You cannot be Sirius

Again, thank you Alan. I only wanted to find out a rough date of construction and now I've been put on to a path of historical discovery. I got goosebumps when I saw the Facebook page.

WOW!!! That's her! Just found the Facebook page. Amazing bit of information. Thanks Paul H.

This photo was from last June. The tiller is in that position because I had just passed a fallen tree that I had to cut branches from to get through. It was very helpful for balancing purposes.

Thanks Alan. Yeah, definitely welded construction. Well if the CRT date is correct, it's still older than me by a few years and I've had untold fun tinkering with the ST3 and the LH150 gearbox.

That's it. Yeah, I get a bit more than 3hp when I'm going up hill. I didn't notice the GM Engineering previously. I'll look into that now.

It is listed in the licencing details. I'm assuming that's data attached to the boat's id number?

I'll get a full image later this afternoon. The idea of it being a copy probably sounds right. There just seems to be to many 'additions', like the diesel filling point, water filling points (one on either side of the bow) and the gas locker for it to be an old workboat conversion.

Here you go. I can get better photos later this afternoon.

Hi all, I have a 70' boat that has a fibreglass upper built on to an old working boat hull. It has a traditional wooden rudder and tiller (elum) attached to the stern. It is registered on the CRT website as being from 1972. It is prop driven and is fitted with a Lister ST3 engine (1977) and LH150 gearbox. Could somebody suggest an estimate as to how old this boat could be? The image that I've uploaded shows a diesel filling point (original or an addition?) to the left of where the elum attached to the stern. Were these type of craft being produced in the 1970s or is the 1972 date on the CRT website a conversion date? I'm just generally interested in the history of my boat and wondered whether anyone had some knowledge to pass on? Cheers, Steve

Where in London are you presently JCheetham?