Hello all,
My name is Mike, and where I'm not new to boating I am new to historic narrow boats.
I recently purchased a classic narrow boat, described as a custom Bantock pre dating the 1900's, this may be correct, the manufacturer is stated as Harris of Bumblehole, this I believe to be right, with an index reg number of 51867 and a BCN 137 she is named Petronella and is powered by a National 2 cylinder DM2 which the broker had dated as 1905, yes I know that's not correct, more likely to be around 1931/2 from advice received at Alvcote Marina show recently.
Heres the point, I would like to find as much information as possible about her as I commence the refit, things like is that her original name, what company she worked for, her original colours and so on. Anyone in particular I should contact, and importantly who's the mechanic for the engine works and timing
Any advice greatfully received, thanks in advance Mike