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  2. Looking for a short historic boat

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    34 minutes ago, pete harrison said:

    I nearly choked on my cup of tea when I read that description - built by Harland and Wolff circa 1948 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    Actually the hull was built by W.J. Yarwood and Sons Ltd., and was delivered to Fellows, Morton and Clayton Ltd. om 05 May 1948. GORSE was completed at Uxbridge Dock by 'British Waterways' and entered service during the spring / summer of 1951. This information is readily accessible :captain: 

    I was surprised to read the description as well. I sold Gorse to the current owner in 1986. It had a draught of around 2'9" if I remember correctly, the counter is taller from the waterline than most of the other josher motors. I remember the front was hugely overbuilt by waterways and was a very strong boat. The engine I put in to the boat around 1984 I think to replace and aged SR2. Bit quirky but went well. I am sure I told him at the time it was Yarwoods boat!

  12. Historic Boats for sale online

    in History & Heritage

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    13 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

     

    I've been saying this for years on here.

     

    The recent removal of the classic and historic full length leisure cabin conversion on the THEMIS was particularly unfortunate loss, I thought. 

    I was the owner of Themis that removed said cabin.

     

    I was intending to live in the cabin but the need for a total re skin or rebuild of the cabin was needed. As Pete Harrison has mentioned the age of the cabin on certain boats and the ingress of water over many years made the keeping of it not financially viable. Also the hull sides and the front to the boat behind the cabin was suffering in a bad way being constantly damp. Between the cabin and the engine room the steel had almost completely rusted away.

    The boat had spread and I had to chain it in in a lock on the Trent and Mersey and the windows nearly popped out as the seals had long gone!

    First night it rained one of my suitcases filled with water from one of the many drips in the ceiling! A loss yes but something had to be done with it.

     

    It is sad to see a long term conversion be removed but in this case it was either reconvert (which the following owner did) or de convert.

    • Greenie 1

  15. Archimedes

    in History & Heritage

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    When I bought Archimedes it was composite. At that time I removed the SR3 from the back cabin and put in the HR2 back into the original engine room. My dad put the extension cabin on to make it easier for living on.

    When I sold the boat to Albert he ran it for a while with the wooden bottoms but he did replace the bottom with steel I think in the early 90's

    Was a lovely boat to boat with and went like a rocket with the wooden bottoms in....

     

    I am pretty sure Ara is steel bottomed.

  16. Historic Boats for sale online

    in History & Heritage

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    Seen on Facebook Narrowboat brokerage page

     

    Narrowboat
    £67,750
    London, United Kingdom

    REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE DUE TO RELOCATION OVERSEAS

    Beneath the unassuming covers, Roe is a fairytale boat with a fit out made of elm, oak, yew, love and a sprinkling of magic.

    Built in 1959, she is a 70’ River Class butty, motorised with a Gardner 4LK, rumoured to have come from a WW2 midget submarine. Current owner a boat electrician. Hi spec everything - from bathroom taps to batteries, this is a boat built to last.

    Totally sorted for long term liveaboard cruising or you can find a marina.

    The boring bits:

    Batteries - 6x Trojan T105
    Solar controller - Outback 60A MPPT
    Inverter/Charger - Victron 3000/120/16
    Generator - Honda EU30IS
    Gas boiler - Morco F11
    Stove - Morso Squirrel
    Cooker - 60 cm cast iron hob, 2 ovens/grill.
    Back cabin stove - Faure Revin, C19 century. Makes ace pizza!
    Central heating - Mikuni 
    Radiators - 3 + fan assisted rad an bathroom and heated towel rail (stainless, obviously.)
    Calorifier - 100 ltr single coil.
    Insulation - 50/100mm Kingspan
    Fresh water tank - ample
    Blackwater tank - 4 weeks+
    Gas bottles - storage for 4x
    2k blacking. Overplated bottom 10" around knees when last out of water according to survey. Current(ish!) survey available. All work specified carried out by reputable yard. Blacking and survey due next yearREDUCED FOR QUICK SA

  17. Archimedes

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    15 hours ago, SOBB said:

    Thanks for the reply’s, the last time I saw them on the water was at Leighton lock about five years ago, I gave the chap my number then in case he decided to sell but have never heard anything.My Father did a good number of carrying miles when part of South Midland Water Transport and my Grandfather used Archimedes to move house when they came off the water many, many summers ago so I do have a strong connection, which I would be keen for my own family to share.

     

    I would be prepared to pay a fair price but it wouldn’t be six figures!

     

     

     

     

     

    I sold Archimedes to your father. He always loved it.

  23. Historic Boats for sale online

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    17 minutes ago, billybobbooth said:

    Looks good but odd not to have put a lump and or at least a prop on even so can be floated?

    Looks ok ish but a semi sort of guccc style but not at same time,

    Not a touch on brinklows

    Still the best modern carrying boat I have ever seen. I think this was built alongside Otley hence the proportions are so good.

    arundel.jpg

    • Greenie 1

  25. OTLEY

    in History & Heritage

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    I think Graeme at Stockton Dry Dock re-bottomed and re-footed Otley a wile ago now. He did say they only did the hold and not under the back cabin and engine room. I think he is much partial to Large Northwich's even though I keep getting him to work on josher's!!

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