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    A Bit More Advice Te Soil Pipe Please.

    in Technical Questions and Answers

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    49 minutes ago, Smoggy said:

    What you suggest makes sense if you never plan on using the direct discharge option, If you are going to leave the spare pipe attached to the hull valve I'd be tempted to pump any water out and put a drop of neat anti-freeze down it before capping in case of future bad cold snaps when you've forgotten it's there as chances are a drop of water will slowly get past the valve eventually filling the pipe to waterline.

    I'd take the diverter off and make up a pipe blank to put in there, maybe a bit of 40mm plastic bar turned down to 38mm leaving a couple of small ridges convenient hose clip distances apart and push inside the hose and clip.

    I just had another look after reading your post. That's good advice, thank you 🍺

    A Bit More Advice Te Soil Pipe Please.

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    In the photo of the diverter valve you can see last years new pipe from the wc to valve on the right and the older pipe I want to replace on the left.

    In the photo of the top of the holding tank you can see the pipe to be replaced going in to the tank and running beside it the new pipe to the diverter valve.

    It seems to me I could simply cut the new pipe at this point and connect into the holding tank.

    This would cut the journey length of waste by nearly 2 metres and remove the obstruction of the valve. It would also remove a slightly uphill section.

    I would flush and seal the diverter valve, leaving it in place to avoid any interference with the hull and having it available if some future owner takes her off broads and wants to use it.

    Any thoughts or potential problems I've missed please?

     

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    Boat Sunk At Hw.

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    53 minutes ago, grendel said:

    the best bet is to let the owners of the moorings know, they should have a record of the boat owners, its always sad to see boats that have sunk.

    Lynne will almost certainly be in the office tomorrow. Such a shame to see that, every boat is someone's pride and joy.

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    Soil Pipe To Holding Tank

    in Technical Questions and Answers

    Posted

    37 minutes ago, Mouldy said:

    I bottled it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . second thoughts, that’s not the best term to use - I didn’t feel that I was sufficiently skilled to do it, so Paul (Swancraft) did it in ours.  Grovelling about in the bilges with long lengths of eff . . . . . . . . . luent filled pipes was not a job I that I fancied tackling!!

    Poor Paul, he did most of mine too as an emergency while we were having a short holiday down South. We went to the pub while he did it too 😂

    As for bottling it... an emergency bucket is as far as I'll go, if I must 🙂

    Eunice And The Tides.

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    Our local Resilience Group (no, me neither!) feel Eunice will not affect the tidal range to an extent that they expect flooding.

    Presumably we are on a Spring tide at the moment so my expert guess is about normal for a Spring +/- a bit.

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    Boat Wanted.

    in Boats and accessories Wanted

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    2 hours ago, Bogart said:

    Yet another boat that took my liking. I know one is told to stay away from wooden boats. Is that all wood or just wooden hulls. I do like the look of this but with my lack of knowledge is probably totally unsuitable.

     

    https://www.boatshowrooms.com/boats-for-sale/london/classic-bourne-34/

    I have had a 50/50, mine was an early Bounty DC30. We loved the boat but unless you are able and prepared to put the maintenance work in on the varnish or have deep pockets then beware. Varnishing always needs redoing, you can make it last a good few years with all over covers but it will fade sooner or later.

    I love woodies of all kinds and I wouldn't say don't do it but I would strongly suggest plenty of research into costs and maintenance schedules.

    Of course if you are skilled already in such things then being custodian of such a beautiful boat is a joy 👍

    Goodbye To A Beloved Crewmate

    in Broads Chat

    Posted

    It is the hardest part of sharing life with a faithful pooch, they are in every meaningful way part of your family. The last great sacrifice we make for them is to ensure they do not suffer however hard it is for us.

    Genuinely sorry for your loss, like others have said I really do know how you feel.

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    Sad Sight

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    That really is a sad sight, from a technical point of view it would be interesting to know what happened in the fullness of time. But mostly whether private or hire you have to sympathise with the owner of any boat suffering from such an incident.

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    My Day

    in The Broadscot Lounge

    Posted

    Good advice, I had a similar situation a year ago when I turned 65. Most companies were slowish but did OK under the Covid restrictions. L & G got there in the end but it was clunky and 3 months after they started paying me they insisted on a medical to confirm my health questionnaire. That is a fair practice of course and I complied....  but I didn't actually declare any relevant conditions and didn't seek or get an enhancement in this respect!

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