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Thanks Bee, that is very much the plan, but you can't rush these things, and today is far too hot to even think about doing any work!

We had a great walk round yesterday and spoke to a lot of people but there is never enough time to chat to all! And, we only managed 1 picture sadly. It was great to see so many butties there this year, and many parading.

A few weeks on, we've managed to get some more planks on, which has thrown up a couple of curveballs which we thought might happen, mainly due to knee shapes. All we'll do is let some fillets in behind the knees to the planks and tweak the drawing should we build another one......

Clara is a unique boat being the only surviving Shroppie fly boat, and as nice as it would be seeing her as a working par again, so much of her history is as a cabinned boat and i feel it is important to retain that rather than remove. So many boats are returned to "original", whatever that may be, and large chunks of boat history is lost. Having said that, any new potential owner is entitled to do as they wish with her, and, subject to the works completed, and whatever work needs to be done, she could be a good price. Wooden boat ownership is absolutely fine, as long as maintenance is kept on top of. Kind regards Dan

Ooh thanks for the link! Here's some photos showing the latest progress, this is all about how a boat swims through the water. Anderton kept to the original design to the end of their operations, and the boats were renowned for how cleanly they swam. Edit to add linky....

The Cheshire locks have the paddle holes further back I believe. The knobstick boats were build with massive deck beams and strong fore end knees to take the shock of the surge of water slamming the boats into the cill. Kind regards Dan

There's a nice Les Allen about to he listed at New and Used. Slightly shorter but fits most of your criteria NB Thornbury.

I was trying to make a point that if they had been offered a plywood cruiser then someone specialising in oak planked hulls wouldn't necessarily be able to offer the best advice etc..... and no offence was meant.

Or rather..... 'there should be more to narrowboats than 6'10" wide and right angles everywhere'...... this whole exercise is about making a boat that looks amd swims well..... hopefully.

Or rather..... 'there should be more to narrowboats than 6'10" wide and right angles everywhere'...... this whole exercise is about making a boat that looks amd swims well..... hopefully.

I think it would help to know what type of wooden boat you are thinking of and then the right people can offer advice as to the practicalities of those types of vessels and their pitfalls. Kind regards Dan

Had a play with the bow yesterday, as we're replicating a wooden boat we wanted to recreate both the stem iron and stem post, which involves much more work but should add to the lines hopefully.

It's a pavers maul, used for smacking theatre show floors around...... all the knees have drain holes in, inset by an inch so we can get a tight and accurate reference point at the chine.

A few further photos of the work over the past few days. We can now see the shape in its entirety, hopefully today we can tack the bow on......

I can't believe it's been over 3 years since my last post! We've finally laid the baseplate and hopefully will make some progress over the next few weeks, weather dependent, covid and work have very much got in the way of moving forward with this..... She will be on display at the forthcoming rally at Langley Mill in a few weeks if anyone is visiting.

give Tom a call at Langley Mill Boatyard, he's great with Kelvins. O1773 76o758. Kind regards Dan

although, in the advert mentions "On hardstanding at our yard in Chester" so could be an employee of CBS maybe...

My thoughts too.

Yes possibly. There is a move afoot that some of us feel an Anderton horse boat replica may be a nice thing to have on the water.. glad to hear all is well.

Hi Bill. I hope all is well on the Ashton? A couple of us were chatting the other day about Anderton horse boats. Am i right in thinking the ironwork for "Medic" is the only known set of Anderton horse boat ironwork that exists in a complete form, that you know of? Norway project is still ongoing....... but moving forward! Kind regards Dan

I thought it was Vanguard listed for sale

Any local fabricator could knock one up, but Redshaws at Braunston have done some of these previously for other brands. Failing that, give Simon or Dave a call at Brinklow.

Or near big cooling towers?