sal garfi

Hello Phillip I tried to send you a pm but I don't know if I succeeded. Anyway, I think I'm right in presuming that you're the Phillip that we went with (in the old Norman 22) through the Audlem flight at the end of last month. If so, I hope you do get your boat sorted, waking up to a boat filled with water must have been very worrying! We had to cut our journey short at Nantwich, since the first lock at Hurleston was just too narrow to get our boat through. We got wedged in two attempts! Such is life. Sal and Barbie (Babs)

Too true!! I, for instance, can collect 20 litres in two 10 litr jerry cans, with a trolley, whenever it's required.

I'm just about to leave for Sawley from where my wife and I are going to take our Norman 22, with 15hp outboard, all the way cross country to Maesbury on the Wales-England border. We won't leave until the middle or end of next week and we've planned our journey, plotting petrol stations etc. Once we're settled in, in our new mooring, we can let you all know how we got on, though this will probably be in early October. Re petrol consumption, I'm presuming ca 1.5 ltrs per hour, and we envisage travelling no more than ca five hours a day. No matter what, it should be fun!

Yes.., this is the same in the UK, but the terms might vary from insurer to insurer.

Clodi and Neil.., we don't have mobile reception here near Devil's Bridge which is why we don't have a smart phone, especially since (until next month when I retire), I've been working mainly from home. Also, with all that's been said, I and the missus remember well the days before we had CH in this house, and we went away for long periods of time, even during the winter, and we didn't worry about low temps - we just turned the water off, and that'll be what we'll do this time. In truth, my main concern was keeping damp at bay as opposed to heat for its own sake, or even the pipes - especially in September - and this is only because this homestead of ours never gets much Sun at the best of times!

Well.., I'll look into Hive further, but I'm a bit old fashioned and I still have a dumb phone. But I'll catch up with the world one day. Then again...? Thanks!

Thanks All, I'm probably worrying too much. We're doing without CH right now, but the increased, and recent, rain is starting to get things damp which is why I've started to have a mild concern (we're exceedingly frugal with the heating at best of times!). Anyway, it's good to see that some people keep their temps as low as 7 degrees. We'd consider something like Hive, but we get no mobile signal here (we're in a deep cut valley), but if there's something else similar, we'd look into it.

Hello All, For the first time, I and my other half are going to take an extended trip on our little boat. For most of September we'll be moving it in a leisurely fashion from Sawley to the Monty, where it'll have a new home at Maesbury Mill. Now, our home is in the Cambrian mountains, it gets little Sun and it's old and very hard to heat, but since we'll be travelling in September, the weather in Wales could be dodgy, so we want to keep some kind of heat ticking over. I don't want to drain my CH oil tank, so I need to set my thermostat and radiators at just the right level, and of course, set the timer appropriately. So, with this being the case, what do you good folk do in similar situations? Sal

Well.., actually, I've ordered one and just got it yesterday, and yes, I discovered it doesn't pick up DAB. Ho hum..! Anyway, it souinds good so we'll be using it. Thanks for the update!

This might even be better for a penny pincher like me, but not being able to pick up DAB might cause me to go for the Tecsun. Hmmm?

Ooohh.., the frugal minimalist in me likes this. I'm a mean bugger, and with my broadband and telephone costing more than enough at home, I'd prefer to just stay with my pay as you go phone on the cut.

Yes, I agree that a smart phone is a tiny computer and it's something I need to get (and will have to) but I just haven't made the investment yet since I spend so mch time in a blackspot. Nevertheless I have been talking to people who've been telling me just what you say, so I'm inclined to get one sooner than later. I'm no Luddite on this (I work on GIS and GPS etc) but I'm also about to retire on a very meagre overall pension so I want to keep my 'call plan' cheap. Any advice would be welcome.

We don't have a smart phone at present (that's a long story to do with the fact that we get no phone signal where we live in the Welsh mountains) so for now the radio is our best option. I shall look into some of these suggestions - it's good to know that dab seems to have improved.

Hello All, I'm in the market for a good and not too costly portable radio for my little grp cruiser. I've found all too often that buying new radios has always been a hit and miss affair, with FM not always being easily received, so any advice from anyone would be welcome. I'll be moving my boat from Sawley to a new home on the Monty in September, so a good receiver for that part of the UK would really be welcome. I don't know anything about DAB reception, but I gather that it's patchy across the UK - I might be wrong. Again, any advice would be most welcome. Thanks, Sal

I don't think Nauticus 27s come with outboards, but Nauticus 22s do. Some people will question whether an outboard will give you 'peaceful' cruising. The preference, for reasons of safety and utility, will normally be an inboard diesel. However, people do do long distance cruises with outboards, it's just a matter of planning before hand (using the internet) to find the petrol stations closest to the cut. Also, the Pearson guides show petrol stations close to the cut. And when getting petrol you'll need good jerrycans (10 ltrs) and a good trolley!