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Expensive anti-fouling is a waste of money on the non-tidal Thames its does nothing. Pressure wash off once a year and one coat of the...

Thinking of cancelling my direct debit.

A wrong assumption I fear, a 415g can of Heinz premium beans is £1.40 and the actual wind content is not clear, 415g of red diesel would...

Two different kettles of Pisci . Two Groats worth. St Kats without doubt the hip hop happening location..... right in the middle of...

Not too worried about red boards but its too high to get under the bridges at the moment, has been since October :(

We have watched them all, the river walk was good but he only did the Lea in 30 mins so very brief. Michel Roux is not a natural...

Good news, but its been closed for months and its only going to take a day to fix it! :unsure:

Saw this in Dominic Raab’s newsletter last week. Be interesting to see if there are any positive developments “For too long, illegal...

Is that Timothy Spalls round UK barge? I guess every Dutch barge should have a Perkins 135, will out last the rest of it easily...

This is from Beta marine: Obviously for sea use you would want a much bigger margin.

To just make the boat move at its displacement speed as above 3hp per ton is the rule of thumb, likely 50hp minimum. But then you should...

All of the dozen or so 'temp' relief lock keepers, employed via an agency, who were kept on for the winter have been told today that...

As you already have a bow thruster and you are propelled by an outboard you should have no problem getting sideways movement. May be...

I used to take the boat out every couple of weeks during the winter to keep it running nice, but the last 10 years or so the weather has...

For those interested, at the time of my visit (things might have changed a bit) and how I remember it. Remember that I'm not an expert -...