g.u wideboat progress

[bargemast]

Great work Chris, I really do admire your perceverance, and I also liked seeing the other projets you had to work on in the meantime.

 

I wish you lots of courage, nice weather and good health for this year to progress on "Progress".

 

Peter.

[AMModels]

Has anyone visited lately and seen Progress?

[bargemast]

Has anyone visited lately and seen Progress?

 

I had planned to go to the Rickmansworth Festival, and while there have a look at "Progress" and maybe meet Chris.

 

But sadly enough I didn't manage to go there, so no luck and no photos to share.

 

It's still on my list to go there, but probably not before next year now.

 

Hope that Chris will come back with an update soon.

 

Peter.

[Theo]

The wherry Albion was Hogged and they straightened her a couple of years back see here

 

Canberra hogged. The mean of the fore and aft draughts was greater than the load line certificate allowed so the draughts amidships were taken into account or, if you could get to see the draught marks then consultation with the chief officer would determine the correct fiddle factor. She had those great big turbo electric engines in the stern plus boilers.

 

Nick

[Johnboy770]

What a fantastic thread, Hats off to you Chris

[chris collins]

I've been trying to get some time to put the last couple of planks in since Christmas and it has finally happened. Time for a bit of celebration.

 

 

Just leaves, the shearing, iron frames, stern wooden frames, engine beds, fore end deck beams, compass pieces lower breasthook, deck, breasthook, cants, coaming, winch, bollards, hatch, side decks, coamings, hatch boards, stern deck bearers, stern deck, coaming, sterngear, rudder, steering gear, diesel tanks, engine, water cooling pipes/mudbox, cabin, miscellaneous navigation lights, rubbing bands, stem iron and anything else that I have forgotten. Not holding my breathe.

[gazza]

Congratulations!!

 

[Laurence Hogg]

Oh WOW, that's looking great!

[Derek R.]

Reminds me of the Constable painting 'Barge building at Flatford Mill'

 

Well done Chris.

[Jrtm]

Looks impressive

Now the hard bit can start.

Edited September 27, 2016 by billybobbooth

[stagedamager]

Stunning work.

[Tam & Di]

I've been trying to get some time to put the last couple of planks in since Christmas and it has finally happened. Time for a bit of celebration.

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Just leaves, the shearing, iron frames, stern wooden frames, engine beds, fore end deck beams, compass pieces lower breasthook, deck, breasthook, cants, coaming, winch, bollards, hatch, side decks, coamings, hatch boards, stern deck bearers, stern deck, coaming, sterngear, rudder, steering gear, diesel tanks, engine, water cooling pipes/mudbox, cabin, miscellaneous navigation lights, rubbing bands, stem iron and anything else that I have forgotten. Not holding my breathe.

 

It's looking great Chris. It'll soon be at the stage that Di and I can move back into it

 

Tam

[rivergate]

This is a brilliant thread - hats off to you Chris - for the work and for sharing your progress

[Bee]

And here's me feeling sorry for myself because I need to emulsion the bathroom ceiling. That really is a colossal piece of work. Brilliant.

[Jrtm]

This is a brilliant thread - hats off to you Chris - for the work and for sharing your progress

Oooo do we all get to use it once hes finished. Great ill start packing.

[rivergate]

Oooo do we all get to use it once hes finished. Great ill start packing.

 

? Id love to take a turn steering her for sure....

[Jrtm]

Its was more for the quote of saying (and for sharing your progress (as this is the name of the boat) hes going to share the boat with us!!

Edited September 27, 2016 by billybobbooth

[rivergate]

got it - thanks

 

....I was also trying ( and failing ) to make a reference to my own boat which is called 'Progress' also ....

 

lol

[bargemast]

Hi Chris, glad you managed to find the time to show us all some more of the excellent work you're doing on "Progress".

 

The stage she's in now certainly deserves more than only a bit of celebration.

 

Looking forward to see the next step of her rebuild.

 

Good luck with it.

 

Peter.

[Heritage]

Does anyone know where progress is up to these days? In terms of the re build.

[Athy]

Mr. Collins has not visited CWDF since September 2016. Does anyone know if he is still making, er progress?

[jake_crew]

Its inspirational work that Chris has done, but I can't help thinking a time gap like that is rather worrying.

 

There is a boatbuilder called Chris Collins (possibly of South African extraction) on the South Coast doing sea-going stuff , so perhaps he's had a change of direction.

Edited March 26, 2020 by jake_crew

[jake_crew]

We took a walk down the canal past Coppermill and ended up at Troy Mill this morning.

 

Progress is still at the yard in the floating dock,.

 

There was no-one there to ask about Chris.

 

[Tim Lewis]

Came across this film of progress being used fore the opening of the widened GU locks in 1934!

 

 

[Tim Lewis]

On 22/09/2011 at 17:36, David Mack said:

 

Some of the Fulbourne crew tell me this was not done on the GU wartime livery, and so we haven't done it. I'm minded to print out copies of the missing letters on fridge magnet paper so I can make removable ones.

 

I note that on Sculptor and some other boats in this livery, the whole name is written beyond the open position of the doors to avoid the issue.

 

David

 

Recently discovered film showing that (in 1947)  the lettering Fulbourne was not written on the inside of the doors!

 

 

Edited December 29, 2021 by Tim Lewis