David Mack

They did this when the T&M breached at Dutton, just after CRT was formed. Raised £25k towards the £2.1m cost of the repair.

Depends whether your '30 years ago' was before or after the 1995 Act came into force. The rules haven't changed in that time, although the number of boats pushing the boundaries of what the rules allow has, and with that the level of monitoring and enforcement has increased.

Surely under GDPR they should delete your information if you unsubscribe. I would be minded to complain to their Data Controller and ask to see the evidence that you have consented to receive mailshots.

These sort of hull vents were common when leisure boats had air cooled Lister SR2/3 engines under a cruiser stern deck. Often there were openings on both sides of the hull, one as an intake (for combustion and cooling air), with the heated cooling air being ducted out the opposite side. I suspect that for some boatbuilders they just became standard practice, although with the change to water cooled engines nowhere near as much ventilation is needed, and what is still needed can probably be adequately supplied by the gaps around deck panels in most cases. That sounds like a lot. But since it all gets exhausted through a 1.5" or 2" pipe, it is clear the combustion air intake doesn't need to be very big.

You could build a Mrs in three years?

That cabin at 3m (almost 10ft) is rather longer than working motor boat cabins which were typically about 8' 6" long from the engine room bulkhead to the outside face of the back bulkhead.

My thought exactly on reading the stoppage notice!

I have heard it said that you are only required to pay the EOG fee while the boat is moored there, and that if it is going to be away for some time you can take a CC licence and stop paying the EOG fee. Not so straightforward now that the CC licence is a higher price and I don't think you can chop and change mooring status so easily. And there must be some risk that on your return CRT would want you to gobthrough the full application process again, with the risk of refusal.

3 ft is correct for the actual bedhole width. You get a couple of extra inches between the frames over most of the bed. A 3ft bed isn't actually that bad for a couple - the wife and I regularly sleep in one. GUCCC drawing of a Royalty boat cabin here, but the dimensions are much the same for any back cabin. There are a couple of similar plans on the CRT Archive, but the online images aren't good enough to read the dimensions, but you could ask to see the originals. https://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/MAPSPLANSONE361 https://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/MAPSPLANSONE400

There was an obstruction in the suction side pipework, and by swapping the pipes over it has been blown back out of the inlet.