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jocave

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  1. Can't really see anything that's a cause for concern,  usual liveaboards that complain about speed, that's about it , If I pass you too fast , learn to moor properly,  if I pass you too fast and you threaten to call the police,get a life and stop being such a miserable old git , just chill out and enjoy the Llangollen .

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  2. 2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

     

    In my experience of marinas with a high number of GRP, at least 75% are lifted annually.

    In my experience of inland marinas with a high number of grp 95% are not lifted annually 75% are never lifted , one of my neighbours had owned his Freeman for 25+ years and it had never been out of the water, it was used every weekend rain or shine you don't need to worry about it at the cheaper end of the market , just get out and enjoy it.

  3. Plenty out there that would suit you , don't worry about where the boat is , these size boats can easily and cheaply be moved on a trailer with a 4x4 , mine went from Garstang to Llangollen canal for £160 , Llangollen  to Norfolk for £290 , Norfolk to Garstang for £260 back to Llangollen for £170 then Llangollen to Magull on the L+L for £150

  4. That was the bottom of my old boat , not been out for years , one hour with a jet wash and it went straight back in , engine service kit was £80 including impeller and that was done more than once with the boat still in the water , just backed it up a slipway and put some wellies on, anode on the outboard looked as good as new, nothing else below the waterline to worry about, did more or less a full refit inside but that was just a personal preference thing , it used hardly any petrol, the Eberspacher used hardly any diesel , the gas cooking and the instant hot water heater for the sink and shower went through quite a bit but overall running costs were peanuts... 

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  5. 10 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

     

    Blown air Eberspacher (etc) heaters are pretty high users of power, they are very different to 'water heaters'.

    My blown air Eberspacher uses a constant 10 amps (240Ah per day)

     

    115 watts continuous, 330 watts start up.

     

     

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    He wouldn't need a d8 on a tiny boat like the Viking, a d2 is more than enough , on mine it was only ever ran on low ..

  6. 13 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

    Its only an hour away by boat and a pleasant trip down the lift

    I agree it would be a pleasant trip and it was one option I looked at so many thanks for the suggestion but really wanted to avoid the canal if I could , somewhere downstairs would be ideal..

  7. 2 hours ago, Boater Sam said:

    There is a marina on the flash in Winsford near the park. No idea what its called.

    Thanks I'll have a search

    2 hours ago, dmr said:

    Northwich has a small on-line marina on the river, Google should find it. Usually full and likely to have a waiting list. This is the only proper marina. Just upstream is the old Yarwoods basin, usually rammed full of working boats but its worth asking, again google will find it. A little way above Hunts lock is an old sprawling boatyard full of interesting stuff and they have a few on-line a "basin" moorings. Might be up for housing development soon. Its called Jalsea and google will find it.

     

    The Winsford Flash marina is council run and is for 48hour visitors only. A few boats moored in the flash but I don't know the details. A few moorings down at Acton bridge run by a boat club.

     

    .............Dave

    Thanks Yarwoods was one I was looking for today on the way back from Warrington but ran out of time unfortunatly, but one I will look into ..

  8. I've been googling for ages but not really found anything , I'm looking for a marina mooring on the weaver , it's for an ex broads cruiser, wanted to move it closer to home for a year or two just to use for the odd weekend away, I'm far too busy to travel to Norfolk all the time and as such it's not getting much use at the moment, I'm not coming up with much at the moment, Sawley is an option but still a bit further than I would like , had a drive around the area today but limited for time so didn't really get as far as I would have liked , I want to sell our boat on the Lancaster as than doesn't get used at all and just have the one within a reasonable drive , probably asking for the impossible but worth an ask...

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