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53 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:
I thought I had a reasonable memory of what "historic" boats had served in the Wyvern fleet. I certainly don't recall ever hearing about TYBURN, although it is perfectly possible I am wrong.
John Gagg's 1970 book 'Canals in Camera' includes this photo of a converted tug on the Stort. The caption refers to it as a former hire boat on the Grand Union, and I always thought it was the with Wyvern fleet (although I don't know where that thought came from).
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3 hours ago, KID said:
Strangely, the Georgia on the second label is an address in USA....curiouser & curiouser...but upper label asserts " Made in Germany "......
Made in Germany, exported to the USA and sold through their Doraville-based US subsidiary?
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3 hours ago, Midnight said:
I think Parry should stop making promises he can't keep,
Specifically, what promises has Parry made and been unable to keep?
3 hours ago, Midnight said:I think the money he has could be better managed.
How? Please give specific examples (rather than vague assertions), indicating how much money would be freed up for other activities.
3 hours ago, Midnight said:I think the small amount of money that could be redirected from non essentials would fix a few paddles and make life a little bit better on the water.
What are theses "non essentials" and how much money could be redirected as you suggest?
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3 hours ago, Creaking Gate said:
or looking at how many people live on moorings and pay ZERO council tax
And if they did pay council tax, how much of that would CRT see?
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44 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Its always worth reading beyond the headlines - the information is in the public domain.
Yes they had a Property Portfolio income of £55 million, but unfortunately they made a whopping loss on this property portfolio
The property portfolio produced valuation losses of £61.8m (2021/22: gains of £40.2m)
which, combined with £2.8m (2021/22: £5.7m) of realised gains on disposals, produced a
capital reduction of 8.1% for the year.Our non-property portfolio of investments produced revaluation losses before fees
of £3.0m (2021/22: gains of £37.7m).But the purpose of the property portfolio is to provide income to CRT. Changes in the capital value of the property portfolio are inevitable given what happens in the rest of the property market, but are largely a paper accounting issue. What matters more is whether there is a steady stream of income from property tenants.
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2 hours ago, Higgs said:
The government is the only fund-provided with access to the kind of money required. I also think they have a moral obligation to provide support.
Unfortunately there is no sign that the government has the same view as you do on its moral obligation. So in the absence of an adequate level of government funding, where else is the money going to come from?
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If you are using nuts and bolts, then presumably you have to remove the existing timber internal trim to be able to fix them. You say the existing trims have rotted, so are you putting them back or replacing with new? Either way the trims will have to incorporate pockets to accommodate the nuts. If you are providing new trims then you could have used woodscrews from the outside, and got another 19 years out of them.
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Forum member @stagedamager has a dry dock at the top end of the Erewash and may be able to help.
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Has anyone suggested that the prolonged failure to get Keadby sliding bridge sorted should mean that Network Rail is told to divert all the trains so the canal can be kept open for boats?
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I'm not seeing the picture.
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43 minutes ago, Halkyon said:
how easy is it to shift an interior wall a couple of feet either way?
Depends entirely on how the boat was fitted out. Most boats are lined out first, then the transverse partitions are fitted. But some are done the other way round, which makes moving the partition a much bigger job.
Don't underestimate how much fiddling about will be involved in sorting out the apparently minor details like trimming edges and matching finishes. And that assumes the job doesn't involve moving plumbing or wiring.
The cost will depend on whether you have the time, skills and resources to do the job yourself, or whether you have to engage someone to do the job for you.
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1 hour ago, Midnight said:
In a debt recovery action you may have a good argument.
Under CRT's Ts and Cs the charge is payable. That's all any court dealing with debt will be interested in. But it wouldn't get that far. CRT would refuse to renew your licence because of the debt. Then they would take action for having an unlicensed boat on their waters. Previous cases have shown that courts take the narrow view, and the boater does not get the opportunity to explain to the court why the boat is unlicensed.
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24 minutes ago, Pete Morrison said:
Then I loosen #1 - outlet to the injector pump, first cylinder. No fuel.
Aha. Problem between #3 and #1.
So with some difficulty I loosen and remove the union #2. Fuel comes out of the "hole" left where 2 came out. Pumping 4, and more fuel comes.
#1 is a union. #2 is not, it is the fuel delivery valve and not something that should be touched.
With fuel coming out at #3 when you work the fuel pump, you should retighten #3 then open all of #6-9. Crank the engine at full throttle - you just first get a mixture of bubbles and fuel and then neat fuel coming out of #6-9. Only when you have neat fuel from at least 2 of the connections should you tighten them and crank again.
6 minutes ago, Pete Morrison said:Have i messed anything up by removing the Union at (2)? Anything I can do to make it better?
If you have reassembled it correctly and not let any dirt get in you should be OK. Otherwise it may need sorting professionally. But that isn't your main problem. You should still be able to get the engine to start and run (roughly) on the other three cylinders.
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42 minutes ago, Midnight said:
What would be the position if having paid the CCer surcharge the boater refused to pay the EoG charge for a mooring less than 6 months on the grounds that he/she had already been charged for 12 months usage. If usage includes additional mooring would CRT be charging twice for the same thing?
The CCer surcharge is nothing to do with a mooring payment. If you are licenced as a CCer but nevertheless take an EoG mooring then you are liable for the EoG charge same as anyone else. If you refuse to pay, CRT can take the same action for debt recovery they can in any other debt situation. Probably most likely that they will refuse to issue a licence when it comes up for renewal, and will require you to take your boat off their waters, under threat of it being Section 8ed.
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You haven't got a separate engine stop knob/lever pulled out have you?
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1 minute ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:
and the rest frittered awayWho said that?
(or similar words)
George Best.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."
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Just now, Momac said:
A CC'er can take as many short term paid for moorings as they like.
A 'HM'er ''is required to have a long term mooring agreement that is in place and available throughout the period that a license is held.
Indeed. But some seem to be suggesting that being licenced as a CCer exempts the boater from paying the EoG fee to CRT if they do take a mooring (and don't/can't) change their licence status.
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How many do you want?
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3 hours ago, agg221 said:
Thanks - that would put it a bit further north than this video from last September which I think is near Cassiobury Park.
Alec
That is under the disused railway bridge at Cassio Wharf.
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2 hours ago, Paul C said:
The charge is for not having a home mooring for >6 months - which is a different thing.
And no different in principle from a CCer taking a paid for mooring in a marina for a couple of nights.
Some on here would seem to be suggesting that a boater without a home mooring is not permitted to pay for any mooring at all!
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57 minutes ago, Ronaldo47 said:
Using incognito mode is the only way I can access the forum when my phone is in the "unsafe" mode. I had to go incognito earlier today, but at present it is working normally, although it had forgotten my saved sign-in.
Here is a screenshot of my Chrome data. It's the only browser on my phone.
My Samsung phone is on Chrome 123 and yours on 106. So I would try upgrading Chrome first.
I find the Samsung native browser works well on my phone. As yours is also a Samsung you could give it a try. It can be downloaded from Google Play.
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After placing the tape, run a line of the colour under the tape along the edge first, and then paint the contrasting colour. That way any bleed under the tape will be the first colour, not the second , and you will get a crisper edge.
Historic Boats for sale online
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This is just the stern end of the butty Achilles, now going backwards. Achilles was cut by Roger Farrington in about 2015 amid much concern from historic boat enthusiasts that yet another of the few remaining full length butties had been lost.
I see this displays the name of the original boat. At the time it was cut I thought it would be more appropriate for the front end, which is most of the original boat, to carry the name Achilles, and the back end should be named Achilles Heel.