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It can be pretty cold at times and super hot at other times, although the engine room is a fairly consistent temperature - not that warm. So I suppose it's at least consistent and perhaps I can figure out some insulation. I should hang up a thermometer and start measuring the temperature over...

Hey Dizzy, Would definitely be keen to find out about your heater jacket. I'm also a continuous cruiser so no access to a mains hookup unfortunately! Although my boat does have 240v, obviously running any kind of heating element off batteries isn't going to work. This may end up being a spring...

I'm trying to find a suitable no chill cube online somewhere. Can anyone give me a pointer to something suitable? Generally I'll be brewing no more than 26-30l at a time. Cheers and thanks for all your help so far! Edit. Would this be suitable? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3x-New-25L-25 ...

Oh, of course! And that's a great idea too. This might just work..

Haha yes, thank you. I couldn't see the forest for the trees, or whatever the water equivalent of that is.

Genius! That's that sussed then. I'm going to take the temperature of the canal this evening and see what I'm dealing with. Bloody cold, I suspect.

And that's an idea too although not sure if other boaters would be totally enamoured by me plugging my wort chiller into the few water points in London :) Although in conjunction with filling my water tank up, I might just get away with it! :thumb:

That might work and my fire making skills are such that it's rarely warm in my boat over night I shall have to look into this! thank you! And I'll keep you all updated on progress!

Hello all, I joined the forum a little while ago as I started brewing in Australia but am now back in the UK. I've just started thinking about brewing my next batch but my situation has now changed in that I'm now living on a 53' narrowboat on the Grand Union Canal in London. I think it's more...