AJLintern

Don't forget - on in an hour!

A Narrowboat will not tend to ride with the waves due to its length:width ratio and its comparitively heavy displacement for it's beam. It will tend to sail through waves, which due to the low free board will make swamping an issue. That's why 'Progress' had the front well deck sealed while at sea, to avoid shipping water when 'taking it green'...

Drying is caused by evaporation which is encoraged by heating and movement of dry air to replace that which contains the moisture. Does hot water not need to become cold water before it freezes?

No, just make the nozzel holes a bit bigger so they can 'pass' the slightly thickened fluid.

Super Soaker! (filled with some nice canal water)

Yes - Irritating isn't it?!

The original post was at 12:21 am last night - or in 24hour clock, 0021

Taken from the EA website, regarding electric power boats: Provided that: the sole method of propulsion is an electric motor(s) powered by storage batteries carried on board and that no system of auxiliary power for propulsion, nor internal combustion motor(s) nor charging engine(s) is carried. I imagine BW would have similar rules.

Daniel - Do you know what sort of ballast was used to get a draft of 2'8"?

In my (limited) experience of working through locks, whenever you close the gate it always seems to have re-opened itself by the time you get back to the boat!

Can't you just have a switch that allows the feed from the charger to the batteries OR the feed from the alternator? That way there is no risk of anything getting over charged due to some failure in a system.

But you still need to be able to get them off! How about some simple clamps and a rubber seal?

Maybe you attach the hook to a rope eyelet and throw the loop over a mooring bollard?

Not sure many people would like that sort of 'Big Brother' approach! Specially the sort of people you get living on boats... Why can't they just have a standard license fee and then issue guidelines for ALL users? I mean you could have a home mooring in London and decide to spend 6 months of the year sitting on the Llangollen - obviously this is no different to a CC'er doing that! Why can't they just fine people who they find bending the rules, and then take away their license if they persist in causing a problem?

http://www.diyplas.co.uk/ that's the place in Faringdon

You could cast it in sections I suppose and bolt it together... but don't use cast iron or when you bump into a bridge you'd crack your boat and it'd sink

Could you not replace the 240v motor with a 12v one? Can't think it would be that difficult?

How about sticking the washing machine outlet into the holding tank? Not sure how much water a typical wash uses. But if it's of environmental concern then isn't it better to just visit the pump out a bit more often?

Sounds like there might be a bit of air in the system...

They require the same amount of power, but can have different brightness.

Well you could, but only if you'd be prepared to move around until you'd found a mooring in the area you wanted to live. Either that or get it craned out and stick it on your driveway for a bit!

I suppose they should organise a mooring before they get to the stage of owning a boat. If they want to stay in one location there is no other option, unless they're happy to keep moving until they find one.

I was just enquiring as to what might be considered acceptable. Do you think moving 10 miles per week and not revisiting the same place more than 4 times in a year could be refered to as 'Bridge Hopping'? They do afterall ask on the declaration what your 'Home' waterway will be, so they know the area you are most likely to be using. I think this confuses the situation, because they are admitting that they expect people to have a 'base' of sorts to cruise from.