gary&sue

I take it does not have to be kingspan

two questions if I may.could anyone tell me how to stop my twin stainless tanks from condensating .and could anyone work out how much they hold the sizes are 6 foot long 18 inch high 14 inch front to back atb gary

cant decide whether to let her stop to eat at braunstone or just give her a nosebag and whip her on to crick.

ideally we could do with arriving 1st april.as there will be a diy bay ready for us to go straight into.

hi all.we could do with some advise on wether there is anyone who could tow our full length butty to debdale wharf so we can start work on our boat. we do live aboard at Stockton but it has come time to get back to the Leicester section as we need to be nearer my workshop [mkt Harborough] as the travelling to and fro is getting to much.so is there anyone that tows for a living as we are willing to pay all costs;ie diesel. wages. whatever it costs to arrive safely at debdale for the start of april.chase car available. please help or its a harness and yoke for the wife to bow haul

can anyone tell me what type of material would be most suitable for our new cratch cover as we would like to use the room as more seating for those nice mornings. has anyone recently had any made. can you offer any names of anyone good in Warwickshire atb gary

hi all. could anyone advise me on whether I need to insulate around my stainless steel tank. it will be positioned out in the front hold space [under canvas].just wondered if it would help with condensation. any help appreciated. atb gary

thanks for replies.the doors to get into service the engine are where the front bulkhead plate was. it is a really good install'lots of room around the sides and front.i will post some photo's asap. we are thinking of solid pipe through the boat with flexible Goodrich either end. the diesel and water tanks have to go in the front as well [either side of front door.again there will be some trimming to do I suppose. once again thanks for all the advice. it looks like I shall be looking at servos and sutchlike atb gary

sorry for any confusion over the layout of our butty puppis.if you can imagine the bmc engine mounted in the bow locker [if you lift the locker hatch the rocker cover is there 12 inches below you]. the engine will have a hydraulic pump attached. then piped down the boat to the ellum which will have a hydraulic drive pod bolted into it.the ellum is being built to copy the original only in steel. so back to my problem of starting'throtle control' stopping the engine. I just cannot see the wood for the trees.hope this has given some idea about the layout. when we bought her we did not know that there was a engine mounted up front [neither did anyone else] all the installation is very sorted [ie engine bearers with full length welded in driptray. we quite like the engine where it is but I need all the options I can get atb gary

hi all.a couple of questions if I may. could anybody have any ideas on how to operate our throttle on our 1.8 bmc which is mounted in the bow locker space.i am not too keen on running at a set rpm . just wondered what are my options are secondly not sure about engine stop . again any ideas gratefully received atb gary

thanks to everyone for all the info .brilliant website 'good people. really starting to put a picture together now.

can anyone tell us about a show that our boat won . we just read a post from 2007 stating that it won a somrthing cockrel award .it would be great to know where and when. regards gary.

I know what you mean... we have just enough headroom not to be a problem but so happy we bought her. atb gary

sorry about caps the wife has sorted me out now

HI EVERYONE AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL .I HAVE JUST CAME ACROSS THE PHOTO'S OF OUR BUTTY ;A BIT DELAYED I KNOW .BUT I MUST ADMIT IT HAS BEEN SUCH A TASK JUST TO GET THE BOAT LIVEABLE [sTILL ISN,T REALLY BUT WE ARE GETTING THERE] ,JUST A QUERY ON THE THE COLOURS PORTRAYED ON SOME OF THE PHOTO'S OF PUPPIS , THEY SHOW OUR BOAT IN FMC COLOURS . THE FUNNY THING IS I CAN SEEM TO REMEMBER SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT THE COLOURS WERE NOT IN OUR BUTTY'S WQRKING CAREER. CAN ANYBODY CLARIFY WHY IT WOULD BE PAINTED AS FMC. ANY HELP WOULD BE GRATEFULLY RECIEVED . AND ONE MORE THING DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE WAIN FAMILY IN THE PHOTO'S IE;CONTACTABLE OR JUST SOME MEMORIES OR THE LIKE.

thanks for the replies , we would like to find out the idea behind the conversion. When we cleaned it out we found what appears to be a nice 1.8 bmc mounted in the bow section and was wondering how the controls for the engine will work from the back of the boat. any help gratefully received.

hi we are the new owners of puppis,but we have no history on her could anybody help ? ie what colours was she in her working years or photos you could share anything really. thanks gary

having recently aquired a small northwich butty which has been part converted for motorization . i am struggling to find a northwich rudder with motor and prop installed into it so i can make one for my boat idesperately need to look and take measurements if at all possible as i am a welder fabricator by trade i really dont want to pay someone else to build one for me .so if any member has any knoledge of this conversion iwould be very gratefull for any help .got to move on boat in 3 weeks and under unbelieveable pressure from the wife .somebody save me please.

beautifull

a mate of mine done that and it caused a hot spot and made the liner swell in that part of the engine and caused a heat seizure

totally agree rose