merline Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) Mersey,Wye & Equus? https://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/dealer/commercial-boat-services-411072/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=SFMC&utm_campaign=INTL_SearchAlerts_11/24/2022&utm_content= Edited November 24, 2022 by merline Punctuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted November 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, merline said: Mersey,Wye & Equus? https://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/dealer/commercial-boat-services-411072/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=SFMC&utm_campaign=INTL_SearchAlerts_11/24/2022&utm_content= Equus is a rather wonderful thing, that I have noted change hands at least once moor in the past I believe the 1850 date of build is perfectly plausible, though I am uncertain if a boat genuinely that old can be called a "Bantock". I like this in the text for one of the short boats... Quote it has been fitted out internally but now requires work to bring it up to an inhabitable standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 I wondered if Equus was alright beamwise. It did get up north from London so maybe fine but one wonders if it is a bit of a funny shape what with having the steel cabin on it. One for careful measuring I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dav and Pen Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 These are the people who work for CRT doing the section 8s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merline Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, Dav and Pen said: These are the people who work for CRT doing the section 8s Correct, taken a year from them being removed to being offered for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 I might be getting Equus confused with another boat, but if it is the boat I'm thinking of it was for sale at Virginia Currer @ Iver about 2014 ish and I subsequently saw it stuck in Cholmondeston Lock (Venetian Marina) some time after it sold. If I have got the right boat, I think it's on the wide side. I quite like that Dennis Cooper boat they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 59 minutes ago, junior said: I might be getting Equus confused with another boat, but if it is the boat I'm thinking of it was for sale at Virginia Currer @ Iver about 2014 ish and I subsequently saw it stuck in Cholmondeston Lock (Venetian Marina) some time after it sold. If I have got the right boat, I think it's on the wide side. I quite like that Dennis Cooper boat they have. I quite like the "lovely Russell Newbury 3 cylinder engine" in it.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, junior said: I might be getting Equus confused with another boat, but if it is the boat I'm thinking of it was for sale at Virginia Currer @ Iver about 2014 ish and I subsequently saw it stuck in Cholmondeston Lock (Venetian Marina) some time after it sold. If I have got the right boat, I think it's on the wide side. I quite like that Dennis Cooper boat they have. Correct. Same boat. Seemed to be on sale there for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted November 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, junior said: I might be getting Equus confused with another boat, but if it is the boat I'm thinking of it was for sale at Virginia Currer @ Iver about 2014 ish and I subsequently saw it stuck in Cholmondeston Lock (Venetian Marina) some time after it sold. If I have got the right boat, I think it's on the wide side. I'm not sure about exact dates, but I think Equus was indeed sold via Virginia Currer in something like that timeframe. That's two of you now that have suggested she may be "wide", and indeed these BCN boats often are, particularly if cut and a new back end added, without pulling them in as part of the operation. Caveat emptor, I think, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, alan_fincher said: I'm not sure about exact dates, but I think Equus was indeed sold via Virginia Currer in something like that timeframe. That's two of you now that have suggested she may be "wide", and indeed these BCN boats often are, particularly if cut and a new back end added, without pulling them in as part of the operation. Caveat emptor, I think, I had a really good look over the EQUUS around then. I think it was on for £25k. I thought it a lovely and charming boat but the interior fit-out was just too much for my taste, being dark red and polished ally that had long seen it's best. Frankly it all looked too 'porn star' to feel comfortable going, errr, cruising in. So bought REGINALD instead on a tip off from a (long gone) member here that it might be coming on the market. Then promptly got firmly jammed in Awbridge lock on the way for a lift-out and survey to measure the width.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 2 hours ago, noddyboater said: I quite like the "lovely Russell Newbury 3 cylinder engine" in it.. It is a Joint Project Russell Newbery I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 minute ago, magnetman said: It is a Joint Project Russell Newbery I believe. Yes, a rare beast indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 A little bit of National maybe ? Or Ruston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 it seems interesting that Mersey (ex Arthur), Wye and Equus have high price tags. One wonders if this may be an estate sale with importance being placed on the assets achieving a realistic market value rather than being given away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 Kenelm (Epsom) £87,500 https://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/harland-and-wolff-72-traditional-for-sale/718062 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, John Brightley said: Kenelm (Epsom) £87,500 https://www.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/harland-and-wolff-72-traditional-for-sale/718062 Very very nice. Wonder if I could crowd fund £87,500? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckbyLocks Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 13 hours ago, magnetman said: It is a Joint Project Russell Newbery I believe. Lister/Ruston Joint Production (JP3) with Blackstone reduction box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebridge Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 14 hours ago, junior said: Very very nice. Wonder if I could crowd fund £87,500? That's a cracking boat. I do like the interior. Makes Hydrus/Raven look a bit silly at the last price I saw, was it £107,000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangar Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 14 hours ago, junior said: Very very nice. Wonder if I could crowd fund £87,500? Sure...post on the London Boaters FB group with a sob story and the cash will roll in...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSuit Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 6 hours ago, johnthebridge said: That's a cracking boat. I do like the interior. Makes Hydrus/Raven look a bit silly at the last price I saw, was it £107,000? I saw it and was tempted back onto the canals. Lovely interior the lounge is almost reminiscent of a gentleman's club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 7 hours ago, johnthebridge said: That's a cracking boat. I thought that too. I almost wondered if there was a "1" missing off the front of the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagedamager Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 It'll be sold within the week. A cracking boat at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 Interior superbly done, and in good taste. Love it. "Gentleman's club" - spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 Renown. Looks quite a bargain! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165801062729?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=7GMDuMqhSGy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Hhd93x6ORG2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 RENOWN, I remember sitting in her one Christmas with several others, and the draws all opened as we all sat on one side cuasing the boat to tilt . . . And a wonderful chilli-concarne Sue cooked up in the back cabin after a one handed stint taking Yarmouth up Buckby. (Some things do not forgotten! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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