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    1912 Braithwaite and Kirk motorised butty ex FMC

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  1. That's exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks. PM sent.
  2. Capella was fitted with the hydraulic drive in the ellum by WFBCo. Hampton was also fitted with the same system a few years later at WFBCo. The replica steel rudder was fabricated by Ken Freeman. I'd be very interested to see what Nebulae looked like below the water line. How much of the stern was cut away to accommodate the propeller? Did it have anti cavitation (ventilation) plates, I wonder?
  3. As I understand it - and I may be wrong - Birdswood used to have a diesel engine driving an hydraulic motor built into the rudder, rather like Hampton. For environmental reasons the diesel engine had to be replaced by an electric motor. So it now has a unique electric/hydraulic sytem? I am hoping for some pictures of these motorised butties showing what they look like below the waterline.
  4. I am putting the finishing touches to a book called Hampton, the story of a butty, which will be a companion to Owl, the story of a Josher. Hampton is motorised and I am looking for pictures of other motorised butties which show the various methods that have been used – e.g .with cut away back ends with swims, anti-cavitation plates, motors in the ellum, bolted on outboards etc. Obviously, I would need permission to use any image, which will be duly acknowledged. Many thanks for any help you can give. This is what we've done to Hampton with a hydraulic motor in the ellum. Has anyone successfully managed to put electric propulsion in a butty?
  5. The late Kevin Whittle was a remarkable man. He was always keen to help and guide Kelvin owners like me and could usually find spare parts. He was also a one-man book publisher. He taught himself desk top publishing software and he designed and published his own books to a very high standard. An A to Z of Marine Engines and Vintage Marine Engines for Narrowboats and The Book of the Kelvin Model J are classics. He did this long before it before self-publishing became common. I would be very reluctant to sell my copies. Over many years he also single-handedly published a regular magazine, The Kelvin Register, which is full of articles and illustrations on the restoration and maintenance of Kelvins. This picture shows Kevin with a Kelvin engine which I discovered half buried in the Thames. Kevin had it transported to Shropshire andI believe it was brought back to life. I wonder what became of it?
  6. I must admit that this development is not bad, given that it was highly unlikely that a new use could be found for the former workshop once the wonderful old lock making machinery was taken out. What became of it? The manager's house must have lain derelict for over twenty years. I remember going to a public meeting which BW and the developers arranged. I recall someone saying that the old blacksmith's forge was a listed structure and would have to be incorporated into the new flats. I wonder if this ever happened.
  7. It was a dark and stormy night in Limehouse (aka Bulbourne) . . There was quite a collection of historic boats for the filming which was supposed to be set in Limehouse. Owl, Hampton, Hood, Jaguar, Northolt and Holland were called upon to add background verisimilitude.
  8. We used to take our two boats up from Cowroast to Bulbourne for the Open Weekends. I suggest that the good publicity for the canals from that event achieved far more than the blue signs and wellness campaigns. We would show local school children around our boats and at the weekend they would return with their parents.
  9. Actually, my engine was called Melvin. (After a misprint in a magazine which featured my engine).
  10. or those who used to peer at my Kevin and ask if it was a steam engine. Also I've met lots of people who think that the hydraulic pipes on the ellum of my butty are for power steering. I even had a couple of people who, in all seriousness, thought that they were for brakes!!!
  11. The rebuilt back cabin of our butty is lined with Thinsulate. There is not the slightest hint of condensation. I can thoroughly recommend it. The main cabin is insulated with slab fibre glass insulation - not the floppy Rockwool stuff. Absolutely every nook and cranny has to be filled. On top of this the cabin was completely swathed in a plastic sheeting vapour barrier. Again every square inch has to be covered. Below the gunwales I used tongue and groove timber - not the flimsy matchboard T&G. Then, yes, I used MDF for the lining above the gunwales. Before I get shouted at for using MDF, I can report that after twenty five years it still looks pristine with no condensation whatsoever.
  12. You're quite right, of course. What I meant to say was that the boat paired with Dabchick was Avocet, which had Jack Monk's Seffle engine which later I put in Owl. Old age and decrepitude, I fear.
  13. Dabchick was paired with my old boat Owl. I think you can just see part of Owl in the picture. Jack Monk was the steerer.
  14. We had this cover on Hampton for years. When we had work done in 2018 we had a steel deck and drain holes so we don't need the cover now.
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