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I think there might still be a bottle of ferric chloride in the garage if anyone wants it. Must be 20 years old.

The first mate insisted on a new fridge when the gas fridge on the French boat couldn't cope, long before the temperature got to 40C. The new, cheap mains fridge works perfectly with anything the French sun can radiate and it still uses minimal power. Happy wife with ice for her gin.

Difficult to use mixed fuel as wood should be burnt on a bed of ash and coal products on a raised grate. I'm sure there are people who mix though. Wood is bulky.

+1 for the Boatman. Not sure how it would do burning wood, you ought to take the grate out. Eddy who makes them is notorious for not responding to emails. He's a very nice bloke though. Stainless flue recommended. I had an enameled flue which my finger went through rather quickly. Not much more expensive to buy.

One of ours decayed beyond recall so I took it off and replaced it with a plastic pudding basin attached with sealant. After nine years the basin was showing signs of UV degradation so I replaced it with another basin. We've got two more in the set so sould be good for another 25 years. I won't care by then.

That's the one we've bought. Not much used yet as we've been in Spain for a month, but first impressions are good. We bought ours from midland chandlers, looked more expensive at first sight but when you factored in the delivery cost it was competitive. Our fitter and bss examiner rated it well too.

Highest ever was 2014, not long after we'd taken up our mooring there. It was pretty deep this spring, just about thigh wader depth. I think the works on the sluice above Osney lock have improved things. The level above the lock barely moves, the water barely goes over the bank.

Nope. Where I moor below Osney the water has been known to rise to over bollock depth at our landing stage requiring chest waders. The range is around 1.7 m.

I prefer this one but it's probably the same dataset. Never seen it be out of synch. Essential when levels are rising to find out if it's wellies or waders to get to the boat. https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/7057/downstream?v=map-live&lyr=mv,ri,ti,gr,rf&fid=stations.7057&ext=-1.450978,51.455872,-1.033436,51.948914

Thanks Nick. Now I've looked at the GHT website I remember that.

Fond memories of coming back from work after a dump of snow, and seeing a robin struggling with the two rear wheels in the icy ruts and the front wheel not knowing where to go 😂

The Severn from somewhere close to Sharpness down to somewhere near Avonmouth is Gloucester Harbour Trustees. I'm not sure who controls the river from Sharpness to the weir at Gloucester. There are a few boats tied up on both banks on that stretch, around Elmore, Bullo Pill and Newnham amongst others (satellite view will show them). Lydney harbour is EA. I asked the missus who used to work with GHT and she says she thinks it's EA above Sharpness but not sure as she only did the accounts 🙄

Our nb uses around 2 L / h at typical cruising speed of 6 - 7 km/h. Our shared ex bunkering tanker (35 T) uses about 3 L/h at a similar speed.

I did the ICC course at Tooley's boatyard. Two trainees, both very experienced. We had a pleasant day out with the instructor and I think all three of us learned something. The RYA still insist on charging fifty quid every five years to send a new certificate with no checks on capabilities. B'stards.

I quite like the Arduino software, it's easy to take someone else's work and tweak it. Last job was a rotator display for my ham aerials when the original AR44 controller failed, plus an elevation indicator for the 10GHz dish which hasn't quite made it outside yet. G4CIO, first licenced 1972.

Having kept our boat on the G&S for over 15 years and frequently done the trip up the semi-tidal stretch I'd have serious concerns about letting complete unknowns loose on the river. There are tides on several days each month, it gets challenging whenever there is fresh rain getting into it, the approach to Gloucester lock is 'interesting' and there are very limited moorings on the river in the busier periods. I'm not sure if they are still running but there used to be a small hire company operating from the Black Shed.

That was the army issue. Only officers could use the smooth side. It was good for lining cake tins if you weren't bothered about the flavour. Unused of course.

Not recommended in a macerator unless it's the cheapo flimsy stuff that helps you get in touch with your inner self.

Anderson powerpole connectors for things you won't be unplugging frequently.

I quite like XLR connectors for low voltage. There is a sort of standard for 24 V (charging mobility scooters) and they're cheap and robust.

It may also be a heater relay. Some (all?) of the BMC 1.5s had long thin heaters which didn't draw much current. You'll have to follow the wires.

It's better than the top of my stove was (water ingress). Rubbed it down with wet & dry paper and a wire brush, a coat of stove enamel and stopped the water getting in. Looks fine now.

Flagpoles say a lot. A diversity of owners.

Have we eliminated the possibility of a short in a heater plug or in their wiring? Maybe reconnect the plugs then disconnect one at a time?

The futon company. Branches around the land.