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Not sure whether these preventive measures would work, or are even sensible (!):
When moored and stove hot, fix a very tall chimney. May look a bit odd, but will stop things being thrown or squirted down chimneys, though a well aimed lob would work.
When moored and stove cold, use an inverted small metal bucket or plant pot, or one of those expensive caps. Our little bucket fits very snugly over the chimney and we've chained it to the handrail. If we used a small padlock it would fit tight to the handrail and couldn't be lifted off without some effort.
the mesh seems like a reasonable idea. i cant see why that wouldnt work as long as the mesh was pretty wide.
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do you think tug style boats with portholes are better at keeping thieves out ?
what are the weak points on a boat. im considering a live aboard but only with portholes.
i see the boat im looking at already has extra fixing steel beams on the inner side doors.
although the laptop and a tv is the best of what could be stolen. living without 'things' has its advantages.
also, to keep thieves away have plenty of books. "books be like garlic to a thief."
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hullo. im fred (ian).
i keep having these dreams that i want to live a pastoral existence in the sanctity of a narrowboat. to indulge in the solace, travel and observations of both nature and time.
i keep thinking about it, then going back to the rat race, then thinking about it again.
obviously, im back to thinking about it.
i have just about enough to buy a boat and have a job where i can work from a laptop, so i should really do it.
im 40 !!!!!
aieeeeeeeee.........
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no. its not a thread about the people of humberside. its about steel hull thickness.
im looking at living aboard. im interested in a 54ft boat for sale. 1994. i will get a survey done. its cert is to 2012. when i get the survey, how thick should a good hull be for a boat that age, and at what thickness do they start to need re-plating - (and) is that very very expensive ?
i heard that earler boats were made with thicker hulls.
i am completely new to losing money on boating, but keen to try.
any replies appreciated.
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cleaning the poop deck is the worst job
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There wont be any canals or roads or railways used in fifty years time. All these will be outdated and people will be flying everywhere in their plasma energy machines. If anyone wanted to 'boat' along a canal they could simply follow the canal just above the water surface, without coughing up a boating licence and flying up and down the lock flights.
But I expect the reality is that the world in 50 years time could be a unstoppable dystopia - utter mayhem and total anarchy, with a mish mash of old and new technology all batting against each other and different peoples fighting each other over their diifferent ideologies and religions, like in Mad Max, Brazil, Blade Runner etc
atill. mustnt grumble.....
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We have a new (4 months old) 42' narrowboat, over the weekend we found approx 200 litres of water under the floor. Cant find any leaking pipes, could there be a hole in the hull? Has anyone ever heard of this problem before?
Regards.
have you felt any recent torpedoes or explosions under the hull. limpet mines and so on ?
have their been any local reports of enemy frogmen on mini subs lurking about ?
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I had 3 stars on my profile (no I don't know what the're for). I've had a recent viewing from a forum celebrity and I've now got two stars, whats this all about? Can anyone delete them or just the person who awarded them, give me a clue cause I can think of at least one person that I'd like to knock stars off!!
you get 1 star per 198 really bad posts.
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have you finalised the design specification for the bi-polar magneto-hydraulic auto-trip narrow boat compatible electrical hookup system yet? Will it have towpath based backup systems or be solely baseplate-mounted with a canal-bed distribution network?
If so have you considered that there may be issues around dredging re puddling clay in certain areas which may make an extended feasibility study necessary?
yes. yes i have.
all these points were covered at the public meeting in accrington. if you had concerns you should have raised them through the appropriate channels at this time. all further applications for this system have been closed and the solicitation of the chair or AGM will result in the loss of any BW licences without any process of appeal.
the people have spoken. and they want leccy boats.
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> auction dead line
sorry, wrong thread. i am a telecom engineer and i though you meant you were calling an auction and you kept getting a dead line. my fault. carry on.
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This will be achieved, in 2034, when all galvanic isolators will be simultaneously switched off.
thats what i heard from 'Bankside' - the BW tri-monthly online newsletter.
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yes, we are
ive selected 'Weavers Triangle" in Burnley as the start point. this is because there are a lot of area facilites and stores in the area. local and regional buses and a national rail link. there is also parking for 1000 cars as well as gambling and fine dining at "T-Bone's Northern Factory Folk Outlet".
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you can practice driving a widebeam by sailing a narrowboat through a thin tunnel, only imagining there are no tunnel roofs, sides, and that there is a lot of light and other distractions around rather than simple tunnel blackness.
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I think the walking pike thing is going a bit far
ok but we are go go go on the electrification then ??
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i saw bags of wood (post bag size) for a £1 outside a farm in chorley today. made me think of this thread. £60 a bag ???
i could (and should) clean up by selling it from a barrow, canalside...
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funny enough, ive been chomping on the idea of sailing away and heard this comment on radio 2 vine show the other day and it made me laugh. general opposition to narrow boaters and caravan livers. based entirely on jealousy and bitterness.
a case of 'i have to get up at 5am callcentre time and work for a huge bank busting loan on a bitter little terrace in a bitter little northern town, and i dont see why anyone else should escape from it. i like the X factor and believe everything the tv says to me. i dispise books and freedom and instead prefer the microwave lifestyle of the sheeple majority. also, my life is hell.....
its good to know some people simple choke themselves to death with bitterness and inner cowardice.
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in 50 years time all canal boats will be powered by turbo jets and speeds increased to 45mph. bankside fishermen will use futuristic baits such as moon worm and saturn flies. by then the pike fish will be able to walk on land and many boaters will have their pantries raided by these forward thinking fish. also in 50 years time all clocks will be banned on the canals. instead futuristic users will get time information direct from a transmitted bean from BW HQ, which is picked up on a futuristic heads up display on the hatch. by harnessing fiture technologies rather than calling them witchcraft and evil doing, narrow boaters will enter the gates of the 22nd century sitting on the backs of factory workers, medics and fairground roustabouts.
i also think that by this time the entire canal system will be electrified.
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very much like the handling of a typical narrowboat, but with a load of obese people onboard.
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i think in 50 years the canals will be full of futureistic 'hover boats' while most boaters will be wearing futuristic overall made out of a tough teflon twine. also each future boat will be equipped with lazer guns at the front for taking out floating pallets, obstructions etc. locks will use assisted gravity which can be operated from a laptop.
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There is a useful addition to Tixall wide in the shape of a floating pump out station which also sell coal and kindling, wooden tiller handles and other bits and pieces.
Howard Anguish
hi all,
if you worked the pump service, where do you dump the dumps ?
i mean. if i were to start a mobile pump out service on the LL, where would i be able to offload the live aboards ?
1. are there BWW sites where these tanks could be emptied and new sanitary chemicals bought ?
2. whats a good price to offer for the service ?
3. how much are traders licences ?
4. anything else i cant/havent thought of ?
im considering taking the plunge as a complete newbie, following a dream (although i was not expecting to empty toilets) and possibly trading on a canal. i havent made any steps yet but it seems like a pump out service is a key need. as well as coal and the usual.
any advice would be gratefully received.
RFD
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rats and mice do not like garlic. so leave garlic gloves around the boat in winter. this also keeps away any vampires too.