Smoggy

He went to the yard and they pointed to it.

Which is crazy, solar should be part of the building regs for all new builds in my book, cuts out distribution issues as well as generation issues, and if most is used on site there's less losses of transmission.

Oh dear whatever will we do without faceache? Oh yeah the same as always.

Curtains for me every time, I don't like dark windows on a boat.

Yeah got that bit wrong....

They say a change is as good as a rest, maybe the EDP would find it strangely satisfying... (but I doubt it)

But if tucking over to the side of the channel and a sailie is in that deep water hurtling towards you it's not clear water is it, boats don't just stop dead and Andrew was on a hire boat so should be assumed inexperienced until the sailies know better, the OP was referring to boats deliberately trying to scare crews. You are giving an example where the sailie is doing what most do, he is giving an example of what they should never be doing.

Do you normally wear enough makeup to not be spotted then?

Once you are being pushed into shallow water they lose any right of way they may have had and will be taken to task if they hit you and will have to rely on their own insurance, you are then 'constrained by draught' and they have lots of space and the obligation to avoid a collision over rules any other colregs (which the bylaws are mostly based on), you also have first responsibility to the safety of your crew and vessel which means not running up the bank. Which side they pass on doesn't really matter, I've been know to go to totally the wrong side of the river if it's clear and a raggie has good wind and a good run. If in doubt video the tw*ts and send it to the BA with date/time/place. Sail before power only works in certain situations, and the sodding safety boats passing moored boats on the plane are only speed exempt if they are actually rescuing people. (I might get corrected here but it's bl**dy anti social)

Looks a very reasonable set of questions to ask before someone sat in a comfy office with no clue of boating makes a knee jerk decision to kill off the hire industry and the other industries that depend on it.

Did he mention the C word? I'm talking the one at the end of december you filthy minded lot.

I would say just removing posts without any communication to the poster is just plain rude wether it's in the t&c's or not, fine for the likes of faceache where most tend to hide behind the keyboard and dig at everyone and everything but not for a mostly civilised place like this, I thought we were better than that.

You can get a carbon/charcoal filter to fit inline. Or drink less beer....... (get the filter!)

I recon I could get a fight started in a fuel station.... All empty before you ask, and they will be staying that way till next season. The 4.5kg gas bottle is a full one though.

Aviation fuel should always be checked for water at the start of the day before the first fuel up, I pick up avgas 100ll fairly regularly and have to wait for the check if the first one. Theres a few different types of aviation fuel, avgas is more or less a well leaded petrol even though the LL designation is supposed to be low lead, we scrape lots of lead sludge from inside engines from the stuff at work.

As long as beer supplies are still ok I'll supply the gas, I'm sure there's a few on here that can join in.

Aim for the wroxham advice as that will get you under all except PH, not many make it under PH these days. I'm south based and very rarely go as far as wroxham so can't help.

In 4.5kg bottles at a guess. There's no shortage of empty ones.

When I had the problem I rigged a polishing system from the tank drains pumped through a large 10" filter canister and back to a vent fitting at the top rocking the boat as much as possible, the crud that came out was hideous and lots of it from both tanks and was a bit like black blanket weed in appearance definately not waxy, once cleared it was rust flakes that caused the next seasons issues (yep mild steel tanks) as the sludge was holding it in place, finally a small red stain below a tank seam made the choice that they need replacing, this involved both engines out to get to them which was no small task (1/2 ton each and had to go up through a sunroof with an inch to spare) and new stainless tanks made, my tanks were baffled as I cut the bases out to see how bad they were. . Diesel bug happened before FAME just not nearly as badly. My boat spends most of it's time on the broads as well as going to sea when the opportunity arrises as do many others and not knowing the OP's boat or planned usage I think it's perfectly acceptable to include the info, do remeber the broads is not a closed in river system it's one big tidal haven. My worry now is that due to lockdowns I still have nearly full tanks of fuel bought in 2019 although been well dosed and re-dosed several times.

Inland is the key word there, I wouldn't worry about it all inland as the sludge settles to the bottom of the tank and rarely causes any problems, half the boats on the broads probably have a tank base covered in thick sludge and will never know about it. Get out on a bumpy trip when the weather didn't play as expected and it all gets stirred up causing the grief, I don't mean a bumpy trip across breydon on a windy day I mean a proper good north sea shake up.

Dose the tank well with a good bug treatment, I use marine 16 but others have different preferences, as for empty or full the jury seems to be out. Check for water in tank in spring and re-dose.

Yes but he's filling it up, sure beats a watering can...

So if you've only put £25 in what happens then? Does someone come out and tip your car over so it comes out again? Not really a viable option.

I got to work this morning and checked level, yep plenty of rainwater in the seat (now my backside), pushbike fine and will get me here for a few more years at least (unless I win the lottery).