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DomX

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  1. Sounds like a very nasty experience and one I hope you never have to go through again. As has been said, get the photos to the police asap and make a statement detailing what happened. They will likely engage with the local fishing fraternity PDQ and find out who this jerk is. Reminds me of an incident I was part of many years ago. I have an 'interesting' military background and was taking part in an exercise using RIB's in the south west. On returning to our RIB at the end-ex, we found some likely lads who'd decided to have a party on the boat and were in the process of trying to nick it. One of the DS politely suggested they leave, but they chose not to and ended up facing 6 heavily armed soldiers who were in no mood for anything that stood between us and some kip. They were 'moved on' and ended up going home very wet and with none of the tools they bought with them for their day out on the beach :-) Dom.
  2. Thanks David... that's very kind of you. I'll measure up when I'm down at the boat today and, hopefully, we'll have a match. Dom.
  3. I've managed to break one of the glass light lenses in the low voltage lights on our boat. It's a 2006 Liverpool Boat. Here's a photo in case it helps. http://www.flickr.com/photos/12090646@N04/8729939578/ If anyone can point me towards a supplier of these lights or a good source for the opaque lenses, I'd be grateful. Thanks, Dom.
  4. Hi All, With a recent spate of narrowboat burglaries on the K&A, we're getting a little concerned ahead of a week away on the canal at the end of the month. Our boat has, as most do, nothing more than a relatively small padlock to secure the hatch and doors at the stern. I'm conscious that anyone with bolt cutters could remove it pretty quickly, so we need to do something pronto! The hole in the hatch cover that the padlock goes through is quite small, so we can't simply put a beefier padlock on the boat. I'd welcome advice from those of you with more experience on what could be done to make it harder for thieves to break into our pride and joy. One idea I had was to put some sort of movement alarm over the padlock. We have a stern cover, so anyone who wanted to break in would have to open that up first and therefore some sort of alarm attached to the padlock might be a good idea. Thanks in advance, Dom.
  5. Thanks everyone for your help. Turns out that Collingwood Boats have the paperwork relating to the build of our boat, so they're going to get back to me this week with the colour All bets are on Mauritius Blue Dom.
  6. Hi Dave, We're after touching up areas where the paint's been scuffed and rust has started. I've found a pretty good product from 3M that's doing a good job of restoring the paint to a nice new'ish condition, so I'm after the original paint if I can find it. Dom. Good thinking Martin. I'll try and take some tomorrow. Dom.
  7. Hi All, We recently bought our first narrowboat, a 2006 56' Liverpool Boat Company boat. She's painted green and blue with cream lines around the edge. She came with a half used tin of the green paint (International Toplac 077), so I know what colour the green is, but can anyone suggest a way of finding out what the blue is? Thanks in advance, Dom.
  8. Thanks Richard... I'll check next time I'm on the boat. Dom.
  9. Hi Frank, I'm not sure how to check this and I won't be at the boat again for a few days, but the broker who we bought the boat from seemed to think that the Webasto unit was one that heated the water as well as the rads, and that the switch in the photo is an immersion heater that provides hot water when connected to a shoreline. Dom. Hi Richard, The broker who we bought the boat from is pretty sure that the switch is an immersion heater switch, but you make a good point... I'll check when I'm next down at the boat. The Webasto did come with a manual and I also have the LB's 'user guide' that refers to it. Both suggest that the model of Webasto fitted to that length of boat should provide both hot water and radiator heating. I'm not sure about the storage facility... can you guess that I'm new to all this Dom.
  10. Hi All, We've just bought our first narrowboat (2006 56' Liverpool Boat) and seem to have an issue with hot water. If we run the engine, the water heats up really quickly and works just fine. If I run the Webasto, the radiators get nice and hot, but the hot water remains cold. I only left it running for about 30 mins, so maybe I need to wait longer. Lastly, there's a black switch on a brass plate at the stern next to the cupboard where the hot water tank lives, which I though was an immersion heater (see this pic: ). We're hooked up to the shoreline and everything seems to be working fine. I switched this switch on yesterday afternoon and left it on overnight, but the hot water was stone cold this morning, so I suspect we either have an issue or the switch operates something else. Any thoughts as to what I should check? Thanks in advance, Dom.
  11. Thanks a lot Rojo... much appreciated Dom.
  12. HI Martyn from TRAVELSAT go have a look at my web site www.travelsat.me.uk I specificly fit satellite tv systems onto canal and river boats countrywide, been doing it since 2005 so now done well over 900 full systems, I'm sure youd have noticed the satellite dish with the name and number on... have a brouse and if you have any questions please give me a call and I'll explain...Cheers Ma...

  13. As the title suggests, the bolt lock on the inside of my hatch cover has broken. Does anyone know where I might be able to buy a replacement? Pic here: Thanks, Dom.
  14. Thanks for the quick feedback all. It's a brand new latest model LG HD TV, so I guess it has Freeview, but will bring it home to check the auto setup here. Assuming I decide to go for the Freesat option, can anyone recommend a gook package that provides the arial, freesat box, stand and other associated bits? Thanks, Dom.
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