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Here's the link to the government page mentioned. Web Page Link There is some background to this on the RYA page here My understanding is that fundamentally nothing will change for the leisure boater here as we already pay full tax on the split used for propulsion as part of the 60 / 40 arrangement that has been in place for some time.

Woke is a slang term from a dialect called African American Vernacular English sometimes called AAVE. In AAVE awake is often rendered as woke, as in, "I was sleeping, but now I'm woke" It's origins can be traced way back, well before the mid 2010's when it's use became more popularised. Linguist and social critic John McWhoter argues that the history of woke is similar to that of Politically Correct, another term once used self descriptively by the left which was appropriated by the right as an insult. Romano Aja in his history of wokeness says that "woke like its cousin cancelled bespeaks Political Correctness gone awry" Like most words their meaning and adaptation change over time, but I think we all got the gist of what Vaughan was trying to say. Lets not get too PC about whether he used a term in the right context!

One to think about rebated fuels Change rebated fuels in APRIL NEW GOV REGUULATIONS

Perhaps there is a shortage of moderators leading to posts being pulled rather than edited? Although if we're not careful that could lead to a shortage of posts, which in turn could lead to a shortage of members. If things get really bad we might end up with a NBNexit. Perhaps the mods could issue temporary FMPs (Forum Moderator Permits) to encourage more moderators to take up this arduous job. They would off course expire on the 24th December.

In my experience it tends to be the majority. Even those that do coil the hose back up and leave the end off the ground will have dragged it across the ground as they loop it back up. Generally speaking when we have filled up, one of us will hold onto the end whilst the other loops the hose up and finally we place the end up high under a loop or two of hose to secure it. From leaving the tank till it being looped up the end never touches the ground. Even if filling the tank on my own, I will walk back to the hose with the end in one hand and loop the hose back up one handed keeping the end of the ground the whole time.

Damn that's got me thinking. I'm trying to think back to Griff's post and work out which bit of it wasn't factual?

Due to the fuel crisis! Chris Rea has started walking home for Christmas already.

Off course if your really worried about bugs in the water then the best bet is to use bottled or canned water with alcohol added to ensure it's safe. Comes in many flavours and differing amounts of gas.

They may not thank me if it's that bad, but go to Sutton Staithe for your pump out. Best on the Broads with more than one rinse if your tanks in a bad way.

If things carry on like this there'll be a shortage of panic soon!!!

I use Aqua Mega tabs upon a full refill of the tank when the boat hasn't been used for a while, but don't really like the taste hence the 10 litre container used for drinking or boiling water for coffee and tea. This is always the last thing filled so any hose used to fill the main tank will also have been freshened as much as possible. The 10 litre container is then regularly sterilised with Milton.

When I fitted the meter on the outlet to my tank I also fitted a T piece with a valve and a hose pipe down into the bilge. If the boat has been left for a while I open the valve and let the water drain down into the bilge before a short flush, then I close the valve and let the tank fill. I also carry a 10L fresh water container which is used for drinking or boiling for coffee and tea etc. For hire boats I would imagine the frequent turnover of water in the tank keeps it fairly fresh. Generally speaking mould and other nasty things will only grow where there is sunlight present which is why water hoses are normally food grade Blue hosepipe that doesn't let the sun penetrate so that bacteria doesn't grow inside them. Again because the tanks are steel and the pipes on boats are generally solid grey plastic no sunlight gets through to start the growth of bacteria.

How much is this one going to end up costing the BA? https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/local-council/prosecution-against-beauchamp-arms-withdrawn-8381290?fbclid=IwAR0nC_cMew3V83h_OmBoxQmvmwpNjvkH8cwzimzpS0ku9xnMI7SZFUAfBK0

I have a friend who moved to The Netherlands. He was always telling me how great it was over there, how good the social care was, how well maintained the roads were, etc. etc. Fact is The Netherlands have one of the highest taxation rates in the whole of the EU. Where does my friend live now? Back in the UK. Makes me wonder why he wanted to come back if it was so great Think after 10 years he learnt the lesson about the grass not always being as Green as first thought.

Perhaps it's time to go to Spain and see just how Green the grass really is on the other side. Off course they have no corrupt or weak politicians, are not reliant on overseas tourists or the EU central funds to bale them out. Always amazes me why people are so keen to come to this country or stay in this country if its such a shambles. It may not be perfect or utopia, but I can think of a lot worse places to live.

