Phil Ambrose

Yup, got one ? Phil

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That's because you're posh ? Phil

And a S/F stove requires no electricity. Phil

Arthur is right about cutting the hole in the right place. Be aware that many NBs not only have ribs across the roof but also have some ribs longitudinal at the front of the boat to provide extra strength to mitigate damage if you catch a bridge hole. You can often locate ribs by poking around with a long piece of stiff wire (wire coathanger) Easy to cut the hole for the roof collar with a jigsaw, did mine in about 15/20 mins. Phil

Isn't that more or less what Peterboat has done? Phil

Thinking about it I can't help thinking that its mostly a load of cobblers, my favourite dinghy was 12ft x 6ft and often had 4 or more people in her , plenty of free board (2ft) so the same number as the OPs prospective boat. In fact the dinghy was given to me by an eel Fisher who used to come back with 400kg or 500kg of eels when eels still ran up t he river, and add his weight to that. Phil

How did you get plated for 8, I'm confused by the fact that some boats plated for only 4 while others plated for what seem to be arbitrary number. Thinking about when boats were carrying they most certainly carried a lot more than say your 8 souls at maybe 650kg Phil

Not sure where or how the figures are arrived at, 21ft dayboat on the Broads only allow 10 souls aboard, however that number was decided upon is anybody's guess. A pal of mine owns the Southern Comfort trip boat based at Horning and carry 50 plus, it's twin hulled with a large upper deck, looks like a Mississippi paddle steamer. 60ft long with a beam of about 15/18 feet. He does a load test by "borrowing" some 1 ton bags of sand from a mate at Jewsons and hoists them to the upper deck with a teleporter or some such, he has to to this for the MCA Phil

If it helps, the control panel for my type 80 was outside in a metal box with a hinged front lid. I had issues and upon removing the panel I found rain ingress with the multi connector sitting in water. I drilled a suitable drain hole in the base and made sure the back of the box was sealed watertight as it appeared to be just tacked to the rear cabin bulkhead. This sorted the water problem, I then decided to join all the wires with bullet connectors and do away with the multi connector, this arrangement worked a treat, have never been keen on multi connectors. Phil

Burnt Taýbrite for the last 10 years and never had any issues with it, guess a lot depends on your type of stove and how you treat it. I imagine Taýbrite is popular or it would have been discontinued, perhaps, maybe, possibly Phil

There is a slip at Hilgay on the Wissey , one at Isleham on the Lark, one at 5 miles from anywhere pub on the Cam ,one at Ely I believe. Phil

Before you go all Percy Thrower, give some thought to the type of planter you are going to use. One which sits flat on the roof (like a grow bag) will cause paint to lift and rust to developed. A planter with feet at the corners is probably the best bet. Tomatoes grow tall but bush varieties are shorter. Forget about Broccoli, cucumbers need to be grown on a mound of compost and are very thirsty and hungry. Stick with Lettuce, Radish, Spring Onions, salad veg basically. Phil

We get the same deposit on the river Lark which is a "chalk stream". Phil

Nick, have a word with Peterboat or JohnV Phil

We spent 10 years on a 40x12 Broads cruiser and 10 years on a 60ft NB both had pros and cons so a hard one to call, would happily live on the cruiser again, sorry this post isn't much help Phil

Alan you , Bizzard and I know this fairly standard practice, it ain't rocket science to get a boat to heel over. Phil