Steve kitchen
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hi guys its amazing what a bit of wet and dry +some elbow grease will do, we are almost at a standstill with the history just waiting for some guys to give me a name and number so I can move on, I'm well pleased with my new find this will give me size and format when I repaint, the swim is almost complete I'll post pictures when I drag it out of the workshop. by the way I've got no idea why two pictures came up, are well catch you next time.
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try this out for size
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hi duchess, I've just purchased the precious cargo book and your right rose and castle are in there and as Pete said they are the other pair and the good news is the rose of Brecon and Abergavenny castle are as well including a black and white picture, that's going to make some interesting reading for me not only the history of my own boat but the history of all the others that are listed. thanks for the tip off.
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Now that is very interesting when I saw that mess under the floor I assumed that someone along the way acquired the boat as a empty hull and reballasted it to there own requirements on the cheap, but having said that they must have been there a long time because it was a hell of a job to lift them out all fused up with rust and gunge it also had a terrible Oder, that was the reason for lifting the floor in the first place, just as well we did .
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hi guys after the strip out we extracted about four & half tons of lifting chains 25 buckets of rust scale and general crap, remarkably the bottom cleaned up really well, but when you walked on the quarter plate you could feel it springing up and down not a good feeling! so we've opted to fit a new bottom plate. hopefully you will see from the pictures.
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never mind about a stiff neck its just scrambled my brain trying to get one on the right way round. however I can fabricate and machine almost any thing you want but computers do my head in completely, but thanks anyway.
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give me a welder and gas bottles any day
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Thanks John,
Just gonna try this out now
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thanks for the feedback guys we hope to paint it back in its original colours. don't know how you got the pictures up we tried every thing, thanks for that its a lot better to have them all right in front of you. I'll try to put one as she was and as soon as I can get a clear view of the new swim I'll post it as well, thanks EMM I could see from the pictures that it had been cut and for our purpose it will do us well.
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hi guys I've not abandoned the forum we are struggling to post pictures, we can not shrink the pictures enough to get on, so we are getting advice tomorrow, but to continue, the cabin on Abergavenny castle at the stern is also tall I'm 6-ft-2 and although I can see it would be quite daunting for the wife at 5-ft-4 perhaps its something I should address or just get her a box to stand on
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Bare with me. Trying to upload some pictures of my nutty.
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hi guys, I've had some good pictures sent to me of the Rose of Brecon towing Abergavenny-Castle and there's several others, I will post one as she was and one as she is now but its not something I can do, it just ties the head into a knot, but with the help of my son-in-law we will have it done bare with me - thanks
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hi emm I had a look for the guards and there not there but evidence of screw holes for something, it would be good to see what they were like because the cabins are taller than most you see thanks
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hi pete, you have done it again I've just blown that picture up to A4 and WOW i'm really excited now, I know it's not a historic boat but it's still a old working boat and for that reason I will keep it externally the way it was, so if any body's got a side view of the boat so I can get the format +design I would be grateful thanks
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hi emm, I've had great feedback from the forum its really brought my boat alive but what would make it better would be to see pictures of the pair as they were so I can draw some inspiration, ( this is not something I could do) but i'm sure you would be good at - now if that's not creeping I don't know what is? kitchmekanic@aol.com many thanks steve
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very well done Pete, Abergavenny still supports wooden cabins today and i'm torn into whether I should leave or to replace with steel, but anyway that's my problem. the hull is still in good order but I am replacing the thin quarter plate bottom with 10 mill plate, i'm leaving the butty style stern to keep the character of the boat after all that's why I bought her, i'v also created a ten foot swim.so thanks a lot my friend that's got me a helover good start
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hi Pete, your an absolute gem that's just confirmed the number I got from the guy on the day trip boats at stoke Bruene (witch is where I was based in the 70`s) I'm converting the butty into motor boat but that's another long story, but if there's any more information to there whereabouts after Willow Wren would be greatly appreciated, by the way I bought the boat from off the river soar at barrow upon soar, and the other thing was they made by willow wren.thanks
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hi Seti-yeti thanks for breaking the ice, there`s a lot to be said if the right people turn up so here`s hoping. I'm new to this game and I think I just sent this to the report system instead of the forum. Sorry.
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hi guys, my name is Steve, in the late seventy`s I had three years on hire to British waterways on the grand union and it made a major impact on me and all these years later iv`e bought a 55 foot 70`s built butty? oh dear!! I here you say well this is where I need help ,I want to try to trace its original number iv`e got more information if anyone is interested. thanks Steve.
original number for butty needed
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thanks for that Darren, always wondered if it was still around