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Steve Priest

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    Aquila & Bingley
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  1. If you get told off again show them this -“closing is by gravity”! Yes, there is a rubber pad to absorb the shock, I understand that there were two more pads fitted to the bottom of the paddle frame which are no longer fitted after changing from wood to plastic paddles
  2. I have no doubt that it was intended to have the deck board in the correct place, and the cloths to extend back to the start of the conventional shaped cabin, so that the steel cloth shaped piece would not be seen
  3. I take your point, but in this case it’s a fore end going forwards! Yes, the doors are just temporary. Nope, two inch feather edge, riveted to the steelwork, and spiked to the wooden gunwhales and cants
  4. That sounds ok to me, my porthole is centred at 43 1/2” from the back bulkhead.
  5. My measurements were taken from the back edge of the bulkhead, i.e. the back of the doors when closed
  6. The following measurements are from my own little Woolwich, and were from measuring mainly waterways cabins over the years. There is a bit of latitude on these, they weren’t all the same, but this is what I ended up using. Measured from the back bulkhead forward to the centreline of each. Chimney collar 25” Bull’s eye. 49” Mushroom v. 88” Letterbox vent ( again to the centre ) 23 1/4”, with the top edge 6 3/4 below the top of the handrail and parallel to it Slide hole (aperture size, so measured to the back of the timber facing, to the edge of the runner itself) width at bulkhead 20 1/2”, width at front 19 3/4” depth 22” Is your cabin fitted out? If so, you will need to bear that in mind, especially if the internal proportions are not standard, such as if the bed has been made wider than normal at the expense of the range shelf. Woolwich boats had 5 1/2” fabricated chimney collars, made from a piece of around 5mm plate and a piece of tube 5 1/2” o.d., and the space between the handrail and slide runner is fairly tight on motor boats. For my money I would certainly taper the slide, besides it will allow a little more space for the chimney collar. Even with steel slide runners, I would fit a wooden slide, steel ones are too heavy and clumsy I find. If you do need to put it a little further forwards, make sure that the front bolt is clear of the rear table bulkhead, especially if the range shelf is not as long as it should be. The bull’s eye the dimension I have given will mean that it is well clear of the bed, the cabin frame, and valance. If the bed is wider than the standard 39” you may have to move it back a bit, but if you move it back too far then the slide will clobber it when fully open
  7. Yes, with the increase in the depth and the guard lowered it has a look of one of the post war counters
  8. I’ve just been looking at this, and the back does actually appear to be original. Under the rear porthole you can see the ends of the original guards, the top guard and a short length of the counter bottom guard below it. The guard that now goes around the counter is a newer one, the top line of which follows the line of the bottom of the old one. If you zoom it you can see the pitting which would have been behind the old guard, and you can also see where the rivet holes have been welded up. You can also see the top of a plate welded on to increase the depth of the counter ( and thus decrease the draft ) which has changed the overall look of the counter.
  9. I would doubt quite that many, 2” pitch on the roof flanges, roof seam ( the roof is fitted in two pieces ), and the bulkhead, 2 3/8” pitch on the framing. My guess would be 300 - 350
  10. Well, it made me smile! - “ extensively restored by Brinklow Boats in 1990 with a full traditional back cabin by Simon and Rex Wain” Simon, Rex and I didn’t form Brinklow Boat Services until 1997, Kestrel was restored by the Warwickshire Flyboat Company, when the three of us still worked there. The steelwork was done by myself, and unless I am very much mistaken, the cabin was fitted out by Don Donnelly, subsequently grained and decorated by myself. The work was done for a chap called Mike Samson who actually bought the boat from Willow Wren, but did nothing with it for several years. Once we had done the work he bought the Hyperion and paired it with that. It was actually my first attempt at replacing a Northwich riveted cabin, the old one was way past restoring, but at least we had it for a pattern Here are a few pictures from the archive:-
  11. Not really, the set up on Owl is exactly as would be expected in a Josher of that age (1928), apart from the D shaped hole and the small balance plate. The skeg is a flat steel plate 1/2” or 5/8” thick, and approximately eight feet long, which would run ( in a composite boat) forwards under the bottom, and would be bolted up through the bottom boards and the keelson. There are two tabs of angle riveted to the skeg which are bolted through the end of the stern post, and a further two angle tabs which are bolted through the bottom of the vertical skeg bar, both pairs of angles are visible in the photo. A third pair riveted to the sole plate are bolted through the top of the skeg bar, hence the skeg bar is held on with four bolts and is removable. The skeg itself, being of a flat piece of plate, would not be strong enough without the skeg bar to reinforce it, and the bottom rudder cup is riveted to the skeg bar as well. This arrangement was the same on many wooden boats. Yarwoods continued to build Joshers with this arrangement until 1934, when they changed to a one piece forged sternpost skeg and cup to the same design as Grand Union boats. I understand that the last one in the old style was the Dory, the first of the new was the Bramble. In the old style the rudder post is vertical, in the new the rudder post is angled backwards (at the top) so that the rudder is self centring, which also made these boats lighter to steer, as it gave more leverage at the height of the tiller
  12. The sole plate is the bottom of the counter, the uxter plates are the triangular plates running forwards from it at the top of the swim
  13. It’s a little Woolwich so it can’t be Water Sprite, but for my money it is a normal water bus, the roof is too rounded and the front windows aren’t right for Rambler
  14. IMO that can was painted by Dennis Clarke’s brother Colin, but interestingly enough the example that David refers to as being by Frank Nurser is actually by Dennis himself
  15. And just to make it clear, this was not Nelson’s steamer Jason, which had been sold on prior to the Jason ll being built. Jason ll was a diesel boat
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