Dry dock for sale

[matty40s]

10 hours ago, BWM said:

There are a few boatyards that use an oversized barge as a dry dock. With a door or stop planks at one end, the barge is sunk to allow the boat to be worked on to enter it, the door/stop planks are replaced, water pumped out and you then have a floating dry dock with a boat inside. This may be a realistic option if space allows. 

Someone (an occasional forum contributor and decent boat painter) did try to bring a widebeam size dry dock from somewhere on the Nene to the GU, and tow it along and work from it. I recall CRT put a stop to it as it was too large to fit through locks, therefore would not have been able to fulfil the range required by the 'boat without home mooring' licence.

 

[Drayke]

On 17/01/2024 at 12:43, BWM said:

There's at least one on a narrow canal, Brinklow boat services use one.

As do the Boatyard on the K&A at Hilperton.