Smoggy

We can all play at that game.....

You may be joking on that one but the jokes thread shows a lot of mine outlined in red as not allowed, can't imagine why... I'm hoping that bit rings true or my avatar will be too accurate.

Not an option in a pizza parlour....

Yep, We've had the dog in there before a couple of times.

I wondered how long that was going to take.

Beer and motorbikes! Hi.

Avoiding will be the hard bit on the broads, I can't imagine anyone wanting a pub without a dog or two as long as they're well behaved, same goes for the people on that one.

I would say it's highly unlikely that all were fitted with pumpouts, that sort of thing would depend on the customer/use/waterway of the original buyer. At least a boat without gives you more choice of where to fit things and fittings. "possibility of fitting a pumpout" could mean it has had a sea toilet in at some stage which can be used with a holding tank as well.

Wicken lode in nice, it's the only waterway where I've felt like I was winding my way up a hill then winding back down again the other way, it's a very strange feeling to get on flat water, it must be down to the way so many fields are a good way below the river.

Never heard of using emulsion in the bilges.

Ea have a shocking record of not dredging on the great ouse, don't hold out any hope on them doing what's needed, they are well practiced in excuses for expensive operations if there's no photo/paper opportunity.

And if you get different colours don't forget to paint "other way up" or "help" on the bottom as none of us have ever done it before and it would be completely new..... On great ouse at river speed it's mostly cosmetic so don't spend too many beer tokens on the job.

It's not hard, a quick wire brush to shift any loose bits and slap it on with a long handled roller, start at the visible bits and work under and when you run out give up as you don't get that much on the river and if pressure washed as soon as it comes out if falls straight off (let it dry and its like concrete), it will only really make a difference to sailie boats and planing boats.

Link to YouTube video please! Got to the pub and back dry despite hideous looking clouds overhead and the torrential hail we drove through earlier, I think the dog was most happy about it, she hates rain. Now just got to get back to the pub dry......

So you can see the bridge you can't get under for longer..... There's a lot to be said for the southern rivers.

An export opportunity to bolster BA coffers and reduce the tolls then?

With a tow available it would be better to run it and find out.

A danfoss compressor will run the same on 12 or 24v, I'm pretty sure the controller feeds it 12v whichever input volts used.

Oops! I got it wrong as well.....

Unless you have a fear of water bourne chickens I would use ant foul instead... Assuming your fridge has a danfoss compressor you can get an add on controller with an extra temp sender that runs the fridge harder when the volts are up (charging or shore power) and lets it run a bit warmer when the volts are down and runs the compressor slower to reduce power usage, good for if you're sitting at a mooring for a couple of days after a run, I have one on my fridge and it works well. https://www.indelwebastomarine.com/int/technology/isotherm-smart-energy-control/

If you're tempted with the dripless seals I believe the asap orbitrade ones have a vent and feed port so you can feed some raw water from the pump and never have to burp it. Just make sure you don't mix metric and imperial measures as your shaft could be imperial. I also believe Guatemala shrinks on cold day....

But Griff you're a bloody Yorkshire man, you have balls the size of Guatemala, you can repack a stern gland in the water have a vax handy and pre cut the packing around the exposed shaft (ooer Mrs.) and it don't come in that fast, it saves the cost of a lift out.

See! Told you we gotta try harder, upsetting a Yorkshire man takes proper determination, or expecting him to get a round... Ow chuffing much????

We know you're kidding, you run and hide when something comes the other way....

Are there speed limits? When did they come in?