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  1. Good moorings and welcome at the various boat clubs along the Nene (Nen in Northampton). Last year we were stuck on red boards for a week at Oundle BC and they were most helpful and there's a washing machine at the marina. You may also find a dumpy screwdriver helpful for those lock wheels although at least one was a real chore. Annoyingly, when coming upstream, some boaters don't follow the rules and leave the guillotine gate down when exiting the top gates. You then have to wind the gate up, down and up again. If you are really unlucky you may even meet @matty40s of this parish 😆😆😆 If you want adventure try crossing the Wash from Boston to Wisbech. Longer boats can only pass through Grand Sluice at Boston for a few minutes when the tide makes a level with the Witham so going from Wisbech to Boston needs careful planning. A pilot is more or less essential and Daryl Hill is your man.
  2. Come oop Norf and see how you get on and it's not just Rochdale Summit wolves to worry about.
  3. https://www.towpathtalk.co.uk/survey-launch-iwa-campaign-seeks-boater-input-on-2023-cruisingexperience/
  4. Should be in the Guiness Book of Records.
  5. I still don't see an option to book the Liverpool Link on the C&RT bookings page.
  6. Naw, he only uses it to fry his chips and to wax his beard 😆
  7. In that case if you can't get into Castlefield, there is one half decent mooring below the Rochdale bottom lock on the left or visitor moorings under the railway bridge - although I never fancied them. I believe Marple flight is still closed so the Ashton is out and not worth the effort to travel up and back down the Rochdale 9. If you wish to leave your boat for a couple of days I would look at Stretford marina or Sale Cruising Club. Further out Lymm Cruising Club are very accommodating.
  8. CCers are going to have to pay the increased rate through the surcharge. No surcharge would just be a lot easier to manage and C&RT would get more from license increases.
  9. I think you will be proved correct when the ban on woodburning (maybe even all solid fuel?) in urban areas comes in. Does the ULEZ affect boats in London now or is that just for car emmissions? Can't see the NBTA accepting £12 per day to burn wood. Fortunately we live in the moors and when we cruise in summer we don't use the stove, but I can see issues ahead for boat diesel engines and central heating units as the government forces the green agenda upon us. Ingnoring of course the 18000 planes emitting crap at any one time and the pollution from destroying Ukraine and Gaza. @MtB is absolutely on the money. The planet will survive long after us beans have killed ourselves off for a quick profit. I wonder how long nature would take to reverse global warming? PS Was going to say "Can't see the NBTA accepting £12 per day to burn wood and move to the next bridge" but they don't move do they? 😆
  10. The whole surcharge idea is a dog's dinner and will cause more problems than it fixes. It's going to be a nightmare to administer so I just cannot see how it will be cost-effective. It would be so much easier to manage and better for the budget if we all paid the same (higher) license fees. I suspect surcharges will be ditched before 5 years are up. About time Parry & Co were ditched too.
  11. When we last stopped at the Jack Mitton, admittedly 2006, the food and service were excellent and it was busy. Cant understand why its been left to fall into such a poor state. The Willeymoor beer has always been okay food average but often not being served when we arrive. The Cotton Arms is big loss.
  12. Have you accidently knocked the battery isolater switch off? It's easy done. Or is the red plastic key lying on the floor?
  13. Tch! you suvern softies 😆
  14. Another shout out for the South Oxford. A four day trip from Calcutt would include The Follie, Napton flight, Fenny Compton Cropredy and Banbury. According to Canalplan AC it's 45miles, 44 locks, 3 days, 4 hours and 45 minutes at 7 hours per day. Then following that for a second holiday - 'The Rochdale' - beware of wolves!
  15. Thank you @dmr & @nicknorman opened up a new world. I've downloaded a strobe app for my phone just need to get down to the boat to play with it. UPDATE just checked the Beta panel wiring diagram and it looks to me like the tacho is driven by the starter battery alternator. Never mind, it's good to expand one's knowledge even at my age.
  16. So does that mean when I get the new Mahle alternator I will have to fit the original 80mm pulley from the Iskra so that the Beta tacho shows the correct revs. Is it possible to DIY adjust the tacho and how?
  17. Oh that's got me thinking. The pulley wheel on the original Iskra 95amp alternator on my Beta 43 was 80mm. The disastrous Mastervolt Alternator had a much larger pulley, probably 100mm. The Prestolite pulley was 60mm. Does this mean unless the pulley wheel is 80mm the rev counter will give a false reading?
  18. Thank you I'm beginning to see how it all hangs together. I downloaded the Beta manual and although there is no 95amp alternator wiring diagram I think I can work out what does what
  19. Thank you Tony I downloaded that. The Prestolite I had for 12 years was wired differently to any of those diagrams. Brian at Adverc sent me a link to a wiring diagram in their website library, specifically for the Prestolite AV28 using a relay for the green wire . The new Adverc website doesn't seem to have a documents library. I now have to fathom out which wires to use i.e. the original Beta wiring loom (for the Iskra 95 machine sensed) or the wires I installed to set up the Prestolite.
  20. Yes the original is an Iskra 95amp which I still have. I replaced it when the boat was new because I was told by a so-called expert the Adverc would burn it out in no time. I contacted Adverc twice for a wiring diagram but no response. I did that when I got the Prestolite but they soldered it to the wrong brush which cost another £40 for an Adverc repair 😆 But I will probably do what you suggest. Lightening doesn't strike twice - does it?
  21. I'm planning on replacing the no-name alternator on my Beta 43 BV1903 with a Mahle MG549 fitted with my Adverc Battery Manager. Has anyone got a wiring diagram the MG549 doesn't seem to have a handy F (field) connection so I presume I would need to solder one to the negative brush (yikes!)
  22. Based on C&RT's recent record, the problem is he wouldn't get very far at all. 😆
  23. Once spent a couple of days with Bill Maynard.
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