luctor et emergo
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Bath 72 hour moorings just above the railway line. If the OP does not like this, they won't enjoy their journey along the rest of the Kennet & Avon canal.
(I hope they have a long plank...)
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If you want a permanent and reliable source of electricity, go live in a dwelling that has a connection to the national grid..
If you want to live on a boat, consider oil lamps. candles. Using a kettle on the stove.
Or consider your precious batteries for what they are. A consumable..
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I was expecting a reduction in capacity but was surprised at just how much it was.
The fridge might perhaps have taken a bit extra overnight to get back down to its correct temperature, but not enough to get down to 65%.
The low tail current and charging imbalance both surprised me.
It was all rather unfortunate that after this mild winter we chose to go away just when the cold snap came on, and also left the boat in a well known K&A cold spot!
.................Dave
Smelly Bridge?
(or maybe Brass knocker, but no pub nearby...)
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don't feed the troll..
i can't believe that you have all just rolled over...
minimum distance to move?? really??
Next you'll be limited to stay on visitor moorings. Or limited to when you can use a water point..
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I wonder if the film maker all those years ago could ever imagined people discussing one frame of his film at great length, isn't life amazing?, the same film shows Joe Skinner walking backwards calling his mule on too.
true. I very much doubt that Heinrich who took a picture of his crew and Tiger tank in Russia in 1944 would have expected that 60+years later model builders around the world would spend years attempting to confirm what month his Tiger was produced, at which factory, and wether the Zimmerit was factory or field applied. .
And lets not start about determining correct colours from 60+ year old black & white photos...
:-)
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Just embrace the fact that even in those days, not everything was either company issue, company edicted, painted by a demi-god, or even approved by the carrying company. ..
those bulked headboards may well have been scourned by other boaters, just as a thousand marker lights on a truck today are. But the very few trucks with a thousand marker lights are featured in the magazines, and will be the bench mark in a hundred years....
mine's a 'old gruntfuggle', and I'll tell you all about the lights I used to have on my truck...
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In a hundred years people will have serious discusions about the moose bars seen on British trucks in the 1990 and early 21st century. Surley they indicate that moose must have been roaming in Britain?
And the discussion about company or driver issued light bars will be hilarious. ..
and I'll be in the pub, taking pints, and talk about the good old days 'when I was a trucker'....
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There can be only one..
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For 'taps' read cranes (kraan is dutch for crane, as wel as tap). The crane was turning to fast, and the balance was upset. It tilted the pontoon, and from there the result was inevitable.
And how is that ship ugly? Maybe not your taste, but not ugly....
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*shakes head. Shrugs shoulders. *
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As for the two 'shocking' videos in tge O.P., some people need to get a life. Those were mishaps, dealt with as good as can be expected from people who are perhaps steering for the first time. The kids didnt hit a bridge, they hit the overgrown remains of an old swing or lift bridge. These are a nuisance at the best of times, creating an obstruction for no reason. They didnt gun the engine in firward when they hit the bridge, but reversed and corrected the situation. Not pretty, but certainly not a ' shocking' incident. And the second video shows someone cocking up going through a bridge. Btw, when you quickly need to bring the bow over, you apply a burst of forward, with the tiller over, as he did. Again, not pretty, but no great problem.
Some people just enjoy watching other peoples misfortune, and love nothing more than disapproving tutting. Go get a life.
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Strapping post?
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Can you please explain what a "current survey" is.
(I have never heard of one.)
samat to do wiv electrickery?
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Why are these ruddy people allowed to live on their boats, without a proper test? ..
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No, can't be bothered anymore.
Enjoy your boating. I am .
Without a safety certificate.............
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All BMCs are noisy.. proper engines are a joy to listen to....
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So how much do CRT get from your £1k in diesel costs?
My licence was about £1900.
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Yes, yawn.
All this is bitterness from you is getting tedious Luctor. Give it a rest, please.
Thank you.
MtB
me, bitter? Not at all. Only pointing out that this whining about people getting away with not paying for a mooring etc etc is getting tedious. We have only just had about three threads of it last week or so.
And like it or not, the non stop whining has finally got results. First the CMers without a mooring, next the bridge hoppers with (ghhost) moorings, then the marina moorers who are mooring to often on the same 48hrs moorings....
Im not bitter. Im happy. Im paying peanuts for my mooring. Im not in the least bothered what other boaters pay, or not pay to moor near me. Im going boating without petty rules or restrictions next week. Im having a Sunday lunch cooked for me...
happy dayz.. ;-)
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Yawn. Deja vu....
Don't worry, CRT are well on track to turn the cut into a sterile nature park, with short designated lengths where the likes of you will be allowed to keep a boat in a marina. And when your allocated time slot lets you out, there will be a designated space on the 48hr moorings waiting.
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I think you have to give CaRT a bit of notice to move the floating towpath,as it is not a 5 min job.Obviously not needed for a narrow beam boat.
aka a proper boat...
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You'll need a Boer with a Mauser to sit on the roof all night
He wouldn't sit on top of the roof...
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Hi Dean,
Sorry I can't be of any assistance at all in your questions regarding that canal, so this is pretty much but you've mentioned a few times in other posts as well about not wanting to do the "Rochdale 9" locks, and in this one elude to "tackling locks".
Are the Rochdale 9 a particularly hard flight or do you just not like doing locks at all? Do you wife and kids not assist with either taking the tiller or doing the gates & paddles? I appreciate your in a WB and it means opening all the gates, but I've found since I've built up muscles in the right areas the locks aren't anywhere near as big a ball-ache as they were when we first started. I appreciate others on WB's do locks on their own, but you have a "crew" travelling with you
Go explore and enjoy your travels & the peace & quiet you so desire this summer
ETA - lovely pics btw - I'd be itching to get out there exploring after seeing the pics of your marina
I think I have found where you are going wrong when operating a lock...
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Seen photos of stern lines over tiller pin, and even in that movie " there go the boats" (iirc). Travelling from London to Birmingham.
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Big question is: if, for whatever reason, the deciding factor in passing the Transition Order has proved to be invalidated, what rationale for their continued existence remains? Government were fooled, or did they jump at whatever empty promises enabled their desire to be shot of BW?
Are you suggesting that Robin et al
made things uptold government what it wanted to hear, to persuade government to go ahead? Or that government were looking for any, even remotely, credible excuse to get rid of BW?What if they colluded? What are the odds of a government bod of the time, miraculously joining CRT after the next election?
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He has obviously never been to an Irish wedding.
or a CWDF banter..
Looking for someone to teach me the basics Locks ropes etc.
in New to Boating?
Posted · Edited by luctor et emergo
Those circles are wrong. As long as the rope is of sufficient size, that is how a narrow boat was traditionally stopped. unless the horse was put in reverse...