Chertsey
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I'm certainly not looking to buy another historic boat but I love reading this thread for all the snippets of info about them whether for sale or not. Its ramblings are always drawn back on track whenever a 'new' old boat comes up for sale.
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I can imagine that Gazelle is tempting you, she has very graceful lines, I know that Ian Kemp built her, but unless he bought her back, he's not her owner.
Peter.
Do you know who owns Michaelangelo's David?
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Given the boat is on ho historical interest othert than the engine, and it is a day boat only as there is no shower, I'd be happy to pay about £15k for it.
I must dispute that! Surely I am not the only person who can go for more than a day without a shower?
PS. There is only one non-historic tug I'd be tempted by (and sorry, it's not Warrior) - Ian Kemp's Gazelle.
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-but then that`s my view.
Why do people say things like this? Who else's views do they think we are going to think they're expressing in such forthright terms?
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We've used a Perrago and were most impressed, but wouldn't try doing a whole hull with one.
No one has mentioned shotblasting... A lot of grief, and not many places to get it done, but unbeatable if you want to get everything off and make a really clean start.
Having said that, I think the moonscape effect looks pretty good. Even if you've got lovely shiny cabin work, a workmanlike looking hull is no bad thing.
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Compare and contrast their tug 'Thelma' which, tellingly, was built for a lady customer - its cabin is a little longer, and I assume that this extra length (the web site doesn't show fitted-out views) includes some form of ablutions: some chaps are happy with a lick-and-a-promise and a bucket-and-chuckit, but few females would be as they're more fastidious.
This is of course a generalisation, but on viewing the above link to 'Ezra', my first thought was "That's very attractive", closely followed by "but Mrs. Athy would never countenance our buying a boat with no bathroom".
I am very fastidious, but find a handbowl wash perfectly acceptable and even superior in some ways to a shower (and no I am not going to elaborate).
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If you have gone for on board water tanks in the back end why not just run a pipe into the back cabin and fit it with a hand pump, perhaps fitted under the counter somewhere. This would save you having to go outside to fill your 'cabin can'
Oh that's much too complicated. Thinking of doing something like that into the hold though.
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For some reason, the Edstone on the Stratford gives us both the heebie jeebies, far more so than the Ponty. Think it's because the towpath is below the canal and not in sight when crossing.
That's interesting, because it really took me by surprise how terrifying I found Edstone, and I thought I'd never be able to face Pontcysyllte.
My two scariest boating experiences in sequential threads.
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The one time I fell in I ended up under the counter and that was scary (even if I was tied up and the engine off - wasn't immediately clear how to get out from under). It was at least in summer and I was able to scramble up the bank, with help. I'd been stepping on and off all day and must have just got a bit blase and misjudged it. I sent out for antibacterial coca cola (that I believe is a canoeists' trick, for ingestion rather than wounds) though someone subsequently told me that as it was in Droitwich the salt keeps the nasties down. I didn't admit at the time just how scary it was.
Also, even though I now have a waterproof cover for my phone, I never carry it in my pocket when boating as I think that would be guaranteed to make me fall in again.
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Why would anybody want a Can taking up space inside the cabin when there are Cans on the cabin top ! I have certainly never heard of a 'Cabin Can', and the only time I have put a Can in the cabin is when I have left the boats laid up or during the coldest nights of winter to stop them from freezing.
Small Cans of 1 gallon or less were / are produced for the tourist trade, but each to their own and if somebody wants to use these Cans inside the cabin then that is up to them
I do indeed find it useful although I admit that I only have to go into the back end to fill it from the 2 x 100 gallon tanks I've got there :-)
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I have found the opposite - good Water Cans and Handbowls are easy to find, but they have to be second hand and they do not need to be bought at silly prices. I am getting a bit over run with the blooming things now (3 x 2 gallons, 1 x 3 gallon, 2 x Hanbowls - and no boat). All of the items I have bought so far are high quality, both watertight and galvanised (one old can not galvanised) and all are beautifully painted (one repainted for me). It is simply a case of being selective, and obviously no publicising those you are bidding on.
