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[Athy]

 

Ah but it isn't an advert is it? The boat is not for sale yet. But if it was for sale and this was an advert, this post would in the wrong section and in breach of the site rules. But it isn't so it isn't, if you get my meaning! It's just a notice that this boat will be coming to market soon.

Your follicular bisection course is evidently doing you a power of good.

[MtB]

Your follicular bisection course is evidently doing you a power of good.

 

 

Thank you!

 

For the benefit of other readers here I'd like to point out that follicular bisection is completely different from hair splitting. The follicle is the part of the skin the hair grows from, and is not the hair itself, so is a different exercise from splitting hairs.

 

I hope that clears up any assumptions or misunderstandings.

[Athy]

And follicles to you too.

[rivergate]

...I thought the Town butties were riveted steel not iron..?

[Chertsey]

...I thought the Town butties were riveted steel not iron..?

Yup.

[pete harrison]

Now has a working happy engine

Hydraulic Drive

For those who are interested my records state that the engine in ASTON is a Perkins 3HD46, fitted in about 1995 per the previous owner

[carlt]

...I thought the Town butties were riveted steel not iron..?

Only the metal ones.

[MtB]

Only the metal ones.

 

Yes I was wondering if there were any wooden riveted butties around.

 

If there aren't, how ARE the wooden ones held together?

[carlt]

 

Yes I was wondering if there were any wooden riveted butties around.

 

If there aren't, how ARE the wooden ones held together?

 

Spikes, nuts and bolts initially.

 

Luck and memory as the years pass.

[Athy]

 

Spikes, nuts and bolts initially.

 

Luck and memory as the years pass.

...or, to use an expression which my parents used to employ, "Held together by charity". They didn't mean the Dock, but it may have been a case of many a true word spoken in jest.

[Jrtm]

 

Yes I was wondering if there were any wooden riveted butties around.

 

If there aren't, how ARE the wooden ones held together?

Prickstick and newspapers.

[MtB]

Prickstick and newspapers.

 

 

I'd heard body filler and self tapping screws were a popular method too.

[carlt]

Prickstick

 

Is that a derogatory term for someone desperately trying to keep their wooden boat together?

 

 

I'd heard body filler and self tapping screws were a popular method too.

 

Hazel was kept afloat with tampons and ripped up old t-shirts for some time.

[Athy]

 

 

 

Hazel was kept afloat with tampons and ripped up old t-shirts for some time.

Thank goodness it wasn't vice versa.

[stagedamager]

 

Is that a derogatory term for someone desperately trying to keep their wooden boat together?

 

 

Hazel was kept afloat with tampons and ripped up old t-shirts for some time.

She was soft in places in 1993 when my parents raised her. When we viewed her at Pigeon Lock about 3 years ago, many of the soft bits were still soft if not even softer........ I believe she is having extensive works done at Clifton cruisers at present.

[carlt]

She was soft in places in 1993 when my parents raised her. When we viewed her at Pigeon Lock about 3 years ago, many of the soft bits were still soft if not even softer........ I believe she is having extensive works done at Clifton cruisers at present.

Sorry I was referring to the Runcorn boat not the Nurser.

[stagedamager]

Aah. I think there are elements of truth in your statement for both!!!!

[Chertsey]

Only the metal ones.

Can't get anything past you :-)

[rivergate]

carlt, on 25 Oct 2016 - 3:52 PM, said:

Only the metal ones.

 

Boom!

[Jrtm]

 

Is that a derogatory term for someone desperately trying to keep their wooden boat together?

 

 

Hazel was kept afloat with tampons and ripped up old t-shirts for some time.

Ill let you know if i spring a hole that needs plugging

[carlt]

Ill let you know if i spring a hole that needs plugging

 

Never any tampons in my boats (loads of Charlie and tinplate though).

[FadeToScarlet]

 

Never any tampons in my boats (loads of Charlie and tinplate though).

Lots of Lego bricks, though...... Keep them.away from the float switches!

[billh]

 

 

 

Hazel was kept afloat with tampons and ripped up old t-shirts for some time.

I was involved with unsinking the Runcorn Hazel a couple of times- several pumps were required for a few hours. T shirts and the boat's curtains were used but I saw no evidence of tampons. What I did see deployed was the stock of toilet rolls from Hazel's "bathroom". The various bungs were left in place for several months after re-floating, it was not a pretty sight.

Bill

[carlt]

I was involved with unsinking the Runcorn Hazel a couple of times- several pumps were required for a few hours. T shirts and the boat's curtains were used but I saw no evidence of tampons. What I did see deployed was the stock of toilet rolls from Hazel's "bathroom". The various bungs were left in place for several months after re-floating, it was not a pretty sight.

Bill

I assisted in making her a bit less sieve-like once while she was afloat and we did pull a few of the little beggars out by their tails.

 

They actually did a good job of keeping the water out but...just..."No!"

Edited October 26, 2016 by carlt

[danielleb]

I must be missing something here.

What is it to miss Athy?.......Directly under it says "Now has a working happy engine". It was a Butty back in the day (Paired with ASCOT), I think people are interested in this. And now it is not! :-)

 

Large Woolwich Butty - Town Class

Now has a working happy engine

Also people may be right about it being steel, we always thought it was iron. Though the surveyer seemed to think it was both. Anyway, it's still 8mm in most places which is fab!

Thanks

Danielle

Edited October 28, 2016 by danielleb