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Just thought I would update my progress.....I have been in contact with the canals and river trust asking why they charge for 12 months jan to dec for the gold licence.....I explained that I won't be getting a boat Untill well into the year and why should I pay for the full 12 months, also I put in my letter that is not acceptable to say for the upkeep of the waterways as I will not be using them for the full year, but have no problem paying the the next year as I will own a boat from jan 1st......I got a nice reply saying that they issues gold licence for 12 months only.... BECAUSE the envoroment do the same !!!! No reason just because they do it we do it!!!!! ( I did manage not to type if I jumped off a cliff would you??? sentence lmao) .......also they did say that they were thinking in a few years making it rolling like the other licences....buy it at any point in the year......I sent a nice letter back saying that is not a satifactory answer and could they forward my question to the enviorment agency.....I am waiting for a reply......hope you are all well out there namaste xxx

voltages and gerarators are being planned as I type....I am thinking along the lines of 10kw (13kva) power source ..... Twin 5 kw electric motors tuned down to 4 kw each max ( the motor supply company have programable motors ) that way I never exceed the genartors max.....as for running the pod, it runs itself via solar now it is going to be a nice big bedroom and chilling area cooking showers etc all done on my girlfriends boat....so the power is only for propulsion....I will of course keep you all posted Namaste .

I was thinking around a 10hp petrol one....get rid of the petrol drive and replace with electic...my thinking was. 10hp outboard would struggle to push said barge....but 2 times engines should do the trick and not be flat out at crusing speed, also on a 10hp petrol outboard the prop would be some where about the right size ?? I was thinking around a 10hp petrol one....get rid of the petrol drive and replace with electic...my thinking was. 10hp outboard would struggle to push said barge....but 2 times engines should do the trick and not be flat out at crusing speed, also on a 10hp petrol outboard the prop would be some where about the right size ?? At the moment I am not sure.....but will it have to as it is not a permanent fixture? The boat rego etc will be for an open barge.... With a grass lawn, not sure if that has to comply or not

Bill...... sorry I am on my iPad and it won't accept pics when I get on my laptop sometime I will update it Graham.......the barge will be a self build I have a friend designing for me and preparing a cutting list, in therory a big jigsaw So no engine bay or anything just an open barge, so no gear box etc...hence the twin electric outboard, I don't think one will do it to be honest. The grey waste won't be a problem....I will use my girlfriends boat it will be a nice big bedroom with a garend with real grass and room at the front for??? Not sure yet, I have alot of tools so maybe a workshop Cat weasel ....love the pic like most ideas not original !!!! But should be fun building it

I did put in my first post 40 foot by 10 foot so my 8 x 15 box will slip in easy Also the box is only 6 foot high.....so when it is in the flat bottom barge air draft is to be about 4 foot ish be pending how much other stuff I cram on lol

Hello one and all I was prompted to start a new thread....I am thinking twin deisel electric 5kw out boards....to move 40 foot by 10 foot open barge....why you ask? At the mo I have a perfectly adequate living space on the back of my bedford tm 4x4 truck, I don't want to sell it..... so I build an open barge, drop my living quarters in.... plug it into my generator along with my twin outboards and away I go....simples....or so the meerkats tell us The box is ex army too made from aliuminum so no rusting for me, it measure 15x8 foot the rest of the barge will be open to do as I wish with.....I thought deisel electric because my box is all electic now why change it or build a new one?.....so if I want to travel the water ways I go by barge or if I want to go,on holiday some where nice transfer the box back to the truck and Europe here we come....your thoughts please.

Sounds good a new thread.....just got to work out how and where to do that...kinda new to the tinternet

I was thinking about twin 9.9honda as above but converting to electric water cooled 10kw to run on a deisel electric system......any thoughts?

Thanks Paul, this riparian keeps popping up.....I guess I should do some more home work....does its go back to magna carta days?? When king John gave the rivers to the people free of fish weirs? And no one had the monopoly on the inshore fishing rights....out in the sea was fair game then hope you are all enjoying the weather ( in Camden at the mo ) :)

Ok cool thanks for the info.....can you get EOG permits for rivers too? I.e the great Ouse? Or the cam? I know a few local farmers in and around the area....if I phoned the EA and asked for and end of garden permit they would know all about it? All good news for me I think

Hey dave where would one find an end of garden permit? Local govermwnt or water ways ? Or somewhere complealty different lol

Neil totally unfair but that is the joy of contracts, they always wriggle their way out !!! I guess the EA and RaCT have the same clauses in the boat licences we all buy? (its my girlfirends boat not mine) and let's not forget the Thames with their amazing mooring spots !!!!! ( ok if you are part mountain goat ) Moored up outside Hampton court at the mo on another shallow Thames spot crunch crunch Anyhow not owning a tv or radio how's the world doing out there any water shortages yet? We hope to come back up the union to the Northampton arm ......

That sounds about right, I could not put it better myself thanks for your help black ibis, maybe catch ya some time for a coffee when we make it to Cambridge our water pump (engine) is nearly fixed now and we will be off on our travels again fingers crossed for Camden market on Sunday

Thanks for the heads up on the two boats for sale....as you know I am new to boating and it seems different river have different rules....I have a question which links loosely to what you said (black ibis) and what a guy was saying to me this morning....if the land you are moored on is private...you can stay as long as you want? Is this true? Private = no rules? Seems odd to me........ But I guess the river authorities are not claiming they own the water we float on just the banks we moor to. You would think that would you not Paul....I phoned the EA and they wanted us to pay around two hundred pounds for one month on their system..... Which when you work out the cost of six months plus 2/3 extra months of EA prices gold was the only way glad we are going through the middle levels on our journey far less fuss there I believe ?

We are on a cc licence so can't stay more that 14 days no home address ......I will have to claim my car back for a few weeks to commute plus cycle when we call Cambridge way Pip said no chance of getting a mooring anywhere near Cambridge !!!! but we do have a plan B and C keep ya posted I like the sound of the second licence could you point me in the direction of the site you gained the information from please, I CC licence that I could use on EA and CRT water ways would be fab