RLWP Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 But I had already stated the identity of this boat in post 1760 of this thread when I also posted the initial link to the Apollo Duck advert. It looks more and more like I am wasting my time, or not believed You are always believed and definitely not wasting your time Pete Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J R ALSOP Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Its at Circus Fields not Castle Fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Nice paint dock at Castle Fields. Circus Field. We'll be in the adjacent dry dock next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Circus Field. We'll be in the adjacent dry dock next week. Gawd 'elp my memory! Great dock beats the poly tunnels! ETA perhaps the Castle came from the boat logo "Castle Wharf" Edited March 31, 2015 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwheel Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 .... and owned by another former owner of Badsey and Barnes! No prizes for a lot of detail though - doesn't even say what engine - I seem to recall maybe an Armstrong, but may be imagining that? Also some nagging feeling is telling me it maybe has a wooden cabin, rtaher than steel, though I may be wrong. And Otter. Armstrong AS3, Parsons 'box. 59ft. Wooden cabin. Massive headroom - 6ft 9" plus. Lovely beams and boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwheel Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Some pictures from when I owned her: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Very comfy looking. Are those steam dredger pontoons SATELLITE was tied to? . . and I can see TYCHO's blade in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwheel Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Very comfy looking. Are those steam dredger pontoons SATELLITE was tied to? . . and I can see TYCHO's blade in there! She's a very comfy boat. Yes I believe they are. You can indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Not a full boat, but it is amazing what turns up on E-Bay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yarwoods-of-Northwich-rudder/221722343233?_trksid=p2047675.c100013.m1986&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107105714%26meid%3Db3d3199050a54f9b8d6936955c848f01%26pid%3D100013%26rk%3D12%26rkt%3D30%26sd%3D321700112547 edit = from the posters name it looks like this has been removed from LING Well, according to a Facebook post this morning, you can now buy rather more of "Ling" should you wish to....... £55K, though! Don't know if it is more formally advertised anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Well, according to a Facebook post this morning, you can now buy rather more of "Ling" should you wish to....... £55K, though! Don't know if it is more formally advertised anywhere? I would not take anything too seriously this morning. I will not amend my records just yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted April 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 I would not take anything too seriously this morning. I will not amend my records just yet Yes I think that is a fair precaution to take. That said, I would put the possibility that it is actually serious at (say) 50:50. (Maybe!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J R ALSOP Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 The pontoon's are ex dockyard spacers, to keep the hull side away from the not so vertical dock walls.Wood Hall & Heward have a pair which we can make into a expanding work platform. Jim Macdonald had a pair which he used to make his floating wet dock at Maple Lodge. WHH now own this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 stern end of Small Woolwich butty INDUS http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=408501 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufford Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 "The original back cabin and engine room still exists" But who wants a back cabin in the bow of their boat?? Im sceptical it will be an 'original' back cabin. Wasnt that bit chopped off and welded onto the front of another boat? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I remember watching Satellite coming up The Knowle flight around 1966. I thought she was bigger then but I'd have only been about 11at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMModels Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 As it never had an original engine room I think they are getting confused between original and 1959 conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giveitsomeoil Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Quite obviously the cabin is NOT the butty's cabin from pre-british waterways chop in 1959 and therefore not now in the fore-end of the boat. The pictures show that clearly and yes she originally never had an engine 'ole from new. There is no confusion with 1959 as when she was cut in half and put to service in the BW hire fleet she was shorter and had a wooden cruiser cabin as was the style of the day. The wording has been changed on the advert as it obviously is causing a great deal of confusion. So just to clear the 'original cabin' situation up. The boat 'INDUS TOO' as it is constructed today (Not butty 'INDUS') which was in a carrying condition and did a great deal of carrying, contract work & towpath works around London as well as coal diesel etc for a number of years -- still has her original cabin and engine room intact! along with the added steel conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMModels Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 I think we all knew that but readers of the advert may not have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufford Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Indeed and as an enthuiast I try never to miss a chance to be pedantic ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasboater Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgopAzZ5Ikc&feature=youtu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Tee Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Doesn't seem to want to work for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Narrowboats Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Are those steam dredger pontoons SATELLITE was tied to? Yes - IIRC they are the ones that formed the paint dock at Norton Canes in the 70s/80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Yes - IIRC they are the ones that formed the paint dock at Norton Canes in the 70s/80s And still do today!! Quite historic pieces in their own right, pity there isn't the "Grafton" to go with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pipe Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Eric Bloodaxe for sale. http://jdboats.sharepoint.com/Pages/ErikBloodaxeDetails.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedwheel Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Yes - IIRC they are the ones that formed the paint dock at Norton Canes in the 70s/80s I think Malcolm sold the two in my pics above a couple of years ago. Not sure where they went (did you buy them?). Eric Bloodaxe for sale. http://jdboats.sharepoint.com/Pages/ErikBloodaxeDetails.aspx That's a lovely boat. I see it regularly around Brewood, it's moored at Gailey at the moment. I almost bought it before Satellite but it was over my budget at the time. Interestingly, it seems to be on the market for less than it was when I looked in 2004/5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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