St Tudno

You dont want to be using Brasso on ya nice shiny paintwork

That was a slip on the s & i stand corrected on the engine Regards Kevin

Thankyou all for your comments/replies (please keep them coming) On restoration at PJ Barbers Sheet Stores Basin St Tudno looks like she has never been shortened or lengthened. I have recently had a good look at Success as she was at Alvecote for the last 5-6 weeks, & can see the differences between the Mk1 & Mk2. I would like to put some photo's up on here of St Tudno's progress but cannot seem to find how to. (help pls) I have sent updated restoration photo's to Ross Prettyman at HNBC which he will be putting up on the HNBC site soon. St Tudno with the wooden cabin on can be seen on the HNBC site under day boats, i brought her with the cabin 3/4 smashed off & JP3 removed. Thanks for the confirmation Pete. I would like to put some photo's up on here of St Tudno's progress but cannot seem to find how to. (help pls)

Hi Mike, A keyway managed to rattle its way out of the gear linkage, managed to repair it no problem & got back under our own steam. Quite good for first voyage. Regards Kevin Hi Pete, thankyou for your reply, i was talking with Laurance Hogg this morning whom mentioned your name & how knowledgeable you are on historic boats, i was going to try & contact you later today. I would love to have a chat with you. Apart from the knee's i mentioned what other distinctive marks could i look for to determine her age? Regards Kevin

Hi all, I brought my Bantock, St Tudno just over a year ago, she has been sympathetically repaired,replated & restored and i have had a full cabin built on as i plan on travelling the system in a year or so when she is fully fitted out & painted in colours(of which i would like to link to her first carriers. I am trying to find out as much history as possible on her to put together an album of her life, i would love to find her BCN No. St Tudno was originally wooden bottomed, but she has distinctive knee's which come out at the bottom to carry the side Elm planks, i havebeen told that this means she was one of the very early Bantocks also that she was probably built for long distance having had these knee's fitted. I have also been told she was previously called Rosie. Any advice, points in the right direction, or contacts for advice would be greatly appreciated. Regards Kevin

Hi, i am looking for a Traditional Boatmans/Backcabin Stove, preferably with the smoke box on the left, this is to put into St Tudno whom is out of the shed now after having a cabin put on her, i am just piping up the JP2 & getting her ready for fit-out, but i want a stove to fit first for moving her about & drying her out properly. Please contact be via forum if you know where there is one for sale, not a new one, even if it needs some TLC. Regards Kevin

Thanks for putting up pictures As with the Heat Exchanger the 2-1 reduction was beyond repair, but i have got a 3-1 reduction off a very nice chap, which should go well with the 28" prop Regards Kevin

Hi Geoff, I believe i spoke to you or Martyn on Saturday morning but was cut off & could not get back to you regards the Exhaust heat exchanger. Thankyou for your comments & advice will give you guy's a call when i have saved somemore pennies up Regards Kevin

PLease keep me updated on progress + pictures Regards Kevin Hi Richard I am struggling to put pics on here can you give me your email address to send them to. Regards Kevin

I would say it definately was built as a marine version as it has as you said a water cooled silencer (sits above crankcase breather), flywheel on front end (opposite end to gearbox) and maybe overhead hand start shaft.

Hi Richard, thanks for your reply & info, i also thought it was a JP2 as it is virtually the same at first glance, until we started taking her apart, Geoff knows his JP's inside out & has been working on them for years & has never come across one like this, also Barry & Paul where she is being renorvated have never seen one like it , in all their years. I tend to agree it may be a one off, or a prototype, it was under cloth for over 25 years, started every few years apparently until the Ode chap passed away. Details on Brass plate No. CS13815 Spec 18/2/58 HP 18 RPM 1000 I will ask my son to add some photo's anymore info much appreciated Regards Kevin Thanks Dan, She is coming on beautifully. Regards Kevin

Hi all, This is my first visit & post Wanted 1,Exhaust Heat Exchanger 2, Any information any one may have on St.Tudno 3, Any spare parts for engine & advice/information welcome I am in the process of renovating a circa 1860 Bantock, she was previously marinised i believe in the 1950's I have been told the engine i have to put in her was originally built in November 1932 from the numbers on the brass plate on the engine doors, the Exhaust Heat Exchanger is unusual as the inlet & outlet are both under the Exchanger & circulate straight back into the block, unfortunately the Exchanger is perished beyond repair. The other unusual thing with this engine is that the injectors do not fit through a tube as JP's, there is are 2 rubber seals to stop the water coming back up or leaking down into the block the injectors still have the bronze sealing washers also. Looking forward to your comments, advice & directions for spares etc Kind Regards Kevin