junior Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Is Ascot up for sale then? I can't work out how we've got onto the subject of Ascot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max's son Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 http://www.lock13.co.uk/#ascot says paired with Beverley operated by Gary Slater, Grand Union Canal - regular runs from Cosgrove through Milton Keynes into Leighton Buzzard where did the for sale start in this topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 4 hours ago, junior said: Is Ascot up for sale then? I can't work out how we've got onto the subject of Ascot. 4 hours ago, max's son said: http://www.lock13.co.uk/#ascot says paired with Beverley operated by Gary Slater, Grand Union Canal - regular runs from Cosgrove through Milton Keynes into Leighton Buzzard where did the for sale start in this topic Post # 8149 this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim W Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I owned Ascot from 1980 to 83 and undertook said work. I had the AS2 was top end overhauled and was a super engine. Fitted ascot with full new running gear and cloths following deconvertion and reskinned the back cabin after the Diamond range went out of control one night and the heat from the stove pipe burnt thro the cabin side. This was internally hidden by a large sheet of brass. The GU gear change wheel was changed to solid brass too. The utter plates were very thin but left at the time. The counter was very badly dented .. told by boatmen that this occurred when Ascot was a trainee boat .. however the dents were partly removed but needed a replacing really, but lack of cash prevented it at that time. Ascot towed butty Beverley back to Braunston in 1980 after Beverley had been salvaged from the River Trent being used as a mooring pontoon. She was very poorly with no equipment or cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) I was told by Mark the then owner of Beverley that he had put a 4mm wrap around overplating on it. Gary bought the boats from Mark. Must say I assumed the back cabin was original because of the feel and the coins. Thank you for correcting me if I stated this as fact earlier in the thread. My claim to fame with Ascot is that I reunited her with one of her old windlasses which Gary inadvertently flipped in the winding hole near the new Bradwell aqueduct. An hour with my magnet and it was in my hands shortly after which it was back on Ascot. It was a silvered large cast iron GU lock key so not particularly old or useable but part of the boat's hardware. Edited September 22, 2020 by magnetman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanM Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 So, is Ascot for sale or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 If you fancy a jig-saw puzzle . . . . Is that ASCOT with ALPERTON? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWM Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 22/09/2020 at 07:46, Tim W said: I owned Ascot from 1980 to 83 and undertook said work. I had the AS2 was top end overhauled and was a super engine. Fitted ascot with full new running gear and cloths following deconvertion and reskinned the back cabin after the Diamond range went out of control one night and the heat from the stove pipe burnt thro the cabin side. This was internally hidden by a large sheet of brass. The GU gear change wheel was changed to solid brass too. The utter plates were very thin but left at the time. The counter was very badly dented .. told by boatmen that this occurred when Ascot was a trainee boat .. however the dents were partly removed but needed a replacing really, but lack of cash prevented it at that time. Ascot towed butty Beverley back to Braunston in 1980 after Beverley had been salvaged from the River Trent being used as a mooring pontoon. She was very poorly with no equipment or cabin. Out of interest, where did you get the brass gear change wheel? There is one fitted to Hawkesbury but i have no idea where it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim W Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Thx for that .. it's actually Big Woolwich pair motor Darley and butty Alperton. Nice jig saw tho .. will have to look out for it. Cheers I bought the brass gear change wheel which had been cast from an original iron one from the Chandler at bottom lock Braunston .. for £40 but that was in 1980! It was a bugger getting the original iron one off the shafting but managed it eventually. As you probably know, Hawkesbury was part of the Union Canal Carriers fleet back in the day and based at Brauston so may have benefitted from a similar purchase assuming they cast more than one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckbyLocks Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Unfortunately you will not be able to ask the Chandler how he acquired the brass one as Mick passed away a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim W Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 Sorry to hear that sad news. Thanks for letting us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 Paul Barber is currently advertising Seal a 54ft Bantock with a Gardner 4LK on his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/PjBarberBoatbuilderLtd It looks a nice hull with a good steel cabin extension. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) BCN tug Pacific will be on the market again soon, at Mercia Marina. Edited October 30, 2020 by noddyboater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Has Birmingham finally been sold? It has been moved to Paul Barbers yard at Sheet Stores basin Long Eaton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, Richard T said: Has Birmingham finally been sold? It has been moved to Paul Barbers yard at Sheet Stores basin Long Eaton. Still listed for sale at Alvecote, https://www.alvecotemarina.co.uk/boats-for-sale/brokerage/birmingham/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Tee Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 8 hours ago, noddyboater said: BCN tug Pacific will be on the market again soon, at Mercia Marina. OOHH thats rather nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, Mike Tee said: OOHH thats rather nice! Its magnificent. Fit for purpose. I do not need 2 tugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Just now, roland elsdon said: Its magnificent. Fit for purpose. I do not need 2 tugs. Fit for purpose but a comfortable fit out too. I definitely do need 2 tugs but unfortunately can't afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 I'd just like one tug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Rob-M said: I'd just like one tug. You should sort yourself one out. You can't beat a good tug. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy66 Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 18 hours ago, Rob-M said: Still listed for sale at Alvecote, https://www.alvecotemarina.co.uk/boats-for-sale/brokerage/birmingham/ I hear from a reliable source that Birmingham has sold and has gone to sheet stores for some metalwork repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 On 30/10/2020 at 13:26, noddyboater said: BCN tug Pacific will be on the market again soon, at Mercia Marina. That's a handsome boat, even if not in a conventional way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allybsc Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 23 hours ago, Richard T said: Has Birmingham finally been sold? It has been moved to Paul Barbers yard at Sheet Stores basin Long Eaton. Ooh I wonder if it has... 4 hours ago, Foggy66 said: I hear from a reliable source that Birmingham has sold and has gone to sheet stores for some metalwork repairs. How reliable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 43 minutes ago, Athy said: That's a handsome boat, even if not in a conventional way. It's conventional for a working BCN tug. Several builders of modern "tug style" shells should spend a while studying it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEngo Posted October 31, 2020 Report Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) 49 minutes ago, noddyboater said: It's conventional for a working BCN tug. Several builders of modern "tug style" shells should spend a while studying it! Roger Farrington did. Result was Batavia quondam boat of parishioner Batavia I recall N Edited October 31, 2020 by BEngo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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