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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 22:27:21 GMT
Friends of ours lived onboard for eleven years with only ebbersplutter heating.
They eventually had a solid fuel stove fitted.
Seven years later they say they don't know how they survived without it.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 22:27:53 GMT
The trouble with marina type moorings is the stinky buggers with solid fuel stoves wafting there toxic smoke through your boat 🤢 We are squatting on mouse mooring until he has his homecoming in April, boxed in by bloody narrow boats belching smoke 🧐 Still, it is flood proof and means I can get to the boat while our regular mooring is underwater - stinking stoves are a small price to pay. This is our regular mooring - no narrow boats allowed; thankfully we don’t have any cruisers with stoves onboard - in fact I’m the black sheep what with having a Webasto thermo top (which isn’t crazy loud but you still hear it) and a Wallas DT40 (which is much quieter to be fair) Yes but you are a part time boater! Thank Christ you didn’t call me a hobby boater - a phras much loved by the short oddball Mr Smelly of CWDF fame - I’d have been really offended rather than mildly amused 🙈🍻👍
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 22:30:54 GMT
Boat looking very handsome too.
Rog
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 22:34:57 GMT
Friends of ours lived onboard for eleven years with only ebbersplutter heating. They eventually had a solid fuel stove fitted. Seven years later they say they don't know how they survived without it. Rog They don’t flog the DT40 at Kurunda anymore, the 30 is as reassuringly expensive as ever! www.kurandamarine.co.uk/wallas-hobs-and-heaters/wallas-diesel-heaters?product_id=69I didn’t pay anything like that for ours DT40... the only thing it isn’t keen on like many diesel heaters is low battery voltage - sparking up the genny and the battery charger soon sorts that, once running it’s fairly miserly on juice - both Diesel and electric juice. I’ve found the Wallas to be head and shoulders over Eberspacher/Webasto air heaters - it bloody well ought to be though!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 22:39:39 GMT
Boat looking very handsome too. Rog Ta That’s was taken November 2017 after we came out the paint shed - how time flies!
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Post by quaysider on Jan 19, 2019 23:32:53 GMT
It's odd but until the last couple of months, we always said we'd hate a marina - however, what with all the ruddy stoppages, dark/dreary weather and constant concerns bout replacing ALL the power we drain from our batteries - NOT to mention the option to just go on holiday somwehre warm for a week, leaving a radiator plugged in to keep the pipes from freezing NEXT winter,, we're fancying stone. Some friends are there now and said it's been so much less stresful than being on the cut and not being able to move around as much as they'd like. Ideally, a linear mooring with shoreline for maybe Dec-Feb would be nice as we still want to chug about here and there but would like the comfort and freedom granted by NOT having to plan on being frozen in or running out of water/coal in the middle of nowhere when frozen in...
Scarisbrook Marina Also appeals - it's got plenty of space in it compared to some... we'll have to see how things pan out towards the end of this year before we commit to a winter moooring thoguh
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 23:39:20 GMT
Certainly in the midlands now, there's so many marinas I'd be fairly confident of being able to get a marina spot as and when required, rather than committing to a 'winter mooring' of four months or so.
Certainly over the last few winters we've had no problem booking the boat in for short periods when it's been necessary to abandon ship.
We're going to have book in somewhere at the end of March as we're taking a break.
Rog
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jan 19, 2019 23:49:52 GMT
I'm in my mid to late 50's, I'm a 50% guy. What I mean is that I like, and enjoy the company of, around 50% of the people I meet. The other 50% are either overbearing, lacking in humour, possess an inflated ego or have a darkness that I find disturbing. Over the years I've had to suffer the company of most of the people I've met. Work, family etc. The broader family is fortunately only a once a year thing now so is just about tolerable and I don't work, I'm probably unemployable, certainly couldn't be a 'team player'.
In years gone by I almost always backed down when there was some kind of dispute with someone I didn't get on with. I've never really possessed the ability to calmly manipulate situations in my favour. Nowadays I avoid conflict by avoiding those who may cause it. Having said that, if someone goes out of their way to create conflict with me these days there's no backing down from me. I think other people sense that, so it rarely happens.
Marina living wouldn't be for me. At some stage I'm pretty sure some jack the lad type would cross my path and there would be trouble. If I met him on the towpath, I'd simply move on.
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Post by Trina on Jan 19, 2019 23:57:18 GMT
Hmmmmm,when I introduced myself to you in Cheshire a few years ago- you were very uninterested.Was this because I was not a pneumatic blonde or are you just anti-social ?
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Post by ianali on Jan 20, 2019 0:11:51 GMT
We are not full time live aboard. We cruise from March until October. The boat is then moored in a marina and we then have a few weeks in our house, go abroad and spend around six weeks over winter on the boat. We quite like a marina mooring for winter. It’s very convenient to be able to plug in and not worry about power and water etc. Have never had any problems with neighbours. The marinas we have wintered in have all been pretty quiet, hardly see anyone.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jan 20, 2019 0:16:24 GMT
Was I traumatised by the prospect of one of those slightly protruding stones you get in the locks sometimes having the potential to dump my motorbike in the lock?
If you'd met me moored up you'd find me a sociable beast. Might even have made you a cup of tea. Can't say if it would have been any good mind.
Blokes aren't very good at multi tasking.
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Post by JohnV on Jan 20, 2019 7:42:03 GMT
I have a stinky log burner a stinky solid fuel Rayburn a Bubble PJ central heating boiler (and you have to be within 15 feet of the exhaust before you can hear it .... and no I'm not half deaf) Anyone objects to the above I'll turn on one of the generators and switch on some electric fires ..... sod 'em
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Post by Trina on Jan 20, 2019 7:57:36 GMT
Was I traumatised by the prospect of one of those slightly protruding stones you get in the locks sometimes having the potential to dump my motorbike in the lock? If you'd met me moored up you'd find me a sociable beast. Might even have made you a cup of tea. Can't say if it would have been any good mind. Blokes aren't very good at multi tasking. You were moored up...
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 20, 2019 8:37:08 GMT
when we stay on the boat in the marina, I hate it. Have you considered moving to Sowerby Bridge? Probably a lot cheaper than the K&A, and the town and railway station are on your doorstep. Further away but gives you the excuse for nice train trips. Our old parking place beside blue boat on its own on the right.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 20, 2019 8:41:37 GMT
Forgive me if you've mentioned this elsewhere, but what is wrong with the bubble stove? It lit up when I visited, so surely all that can be wrong with it is that it needs cleaning and adjusting? I run out of diesel. All 250 litres? Blimey. But I bet you were too mean to fill up the tank and were just running on the dregs at the bottom. This means your fuel filters needs changing and your injectors are full of sludge. Blue smoke from exhaust? Valor Willow - ours. Steel not cast iron so shouldn't crack. Small. Quite happy with it.
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