As for size compatibility to a boat, as a general rule a single 'two gallon' can for a motor and 'three gallon' cans for a butty (often two but up to three as this was the main living boat). There is no place for a one gallon can as these are for the tourist trade - and as for a three gallon, a two gallon and a one gallon can graduated downwards on a cabin top no no no no, but each to their own
edit = Anyway, here is another Can:
Not even inside the cabin?
I have a nice little one and someone said 'that'll make a nice cabin can' as if that was a known thing - and indeed it is very useful as such.
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I don't dare comment in case I put ( another) an error of grammar and inflame the trolls
That's pedants, not trolls.
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Quite an old video... I don't recognise any of the people (in the first couple of minutes).
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Yes, I've always understood it to be from 'helm' hence the apostrophe would be for the dropped 'h'.
I wouldn't bother with it though; I think 'ellum' is sufficiently established as a word in its own right.
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Because CRT are refusing him a licence...
Another thought.
CRT definitely care about who owns the boat, as they force a new owner to buy a new licence. The boat licence is no longer transferable.
I've no idea what I'm arguing here. I think I'd better just drop it!!
But I suspect that it is the boat, not the person, who is being refused a licence.
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But surely CRT could still refuse to license a particular boat (e.g. if it was subject to a s.8) regardless of who applies for the licence? I'm struggling to see how having someone other than the owner license it would help.
Slight aside, I was somewhat amused by the security and complexity of password CRT require to license online - just to prevent anyone else from paying for my licence!
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I can't say I've noticed it, but the Sheffield East End History Trail No 1 guided walk book The Sheffield and Tinsley Canal (1997) says that it was filled in to become part of what's now Greenland Road. It's to the right of Broughton Lane Bridge and connected the canal to the Duke of Norfolk's mines at Darnall, according to the book.
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That's how I interpreted it. That the EA's waterways include the Ouse and Nene, not that they are the ones to be closed.
It did seem rather odd that they would be the first to go.
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Scary if true. But possibly an argument *for* transfer to CRT, who are at least primarily interested in navigation and arguably less obsessed with pointless health and safety.
Can people on here identify the locks which have been closed? That might or might not lend credence to the claims.
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Alan, no suggestions at all for enforcement, however TFL are tricky buggers and I'm sure they would spend a fortune in finding a way !
But do TfL have any jurisdiction over the waterways? I suspect not. They could no more charge a boater for running their engine than they could a house owner running a generator.
Some other legislation might cover it, or CRT could be persuaded to come on board, but TfL alone can't do it.
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Whilst I can understand why people think they are seeing something else, I still still agree with you.
Apart from anything else, if it were as widely split as that dark bit looks, then there is no way the sides of the tube would still appear as parallel as they do.
If this was some private individual selling a used item, I would question it more, maybe, but it isn't - it's a dealer with a stock of the things. Do people imagine all 4 he has for sale are split, or just the one he has chosen to picture?
But why would you choose a picture that makes it look split, if it isn't?
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Definitely looks like a real split to me, and a clean, deliberate one with no rust underneath. I have never seen anything like it before though.
My hanging rails are bits of horse harness (hames I believe is what they're called) made of steel (or possibly iron I guess) encased in brass. They're probably nigh on a hundred years old and they haven't split!
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I agree, but don't forget to put the boat into Neutral before you hop off!!!!!
I believe some people prefer to leave in in forward on tickover - especially when going downhill in a big boat. Not me though, as it depends on being able to get back on before opening the gates, going downhill. On the other hand, going uphill, it means the boat will make its own way out...
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I use wickes red oxide its a bit brown when you put it on but it dries the correct colour and boy does it last well. Have put it on 4 things so far
1. Was a wooden box made from pallets not cleaning just 2 coats and its still good.
2. My fuel tanks they were covered in oil and fuel i some places quick wipe down and painted strait on no peeling after 6 months.
3. My wood roof i just scraped the loose bits of and slapped it down still looks like its just been painted nearly a year on.
4. My battery box 3 coats onto clean strait wood again still looks like it was done yesterday and was done 3 months ago and has been outside all winter.
That does sound like a good recommendation.
Waterways History Conference
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Has anyone drawn to their attention that a number of potentially interested people will be otherwise engaged that day, and that they might like to take that into account when organising future conferences?