of course it is perfectly possible to get on and off the Services pontoon, but as I said it’s badly designed, especially compared say to Aston which is more like a “drive through”.
Any marina has good and bad reports, but it seems to me that GH has more than its fair share of bad ones.
It's funny how one person's well designed is another's poorly designed. Some of my extended family moored their share boat at Aston, as the design of the fuel and pump out point drove them mad. For a start, if there's a boat on the service point it pretty much blocks the whole marina; and the one way system meant that at the end of a holiday, they'd go in, fuel up, then have to go out the exit and back in the entrance to get to their berth. Their syndicate moved the boat to somewhere else.
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3 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:
They have certainly struggled to fill both Engineers Wharf and "Willow Wren" at Bulls Bridge on "book" prices being asked in fairly recent past.
I must admit I have not followed the very latest situation, though, and neither of those I think is a particularly convenient location.Quite -- anyone wanting to be in Islington would probably regard them as not really being in London!
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1 hour ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
Paradoxically, the higher CRT's mooring charges get, the greater the incentive for moorings renters to dump the mooring and CM on the general towpath instead. Thus reducing CRT's income and increasing the general congestion in London. Or anywhere else.
I don't think there's any evidence of residential moorings going unsold in London, is there? Indeed, people seem to be prepared to pay very large sums for them.
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I heard a couple of weeks go that Andy Munro had died. I think he was only 54. I had no more information than that.
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13 hours ago, Sea Dog said:
I certainly don't now I've seen the full text posted above by Alan, for which I am grateful.
Sign up for the Boater’s Update emails, and you’ll get all this stuff first hand.
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2 hours ago, Athy said:
...and, laudable though it is, a surprising proposal. Can this be the same CART whose policy for some years has been to REDUCE the number of long-term on-line moorings?
Near where new marinas opened. Can you see anyone building a marina in London?
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21 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:
Smith and Mason - Blackstone
^^^^^This is clever stuff.
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Don't choose any name that's going to make you sound daft on the VHF on the Thames etc. Just think of those Clipper captains rolling their eyes, and having all their worst thoughts about narrowboats confirmed.
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6 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:
Yes but when the authorities keep the knowledge secret, speculation is the only tool we have left.
A reasonable hypothesis of how an accident can have happened can sometimes be arrived at by examining the facts we do have, otherwise seen as speculation by those feeling no need to understand. So I don't agree speculation is necessarily a bad thing.
There will be an inquest. The police won’t really be able to say much before that. Inquests are public.
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