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Onewheeler

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  1. Italian cars too. I was going to change the feeble battery on a girlfriend's Fiat, but gave up when it became apparent that the brake master cylinder would have to come off first.
  2. You're asking sensible questions. Amongst those that you haven't asked: How to heat the boat? In order of expense, probably LPG > diesel > kerosene (needs a second tank) > solid fuel (coal / wood). Electric is probably a bit cheaper than diesel but not usable if you go cruising. Hot water? An electric immersion is probably the most economic and convenient if you're in a marina, usually fairly easy to arrange if it's not already in the calorifier. A 1 kW immersion left on for a few hours may be better than a larger, domestic sized one used for a short period. Ask away...
  3. How do you know when you've passed an angler? You can't get the seat down. Bye!
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  5. A few m of 22 swg wire in a bucket of water? (Other gauges are available).
  6. Read this first. https://passive-components.eu/capacitors-losses-esrimpdfq/
  7. For that you need a sticker saying 'Machete on board and psycho crew'. It is also useful for creating a mooring where none existed before.
  8. Machete, especially if you are on the Thames and adventurous.
  9. Wire, 2 mm^2 in red and black, a comprehensive set of crimp connectors and a proper crimp tool.
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  11. When we pulled around 100 T of convoy through Ricqueval (first in a line of nine) our boat bumped the side lightly once in the entrance portal and then carried on in a straight line. Didn't touch the wheel at all. It took VNF five months to invoice us for the trip though and they made it hard to pay.
  12. Our standard method for getting out of the marina. 200 m in reverse down a narrow channel with plastic boats on both sides. About 3 m of fairly heavy duty chain on a 5 m line.
  13. We have a stainless one of those. We had a galvanised steel one which rotted in a year.
  14. No idea, but they're helpful, cheap and the paint is top quality. In comparison, Toplac is like a gold-plated pot of pi**.
  15. I've just done our roof with Black Country Paints paint. Much cheaper than Toplac, much more pigment and available in all RAL colours matt, semi gloss and gloss. They're also nice people to deal with.
  16. There aren't many places that you can't turn a 18 m boat, and even fewer where you can't turn within five minutes of cruising. You can tie up pretty much anywhere on the towpath side other than near bridges and where the bank makes it difficult. There may be some local restrictions due to water voles. It is a lovely and unique waterway. Hope you get to Sharpness, a walk around the old dock and around the riverbank is always interesting.
  17. No one seems to have asked yet if the front deck drains into the bilge. Not unknown and it might explain the presence of a bilge pump. It might be regarded as slightly unusual to have one in the main cabin bilge.
  18. If (and only if) the hull and engine are not too bad it looks good value. The seller quotes three different BSS dates, all soon, could be worth an offer subject to survey and new BSS. The cosmetics can be done as and when you please. The external paint job looks passable. I'd get rid of the toilet and keep the porta-potti. OVMD!
  19. Looks an easy job as it's all accessible. Wouldn't like to suggest a price as it depends on the scope, eg. install pump, wiring etc.
  20. The tank that I took out last year on our shared boat was corroded in patches all over. One edge had gone from top to bottom.
  21. It does look as if it's integral to the hull. It should be easy to hack out the parts inside the boat with a reciprocating saw and/or jigsaw if the access is adequate, but there'll be some rough edges left which it might be possible to bend out of the way with a lump hammer. It looks as if the tank was made of thin steel so one hopes that the hull won't be too corroded.
  22. It might well be less than generally thought. The battery on the wife's car is so knackered that the central locking won't unlock if it's been standing for a few days, yet it starts with only a little wheezing from the motor.
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