Mike Nicoll

Wow, what a post this has become but in all fairness we should leave it there as this is meant to be about Historic Boats for sale and this has gone off point!

I think it is Dyslexia!!

I looked this up in my two Dictionaries Cill is not listed, but Sill is listed as being the shelf at the bottom of a window, the lower horizontal part of window or door frame. The Thesaurus has Sill as foundation, firm base, footing, groundwork That's ok if your dealing with a dyslectic Engineer!!

Having a lock nearby is key, lowering the lock so that there is about 18inc above the cill should give you enough room to tackle the problem using bolt cutters if needed, but you need to know what you are doing with this option. i would say that there will be few now that have done this or even seen it done.

There was another option, That was to put the stern on to the sill, secured to the top gates, this had to be done very carefully more so if your working boat was wooden.

Wow that is some research, going back to Adelaide the HNBC suggest that Adelaide is in fact Ann both Royalty class butty built in 1931 HNBC recon that Adelaide went into the Harefield flashes.

Yes that's it, Jester I could not remember the name but I know that Jester was not the original name for this boat.

What about the one that ended up above the foot bridge just above Hemel Hempstead lock, I know that this was not Adelaide.

Not so sure that this is off Topic, as I am sure that Adelaide was on the Basingstoke canal.

Is this Boat Adelaide The same Boat that was based on the Basingstoke Canal that is linked to the book Adelina https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/adelina-or-the-canal-memoirs-of-a-coal-washing-man/author/horsfall-d-w/

I agree excellent work. It is often said that artistic licence has to be given to artists.

I do not know this area well but what I have seen the old line of canal that goes to Newbold old tunnel would have come out at a 45 degree turn on to the present canal, but I did say that you would not find a canal tunnel at a 45 degree angle to a lock. just splitting hairs I know.

Ok good point and you would never find a canal Tunnel at a 45 degree angle to a lock.

A great concept and fantastic idea, a small point though I could not see any gate recess which was a shame considering all the details with the brick works that went into this project.

A great model with plenty of detail. following on with the nit picking the top gates do not appear to have a recess, yet the bottom gates do.