Recent content by Alicatt

Nice growth :) My boat as not been lifted since 2019 and is well past due, at least fresh water is not so bad for growth.

In Germany you need a licence to hire/use a boat on their water either coastal or inland. In Holland and Belgium, no licence required to hire a boat, restricted to inland waterways, you can use a boat up to 15m as long as it cannot go faster than 20km/h, there is a maximum power limit too but I...

We packed up and loaded the boat for the 80km trip to Maasmechlen Village our first proper trip on her and a good test to see if my wife would like it. We shared the driving of the boat with myself doing the lion's share of it, we left at 12:30 and arrived in Bocholt at roughly 16:20 for about...

There is also the Powerboat Advanced course which gives some night instruction during the course, I thought about it a month ago as there was availability, I didn't as I felt I had not had enough practice yet.

Fantastic long weekend. 80km to Maasmechlen and 80km back, boat ran faultless, even handled the waves off a speed boat and waterskier with reasonable aplomb, but those ski boat drivers have a screw loose, barrelling down on our boat from behind and swamping a few canoeists coming the other way...

Sitting at 50c but it took quite a while to get there Casper is the small one 😉

Now sitting in Bocholt enjoying a bit of tapas 4 hours 15 minutes to do the 39km from Kerkhoven

We could give you a loan of the Nyrstar Bridge, 30cm between the water and the bottom of the bridge... Waiting for it to open..

Test run today to Leopoldsburg, ran well but the engine didn't warm up fully, I could put my hand on the water cooled exhaust manifold, she never even reached 60c on the temp gauge. new thermostat is on order.

Yes, very interesting, I, and the wife, would rather be all electric on the boat, but when we did the costings she balked at the cost of going all electric and said just put the gas back. running a new copper gas pipe from the gas locker in the stern to the galley was a right pain, thank...

As we got the boat: How it is now: Pic courtesy of Mrs Catt.

Back at the boat yesterday and removed most of the tools and detritus from working there, however the front windows leaked 😭 Ah "swear words" gosh darn it. Need some good weather when I can pull a window out and measure the glass and the fibreglass to see what rubbers I need. Laid the flooring...

Galley fitted and tested all working and no leaks Phew! Hand held fitted beside the helm and able to connect it to the vhf antenna Some rewiring was required for the air horn and a new DAB+ radio installed After rubbing down the the front and starboard window rubbers with the silicone oil we...

This morning was called off, had to go to the doc with an infected mosquito bite I got on Wednesday, leg is red and swollen and now on antibiotics. While Mrs Catt did some painting in the cabin I rubbed down the window rubbers with some silicone oil to see if it will restore some flexibility to...