Lukeandcharlene

Yes she is now out of water in Bristol whilst we restore her

Hi, yes she was advertised as having a lister sr3 engine dismantled but it appears that during her time on the little ouse parts slowly disappeared from the engine and when we bought her all that was left was the bottom end of an sr3 engine with a hydrolic gear box. We have since sourced all the parts from a donor engine and a very good friend of ours has re built the sr3 which looks and runs amazingly even after being under water for a few years! Will try to post some photos later on. We are new to this sorry, what is the Fens? I do land dwelling properties usually, this is my first boat.

Hi all, we bought this boat on ebay in September 2014 and we have since had her lifted out of the water and we are in the process of bringing her back to her former glory! Despite fears of the metal being totally rotted out as she was full of water when we bought her, most of the metal work is in very good condition, we have spent the last 6 days fitting 5 new metal plates and rose welding alot of old rivets. She is going to be our first house boat and we are really excited at te fitting her soon so she can go back in the water! We nought her as The Hobbit but think it best to give her her old name back COOTE.