blackrose

Side doors is the correct term if they don't have the top part that hinges onto the roof in which case it's a hatch , but people also use the term hatch for side doors. It doesn't really matter.

Why don't you just put a large umbrella or small parasol over the hatch? You need a way of attaching it to the boat so it doesn't blow away and a few thin "guy ropes" from the ends of the umbrella spokes to keep it stable in the wind.

Yes. Soft copper pipe in reels, not rigid copper pipe in straight lengths.

If you're onboard and able to spray the roof you may as well just move the boat to some shade. That's what I did today. I left my mooring in blazing sunshine at 12 noon with the temperature at 31C in the cabin. Once in the shade the temperature dropped to 30C and later rose back to 31C and it's still at the same temperature now at 6.30pm. I'll head back to my mooring soon. The air temperature here today was 33C according to the Met office. That means it would have been about 36 -38C onboard if I'd have stayed at my mooring in the sun. I've tried spraying water on the boat before but it didn't seem to do anything to reduce the temperature in the boat. Move the boat to some shade if you can. Being able to move is one of the benefits of a boat, so you may as well make use of it.

Automotive yes, but you'd struggle to get a refurb marine Webasto for that price. Whether that matters or not is up to the individual to decide. I have an automotive Webasto on my boat and it works really well.

Don't the landowners on either side own the riverbed to the middle of the river rather than the EA? I thought that was the basis of riparian rights?

What principle is that? If you key the old epoxy properly it sticks fine. Just get rid of the rust with a wire wheel on an angle grinder which won't take off good steel, key the old paint around the area with a medium grit paper and key the bare steel too. Then just apply a few coats of the new epoxy taking care to follow the minimum/maximum overcoating times according to temperature given in the TDS. Forget about the Fertan because if you don't get rid of it completely it could be a steel contaminant.

32C in my boat too now. I'm going for a dunk in the river later to cool off. I'm not looking forward to Monday, it's meant to be 33C outside which probably means 36 or 37C in the boat 🥵

That sounds like a good idea. There's not much point me accessing the router dashboard because even if I did manage to get into it, I wouldn't know what I was doing once inside. Perhaps it's just me, but that 1p website isn't very clear and doesn't make any sense to me. Are these phone SIMs or data SIMs for routers (or are they the same) and it doesn't even say which network? *I was told by 3 several years ago that a mobile SIM in a router wouldn't give the internet speeds of a dedicated data SIM intended specifically for broadband. But perhaps things have changed and they're one and the same now?

Well there aren't that many liveaboard boats here. Maybe 20 in total and they don't all have WiFi. What happens in towns and cities where there are hundreds of thousands of people using the same service? Also as I showed previously, 3/Vodafone appears to offer a slightly better service then EE in this area.

Ok thanks, that gives me a better idea of how much data I might be using. Which is why I'll stick to 500GB/month when I get a new prepaid SIM card.

Yes it's supposed to have no speed restrictions. Yes I've done several speed tests recently hence my posts. I didn't even know such a thing existed. Where would I find that? I have a Huawei B535 router. Yes. Have a look on Amazon. EE is more expensive though.