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I heard a rumour that that front cover on Whitefield got broken going through Crick Tunnel on the way back from being displayed at Crick when it was new. Seems like a good reason to stick to the traditional shape even if going for hard materials.

We have two - 3 metres of hardwall hose for when the tap is really close like at the mooring, as it gives a better flow rate, and 20m of flat hose on a reel for other places (because although it slows the flow a bit its easier to store, and since the water is squeezed out when you reel it in there isn't much trapped so you don't need to run water through for so long to get rid of anything stagnant before filling the tank).

It is much less generous than I seem to remember it used to be, as it is capped to a maximum wage of £380pw which is used in the calculation. "The calculation for your statutory redundancy pay is based on: * how long you have been continuously employed * your age * your weekly pay, up to a certain limit (£380 current maximum) You will get: * 0.5 week’s pay for each full year of service where your age was under 22 * 1 week’s pay for each full year of service where your age was 22 or above, but under 41 * 1.5 week’s pay for each full year of service where your age was 41 or above" Full details here: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/RedundancyAndLeavingYourJob/Redundancy/DG_174330 As someone else commented some employers used to voluntarily pay more than this, often to get people to go voluntarily, but that seems to be going out of fashion.

They are a pair and the stoppage notice mentions only one of them.

The shoreline site quotes a similar figure as amps per hour. Lookslike the chandlers made a mistake.

Apparently it is covered specifically in boat licence conditions as well as more generally by Byelaw 40 according to this: http://www.britainswaterways.co.uk/news/53...sewage-disposal "Boat owners agree to the legally binding terms and conditions of a boat licence, including guaranteeing not to ‘discharge anything into the Waterway from the Boat except unpolluted surface water that drains naturally or water from sinks or showers, washing machines and dishwashers provided that only phosphate free detergents are used on board the Boat’. Acting in compliance with the boat safety scheme at all times, evidenced by a valid certificate, is also one of the Byelaws. In addition, Byelaw 40 of the General Canal Byelaws provides that no person shall throw or discharge into or on to any canal material of any kind. Breach of these Byelaws is a criminal offence and a breach of general environmental legislation."

Another alternative to make the trip a bit longer is to turn in the pound below the staircase locks at Bascote - plenty of room for 58'. Peter

I was lucky - mine turned up after another good search. My assumption is that the BSS office transcribe the details on the certificate onto a database and would probably know who the surveyor was. If that's not the case then I don't know why they would want to see a copy of it, since they don't seem to be able to retreive the originals. Peter

Hi, I've been lurking for a while but this is my first post, since I've been there, done that... The third copy goes to the Boat Safety Scheme office. When I couldn't find mine for licensing I asked them for a copy. They said the way they would provide one was to go to the examiner who had looked at my boat and ask him, and that I may as well do this myself and save myself an admin fee. Presumably they just record that the certificate exists then archive the paper ones somewhere rather than keeping them in an easily searchable filing system. Peter

If you had a mooring, couldn't you leave the boat there rather than the towpath?