Dorman in the skip.

[Billabong]

Do you know if this Dorman 4dsm came out of a Gary Gorton tug  Named Wotan ?

Edited January 2, 2023 by Billabong
Boat name added

[bizzard]

4 hours ago, Billabong said:

Do you know if this Dorman 4dsm came out of a Gary Gorton tug  Named Wotan ?

I know the boat Wotan, black tug style. It was owned by someone here many years ago and sold to someone on the Bow back waters. It had a Dorman 4dsm engine.

[Ange]

There was a CWDF member called Doorman - I just keep seeing him in a skip when I see the title.

[john.k]

There was Norman the Doorman at a local pub.......he used act as go between for the hard men in the private bar and the punters who couldnt make their payments........he disappeared without trace............possibly ended up in a skip.

[Billabong]

19 hours ago, bizzard said:

I know the boat Wotan, black tug style. It was owned by someone here many years ago and sold to someone on the Bow back waters. It had a Dorman 4dsm engine.

I bought that boat in 1989 as a shell with an engine (Dorman Ricardo 4dsm ) was previously named Horace, the boatman’s cabin was built by Jim Forster at kegworth a very talented man,  I did the fit out and cruised most of the available midland network, great boat I did lots of work on the engine which dated from 1948 and came from a Royal Navy cutter the engine was originally painted navy blue but I decided that Brunswick green would be more in keeping with its use in a narrow boat, very sad to see my lovely engine in a skip.

[bizzard]

2 hours ago, Billabong said:

I bought that boat in 1989 as a shell with an engine (Dorman Ricardo 4dsm ) was previously named Horace, the boatman’s cabin was built by Jim Forster at kegworth a very talented man,  I did the fit out and cruised most of the available midland network, great boat I did lots of work on the engine which dated from 1948 and came from a Royal Navy cutter the engine was originally painted navy blue but I decided that Brunswick green would be more in keeping with its use in a narrow boat, very sad to see my lovely engine in a skip.

It was a chap called Nick Gosnall who probably bought it from you and sold it to someone on the Bow back waters

[daveyr]

Looking for a Dorman 3LD if anyone knows of one, or 4LD for spares 

[john.k]

The LD s were used in a lot of construction eqiptment .........proabably the best chance on a old construction forum.

[TugFan]

This was in my Gary Gorton tug, Horace (later Wotan) - so very sad to see a great engine discarded. It was a bit punch for a 47 foot boat, but she was a tug! 35 years on, I'm looking for another tug as a refit project...

Edited July 2 by TugFan