Jump to content
Important: Changes to How You Log In to Canal World

Historic Boats for sale online

alan_fincher

By alan_fincher
in History & Heritage

 Share

Featured Posts

Stilllearning Influencer

Stilllearning

Posted
Posted
21 minutes ago, Derek R. said:

Indeed. 20hp is quite adequate for most canals and rivers, even for 70ft boats.

Gardner 4LK engines are selling for between £4,000 and £14,000, and second hand BUKH DV20's can be had for less than £2,000.

I was thinking of a dv36, as rivers can be a bit excitable

 

Derek R. Veteran

Derek R.

Posted
Posted

You planning on shooting some rapids? We've done the tidal Trent with 20hp in a 62ft boat and kept up with others of the same length with 36hp. They were giving it all they had too. A lot depends on prop size matched to engine torque and rpm, along with hull shapes and length x breadth ratios. Never done rivers in flood though, something to steer clear of.

  • Greenie 1
Jrtm Experienced

Jrtm

Posted
Posted

Fmc beech, been for sale for a very long time, needs 3/4 - 2/3 of bottoms replacing,

 

It's not had any major work sence ken ward died.

Was at 15k then 22k then slowly coming back down.

 

I offered 5-8 4 months before buying towy

MtB Veteran II

MtB

Posted
Posted (edited)
14 minutes ago, billybobbooth said:

I ment to play with and have in a boat

 

It doesn't appear to have a reversing gear. 

 

Getting a two stroke hot bulb twin engine to run backwards to stop the boat must be a right palava, if possible at all.

 

 

Edited by Mike the Boilerman
Add a bit
zenataomm Veteran

zenataomm

Posted
Posted (edited)
37 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

Ipswich

 

http://www.alvecotemarina.co.uk/narrowcraft/brokerage/for-sale/ipswich-(1)/

 

So if it's a hard conversion with cloths over the posh bit I can think of at least three bits of permanent infrastructure it'll struggle to get under.

Edited by zenataomm
No natural light in the attic
DRP Contributor

DRP

Posted
Posted
23 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said:

 

Gearboxes are for wusses....

 

 

 

 

. . . and those who don't like running into things ?.

  • 3 weeks later...
alan_fincher Veteran II

alan_fincher

Posted
  • Author
Posted

A full length Josher for "offers in excess of £10,000"???

What on earth is going on here then???

 

Malvern
 

Quote

 

A detailed Hull survey is available for inspection and must be read

before any offer can be made.

 

 

But it also says last survey (and blacking!) is 2014....

Mad Harold Experienced

Mad Harold

Posted
Posted
12 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:

A full length Josher for "offers in excess of £10,000"???

What on earth is going on here then???

 

Malvern
 

 

But it also says last survey (and blacking!) is 2014....

It may be resting on bricks on the bottom of the canal!?

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.