Enteron is the smallest sewage water treatment plant for boats. Sewage from the vessel’s toilet is pumped into the Enteron. Bacteria is added once a month in the form of a small ‘teabag’ flushed down the toilet. The bacteria inside the tank simply eats the waste.
Mactra Marine introduce the Aquonic Watermaker which converts canal or river water into fresh water. The fresh water can go straight into your boat's tank.
When choosing colours, ensure that comparisons are undertaken in daylight. It is always advisable to compare colours with a painted boat as it is difficult to appreciate the colour in large areas. Our printed colour charts have accurate colour rendition but the enamel will appear to be lighter when applied to large areas, especially when adjoining complementary colours.
It is very early days. I have a range of tiller pin bodies now and there will be more designs in the future. There are now many other material options available and body material combinations. I am passionate about brass ware and love to repair figures that are broken – it gives them a second chance with a fantastic view from the tiller for their retirement. I find it very warming to know I have turned a personal object into a lovely tiller pin for someone. I now incorporate and work with more enamel options in my own tiller pin range along with boat name plates.
As the market leader in the provision of virtual addresses for canal and river boaters, we are constantly being asked how this dreadful global pandemic will affect the post and, of course, our management of your mail, so we have put together this factsheet based upon your questions.
Elliott Berry, member of IIMS tells us how he once contracted Leptospirosis and warns us of the dangers of contaminated waters. He also outlines the symptoms, telling other surveyors and water users what to look out for.
Overwater, on the Shropshire Union, near the vibrant canalside village of Audlem reaches its milestone in the spring and to celebrate its first decade the owners, Janet & Angus Maughan are planning a big giveaway of gifts to moorers.
The DVLA have recently 'reinterpreted' their long-standing criteria that define the nature of an address to which a driving licence or V5C may be registered and are now insisting that this must be the actual, residential, address of the driver or keeper!
Sue Meades and Colin Shearer have been trading from their canal boat 'That's D'riculous' for over three years. They started trading as Mugs Afloat, but have now extended their wares to include fresh cheeses. They are now trading as Cheese Aboard inc Mugs Afloat. They also sell chopping boards and other wooden items with Celtic designs created by Colin.
Phil Speight writes of his motivation in producing a series of tuitional DVDs on traditional narrow boat decoration: He takes us back 40 years, when he first started to paint castles and roses...
Thousands of narrow boats, barges, cruisers and houseboats populate our rivers and canals... without a letterbox between them!
Whether you live on a 40 foot working ex-colliery barge, or have retired to your sleek new build; are constantly cruising or permanently moored, spend any time on the cut and you'll learn that life is a pain without a postal address...
Twenty-seven years of study and development have gone into optimising alternator battery charging which, presently, permits only 60% - 70% state-of-charge using conventional voltage regulation. The result is the well-proven ADVERC Battery Management System.
When you connect your boat to a marina electrical supply you also connect your boat to all the other boats in the marina via the earth connection in your shore power mains lead. This creates a pathway for small electrical currents to flow from one boat to another. Unfortunately this pathway leads to increased corrosion of the underwater metals...
Talking anodes for most people would consist of a series of questions. Every boat owner knows that anodes are needed, but what are they, exactly, what do they do, and why do we need them? What follows is an attempt to answer all of these questions.
