pete harrison Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 A boat still waiting to find a new and enthusiastic owner - ROE, now at £60k (started at £100K in June 2017) https://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/narrow-boats-traditional/588072 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) Greenlaw is on Rugby boats. May be old news. Offer accepted. https://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/narrow-boats-traditional/518854 Not historic but sort of nod to past. Dave Harris makes a tidy shell. https://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/david-harris-57-tug/584681 Edited November 11, 2018 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted November 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 2 minutes ago, mark99 said: Greenlaw is on Rugby boats. May be old news. Offer accepted. https://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/narrow-boats-traditional/518854 Very very old news, I would say. The new owner has had it at several historic bat events last year, including the big Braunston one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, alan_fincher said: Very very old news, I would say. The new owner has had it at several historic bat events last year, including the big Braunston one. S'funny. Wonder why still on Apollo Duck. Edited November 11, 2018 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted November 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 minute ago, mark99 said: S'funny. Wonder why still on Apollo Duck. Dunno, Rugby Boat Sales seem to have been very slow to go anything about removing this one, but I don;t think it is the only"historic" they had on their books to which that applies. I;'m fairly certain both Drake and Dolphin also sold, but these are still on "the Duck" as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 It looks like 2 hours old advert. Perhaps its sneaky clickbait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 Dolphin has sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 hour ago, alan_fincher said: Dunno, Rugby Boat Sales seem to have been very slow to go anything about removing this one, but I don;t think it is the only"historic" they had on their books to which that applies. I;'m fairly certain both Drake and Dolphin also sold, but these are still on "the Duck" as well. Is that a new owner since the one that purchased it but had put it back on the market when I saw them at Audlem last year as they were finding it too heavy to boat with...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furnessvale Posted November 11, 2018 Report Share Posted November 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Rob-M said: Is that a new owner since the one that purchased it but had put it back on the market when I saw them at Audlem last year as they were finding it too heavy to boat with...? Yes, a new owner since the couple you saw. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Cambourne is for sale on London boaters Facebook group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted November 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 27 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said: Cambourne is for sale on London boaters Facebook group Offers around £58K! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koukouvagia Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 54 minutes ago, alan_fincher said: Offers around £58K! Not quite sure why the surprise. I don't know the boat, but the price looks about right to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 On 11 November 2018 at 17:44, alan_fincher said: Dunno, Rugby Boat Sales seem to have been very slow to go anything about removing this one, but I don;t think it is the only"historic" they had on their books to which that applies. I;'m fairly certain both Drake and Dolphin also sold, but these are still on "the Duck" as well. Rugby Boat Sales doesn't remove any boats from the Duck as a rule, just updates the For Sale to Under Offer and then Sold, which helps buyers and sellers if they wish to look at boat values in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 3 hours ago, Tim Lewis said: Cambourne is for sale on London boaters Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/73933281285/permalink/10155618126036286/?sale_post_id=10155618126036286 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 (edited) Not a bad boat but the cabin is a bit boxy (lacking tumblehome) and worth noting its not the original stern or back cabin. Not sure but I think its one of the BW ones where they put a new counter on and a nasty steel stern cabin on. Not read the details but it may well have an air cooled engine mounted at the back with no back cabin. I passed it a couple of days ago have seen it before. I find it slightly displeasing. £55k seems a lot. P&S marine put a new bottom on it? That must be an overplating job then. Bottle jacks and a hammer asap. Overplating does no favours to a boat like that. If, and I doubt it, it has been rebottomed and refooted properly then its interesting otherwise in terms of being a historic boat its trouble . Edited November 30, 2018 by magnetman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted November 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, magnetman said: Not a bad boat but the cabin is a bit boxy (lacking tumblehome) and worth noting its not the original stern or back cabin. Not sure but I think its one of the BW ones where they put a new counter on and a nasty steel stern cabin on. Not read the details but it may well have an air cooled engine mounted at the back with no back cabin. Yes, at some point it received the BW "Space Ship" cabin, and as was typical the engine got relocated to the stern, (an HR from memory). That cabin was retained for the conversion, and the original line extended, so it is very boxy, (though no doubt spacious inside!) I don't think the counter is particularly unpleasing, although unless things have changed, it will be without cants, and probably have fairly formless bollards. It is what it is. Without spending a fortune it is never going to have a GUCCCo style engine room with a back cabin behind. Rebottomed or overplated? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 The link above give lots of images. Inc air cooled Lister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlt Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 On 20/09/2018 at 18:08, ChimneyChain said: Uranus is on the duck £65,000 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie57 Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 3 hours ago, alan_fincher said: Yes, at some point it received the BW "Space Ship" cabin, and as was typical the engine got relocated to the stern, (an HR from memory). That cabin was retained for the conversion, and the original line extended, so it is very boxy, (though no doubt spacious inside!) I don't think the counter is particularly unpleasing, although unless things have changed, it will be without cants, and probably have fairly formless bollards. It is what it is. Without spending a fortune it is never going to have a GUCCCo style engine room with a back cabin behind. Rebottomed or overplated? I don't know. This was only rebuilt in the 1980s, pretty well unaltered until then, sold off fairly soon afterwards. Notable for having had the last Petter PD2 in Waterways ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 3 hours ago, alan_fincher said: Yes, at some point it received the BW "Space Ship" cabin, and as was typical the engine got relocated to the stern, (an HR from memory). (snipped) The term is 'Space Invader', so called due to the wide gunnels invading the space in the cabin - smaller within. And as said, often had the engine stuffed under the steerers nose. Noisy. Crew cabin where the engine would have been, with access into the hold and any maintenance equipment there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 Its a lot of boat for the money, and overplate is now common. When we questioned our surveyor on the bottom on our boat he muttered about three bottoms in oneplace, no holes from the top, and no concerns. i believe the problem with overplate is when the integrities been compromised , allowing water between layers of plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted November 30, 2018 Report Share Posted November 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, roland elsdon said: Its a lot of boat for the money, and overplate is now common. When we questioned our surveyor on the bottom on our boat he muttered about three bottoms in oneplace, no holes from the top, and no concerns. i believe the problem with overplate is when the integrities been compromised , allowing water between layers of plate. By about the fifth overplate you'll be quite deep in the water mud though! When the gunwales go under it's time to think about replating instead of overplating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 4 hours ago, TheBiscuits said: By about the fifth overplate you'll be quite deep in the water mud though! When the gunwales go under it's time to think about replating instead of overplating. Yes after the rest had a bit of a plate 3 years ago we hurled off about a ton of ballast and threw a ton into the front locker to stop the skeg hitting the bottom. we still have ex bwb ballast under the floors from when she had no stern cabin. Cant lift it its iron blocks. She doesnt stop... when craned in after the work the alarms were going crazy on the crane. on the other hand hitting the bottom causes a cringe not fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koukouvagia Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 14 hours ago, roland elsdon said: I believe the problem with overplate is when the integrities been compromised , allowing water between layers of plate. Bear in mind also that the integrity of the hull can be compromised from inside as well as outside. The overplating on parts of Hampton had corroded from within, leaving the outer layer paper thin in parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 Yes im aware of that, it can be a four directional process. You have to be sure its dry and sealed between the plates. i agree its not ideal but pragmatism has to take hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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