Interesting boat .

[greywolf]

I found this in the Tug section of clicky

Edited August 4, 2009 by greywolf

[carlt]

Link doesn't work.

 

Try:

Clicky

Edited August 4, 2009 by carlt

[greywolf]

thank you i eventually worked it out. It seems an odd combination of things to the untrained eye?

[carlt]

thank you i eventually worked it out. It seems an odd combination of things to the untrained eye?

I just cut and paste the address, at the top, into the "insert link" thingy.

[greywolf]

I just cut and paste the address, at the top, into the "insert link" thingy.

cheers I would have thought a boat that age would have been part of Bw heritage fleet but i guess it would have been sold into private hands before that was set up.

[Athy]

Its ability to float sideways is quite remarkable - as is the train of thought which led to, in the "You may also be interested in" section, a photo of a brand new £86,000 Norton Canes boat being displayed. Hmmm, I shan't buy the workboat with a crane, I'll have a luxury leisure craft instead.

[carlt]

Its ability to float sideways is quite remarkable - as is the train of thought which led to, in the "You may also be interested in" section, a photo of a brand new £86,000 Norton Canes boat being displayed. Hmmm, I shan't buy the workboat with a crane, I'll have a luxury leisure craft instead.

I think you'll find many enthusiasts, of historic narrow boats, also appreciate the quality of a NC craft.

 

Just ask forum member Sarahavfc, owner of butty, Vienna.

[Athy]

I think you'll find many enthusiasts, of historic narrow boats, also appreciate the quality of a NC craft.

 

Just ask forum member Sarahavfc, owner of butty, Vienna.

I believe that NC is a byword for quality, yes, but what I meant wa sthat the two craft in the advert were so very different, one being a a specialised working craft and the other a luxury floating home - in automotive terms, I've decided not to buy the breakdown truck, I'll have the Bristol limousine instead. I suspect that the "you may also be interested in" boats were chosen by a computer.

[carlt]

I believe that NC is a byword for quality, yes, but what I meant wa sthat the two craft in the advert were so very different, one being a a specialised working craft and the other a luxury floating home

One is a tug, one is a replica tug.

 

I think it sits well alongside two BCN tugs.

[Athy]

As always Carl, i respect your point of view. Never seen a tug with a crane before, mind (and what's the betting that you will now post photos of six of them!)

[RLWP]

 

Did I beat him?

 

BCN spoon dredger at BCNS do

 

 

Richard

[Athy]

 

Did I beat him?

 

BCN spoon dredger at BCNS do

 

 

Richard

C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas le tug.

[RLWP]

C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas le tug.

 

Unlike the boat in the first post?

 

 

Oh! not a tug either!

 

Richard

(although it does have an engine and the spoon dredger doesn't)

[Laurence Hogg]

Unlike the boat in the first post?

 

 

Oh! not a tug either!

 

Richard

(although it does have an engine and the spoon dredger doesn't)

 

The boat on sale is a second generation Bantock, possibly a ex Great Western railway boat. If we had the BCN number i could ID it.

[carlt]

As always Carl, i respect your point of view. Never seen a tug with a crane before, mind (and what's the betting that you will now post photos of six of them!)

My post appears to have been cut in half.

 

I was comparing the Norton Canes BCN built replica tug with "progress" (a BCN built tug) and the BCN boat.

 

I believe the Bantock sits well, alongside two BCN tugs, is what I meant to say.

Edited August 5, 2009 by carlt

[Proper Job]

BCN spoon dredger at BCNS do

 

 

Richard

I loved the lit up shopping trolly on the BCN work boat further down the page on the link - What a bowsprit

[ditchcrawler]

I know this is a very old thread and with the BCNs new website non of the links work but I passed this today @Rose Narrowboats

[zenataomm]

Wow, it's still sitting there?

I passed that at Rose mid-Summer, surely it has a home?

[Athy]

2 hours ago, zenataomm said:

Wow, it's still sitting there?

I passed that at Rose mid-Summer, surely it has a home?

From memory, that stretch of towpath moorings is reserved for Rose Narrowboats, so perhaps it belongs to them and that is its home.

[ditchcrawler]

I was hoping that @Rose Narrowboats would respond but I think they post under s different name now, is it Richard?

 

[Athy]

3 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

I was hoping that @Rose Narrowboats would respond but I think they post under s different name now, is it Richard?

 

He last posted in December and has visited the site during the last 24 hours.

You could perhaps P.M. him.

[alan_fincher]

9 hours ago, zenataomm said:

Wow, it's still sitting there?

I passed that at Rose mid-Summer, surely it has a home?

That is I believe it's home!

[Ray T]

For thems wot may not know it is a spoon dredger.

 

 

Also: https://rose-narrowboats.co.uk/historic-vessels-rose-narrowboats.htm

 

[ditchcrawler]

52 minutes ago, Ray T said:

For thems wot may not know it is a spoon dredger.

 

 

Also: https://rose-narrowboats.co.uk/historic-vessels-rose-narrowboats.htm

 

Thanks for that link, I saw Oxford 1 as wepassed and the butty back end.