alan_fincher

An excellent suggestion!

With hindsight it should have been left there so nothing other than narrow beam craft could pass through!

When I had an exchange of messages with the then owner of CHANCE 2 back in 2012, she reported it had both the Hotchkiss cone drive and an Enfield engine, The possibility that there is more than one wooden narrow boat with both those features seems vanishingly small, so I think we can be confident it is CHANCE 2. She was a Clayton's tar boat, I was told, and also worked for Chance & Hunt - hence the name. Apparently she was named VALENTINE at some point. Interesting boat, but surely just to far gone?

Bargain! 😂

Who knows? And who cares? Frankly I couldn't give a toss, but O concede it clearly appeals to many - I just don't understand why!

In respect of whee you can access the main cabin, (but not where the steering position is),this bears similarities to our Flamingo, with the only access from a cross deck immediately in front of the original engine room. The problem being that if you can't get BOTH ends against the bank, then you can't get that cross deck particularly close either - something our now ageing dogs struggle to cope with. It also means when we do events or festivals where we have to breast up, and not against the bank, we are severely limited in options, because we need to align with something on the other boat where the dogs can cross. All far more of a problem on a 3 footed drafted boat than a 2 foot drafted one, of course, but i suspect the owner of this "interesting" boat will find occasions where they would be better off if it were accessible from an end.

........is one way of looking at things. alternatively any post, sarcastic or otherwise, brings your thread to the top of "view new content"so it is more likely to be seen by others.

Ideally you need a boat with a significant tug deck, like our Sickle. Unfortunately although I would love to help, it is simply not possible. I echo the suggestion to try making contact with Warwickshire Flyboat Company / Stockton Dry Dock Company, as many historic boats are located there. They own a tug called Dorado, similar to our Sickle, but I'm not sure if it has any of the hold boarded over. I hope you manage to sort something.

I was going to say that. Not a lot, these days, but evert little helps.

How does that work then? Our full length (71ft 8ins) narrow boat went up by £95 at the last renewal, so less than half what you say yours did. I 'm failing to see why that may be, unless possibly that yours is a wide beam.

But it looks like Screwfix in Leighton Buzzard have them in stock.

And as an aside, just to point out that CRT seem to find it near impossible to get stoppage notices correct.... The nearest official winding hole North of the Winkwell swing bridge is NOT at Cow Roast. It is at Berkhamsted (by the railway station entrance). A saving of 7 locks over going all the way to the summit.

The spec says the Dometic CRP40 is a compression fridge.. I must admit it doesn't seem to be a model much gets posted about, though.

Perhaps I'm just no longer in touch with such things, but to me £23K for an over-plated 34 year old shell sounds insane.

Well done that man! From The Inland Boat Owners Book

You are (relatively) lucky I would say. I've just had an annual increase from GJW from £200 to £290, (figures rounded to nearest £, rather than me looking them up, as the paperwork is at home, not here on the boat). No changes to policy, and insured value remains unaltered. A bit steep, I thought, but "frangar's" "survey required" makes switching elsewhere a lot more expensive. For clarification this is for an historic (1936) oat.

My initial thought as well. However I reckon if the upper surface was an unsupported plank that soe idiot would no doubt try walking the length of it. Or maybe a large group of local "yoof" would try sitting on it at the same time.

Even allowing for recent ramping inflation, I think you are paying too much for your chips.

However there is a different boat listed attributed to Swan Haven, which might support the idea that that is a real company. Isabella Built by Swan Haven - Length : 13.72 metres ( 45 feet ) - Beam : 2.09 metres ( 6 feet 10 inches ). Metal hull N/A power of 20 HP. Registered with Canal & River Trust number 71171 as a Powered Motor Boat. ( Last updated on Saturday 19th April 2008 )

For "all things Sabb" there is also "Johno" at Union Canal Carriers. Last I heard some of the boats in their hire fleet still sported Sabbs.

Provided it comes with a starting handle you don't need any electrics of any description - just the ability to crank hard, and the knack of when to put it into compression. This does look one of the most absurdly priced boats that anybody has pointed us to in a long while. I would say "walk away", but "run away" would be even better advice!

I also think it very unlikely that you will find any suitable replacement other than a Thetford one.identical to that supplied when the loo was new Generally they are smaller than a domestic one and it is unlikely that you will find compatible mounts and hinges. What is the problem with an identical replacement?