But the wet shed is not a part of the planning permission. It is at the opposite end of the mooring. Simply put, someone comes along and claims they have a right to a mooring, that mooring is where the BA built their boatshed in the 80's. BA decide the quickest and easiest way is to give a 99 year lease to the person for a single mooring at the opposite end of the mooring. This is a public mooring paid for out of the toll account and much used and favoured by many because it is tucked away of the river slightly. Someone then points out that it is a change of use and to turn even a small section of public mooring into a private mooring would need planning permission. BA then apply for retrospective planning permission to rectify their cock up even though turning part of a public mooring into a private one flies in the face of their own local plan, on which planning decisions should based. There are two issues at stake here, 1. The legal agreement entered into by the BA to swap a disputed piece of land with "maybe" a right to moor, for a piece of well used public mooring, which they sneakily claim has occasional mooring use. Did they need to roll over so easily? Did they need to concede the request so quickly? Should they have fought the claimed historical right to moor where the boat shed was? Those that know the Authority will question why they rolled over quite so quickly and easily on this one. Why didn't the authority claim the right to moor had lapsed when plainly they built a boat shed there in the 80's and had been using it since. I seem to remember the BA were quite vocal about rights to moor lapsing through lack of use when fighting at great expense The Jenners Basin case. 2. The other issue is the manner in which the planning application is being carried out for the piece of land that has been given on a 99 year lease in lieu of the disputed area. One thing that should worry us all is that the property that recently changed hands that purportedly has a mooring where the boat house is, supposedly the right to moor was not transferable to new owners, yet the BA are honouring that right by giving a 99 year lease which is also not transferrable if the property is sold. So one presumes when the property gets sold again the mooring should return to public use, that is until the new owners paly the same game again with the BA because they have already set a precedent and rolled over once before. Perhaps even more important is how many others are going to come out of the woodwork and claim they have a right to moor and would like the BA to give them a mooring. Many villagers have a right to use the village staithe. It is argued elsewhere that the owner of the property at How Hill may have had a right to use, not a right to moor permanently however they now have a right to moor on what was a much favoured piece of public mooring which we all paid towards the upkeep off.

I think you know the answer to that one! When people are filling up plastic bottles and all manner of other inappropriate containers then the answer has to be a resounding yes. Still think the best one yet is the person who queued for 30 mins to only manage to put £5.71 of fuel into the car, They probably wasted at least half of that in the queue in the first place!

Erm! You do know who the local planning authority are? Unfortunately anyone looking to buy that land and not realise they are buying a massive headache is sadly deluded. You would need planning permission for so much as passing wind there. There must be all manner of old industrial waste from old moulds to old chemical drums lying around. My guess is that whoever bought it would soon come under pressure from the BA to cleanse the plot and if they had their way, return it to nature. For anything else expect a very long battle.

I don't think the land was fenced off, in fact the BA didn't even realise there may be another legal owner. The land wasn't registered with the land registry, but that doesn't mean that rights didn't exist, however all that is to do with a parcel of land 300+ metres away from the piece of land the BA has decided to give away as a 99 lease in lieu of any possible rights over the land where their boat shed is. Far easier to give away a much used piece of public mooring, "sorry occasional" mooring rather than thoroughly check whether they really need to. Off course if me or you had managed to purchase a lease legally for that piece of land from the BA, what do you think our chances are of being able to apply for planning to turn it into a private mooring? There are many cases of one law for us and one law for you, but it is never good to be so blatant about it, especially when it goes against their own local planning policies!

So I have a slightly different problem. The foul tank is one side and the diesel tank is the other. The fresh water tank is under the centre berth and is sensitive to which way the boat is leaning. So at the start of the week with an empty foul tank, full diesel tank and full water tank the boat is level. As the week progresses and the foul starts to fill, and the diesel starts to empty slightly the fresh water will find its own diminishing level towards the foul side and accentuate the lean that way. Fill the fresh water tank and it will still settle on the heavier side of the boat. This also means the boat will prop walk to Port in reverse, in varying degrees of severity depending upon the state of the tanks. In the very early days of ownership I fitted a water meter on the outlet of the water tank. I then filled the tank and ran it until it was empty. The meter read somewhere very close to 500 litres, and I have always treated 480 litres as giving me a margin of error. Whenever I fill the tank I read the meter and then during the course of usage I can read the meter again and knowing what I have used, can work out how much I have left. Is 480 litres bigger than average. Who knows but I've been told its a generous size and I've had no complaints yet!

The current lease for 99 years is a new one issued by the BA because the current owners think they have a right to "use" a mooring where the BA have a boat house that is used to house the Electric Eel. A right to use a mooring is different from a permanent right to moor a boat. Whichever, it is a problem for the BA to solve in the current location of the problem, without giving away a section of public mooring paid for out of the toll payers account over 300 metres away from the problem. It is far to easy to give away public money.

You have fair and squarely hit the nail upon the head. The current owners think they have a right to a permanent mooring based upon a non transferrable right to use a mooring, not to permanently moor a boat mind you, that was given back in the mid 60's. So if the BA concede and honour the non transferrable right this time around, isn't that setting a precedant for the next time the property is sold with non transferrable tights?

Clearly Vaughan thinks there is, otherwise he wouldn't have said so! So I wonder what it is?

Which begs the question, what is the average? My boat still has the tank fitted by the hire yard that fitted it out.