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Jon's Blog
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Pirate's Blog
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Mick and Pauline's Blog
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Voyages of the Odnargonauts
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Gary Peacock's Blog
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Raven's Problem's with The New Boat Co???
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Blackbird
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Honey Ryder
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obenhack's Blog
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biffa's Blog
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minerva's Blog
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minimoman's Blog
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Paul & Kym's place
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Graham & Jane Oliver's Website
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Bones' Blog
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Retirement with No Problem
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Moore 2 Life
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Craft A Craft
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larner's Blog
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Restoring Theodora
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tafelblog
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Misterton
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Sunshine River Tours's Blog
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Chris J W's Blog
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what can you use for central heating in a narrowboat do calorifies work for that??
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Hadar
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Narrowboat Mr David's Blog
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Picture This
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Narrowboat Starcross
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Middlewich Narrowboats' Blog
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wiltshire_boy's Blog
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Mark Beach's Blog
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Photografix's Blog
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Elysium's Blog
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BORNJOYFUL's Blog on Tikkun
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Silver Eel's Blog
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andy the hammer's Blog
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BlueStringPudding's Blog
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Narrowboat: The Green Man
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picture this' Blog
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donbucks1's Blog
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judith's Blog
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Gypsy Rover
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zenonoilmills' Blog
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Paul's Blog
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Shamu1's Blog
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kettleby's Blog
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nb poppy
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Broads cruiser liveaboard
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dave_2A_'s Blog
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Doug Blane's Blog
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Pyxis' Prattlings
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Smoke on the Water
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Traditional narrowboat chimneys and exhausts.
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Boaty Jo's Blog
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Harmony
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slick's Blog
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zoko's Blog
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davidjack's Blog
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ganne's Blog
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flek's Blog
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Capt Flint's Blog
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steveandangi's Blog
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magnetman's Blog
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Lindka's Canal Blog
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I used to be a plastic box...
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CWDF Forum's Blog
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niloc's Blog
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artymac's Blog
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Have you seen this boat???
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Freedom!!!!
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Who Lives on the Canal
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cratch board for sale
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B is for Boat
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remi's Blog
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nb Abigail Jenna
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Diving Fun
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In at the deep end.
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PSSCB 2010
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weasel's Blog
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old canal book man's Blog
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BETA OIL CHANGE PUZZLE
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Life, The Universe & Everything - Grand Tour 2010
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nuts' Blog
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sanctuary...
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Narrowboat "Hyskeir"
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Tom and Bex's Blog 2011
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waterwheels' Blog
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The Real Life of a Narrowboat Wife
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Good folks on narrowboats
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Jameisons Afloat
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Adventures in Narrowboating
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Wiff' of the Woods takes to the Water
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Building a live-aboard using alternative technologies
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diehard's Blog
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Les Wilkins' Blog
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Chalky White's Blog
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Retrolady's Blog
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Finiancial support for famailies who live/lived on narrow boats and parents who worked at sea.
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Old Waterway Books
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JACK FELL's Blog
Hello all, I'm looking at buying a 40ft Dutch cruiser which is in absolutely gorgeous condition structurally. I do however, have some concerns over the engine and it's long term usability. It is a single cylinder air cooled Samofa which I have seen a video of running like a dream but unfortunately haven't heard in person yet. The boat is on hardstanding so a water trial is not possible. My concerns are; - living with the noise and are they really that noisy when cruising? - the power output; I am currently on the K&A and want to be sure it could handle the faster Kennet sections, the Thames, the Avon and in a couple of years the Severn and on to Gloucester. There are some strong water flows on these rivers that the next home needs to be able to handle. - the usability for long cruises in the summer; having never met an air cooled engine it seems to my logic (which is basic and quite possibly be entirely flawed) that I may be restricted in the hours I can cruise in the summer. I love exploring our waterways and the engine needs to be able to run all day sometimes. As mentioned before, there is a plan to head up the Severn one day and the last thing I would want on the appropriate flat calm and probably very warm day would be to overheat! So if anyone has experience of the Samofa, or a similar Lister / Perkins etc. Then I would love to hear your thoughts. It's a beautiful vessel but if the engine is going to cause logistical headaches in the long run it might not be the one. Many thanks.