James Owen

Not a bad experience per se, they used to be rather helpful and keen to go the extra mile. These days they're a bit 'Sleeman and Hawken' -ish...fine if you have a part number.

Very much depends upon what you're after?

If the Anson is staying trip boating then it's crying out for a Lister instead of that AS...just saying 😉

The parlous condition perhaps?

I can't help but feel that "our financial agreement fell through" is in fact code for "we've come to our senses"...

ST3 with a LH100 gearbox.

I'd swap your choice of any H series (I have a few ) for the AS3.... especially the one you've just acquired!!! 😉

Oh come now, surely it's just a 'do-er upper' that just needs finishing off, you must be in the market for another little project by now?

If it's dry sumped then that will depend on the size of the tank.

If I could guarantee that Taygeta is indeed she then maybe...

Albeit advertised with some woefully inaccurate information.

I cannot see where, if anywhere, you'd likely get a fully rebuilt GU motor boat (albeit not an original motor) which has been constructed to this exemplary high standard for anything approaching the price asked. A fully riveted starn end, wooden cabin, straight sides and a newly built far ended with all the boxes ticked for those 'traditionalists' who expect an 'as built' persona for any future 'shows'. This is a bullet proof '(40+years)' investment that provides an opportunity for any seriously interested party whether it be as a live aboard or otherwise.

Hmm, the Badsey is a risky venture but certainly worth the effort.

That's a Centaflex coupling. There are eight bolts clamping the coupling onto the shaft with a taper lock. Undo all eight bolts (they'll be tight) and you'll notice a further four holes spaced evenly around and in line with the eight holes you've just revealed. These four new holes are threaded, wind four of the eight bolts into these threaded holes and they will jack against the two taper lock parts and boom....it will split into two. The taper sleeve part that's left on the shaft can be tapped gently off but you'll likely need to drive a wedge (screwdriver) into the split that runs fore and aft to help spread the 'clamp' effect.

I was being facetious. The advert reads 'converted butty'.

I wonder which 'conversion' they refer to, that from 1880's horse boat to butty or perhaps from butty to powered butty?

Six thou.

In a word, no. For some years it would seem also...

We have previously used Charles King for a fair number of surveys and can't fault his work. Similarly Justin Green is known for his high standards and well earned years of experience. You really couldn't go wrong with either...

If my memory serves, the chap who bought her last year had no experience of narrow boats but had "Owned a few motor cruisers though, how hard can it be?" quote, unquote. He'd killed the L2 by the time he got south of Sutton's but, in his defence, he wasn't in custodianship of an engine with much more life ahead of it anyway so what chance did the old girl stand especially with a wooden conversion?

Words fail me...to think people buy these, for strong money, and then only for them to continue living for years afterwards...there really is no justice. The word 'soulless' springs to mind...

There's always one! ?

I caught a snap of this before it was carted away, possibly for scrappage but the haulier couldn't say for certain. I could see the boat had recently been cut up for whatever reason, all I could gather was that it had been in the way where it was and so had to go. What will become of it who knows.?

...and back in the real world.... A 24" blade married to a JP/S3??? Really, even at 1:1?

It depends on your interpretation of the word 'successfully' but cheap housing isn't my idea of an improvement.