James Owen Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 13 hours ago, stagedamager said: Nowt wrong with an AS. Much nicer than a common Lister....... 🤣 Exactly, I want the AS out of the Anson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagedamager Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 Aah I misunderstood! I've got a few AS3s if you're genuinely looking..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Owen Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 Yeah I know but I'm after a genuine marine version 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagedamager Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 I've got a marine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 The AS3 will be staying! Myself and @Kez have started to get quite fond of it 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagedamager Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, Liam said: The AS3 will be staying! Myself and @Kez have started to get quite fond of it 😊 Told you you would...... 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted July 10, 2023 Report Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) On 06/07/2023 at 14:29, Pluto said: This is the slide which was before the Hawkesbury one. There was not much information on the slides, and although Roger had started sorting his slides, he had not got very far before infirmity stopped him. Just to come back quickly to this photo - it is taken at Croxley Mill, and Toucan is one of the boats that WWCTS hired from BW. BW 'repossessed' most of their boats in 1968, but Pete Harrison tells me that Toucan continued carrying with WW to September 1969. In the second half of 1969 it was paired with Dipper, so the above photo is likely to have been taken during that period. Thanks to Pete H for clarifying this. Edited July 10, 2023 by John Brightley Correction of information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Not sure if this has been posted before **REDUCED PRICE - NEW BOAT HAS ARRIVED SO I NEED THE SPACE** 1906 Clara 72ft Wooden butty Clara - 72ft historical WOODEN butty, 1906 No engine - she was designed to be pulled/towed but was reinforced should engine be required in future. Caulked & blacked 3 years ago, hull was in good condition. Needs to be done every 2 to 3 years. As with all wooden boats perspective owner should not underestimate the maintenance requirements to keep on top of them but for the right owner this work will be a pleasure and a privilege as it has for me. Berths - 6, 1 double, 1 single, 1 small single and a double sofa bed. Electric - 12v/240 solar, wind turbine, inbuilt farrymann generator Water- 2 large stainless steel tanks Cooking/heating - coal fired range with hot plate/oven/back boiler to head radiators and hot water Bathroom - shower/ 1/4 bath/pump out toilet £25,000 ono or willing to negotiate for right owner Oxford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Not sure if this has been posted before **REDUCED PRICE - NEW BOAT HAS ARRIVED SO I NEED THE SPACE** 1906 Clara 72ft Wooden butty Clara - 72ft historical WOODEN butty, 1906 No engine - she was designed to be pulled/towed but was reinforced should engine be required in future. Caulked & blacked 3 years ago, hull was in good condition. Needs to be done every 2 to 3 years. As with all wooden boats perspective owner should not underestimate the maintenance requirements to keep on top of them but for the right owner this work will be a pleasure and a privilege as it has for me. Berths - 6, 1 double, 1 single, 1 small single and a double sofa bed. Electric - 12v/240 solar, wind turbine, inbuilt farrymann generator Water- 2 large stainless steel tanks Cooking/heating - coal fired range with hot plate/oven/back boiler to head radiators and hot water Bathroom - shower/ 1/4 bath/pump out toilet £25,000 ono or willing to negotiate for right owner Oxford Strikes me as a comedy price for a 115-year old wooden butty with no motor, no mooring and a headache to maintain. £2,500 would seem more reasonable and realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Also the 'perspective owner' should keep things there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, magnetman said: Also the 'perspective owner' should keep things there. Ah yes, that grates too. But proper boat peoples orften spells phonetically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 12, 2023 Report Share Posted July 12, 2023 Did you mean fernetickly? There is a lot of hardware in that wooden boat which seems to be encouraging it to sink. Rayburn, farymann generator, stainless tanks etc Yars ago (29 to be precise) when I was first looking for a narrow boat I went to Cosgrove to have a look at a 36ft Springer. On the way to the boat near the aqueduct there was a woman on an old wooden narrow boat. She said I could buy it if I wanted it. I retorted by pointing out that wooden boats sink and steel was better. She seemed surprised as I was only 20 yars old and looked younger so how would I know this? "Put a piece of wood in the water and it will float, a piece of steel will sink" was her comment which at the time was quite amusing in a number of different ways. I didn't buy the Springer or the wooden thing but in the meantime have had steel boats and several smaller GRP craft. Wood boats sink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 TYCHO had a mahogany tiller handle in the years I owned her (and before). One day it came loose and fell into the cut. It sank without trace. Not all wood floats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 Clara has dropped in price by £3500 in the time I've taken to read these posts ! Now £21500 on Apollo Duck: https://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/boat/narrow-boats-butty-for-sale/734965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 Otter again? Otter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, Admiral said: Otter again? Otter Apparently it's an "FMR Joshua" despite what the sign writing on the cabin side may say. And apparently it has no berths, even in the back cabin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, Admiral said: Otter again? Otter Is it really 6' 10" wide...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 14 minutes ago, David Mack said: Apparently it's an "FMR Joshua" despite what the sign writing on the cabin side may say. And apparently it has no berths, even in the back cabin? No photos inside the boatmans cabin apart from the Epping so could be correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 56 minutes ago, Tonka said: No photos inside the boatmans cabin apart from the Epping so could be correct £65k for a completely unfitted shell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 FMR! How can you own such a boat and be confused about the history of "Fellows, Morton & Eric Clapton"? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 I think the advert was written by someone at Aquavista not the boat owner. Maybe it is a railway boat. Fellows Morton Railway. I remember OTTER when it was moored in the Chess basin in Ricky around 2006 close to the bascule bridge. I think Malcolm Burge got hold of it and did some works. I think that was OTTER anyway. My favourite kind of narrow boat but £65k does seem rather a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 Early eighties. Little Venice Christmas gathering, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Just popped up on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Yarmouth was mentioned a few weeks ago on this thread as being for sale. I remember the girls when they were something like 8 and 11 and Paul the owner moored the boat around Rickmansworth. This was about 2005 so I suppose 18 yars on means they are bow both in their late twenties. Nice boat that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted July 20, 2023 Report Share Posted July 20, 2023 A little more history here: https://hnbc.org.uk/boats/yarmouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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