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Sabcat keeps his boat at our yard in Norton Canes. We just tend to sell Excel at £10 to our moorers. If you wanted to buy a quantity I could arrange to get some in for you.
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Is that stated anywhere?Obviously I'm only guessing!
No, it isn't. They have just made their wish clear the the HNBC committee.
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And offers you a umber of useful discounts on things like surveys, BSS inspections and even 5% at Midland Chandlers, (and although the Braunston branch always claim not to know, they always grant it).
I'm curious though how much of the proceeds from this auction will actually find themselves into HNBC coffers, and how much will go to (presumably) Malcolm Braine.
Alan,
The owner of the items wishes to remain anonymous. As for the proceeds, the HNBC are charging for expenses and the owner of the items is donating a percentage of the final proceeds to the club.
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Seems a bit unduly prescriptive to be limiting the sale in this way - the majority of the stuff is 'cleared out the shed' bits and bobs which I'd have thought they would be keen to get as many bids for as they can.
And as for the 'proper' old stuff, do HNBC members not sometimes flog bits to make a few quid?
Smacks of the old Brooklands 'right crowd and no crowding' mindset to me. Sorry! (BTW there's nothing there which I'm grumpy about missing out on)
There is nothing stopping anyone who wishes to bid from joining the club, or finding a member that is willing to sign them in as a guest.
The club have to run the auction in this way, otherwise they would encounter a lot of legal restrictions.
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No telephone bids, but you can forward your written instructions to the Chairman in advance.
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Cannock Asda!
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Theres an old Asda receipt with it, but unfortunately the ink has faded. :-)
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Speak to Laurence Hogg, he has vast experience in having things cast, he may still have contacts from his Boatmans Cabin days.
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I would be interested in having a couple of them should they be of a good quality.
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What's your ETA?
I am currently hatching a plan involving Baldock and next years BCN challenge, I think she could slow a few people down.
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TK Maxx sometimes have Epping size dishes and pans. I got a Le Creuset one for about £7. Fits perfectly.
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I think you can take it up to 3 times, as there were 3 boxes this year on the front of the paperwork for breaks.
We took 2 this year, the first one for the hail and thunder storm and the second to get a little sleep.
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You need to factor in the length of the aft deck and bows into your calculations, if we are talking Norton Canes then they have a 3'6 aft deck and 5'6 bows.
Edited to add - sorry just realised Alan has said pretty much the same thing!
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Wasn't there a guy who used to attend BCN rally's with his remote controlled boat. I have sme vague recollection of it.
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How is that, in any way, a contest worth tearing yourself up about, hmm?
Football it is then!
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I could be tempted to do it again next year. Although there's an Aston Villa match on the Sunday. So I'm torn between boating and football...
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The OP asked for best boat builders. I would include in this Aintree and Aqualine and Reeves etc. Topic seems to have strayed to what some on here consider superior, yet many, me included just see as old fashioned.
Ian.
It must be old fashioned to build a quality boat.
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Because people like me love to see working boats working.
I think Laurence is referring to his particular situation, not working boats in general.
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I encountered EMU carrying 17 tonnes of bagged coal from Alvecote to London, according to (I think) Mrs Pinnock.
Not sure why...
MtB
Emu was carrying for FMC Clover while it was undergoing a rebuild at Norton Canes.
Clover trades on the River Lea on behalf of South Island Marina at Ponders End who provide coal to various customers in the south and the Midlands.
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Percy Foster is my thought too, I have some of his work and you can see the similarities.
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It looks like a genuine Ron Hough stool to me, although the style of the actual stool to me eye is not overly pleasing. The painting is however very nice.
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I actually put together the Spuyten Duyvel advert, although the £190k bit was something that Dominic added afterwards. He was tying to say that a boat to the equivalent spec would cost something that region today. I have no idea how much the boat cost to build at the time, but it was no where near that figure.
In terms of the shell there was nothing too remarkable about the boat, there was a modern engine installation which is far cheaper than having something such as a Gardner 2LW fitted. The shell didn't have features such as recessed panelling which is a popular extra. The customer didn't have the boat gritblasted either, this was something that was done about 2 years ago when the boat returned to Norton Canes for a repaint.
The price tag came about simply due to the amount of kit that was on the boat. The fit out was to a very high quality and the boat had a very high specification. If you started to work out what it would cost to fit a boat out to the same standard today it would soon start to add up.
The boat has always been immaculately maintained by the previous owners and there was very much a 'no expense spared' approach to the maintenance of the boat.
We certainly didn't get rich overnight building the boat, or any other boat for that matter...
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A guy called Steve who writes all the South Midlands boats. I can't remember his surname.
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Thanks Darren - I'd love to see pictures of the boat before it was saved. It's a real treat see-ing it now esp with the Bolinder pop-putting along.
Mark,
There's a photo on Emu here in de-converted state prior to restoration. Michael and I are currently working on the website having only published it last week and are hoping to get a few more photos up soon.
http://www.southislandmarina.co.uk/home/index.php/restorations/emu
Sarah
Stowe Hill to Hertford. . . How long do I need ?
in Boat Handling
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It all depends how you boat. We did Ponders End on the Lee to Braunston in 3 long days last year and even had time to drop into Stowe Hill for a Coffee with Dominic and Steve.
Keep an eye on Stonebridge Lock at the moment too, due to vandalism there's a 3 hour passage window.