Cheesey69

No, just good manners. If I say I’m going to be somewhere at a certain time, I’m usually anything up to and hour early much to the horror of my family.

So in effect it’s a good will kind of law. You hope everyone plays ball but in reality enough people mess around.... seems to me regular clamp downs and inspections need to happen because if this recession does indeed happen many more will probably chance their arm

I guess what I meant is that I have a Bluetooth battery charger that tells me how the batteries are doing and Battery monitors that tells me how long each battery bank will last at current usage on each bank. So I know when I need to run engine or not to. And your right about the propane. Still got it and I use for cooking I was going for the angle of people running engine without the need.

Your not wrong but if I can use the engine only for moving the thing and live a normal life when moored regarding power used then I’m there. I need a separate battery bank for the fridge, heating and inverter but the cost is high but I won’t need to run that bloody engine.

They do. The hirers don’t. Leave aside the obvious safety angle modern batteries, intelligent alternator control and efficient inverters mean you don’t have to run that engine as much as you think. But a lack of gauge telling you this is on the boatyards. I plan to make my craft as energy efficient as I can and I hope to loose the gas in favour of electric. Not knocking anyone but when is the last time our batteries and charging system was revamped? making them more efficient.

One aspect of hiring I hear often is ease of mooring. Indeed back in the day having not to jump out SAS style was the reason we chose flat boats. I can see small, easy to moor boat with a good galley to keep Holliday cost down and access to the river bank near on the level a selling point

Thank god for computers. I can only count up to 21 on my body.

Hi, Can I point out (and I believe certain points of law) that my company believe that any posting, closed group, direct messaging even email is non controlled and public even if intended as private. As explained to me “You might as well paint it on the side of a bus” We are warned that any posting cannot be assumed to be confidential and can be openly examined My take is that as soon as you post anything, anywhere you have published it to everyone

Yup, loads of moorings absolutely no where. Back when I first hired I believed the ads that showed people and pubs Bit of a shock to find out that most are in the middle of no where and that handy shops was in places you had to arrive well early

So no place to moor and running out of light. Poor sods. Interesting lesson for all

So basically then we are not allowed to bring any views, conversations, gossip, inside knowledge, feelings and general moaning unless first aired here and with the consent of all parties involved? well that’s China booked for this year then.

In this day and age, I can’t see it working. Even when I used to hire twice a year we never had more than a couple of meals out due to lack of mooring and shear cost. Same goes for drinking. Way cheaper to buy in and get a takeaway. Craft now have excellent galleys and fridges that stay cold. Eating in saves many pounds. I think it would still be trading if it was viable. As was said, if you look at the bridge inn, car park packed

Never missed wipers on a boat. Never moving fast enough so I just peer between the drops😀

It’s like buying a Ferrari and you live in an inner city. Pointless except to be flash

Ex hire. I’d definitely go exhire. It would have the toilets,shower, cooker, hit water and fridge. It would have an up to date BSS and most fit under nearly all bridges and the engine has been looked after Personally, I think these boats make an excellent template for future changes

On a sailer we use sail trim to balance this out on a cruiser the force is always pushing from behind that coupled with wind and tide it’s a bit like pushing rope. Not to forget that the steering is from behind so the front lags then you get that familiar snake effect😄 yup. I’ve jumped ashore on a wild mooring straight into a hollow vee disguised as solid ground. Never again Worth remembering that water is always trying to kill you no matter where it is

Same thing then. Your still shedding jobs and people are still unemployed no matter if the company is online or not online can’t replace lost high street jobs and it’s support services

I can tell you road freight traffic down And so is normal traffic Fuel tankers traffic much lighter. I personally use these as a barometer on how well well are doing

After what’s happening in Spain, it’s safer to stay home. More expensive I’d say

As said before, and it’s going to be a problem, if your under 50, have no other conditions then your unlikely to die. The closer you get to year zero your not going to suffer at all The government must really start a campaign on all platforms explaining exceptions, getting the message out because on other forums it’s being pointed out there was no spike after the beaches, the demonstrations or illegal raves. I have apprentices asking “why? And can’t we keep the high risk people under total lock down?” Believe me people will obey until they see reason not to. I don’t see these people as being selfish because they are very unlikely to have a problem, I see a government not really going all in on a solution

Interesting to see if it’s going to be enforced and who by. I don’t expect any shop worker to enforce it as it’s not their job. As one who is some kind of key worker, issued with government travel papers who works with the police I can tell you that throughout the dark days they was in no position to enforce the lockdown to any great extent. Not once as I travelled across nearly empty motorways was I stopped. The police numbers are so low now that the government are basically appealing for everyone to obey. If they don’t what are we going to do about it? seems to me that Boris has moved the goal posts just when it becomes obvious that no one will comply and cotton on to the fact that mainly these rules and guidelines are unenforceable

Keep on top of the hull scratches, cos your going to get loads from accidents and the sheer amount of mooring we do especially if your up north. Rust forms under the coating out of sight. isolate the hull in marinas with galvanic isolators because your basically a floating battery as I found out to my cost. It’s not you but others have stray currents. I also found out that condensation was a problem so I epoxied the inner hull.

There be dragons down that path. sometimes the engine power don’t suit river work, your example the vessel was never made for slow running. kills the engines.

Interesting to see how many will wear one at what is an unenforceable law. We need society to knit together on this

Totally brilliant. Class answer. You win the forum