Momac

Narrowboats are designed and built specifically for the UK canals. Only the very adventurous take them to sea and then only in benign conditions. 2metre waves will almost certainly sink a narrowboat. A lumpy water boat may be able to do some canals but likely to be uncomfortable and possibly unwelcome and certainly not able to do narrow canals. One boat to do both jobs is not possible.

We just bought an air fryer and tried it the first time yesterday evening at home. Hopefully it will not join my wife's collection of unused kitchen gadgets. From a boating perspective we would be using the air fryer when hooked up to shore power which we have at our home mooring and at some locations we visit on our travels on salty water. Similarly we have an electric kettle on the boat for use with shore power.

Yes. See earlier post from Jupiter1124 . Really I do think HVO is potentially an ideal boat fuel but not acceptable if it involves cutting down rainforest to grow palm oil. Cut out the rain forest destruction and use otherwise waste vegetable matter to make HVO and that would be great. Equally hauling wood from Canada to fire a power station in the UK is not carbon neutral. Better than burning coal but not carbon neutral.

I did not say that . I would be very much in favour of HVO if it is responsibly sourced. But I am not convinced that it is . My objection is to the inaccurate use of the term 'carbon neutral' HVO certainly is low emission so better than diesel . But that doesn't make it carbon neutral.

Energy is required to produce HVO and to deliver the fuel. No fuel is carbon neutral unless it involves no fossil fuel and it is produced and delivered to its point of use by a non industrial process.

non-combustible or incombustible might be better terms

HVO is not carbon neutral. HVO emissions from an engine are certainly less than Diesel. HVO at present requires rain forest destruction to grow palm for oil.

The manufacturer takes sole responsibility for declaring conformity with the standards. This applies to all products that are CE or UKCA marked.

Round turn and two half hitches

I may be wrong thought it was said elsewhere that closing canals was not legally permitted?

Well that did quite well with BWML which they then appeared to give away . Getting rid of the profitable bit seems like a deliberately destructive act.

People who feel they should pay more and wish to pay more to C&RT are free to do so since C&RT are a charity and they accept donations. I don't think license fees should have any connection with the age of the boat although I believe some very old boats are already licensed at a favourable rate . An old boat has the same navigational requirement as a new boat of the same size. My boat is 20 years old. Does that count as ''old''? As for means testing of the boater that's a non starter since C&RT are not in a position to ask questions about income and savings.

I wonder whether the above pictured pontoon at Dunham survived the winter floods.

They have raised fees for all Some more than others