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zenataomm

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  1. Don't forget the paint used in the first application of Willow Wren livery in the 1950s was decided by someone jumping the bus into Rugby. A quick visit to Woolworth's supplied the shade of home brand green paint (Winfield?) that introduced Willow Wren to the canal world. Hardly the most consistent of quality products.
  2. Mining subsidence? The last I heard you needed to have mines in the area for that. The NCB interactive map shows the nearest mine workings from Easenhall is over 10 miles away and heading t'other way. As for a fault, why look any further than the 200 year old deep cuttings supporting mature trees? Anyone travelling that way during the last 40+ years will be aware that there has been a massive orange buoy attached to the offside bank. It marks an underwater obstruction that was never dealt with. Why complicate the options and ignore the bleedin' obvious?
  3. Really going off on a tangent now, but I recall a Waterway's World (?) article umpty years ago. It was about a wooden motor on maintenance on The Severn. A particularly strong bore was predicted and it was decided expedient to get her back onto the cut for safety. Unfortunately her engine was non serviceable. So they plonked a girt great diesel powered water pump in the hold and trailed a pair of hoses back to the counter. Water jet powered, she blasted her way up The Severn to safety. I have a recollection she was the Harland & Wolff Star Class prototype Venus, however I may well be wrong. I have now reached that point in my life where I ask total strangers if I've had my dinner yet.
  4. Stunning picture. I love the bow wave!
  5. The unique Jim MacDonald raised the mast and sail on Elizabeth out on The Wash once upon a twice. I've seen the photo!
  6. Totally pedantic of course 😏however, Coventry is surrounded by old coalfields. Therefore it wouldn't be carried North to Coventry through Brinklow.
  7. No, not at all. I'd say he was doing it quite ignorantly.
  8. You're right. However I was thinking from the point of view of "Let's pretend it still looks like a working boat" When in fact if you get closer than 100' you'll see all the obvious mistakes like ... top plank too wide to give head room pretend sheets doors in sheets chimneys emanating where they shouldn't etc etc.
  9. Sadly I agree, shades of Dover I feel.
  10. True it does, I discussed that with one of the sons at Wyvern Shipping in the 80s. He was the one who cut her down on Braunston dock. He pointed out, if you look closely at the photo you will see wooden bottoms and kelson. Also the advert brags an HR2 dating from the 50s, which is no mean achievement when you consider that Lister model wasn't introduced until 1969!? The blurb continues to wax lyrically, and inaccurately, droning on about its history and accuracy, while very little research shows ... The Severners were all built with the engine room at the very back where the steerer stood. The living cabin was in front of that, not as they have it. And then we come to the telephone number for contact 94,995. I can't see that ringing true.
  11. I remember Arthur Bray climbing off the back of Raymond (rivetted iPhone in hand) muttering about technology. "How the hell was he ..." complaining loudly " ... expected to find his way to The Jam 'Ole now?"
  12. I know it's a false perspective caused by the front cover, but it looks wide beam. Also Braunston Marina, please note you can't be "very" unique.
  13. Mine had two batteries. Both 6 volt and wired up in series.
  14. The roses look a tad naïve to my eye.
  15. Roland and Sue's ex boat. What the hell is busin ??? And 87,950 must be a typo, there aren't enough numbers there for a telephone.
  16. Oh yes he can, the fact he was dead merely indicates he's the best person to blame. He can't argue it!
  17. I answered one of your posts a few years ago telling you that around 1967 my father rented "Myiscus". As it's still the case I thought I 'd say it again! 😋 Do you know her demise or outcome?
  18. The hull itself "appears" tackle'able. The cabin is merely a consumable once it's got to that stage. What happens now she's out will dictate the future and timeframe. Is the counter block likely to fall off? What about the lump? Is that castle nut locked on with a pin, although the blades look like tiddlers? Are questions that spring to mind when sitting in the warm behind my keyboard. Other questions are available ... 🫤
  19. What type of insurance are intending to cover the boat? Full cover or comprehensive will demand a satisfactory survey report.
  20. Although Seaford was well known for passing through locks sideways, I've taken the liberty of altering it to the more common method. Mainly for the convenience of those not in the know, and of course at the cost of authenticity.
  21. I also had a 19ft Dolphin. Sorry, that is not one whatever the length.
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