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Tillerpin

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  1. Don't know if you can swim in it but there is Wilton water reservoir near to the crofton beam engine right next to the canal.
  2. Is it possible they gave it the same number as the look alike one that was dismissed as a similar boat and in the area but not the stolen one. Seems quite a coincidence that an identical one was in the area. I don't mean that the one verified was on a false number but if both boats were showing the same number it would be easy to dismiss both without realising it.
  3. We got ours from Wilsons of Kinver. It's very comfortable both as a sofa and as a bed and looks good too (and no I don't work for them !).
  4. Has anyone else had running gear stolen from under the deck boards? We naively left our six week old boat moored up overnight at Fenny Compton, amongst several other boats and came back to find the instrument panel gone and about £800 worth of equipment missing from under the deck boards. We were told at the time that this was quite a rare event. No one had seen anything. Got a crime number off the police and an offer of counselling as victims of crime. Soon after we fitted locks to the deck boards - I would put a photo of these up if I knew how! Just wondered if we were unlucky.
  5. Does anyone know what happened to Spirit of Georgia (George)?
  6. That's really good news - I am chuffed. Hope we get to see some pics of the work being done. Well done everyone.
  7. Saw a cruiser on the GU in the Summer called May contain nuts
  8. It's easy to be complacent about locks and believe that only hire boats or inexperienced crew are likely to get things wrong. However in July, we were descending Stockton locks and were sharing one of the locks with another boat. I usually try to keep the boat in the middle of the lock and so I was a bit surprised when the boat beside us was put in reverse and was slowly moving back behind us. All of a sudden the chap shouted that his boat was caught on the cill. This was very alarming as I couldn't do much to help. After the emergency was over, he turned to me and said "There, that's what can happen with six years' boating experience. It's never happened to me before". So we moved to the next lock down and whilst in it, my brother in law came up to ask me what had happened, so I was explaining to him that the other boat had gone too far back and got caught on the cill. Suddenly my brother in law noticed that the boat was again reversing and was just about to repeat the experience and shouted to the chap "Quick ! Stop! You're too far back". We were glad to get to the bottom of the flight without further incident. I wondered afterwards if the man had a problem with concentrating. What was quite a shock though was when I found out later that his little granddaughter was sitting at the front of the boat doing some colouring, when the bow was pointing downwards.
  9. Just seen this and voted - it's not too late for others to give their votes at the link below : http://cashback.cjsonline.gov.uk/
  10. We are based near Napton junction and three years ago when our boat was only a couple of months old, we trustingly left it overnight at Fenny Compton. When we returned we found the control panel had been removed and the deckplate had been opened and the alternator and wiring loom gone. We had to call for assistance to get fixed up to get the boat back to the marina but since then we have never felt happy at leaving it. As family commitments restrict the opportunities to stay on board, our cruising is mainly day trips so, yes we do travel the same routes quite often, but at least we have a choice from Napton.
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