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12 minutes ago, Flyboy said:
No problem at all, you will need an external aerial for best results. If you have a steel boat make sure you DO NOT have the coaxial aerial cable earthed to it.
Corrected that for you. Any aerial connection to the earth should be via a small capacitor.
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2 minutes ago, K.J said:
What do you guys think about making this in to a liveable space?
What’s behind the wobbly boards? What condition is the hull in? What engine does it have?
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42 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
Redecoration is one thing but start changing the layout, moving bulkheads etc is something else. You can't just plaster over where a dividing wall has been removed like in a house, the place it was attached is probably scared for life.
Well, it would scare me...
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2 hours ago, Feeby100 said:
Hello everyone we are full time moterhome living and we thinking of getting a narrow boat as well
we are Suffolk based
just to say hi ?
Hi
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Just now, Loddon said:
Gone up £100 in 14 years, mine was just under £200 in 2006. They didn't make boaty ones until I asked for one
That's a 50% increase in 14 years. Over the last 14 years my rates have gone down...
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The Airlink always used to be the most reasonable but they’ve gone up a bit...
https://airlinktransformers.com/product/boating-transformer-bt3231
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7 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:
A feller fell in today mooring up, just as we passed his boat and he lost his phone. I stopped and went back by which time he was spluttering on the towpath. He went back in for the phone, after I had helped to drag him out for the third time I left him to it. The wife said it was an expensive phone, I asked if it was worth more than her husband and just claim on the insurance, After we had gone, looking back he was back in.
Wait for the Vlog where he blames it on a 'stupid CRT chap'...
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41 minutes ago, K.J said:
It was just the last one I was hoping wasn’t a stupid one ?
What if it’s not tired and old and I just want to re do it’s insides to my taste....that a better idea? ?
Buy a boat that works. Live with it a while. Find out what you like about it and what you dislike. Only then will you know what to change.
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10 minutes ago, K.J said:
am I jumping In too deep doing that to begin with?
Yep.
11 minutes ago, K.J said:is it more cost effective to buy something ready to go?
Yep, because the only boat you're likely to find as a project is a tired old boat that's not worth very much. Whatever you do to it that won't stop it being a tired old boat...
12 minutes ago, K.J said:Also do I need to know al the ins and outs of the mechanics, engine etc side or is it something you pick up and learn as you go?
Mostly the latter, but you do need some basic mechanical knowledge to start you off if you don't want to get ripped off by 'engineers'.
13 minutes ago, K.J said:I hope that’s not a stupid question ?
Not stupid at all.. but it was three questions
All of the above of course just my opinion; others may differ.
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55 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:
If you are wanting a sharp edge to the paint it is much better to use fine lining tape from 3Ms, available from auto refinishing outlets.
Or EBay, or Amazon, or lots of other outlets...
eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tape-Masking-471-9-52-32-9/dp/B00OI71KFK
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53 minutes ago, Goliath said:
Not a tool,
But I’d be at a loss without ‘Gorrila’ tape.
It is The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
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58 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:
Were you thinking of Campingaz, formerly Camping Gaz, which is a mixed gas?
Probably
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16 minutes ago, Higgs said:
could the OP run the exhaust out and away from the boat's immediate area, while having the generator semi-permanently housed on the boat ?
Put simply, no. Suitcase generators are not designed to have their exhausts extended. A GasSafe bod is currently in prison after doing so and killing both his partner and her daughter as a result.
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1 hour ago, Fitter kieron said:
We travelled up and down the five rise on route to Skipton earlier this month. The gates do leak bad. In a group of three boats and I was close to them. I want to modify / seal the back end of my boat better to stop / reduce water being able to collect in there again in a similar situation in future.
But you didn’t feel the need to make a video about how an ‘idiot CRT man nearly sunk your boat’
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1 hour ago, cuthound said:
The definition of a marina is "a hole in the ground into which others throw money."
Unless that marina is called Brinklow...
4 minutes ago, blackrose said:I've had my usb endoscope camera for about 10 years and never used it once.
No imagination, some people. I’ve looked up my nose, seen the back of my throat and inspected the hairs sprouting out of my ears...
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37 minutes ago, cuthound said:
(Does the OP know that "boat" stands for "bring out another thousand?" ???
Or that the dictionary definition of a boat is 'A hole in the water, into which you throw money.'
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12 minutes ago, ElaineMary said:
Taking another picture of same bollard in 2020
It doesn't appear to have improved any in the intervening three years...
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2 hours ago, Loddon said:
One question is Neutral bonded to Earth in the generator? I have seen other things fail to work due to voltage between N and E which is detected by the electronics of the unit. Normally the unit wont power up but.................
Worth checking for sure
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1 minute ago, Jane Cartridge said:
Leg, prop and skeg?
Anything metallic that's in contact with the water.
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4 minutes ago, Loddon said:
Did the new switch cure the problem?
I too noted the missing piece of information
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4 minutes ago, Ronaldo47 said:
"... LPG atracks natural rubber ... " : but are the hoses of flexible hoses with bayonet connectors natural rubber?
Not if they're made to EN 16436-1:2014.
Because natural rubber is attacked by LPG, so it would be a silly thing to use...
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If it still works don’t knock it
It’d see the fault no problem - it’s more likely to be a very bent waveform than loads of HF harmonics.
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Just now, Higgs said:
Its worth a shot. I have an oscilloscope, but too far away.
Ditto. I even have a little battery powered toy one, which saves lugging the beast around.
Car radio/CD player
in Boat Building & Maintenance
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We're talking RF, so almost anything will do. 1uF will work too.