Ray T Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) Took the boat for blacking yesterday and came past this marina on the Coventry Canal. Whitefield has apparently found a new home and grown a pram hood. For the uninitiated that is not a Potato Alien from the Smash advert on the bow, it is a pair of horns on top of a mirrored dome containing a video camera Edited April 11, 2021 by Ray T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chagall Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 It makes it look like a cartoon bug boat ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangar Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 24 minutes ago, Ray T said: Took the boat for blacking yesterday and came past this marina on the Coventry Canal. Whitefield has apparently found a new home and grown a pram hood. For the uninitiated that is not a Potato Alien from the Smash advert on the bow, it is a pair of horns on top of a mirrored dome containing a video camera It’s always had the front hood...well it was left with some of it after a moment in Crick tunnel...I’m not sure if it’s always had the back one....wonder if that’s electric too?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 34 minutes ago, Ray T said: Took the boat for blacking yesterday and came past this marina on the Coventry Canal. Whitefield has apparently found a new home and grown a pram hood. For the uninitiated that is not a Potato Alien from the Smash advert on the bow, it is a pair of horns on top of a mirrored dome containing a video camera Unless its been repainted the red paint is holding up well to not fading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire cat Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 The rear pram hood was existent during its 4? year stay at Aston Marina. The red paint is erring towards pink these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Someone must of moved it in the last couple of weeks as it was moored a few pontoons down from us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree monkey Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Has anyone actually bought the boat or has it just been shifted from marina to marina in a desperate attempt to sell it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Just now, tree monkey said: Has anyone actually bought the boat or has it just been shifted from marina to marina in a desperate attempt to sell it I'm sure ABNB sold it again a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangar Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, tree monkey said: Has anyone actually bought the boat or has it just been shifted from marina to marina in a desperate attempt to sell it I thought it’s new owners popped up on here a few years ago....or was it Facebook?? They hid again though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 It isn't listed on Great Haywood boat sales anymore so maybe it has sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWoolcock Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 6 hours ago, Ray T said: Took the boat for blacking yesterday and came past this marina on the Coventry Canal. Whitefield has apparently found a new home and grown a pram hood. For the uninitiated that is not a Potato Alien from the Smash advert on the bow, it is a pair of horns on top of a mirrored dome containing a video camera That looks like the boat (?) is backed into the work bays at Streethay Wharf, so maybe its having a new bag of CPUs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire cat Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 It was moored at Stone until 2019. The owners decided to sell and put some effort in to tidying it up. They went on a final cruise towards Tixall and we caught them up because they were having problems. The engine refused to run at more than tickover. They made it as far as Great Haywood, got it fixed and put it on brokerage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Cheshire cat said: It was moored at Stone until 2019. The owners decided to sell and put some effort in to tidying it up. They went on a final cruise towards Tixall and we caught them up because they were having problems. The engine refused to run at more than tickover. They made it as far as Great Haywood, got it fixed and put it on brokerage. That is where I last saw it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted April 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) It is interesting to see the progress, or lack of this boat. It was a bold experiment, some may say otherwise, but IMHO it was always doomed to failure at it is a 21st Century boat with many innovative ideas on a 17th Century system. Edited April 12, 2021 by Ray T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackofalltrades Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 Is this the boat? https://www.midwayboats.co.uk/boatsforsale-315.html From the outside it looks like a narrowboat designed in and for the 21st century - different, but I quite like it, apart from the hideous bow canvas (cratch cover?) Looking at the interior pics it looks like whoever fitted it out made a good job of it. Personally I think it would be boring if all boats looked the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted April 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) The shell is by Tim Tyler and fitted out by Fernwood Boats. Edited April 12, 2021 by Ray T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 the exterior has always reminded me of this from my youth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, Jackofalltrades said: . Personally I think it would be boring if all boats looked the same. Yes, it would. Some aspects of this boat could be described as "fabulous", but the U.K. canals are perhaps not its ideal environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 15 minutes ago, Jackofalltrades said: ........... it looks like whoever fitted it out made a good job of it. Apparently it did cost in excess of £250,000 some 13 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackofalltrades Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Athy said: Yes, it would. Some aspects of this boat could be described as "fabulous", but the U.K. canals are perhaps not its ideal environment. So an ancient canal network should only have ancient looking boats on it? That's not how humans roll ! 1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said: Apparently it did cost in excess of £250,000 some 13 years ago. If true then I can't help thinking that's a tad excessive! By a factor of about 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, Jackofalltrades said: Is this the boat? https://www.midwayboats.co.uk/boatsforsale-315.html From the outside it looks like a narrowboat designed in and for the 21st century - different, but I quite like it, apart from the hideous bow canvas (cratch cover?) Looking at the interior pics it looks like whoever fitted it out made a good job of it. Personally I think it would be boring if all boats looked the same. Yes that's it - I think from a listing when it was sold previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doratheexplorer Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 It shows how conservative the canals are when something just a touch different creates so much interest. I like it but it seems to have a cross-bed, which are the devil's work, so it's a no from me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted April 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 18 hours ago, frangar said: It’s always had the front hood...well it was left with some of it after a moment in Crick tunnel...I’m not sure if it’s always had the back one....wonder if that’s electric too?? As built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 21 minutes ago, Jackofalltrades said: If true then I can't help thinking that's a tad excessive! By a factor of about 2. A review from the launch : Fernwood – White | Canal Boat So how much did all this cost? Neither the owners nor the builders are willing to say, but it’s thought to be in the region of £250,000 (an estimate that neither the Glaves nor the Warriners made much effort to argue with). Fernwood do say, though, that they’ve been contacted by a couple of clients who would have bought Whitefield had it been for sale, and were prepared to pay significantly more than a quarter of a million pounds for it.That sort of price tag means Whitefield must be a contender for the most expensive narrowboat ever built, as well as one of the more unusual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 27 minutes ago, Jackofalltrades said: So an ancient canal network should only have ancient looking boats on it? I don't think so, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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