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..I thought she was in pretty good nic all things considered - a big project for sure but not a basket case by any means ...it was just a shame that the engine water jacket went in the morning. ...

..I went to view Kent today - thought you guys might like to see some pictures....

...? ..which boat was that..?

..nice picture actually... ...current owner/seller is talking about de - converting her if she doesn't sell....looks a decent prospect to me ....?

Thank you ..for some reason google wasn't helping me...cheers

..any general back ground on this boat guys..? I don't know its history in terms of repairs over the years at all....PM if that's easier / more appropriate...? Cheers

..can anyone share a ink to the sale/ pictures please. ? Thanks

..Carp 2 was docked at Braunston just before my daughter was born there ..we did some rudimentary repairs - including a scaffold board or two in her uxter plates to encourage her to stay together and caulked and tarred her...lots of horse shit I recall......really nice little boat

Thanks Pete ..I will do some googling cheers

..that's how I read it ...would be very interested to see others like Frederick...?

..actually that's quite wrong...it is the fore cabin with the engine in..:) ...I cant go back and edit my previous.. ...yeah..it was over plated...I found him again via facebook ..hopefully still be able to see her when he docks her...hes got a couple of little woolwiches as well I think..John Knill's and a converted butty to the new GUCCCo design of motor boat swim..? ..the engine always started fine with me..one cyclinder after another.. ..it was the gear box that I had issues with - constantly adjusting the belt...I think its got a PRM or something similar now but he has the box still for a rebuild int he futre...

..incidentally the stern cabin on Frederick is the engine ole - 6 cylinder Gardner ( as it were ) ..the fore cabin ( as it were ) is the accommodation...

..thanks..I owned Frederick for a while..really nice little tug ..lovely tug ..thanks for that..

...a 6xl..? ..its not Fredrich is it..? ( I found her owner via facebook and he was planning to dock her and agreed to invite me down to see her out of the water but the contact drifted away/unfriended I think..? )

Thank you

..chatting with the vendor he thinks the hull is rebuilt in 2011? with only one side a bit spongy...

...yeah got to be best but it reads like she's had little done for decades? so may need a total rebuild in one go.... ..do you have any pictures from then Mike..? ...whats left that's good on her..? ...and which steel tugs please..?

Me also. ..

..well I'm interested. ..make a really interesting 5 or 6 year project. ..got a call out to the vendor to try and arrange a viewing. ... ...trying to find an affordable off side safe mooring below stoke bruene but out of London is a bit challenging.... ...won't know if she is best put somewhere in the water to enjoy while getting wood etc together to rebuild in one or suitable for a rolling rebuild....thoughts guys. ?

TAY has been available for approaching 2 years I think...the plus £30 k ticket is the challenge i think...really beautiful boat

I wasn't intending my comment to be aimed at any other boat - Towy is lovely for sure...but Tay really resonated with me - you know how it goes...no offence I hope.. ..I might be wrong but I think it was a 9hp....? ..if funds and availability were not considerations, my choice would have been a JP2 ....lovely engine ( Ive had one ) and a reasonable period as it were refit to my mind....a National 2nd having seen Towys but not boated with one.... I bow to the team here, but I just don't see a wooden motor being worth 34k..?

I went to see Tay and made an offer on her....if you like wooden boats then shes a decent one in my view - for what that's worth ...I understand she had a pup and it was this that was lost when the company doing the rebuild went bust...a lot of positive in her I think but the sale price is way over and the primary reason for her still being available - I think there was a plank on the front right hand side and some minor issues on the water line left side, not been docked and blacked for a while, stove needed replacement - modern engine but replaceable when ready or opportunity presented itself...of all the tar boats Ive seen she has the best shaped fore end and stern and felt brilliant in the water Id buy her tomorrow ..some pics ...

..:) for sure...I worked with The Duck on the dredging fleets and recently bumped into him again at Stockton and we were tied up at the Stop for a while with Roger and Darley and Alperton...good times

My old butty in the Blue and Gold and Darley and Alperton in the stunning Yellow and Blue from back in the day..