David Mack

That's why I suggested running the engine at higher revs (in neutral) while stationary. That way you can investigate a few things while the engine is running.

Perhaps the outcome of the CRT Commission, and the changes it may introduce for CCers could alter that.

Or simply hold a broom over the side and sweep over the water intake grid. I have known that restart cooling water flow.

So what happens at 150 yards? Have you tried running it out of gear at higher revs. Does the flow still stop after a few minutes? Does it return if you drop the revs back to tickover? Have you tried cracking the water system joints at various places to see if the water is getting part way through?

I can't see a regular boatbuilder using osb, which suggests this may be an owner fitout. New gas water heater and cooker in 2023. Was this built as a gas free boat with gas added later? It has a compost loo. Is the OP aware that the output from this cannot simply be dumped in CRT rubbish bins?

The first L&J traded until 2010. The second company was set up on 2021, so hardly '30 years ago'. Boats built by the old company are still about with signwriting identifying their builder, and so the company name still had value. I find it hard to believe that the new company didn't expect a business advantage from being seen as a continuation of a well-regarded name. That's clearly what @hoopdriver expected.

They could have given their new company any name. But they chose to trade on the coat tails of their fathers. And it seems they weren't up to it.

The instructions to participants stated that this circulation is chosen as the alternative would cause difficulty for pairs. I don't know how true that is - have they even asked the pair-boaters*? But it would involve the pairs going up the North Oxford beyond the start of boat moorings on the towpath side and any boats moored to the sanitary station mooring on the offside, so potentially less room to manoeuvre for a motor trying to reverse its butty around the turn. * Since Raymond and Nutfield are based at Braunston, I suspect if any pair-boaters have been asked it would be them. Yet if this year's performances are anything to go by, all of the other pairs that took part were in much more capable hands. I thought Nuneaton and Brighton this year were handled much better than I have seen sometimes in the past. The boats were well turned out too. A credit to the current crew. Those of us on historic boats moored up by the ladder bridge, and in the last cohort to do the parade, noted that there were periods when we had a succession of boats making the turn out of the marina, followed by some very long gaps. I hope the organisers have taken note and can perhaps bring forward the start time for some of the groups to maintain more continuous activity.

Since its an isolated canal, how many more boats than usual are likely to be there when there is an event on?

So why did a new company set up with exactly the same name? Were they trying to build a business on the strength of someone else's reputation?

Walsden is a little cheaper than Tod, but the real property bargains are up in Cornholme on the way to Burnley. And it's cheaper there because the valley is deep and narrow and dark, and because there is no rail service* (or canal), and not much else in the way of local facilities unless you come down into Tod. * Well there is a railway with passenger services, but no stations between Hebden/Tod and Burnley.

Not much chance of that. When we moved to Hebden Bridge 30 years ago, Hebden was the trendy alternative place and Tod the poor and somewhat run down relation. But since then property price rises have forced many of the low-income creatives and the younger generation out of Hebden, and Tod has benefitted enormously. Calder Valley rail services have improved significantly in the time we have been here, and the decent access to Manchester and Leeds city centres has been one of the driving factors in the attractiveness of both towns (and the increasing property prices).

A company of the same name (but different director) did the same 15 years ago. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04048396 Maybe the phoenix will rise again, having shed all those pesky liabilities.

And with frequent changes of horse.

Must be very hot under there for the brickies in this weather!

It was very obviously straight out of the paint shop and gleamed. But it wasn't loaded and I'm pretty sure it didn't take part in any of the parades. In contrast, Tadworth and Bordesley, as well as being very well turned out, were loaded to the point that they were scraping the bottom through the marina, and performed the turns I saw them do immaculately. And after completing the circuit with the pair, the crew then did the parade again as guests on one of the other boats. All the other historic boaters I spoke to thought they deserved the result.

And if it had, they wouldn't be a reliable indicator of what is now fitted. I was suggesting you need to trace the existing wiring and draw the diagram of what is there.

Primarily due to an unpaid VAT bill according to the Statement of Affairs on the Companies House website. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13588474/filing-history

So if I understand correctly, you now have 2 new batteries which supply your 12V domestic needs and 2 old batteries which supply the inverter. Depending on how the 'splitter' or other interconnections between the two battery banks are configured, it is possible that your two old batteries may have significantly damaged the two new ones. In order to make sense of your arrangement we really need to see a wiring diagram showing the domestic and inverter battery banks and the engine start battery, the inverter, and the charging arrangements from the engine alternator(s), solar controller and any battery charger(s) or combi inverter/charger(s). Without this we are floundering in the dark trying to understand your problem. And how is the charge from the alternator split between the batteries?

Tadworth and Bordesley. They were displaying the trophy on the cabin top as they came through past the Admiral Nelson on their way back home. Apparently another boat had expected to win, and was less than gracious in defeat!