HelenMac Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I am looking for a manual for a S.W.Durham Steelcraft 30ft Inspection Launch ' Sailaway'. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearley Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Not quite sure what sort of manual you are expecting. The one for my boat has a full-ish specification of the boat as built, which I've tried to keep up to date as things have been changed, and a schematic of the electrical system. Everything else is a manual or instructions supplied by the equipment manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 21 minutes ago, helenharris54@gmail.com said: I am looking for a manual for a S.W.Durham Steelcraft 30ft Inspection Launch ' Sailaway'. Can anyone help? Do you mean the RCD documentation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenMac Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Thank you "The one for my boat has a full-ish specification of the boat as built, which I've tried to keep up to date as things have been changed, and a schematic of the electrical system" I think this is what I need but S. W Durham Steelcraft seem to have been liquidated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I've just reported your username Helen, to protect you. Having an email as a username will result in you being spammed to death!!!! If you cant change it, hopefully one of the moderators can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, helenharris54@gmail.com said: Thank you "The one for my boat has a full-ish specification of the boat as built, which I've tried to keep up to date as things have been changed, and a schematic of the electrical system" I think this is what I need but S. W Durham Steelcraft seem to have been liquidated S w Durham Steel craft were well built boats but are long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 54 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: S w Durham Steel craft were well built boats but are long gone. Around 2005 I think. They surfaced under another name - Skyme? - but not for long. I don't know what went wrong; they had the contract to build CanalTime's boats (so they needed to be well built), perhaps they lost that job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 We had experience of one as a sponsored hire boat, horrible thing, fitout was like a cheap caravan with paper thin hollow bulkheads and appallingly bad woodwork. Tiny Isuzu engine and prop. Most boats never had a manual. it aint a Volvo, all built as individuals. Later boats will have a ledger with all the equipment listed, wiring and plumbing diagrams etc. If yours is an ex Canalslime boat than I would suggest asking another owner for a gander at theirs, they were all built the same spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenMac Posted September 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Thank you @ Matty40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 How old is this boat? I assume it is now at an age where any original manual will be of very limited value, since things will have changed over the years, equipment will have been replaced etc. and the original manual won't have been updated. Since most narrow boats are built as one-offs, a manual for a similar boat from the same builder won't necessarily be much use either, particularly if this was sold as a sailaway and fitted out by someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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