Joe Bourke

The old Louis & Joshua finished on 101 boats back in 2010. Mike Lewis (Director) went home from work, collapsed and died aged 61. I worked there, sad times.

York Livestock Centre, Machinery Auction on now. Lot 963. Fibreglass Submarine battery cases. 😀

Goole Lighthouse. Goole Marina. Aire & Calder. Goole Lighthouse. Goole Marina. Aire & Calder.

It might be worth trying the Kromhout Museum.

Consider Chlorinated Rubber, commonly described as swimming pool paint. Applied straight onto bare steel, not over old paint. Quick drying and a good thickness can be achieved quite quickly. To avoid condensation use a fan blowing cold air.

Staniland Marina drydock.

Goole

Alec & Brian Wroe. I think they were based on a farm in Pollington, on the Aire & Calder. That was in the 90's. One of my neighbours in Blue Water Marina back then had a small Dutch Barge called 'Celine' built by Alec Wroe and looked a nice thing. A small scale outfit.

HMS Sprat (X53), a Stickleback-Class midget submarine sailed from Goole to Leeds in November 1957. There was an article about in the Yorkshire Post.

Maybe so Jo, but that joint breaking might have saved your boat from sinking. A blessing in disguise?

No problem Jo. Yes re-weld, and maybe add some beef around it. Maybe it's a good job it did break ?? Think about it. We've had water since August so all is well again on that front. 😃

Jo, I have spoken to the previous owner of your boat. The pre-sale survey highlighted a worn prop shaft bearing. A new one was fitted. A welder chappie cut the rudder stock above the rudder blade to remove the rudder and re-welded it afterwards. That is probably what has failed. When you had the new rudder/swan neck bearing fitted, that crew probably knew that the swan kneck came off so it was done in water.

Moored on the Aire & Calder

AE Woodward's of Hull re-pitched our 27" prop while we had a walk around the shops. Dropped it off first thing, ready for collection at noon. Back on the boat same day.